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Try a Free Live AI Golf Lesson →Impact Alignments Down the Line
As I discussed in the video on Impact Alignments Face On, impact is everything in RST. All the work we invest in setup, the takeaway, the backswing, etc. is designed to lead to a tour-caliber impact position that produces powerful, penetrating golf shots.
In fact, you can do many things technically wrong in the swing and still arrive at a perfect impact position every time — and still play outstanding golf.
The key is that all the things we work on in the setup, backswing, etc. make achieving this ideal impact position more repeatable with less effort.
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This video goes into detail on the position of the shoulders, hips, hands, and club at impact. It also explains how these positions lead to a perfect swing plane, path, and angle of attack that starts the ball on the target line with zero curvature — producing shots that launch low, fly flat, and penetrate through the wind with ease. To see how your own impact alignments compare to elite standards, try a free AI swing analysis.
When examining impact from down the line, one of the most important aspects of RST that differentiates it from RS1 and other swing models is the squareness of the shoulders at impact.
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