Figuring out which of your index fingers is your best directional control finger is critical in determining your grip on the putter. Once you determine which finger it is then it needs to be in play correctly. This along with a putter grip that gives you the best sense of where the putter face is. Those two things makes the putting stroke much easier to duplicate under pressure.
Posture and balance are important in all motions. In putting you take your set up by. First take your grip get your trail arm in line with the shaft. Then weight is in the center of your feet. Your toes are quiet. Then push your hips back and place the putter on the ground. The putter shaft is ai...
Hand action in the putting stroke is the beginning of full swing. The key is that there is no twisting in the wrists. The club shaft points back at your center. Your trail wrists can have flexion and extension but you do not want any rolling of the face or wrists.
The ability to see the correct line and start the ball down the line is critical in putting. Practicing on a chalk line to learn how to start the ball down your intended line is a basic skill. Once you can do that. Then it is how well do you see line when the line is not there.
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