The perfect stroke is that elusive thing -we all strive for, asleep in our beds at night -with a smile on our faces as -we dream of that drive going straight and true do-wn the middle of the fair-way or that putt dropping in to the cup at the end of its smooth 50 yard run.

Unfortunately reality bites -when -we get to the tee and make our shot, those niggling -worries start in the back of out minds, is my feet too far apart, is my eyes on the ball, is my chin too far in is my back s-wing too shallo-w, this indecision and doubt might be thro-wing you off your game, so take a little time and read through these tips to improving your s-wing and stance, if you do not learn anything at least you no-w kno-w you -were doing the right things all along and that doubt can be lifted and replaced by the dream stroke you al-ways had inside of you.

1. Is your stance too narro-w? A narro-w stance can cause balance problems for a golfer, it also causes an unstable base and this can lead to more balance problems and so the vicious cycle continues. To solve the problem of poor balance you should take a slightly -wider stance should be used, your toes should be slightly splayed out. The lead foot should be splayed out around 30 degrees, make these adjustments and you break the cycle, your base is stabilised and your balance restored.

2. -when the club addresses the ball is your hands too close to your body?
This can limit the arc of the club and can cause it to be too narro-w, to improve your arc you should reach a little more this produces a -wider arc and improves distance.

3. Avoid s-waying during the back s-wing, if you have a tendency to s-way back-wards this can seriously impair your s-wing, this is because you is not turning about your pivot point and the -weight becomes too much for your rear leg, you should feel free to move your -weight to your rear leg but only to the inside, you should concentrate more on turning than s-waying to solve this problem.

4. one thing that -will loose you po-wer -when you is playing golf is keeping your club too close to your body on take a-way, the -way to correct this problem and get that po-wer back is to extend your arms a-way from your body, like you -were going to hand your club to somebody on your right had side, you must maintain your balance throughout.

5. To get a -wider arc and more po-wer you need to ensure that your right
elbo-w stays out from your body, too many golfers keep the elbo-w too close into their body and this causes a loss of po-wer and severely limits your game.

6. Concentrate on not moving your -weight on to your front foot during the back s-wing, this can cause a reverse pivot, that -will lead to a loss of po-wer, you must ensure that you move your -weight to your back leg but not so much that you risk a loss of balance.