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Golf · Level 3: Pre-Intermediate · Sub-level 3.1

The Full Swing: Setup

4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown

How a full swing is set up: aiming and stances, weight and posture, faults that start at address, and the routine before the swing.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Aim and stance linesTake a test

  1. The face sets most of the start line; the path adds the curve.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  2. The lead foot is drawn back from the line.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. Closed feet aim right of the target for a right-hander.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. A closed body tends to swing the club more from the inside.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. The ball line points at the flag; the feet line runs beside it.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. Square is the reference the stance is then built around.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. Pulling the club back towards the target crosses the line.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  8. All four lines run parallel to the target line for a straight shot.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  9. Face first, body second.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  10. The lead foot is pulled back, so the body aims left.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 2Weight and postureTake a test

  1. The lower trail hand drops the trail shoulder too.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. It helps the club catch the ball on the way up.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. A small flare eases the turn without opening the stance.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. A raised chin leaves room for the shoulders to turn under it.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. The same posture works in many ball sports.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. This sets a little forward shaft lean.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. Light pressure lets the club swing freely.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. With wedges the weight moves towards the lead side.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  9. Hips first, knees second, arms last.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. A slight tilt and weight on the trail side help an upward strike.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 3Set-up faultsTake a test

  1. For a right-hander the club meets it while still travelling outwards.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. The club has started to swing back left and up.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. The arms have no room to swing down.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. The body tips forward to find the ball.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  5. A rounded upper back cannot rotate as freely.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. Feel is unreliable; a mirror, camera or rod is not.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. Open shoulders tend to swing the club out to in.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. The ball moves forward as the club gets longer.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  9. Two views catch different faults.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. The club meets the ball early in its arc, still moving outwards.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 4The pre-shot routineTake a test

  1. A slow breath out is part of many tour routines.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. Many players use it as a trigger for the takeaway.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. He pictured the flight and the finish before swinging.

    Source: Jack Nicklaus, Golf My Way (1974) · recall

  4. A steady routine leaves less room for doubt.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. More than one thought tends to freeze the swing.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. It rehearses length and rhythm for that shot.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. Restarting is quicker than a bad shot.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. The same order every time builds trust.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  9. The press is often the last thing before the takeaway.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  10. Seeing the shot first gives the swing a clear job.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Sources

PGA coaching and general teaching guides, launch-monitor teaching material on ball flight, named books where a phrase is theirs, and the Equipment Rules and Rules of Golf where a number is set there; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

  • General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides)38
  • Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane)1
  • Jack Nicklaus, Golf My Way (1974)1