Driver Ball Position vs Driver Setup Position

[Lambo]

Hullo folks! Right. I have always struggled with a slice from my driver. The reasons for this have been vast and over the past few months my pro and I have been working hard on my swing (on all my clubs) to correct this. Faults have been chicken wing plus swinging out to in by 2 degrees with the chicken wing causing an open club face. These are almost completely fixed with the wing gone and swinging straighter through my irons. Now today at the range I managed to rid my slice with the big stick and actually started hitting draws and fades, both high and low, on command. Also this wasn't just to a massive field but setting myself targets for the width if a fairway with 80% of my shots going where I wanted them to go. Also I never just smash drivers all the time but change clubs at every shot. Now how did I do this? Well this is the big thing that I'm struggling with as it is "fundamentally" wrong. I setup as normal with my ball just on line with my big toe on my left foot (I'm a righty). Unfortunately, I also set up the driver in the middle of my stance like an 8 iron, and just swung at the ball with all my concentration on it. This felt very comfortable to me as spine tilt at a 'normal' address feels alien and I seem to bottom out far too early. Now, if I'm able to keep hitting good consistent shots like this, should I keep doing it? Or should I try and learn how to do it 'properly' and textbook? I was getting some funny looks with lads around me complimenting how well I hit it like that. Literally 200+ yards carry and I'm only 5"8 and 140 pounds. So. Should I keep doing it? Or is there a reason that I might be hitting it like this as there is a fault elsewhere that I haven't seen?

[TimS65]

Sounds like you're following this style:

This helped me too, though I now tee up behind the ball. But this was what cured my slice...

[iacas]

This video:

Comes from this thread:

Also, regarding ball position… in a single word: forward.

[Lambo]

Okay cool! Yeah that first video is exactly what I was doing without the extra tee. Sounds like its a winner even though it was just pure experimentation that I managed to do it. Thanks for the advice guys![@]TimS65[/@][@]iac[/@]