Texas Two-Step™ to Better Shots
Find Your Natural Setup with the Firesticks Setup System: Jump. Set. Texas Two Step.
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Your swing may not be the problem.
Your setup might be.
Think about it. Every golf shot starts with your feet, yet most golfers have no reliable way to know if their feet are actually in the right place.
So you guess.
A little wider.
A little narrower.
A little more open.
A little more closed.
Then you swing—and when the ball doesn't cooperate, they start fixing the swing.
But what if the problem started before the club ever moved?
Your Body Already Knows How to Balance
Watch an athlete get ready to move. They don't pull out a ruler to measure their stance. They don't consciously calculate the exact width of their feet.
They simply get into an athletic position.
That's because your body has an incredible ability to organize itself around balance and stability.
Golfers should take advantage of that.
Instead of trying to memorize the "perfect" stance, let your body find its own natural base.
That's the idea behind FireSticks™.
FireSticks™ are built around a simple three-step sequence:
JUMP. SET. TEXAS TWO STEP.
Step 1: JUMP — Find Your Natural Base Stance
Make a small athletic jump and land naturally.
Don't think about your feet.
Don't try to position them.
Just jump and land.
When you land, your body automatically organizes itself around balance. Your feet find a position that allows you to support yourself and move athletically.
That's your Natural Base Stance.
It's your body's starting point.
And that's important because your golf setup shouldn't fight your body. It should work with it.
Step 2: FIRESTICKS™ — Set Your Base
Now place the Firesticks around your feet.
The sticks give you something most golfers don't have:
A visual reference for your natural stance.
You can see where your feet landed. You can practice that position. And, most importantly, you can learn to recognize and repeat it.
The goal isn't to create a textbook stance.
The goal is to create your base.
See it. Feel it. Repeat it.
Same base. Same starting point.
Step 3: The Texas Two Step™ — Match the Setup to the Shot
Here's where it gets interesting.
Your Natural Base Stance is your starting point—but it isn't necessarily the final setup for every shot.
A driver isn't a wedge.
A wedge isn't a chip.
A chip isn't a putt.
Different shots require different setups.
That's where the Texas Two Step comes in.
Starting from your Natural Base Stance, take two simple steps to match your setup to the shot.
Step 1: Match your feet to the shot.
Step 2: Match your position to the shot.
Then you're ready to swing.
The beauty is that you're not starting from scratch every time.
You start from the same natural athletic base and make the adjustments the shot requires.
Firesticks establish the base.
The Texas Two Step matches the setup.
Then you swing.
Stop Building Your Setup From Scratch
One of the biggest problems in golf is that players try to consciously construct their setup for every shot.
How far apart should my feet be?
Should my lead foot be flared?
How much should I open my stance?
Where should the ball be?
How far should I stand from it?
The questions never end.
And the more you think about them, the less athletic the setup can become.
Sure, for awkward lies, your feet will change position. But,
Firesticks simplify the process.
Jump to discover your natural base.
Set it with Firesticks.
Use the Texas Two Step to match the setup to the shot.
Then stop thinking about it and play.
The Primal Approach to Setup
This is the foundation of the Primal Golf philosophy:
You were probably an athlete before you were a golfer.
You don't need to teach your body how to balance. It already knows.
You don't need to invent an athletic stance. You already have one.
The goal is to get out of the way and let your body's natural ability to balance and move become part of your golf game.
That's what FireSticks™ are designed to do.
Not give you another set of positions to memorize.
Give you a repeatable process.
JUMP. SET. TWO STEP. SWING.
Discover your base.
Set your base.
Match your setup.
Then swing.
It's simple because it should be.
Firesticks™ — Set your base. Match your setup. Free your swing.
You're just a jump, a swing and the Texas Two Step™ away from better shots.
