As someone who is terrible at chipping. would you recommend Stan's book as a good start? Or maybe some other DVDs etc out there? At the moment I guess I mostly try to hit down on the ball. Sometimes with disasterous results.
Bad chipping is a sign that there is something wrong with your full swing. A chip is a small full swing- Impact is Impact in both cases- the Geometry is the same. Solve your chipping problems by improving your Stroke with Basic and Acquired Motions.
Learn where the right arm has to live at impact, even against its will.
Bad chipping is a sign that there is something wrong with your full swing. A chip is a small full swing- Impact is Impact in both cases- the Geometry is the same. Solve your chipping problems by improving your Stroke with Basic and Acquired Motions.
Learn where the right arm has to live at impact, even against its will.
I do try but am still learning. The margin for error in chip shot is very frustrating when I get pretty much get to the green, or edge of, in regulation then mess up a little chip. For that matter so is putting. I am in my 3rd year from starting golf and have a lot to ingrain, and still make a lot of errors.
Thanks, I will check out Lynns videos again for the basic and acquired motions.
Learn how to execute a chip, pitch, and aquired motion with a flat left wrist and maintaining lag pressure. Once you have become comfortable executing these motions and have a good feel for that pressure. Then you can start experimenting with using the sole of the club or bounce with a slightly open face and the feel of sliding the club under the ball. So you are using less leading edge and much less forward lean on the shaft. This technique gives you a lot more versatility around the green, than just standard tgm chip motion.But it is important that one can execute a proper motion with 3 imperatives first. Does not work as well with someone who only knows how to throw the clubhead through impact. It is just a matter of controlling the amount of forward lean you have on the shaft, not every shot requires max compression.
I just watched Chris Riley hit shots all around our practice green, hes is a perfect example of someone who knows how to hit a wide variety of shots around the green constantly adjusting is alignments. He does it subconciously through experience. But I can tell you he knows how to use the bounce of the club. Excellent short game!
As someone who is terrible at chipping. would you recommend Stan's book as a good start? Or maybe some other DVDs etc out there? At the moment I guess I mostly try to hit down on the ball. Sometimes with disasterous results.
As far as hitting down on chip shots, the more you hit down on them the less margin for error you have. If you lean your weight left, have your hands way forward and pick the club up and hit down you have to catch the ball just perfectly not to hit it fat or thin. My feeling is that the flatter plane Utley recommends will almost immediately result in consistently better results, no more terrible shots provided the left wrist is kept flat through the impact interval. I power my short game shots with the right forearm, keeping the left wrist flat throughout and allowing my arms to work more around me. This makes clean contact much simpler than some other techniques. You can do a search for Seve Ballesteros on youtube, seeing his technique never hurt anyone.
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
would you recommend Stan's book as a good start? Or maybe some other DVDs etc out there? At the moment I guess I mostly try to hit down on the ball. Sometimes with disasterous results.
I am in my 3rd year from starting golf and have a lot to ingrain, and still make a lot of errors.
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