Pivot on short pitches <50 yrds

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Yoda post #7,777. That has to be good luck for the coming week or so. Go Brian.

The motion he alludes to needs not luck however, Im chipping with a little left, right, left, right deal in the feet and loving it. Pitter patter. No more pivot freeze and a running out of right arm.

I got the Hup two, three, four occupation GI blues. Its a motion alright, especially as you get close to the green, cause thats where you tend to freeze your pivot.

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Dear Yoda & OB
In the chipping/pitching motion should the weight transfer finsih on the left heal. I notice that at the finish my weight is towards my toes. What did I do wrong? Thank you.

[O.B.Left]

Your weight should be on your heals somewhat at address. To the degree that you can lift your toes slightly. For pivot strokes it should finish on your left heal. To have the weight move onto your toes is to have the Pivot Center (the head say) and the left shoulder (the center of the radius, the left arm and club) move forward too..........not a good thing. You will shank it or heal it unless you are shortening your radius (left arm bend or throwaway).

So you could be:

1. Starting with your weight towards the toes, or
2. Starting with your weight towards the heals, but shortening your radius which necessitates a move towards the toes.
3. Approaching shanks with a faulty pivot that has the center of gravity moving towards the toes with the radius held constant (fully extended via extensor action).


What I do is try to feel the stretch of Extensor Action at the center ,or left shoulder, the radius thereby extended to the degree the left hand is level and also feel the weight on the heals which keeps the left shoulder from moving forward. Its like two forces upon the left shoulder, one extending the left arm and club, the other preventing it from moving forward towards the ball.

In regard to the role of the feet, as in walking its heal , toe , heal , toe. So a small little pivot will still see a small but important move of the weight to the heal of the left foot and towards the toe of the right foot at Finish. Vice versa at Top. Most people just freeze their pivots up and run out of right arm as the lack of body participation over taxes the role of the arms. With the right shoulder not moving down plane , the right arm runs out of bend and the shot is lost. Make contact with the ball with a bent rigth arm and straighten them both out a Follow Through. The position of both arms straight varies with the length of the shot and will dictate the degree to which the right shoulder must move downplane on the downswing.

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O.B. Left
Thanks for your time & reply. I will practice my left shoulder extensor action and pivot and let you know the results. Thanks again.