You don’t have to be Tiger Woods to have a great short game you just have to put in a little practice and do a few drills.
Ted Frick and Stefany King of the Classic Swing Golf School at Legends Golf Resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C. demonstrate a more modern approach to chip shots.
Pitching Club Selection and Loft !
Golf lesson and golf tips on understanding club selection and loft whenever facing a pitch shot.
Club Selection and Loft Pitching Tips – Video Golf Lesson Summary
It is not necessary to hit all pitches using the most lofted club possible, sending the ball on the highest ball flight every time. Instead try to take note of the loft angle for every one of your wedges and the ball flight each produces.
Generally speaking, each degree changes the distance a wedge can produce by around 4 yards. Ideally you will want to limit the gap between the loft of your clubs at 4 degrees. That would create a space of around 16 yards (4 x 4 = 16) in between your clubs.
For example, let’s say a 48 degree (PW) pitching wedge would reach 115 yards. A 52 degree (GW) gap wedge would travel 100 yards. A 56 degree (SW) sand wedge would travel 85 yards. And finally a 60 degree (LW) lob wedge would travel 70 yards.
For pitch shots, practice with every wedge in your bag and take note of the flight path and distance you reach with each. Generally speaking, the higher the loft the higher the ball flight and the less the ball will roll upon landing on the green. But higher lofted clubs tend to be harder to hit from tight lies that are generally found whenever pitching shots.
Therefore, you may find it easier to use a lower lofted club that will travel lower, roll more onto the green but is easier to hit reliably than your flop shot using your lob wedge.
Club Head Speed
1 mile an hour of club head speed is equal to 2 1/2 yards of distance so for every 4 miles an hour your gaining 10 yards and shortening the golf course by 350-360 yards every time you play…
Follow these club head swing tips from “Hank Haney” Tiger Woods original coach back when Tiger was breaking every record in the world!
It’s all about your wrist hinge and your swing arc.
Once you get it you won’t believe your eyes… You’ll be crushing every shot.
Deciding between long irons, hybrid clubs or woods on longer shots can sometimes be difficult. This video will help show not only the difference between hybrid clubs, woods and long irons, but also how technique may vary from club to club.
Golf Fitness Fundamentals to get your Game in Gear
The goal of the golf swing is to strike the ball in order to achieve maximum distance with a high level of accuracy. There is a kinesthetic sequence that will allow an efficient and effective golf swing.
All great golf strikers have an identical sequence of generating speed and transferring energy through the kinetic chain. Each segment of the body builds upon the previous segment: lower body – torso – lead arm. The six phases of the golf swing are set up, backswing, transition, downswing, impact and follow through.
The set up position is an athletic address of the ball. Proper balance and grip will lead to consistent swing. Improper set up will lead to re-routing of the club, poor sequencing, and swing faults, poor mobility and stability is common for a bad set up.
Back swing is when you meet the club in the correct position during the back swing the body begins to recruit energy that will be transitioned at the top. Some joints will rotate while some joints will be stable. This will create torque and store energy in the muscle to be released at impact. Difficulty in the back swing are commonly caused by mobility and stability issues.
Transition is when you begin the forward movement your weight shifts from the inside right foot to the inside of the left foot. The lower body moves first and the torso uncoils. This requires a high level of flexibility, balance and strength.
In the downswing the weight shift continues generating torque and the power is transferred from lower body through the body then into the club. The torque is generated from the glutes, legs, and core created by the lower body.
The downswing is complete when impact occurs with the golf ball. A golfer lacking physical strength, power or flexibility will struggle to develop the speed to transfer the stored energy during this phase.
Impact is the part where energy created by the body is transferred into the golf ball. The purpose of impact is to hit the ball in the correct direction. During impact 80-90% of the left foot is supported by the golfer’s weight. The release of hands with correct timing will transfer the power to the club head. You must shift weight correctly to sequence the transfer of energy. Physical limitations such as poor mechanics and improper equipment affect impact. Lack of power will show up at impact to the ball flight and distance direction.
Follow through is essential to the deceleration of the body after contact with the ball. This is completed through the body rotating when the club head is behind the golfer. This requires high levels of flexibility, balance, and strength within the kinetic chain.
Coming over the top in your golf swing simply means not following the correct club path on your downswing… Instead of swinging down and delivering the club from the inside, your club falls outside of your swing plane, and you end up losing power and/or hitting a nasty slice.
The main reason you’re coming over the top is due to overuse of your body, and the sequence of motion in your swing is off.
The first step to fixing this is taking a look at the initial move away from the ball…
In the video you’ll see a simple way to insure that your initial move away gets you into position for an on-plane swing that avoids the over the top move.
Next, we’ll take a look at your downswing and how to use your arms in your swing and get your club to fall down on plane so you can hit more solid shots with better accuracy, more distance.
The weight shift is discussed many times in golf books and video golf instruction segments, but very few golf analysts discuss the differences between pros and amateurs when it comes to shifting weight correctly.
The PGA and LPGA pros who play golf on tour do it very differently to amateur golfers and in this golf instruction video PGA golf instructor Lawrie Montague will show you the difference between the weight shift of amateur golfers and tour professionals and how to adopt their technique to hit longer and more consistent golf shots.
There are loads of videos about how to hit longer drives with the correct tee height. But how many videos about what is the correct tee height for Irons?
