Shallow The Golf Club Simplified:
Here is the best, most consistent way we’ve found to shallow the golf club on the downswing. Doing it this way will simplify your golf swing and improve your ball striking.
Are you still struggling with Chipping? We cover the 3 most important areas of chipping to help you achieve your Tour Precision!
There are 3 main categories when talking about chipping more consistently:
1. Club Selection
Unless you are able to practice regularly, stick with 1 or 2 main clubs on all chip shots, typically a pitching wedge and a lob or sand wedge. Getting a feel for 1 or 2 clubs is going to be easier than trying to master 3 or 4 for each specific situation or lie.
Pitching Wedge – use when you want to get the ball on the ground sooner and rolling out more (more of a bump and run technique)
Lob or Sand Wedge – for shots that travel farther in the air with less roll out (more of a high soft shot or flop shot)
2. Setup
Feet closer together, pressure slightly forward, hands basically in line with the ball. A common mistake is to have the hands way too far in front, which de-lofts the club, resulting in a lot of golfers hitting down too much on the ball and chunking the shot.
Ball position should be pretty center of the stance, back a little bit if you’re in a bad lie or thick rough.
3. Motion
When you take the club back, make sure the club head stays outside the hands. Swinging around the body or dragging the club inside tends to make golfers hit behind the ball and chunk the shot.
Swing more high to low, rather than low to high. Low to high motion results in a flipping motion, which can cause a bladed shot.
Wrist Hinge Simplified
When and how you hinge the wrists in the golf swing. Golf can be difficult and in this video I show you how to hinge the wrists correctly and what not to do.
This simple golf concept will help you understand how the hands work in the golf swing.
Golf Swing Rotational Drills
Maintaining a solid posture and proper hip rotation acts as one of the most essential components of any golf swing.
As our body’s core provides the bulk of our power during the backswing, practicing golf rotation drills for controlled posture will yield instant improvements in our game.
Golf Downswing Drill
Many golfers are unaware of exactly how a good golf downswing motion should ‘feel’, this simple yet effective drill can give you those feels and help you hit better, longer golf shots.
PGA Golf Professional Andy Proudman demonstrates drill to help you swing the golf club on plane in your backswing.
The backswing may not be the most important part of the golf swing but this video discusses some benefits the takeaway has to your backswing but also some useful tips that can really help your game.
Compressing the golf ball
Analysts and golf instructors often talk about the best players “compressing” the golf ball.
But what does this mean, and what dynamic conditions achieve maximum compression?
Here, Justin Parsons of the Butch Harmon School of Golf explains this often-used term, and outlines some useful drills to help you achieve more ball compression in your swing.
Golf Swing Natural Like Baseball
Success leaves clues and there are clues all around us in everyday life and in other sports to show you how to play simple, enjoyable free swinging golf.
All you need to do is learn how to throw, or watch what any kid does when asked to hit a baseball or throw a baseball.
Picture skimming a stone or whacking a piñata… or like you see in the video below; swinging a baseball bat at a branch!
That is the kinaesthetic feeling you need to replicate.