Today I show you how and when to putt from off the green to help lower your golf scores.
Easy golf instruction on when to use your putter instead of a wedge around the green, to help simplify getting up-and-down.
How and when to Putt from off the Green
August 15, 2019
3 Simple Golf Swing Tips That Lower Scores
August 15, 2019
3 Golf Swing Tips That Will Make All the Difference in Your Golf Swing
Have you hit a plateau in your golf game? You’re hitting the driving range and golf course every weekend, maybe even practicing at home, but your scores never change.
Even if you don’t care much about besting your buddies, we all want to best ourselves. We want to see clear improvement and know that our hard work is paying off. If you’re stuck in a rut, it’s not because you’ve reached your full potential. More likely, there’s some small error in your golf swing that’s holding you back.
I’m going to share three swing tips that are proven to help you play better golf. I’ve used these tips with my students for over twenty years, and the results have been transformative.
These concepts cover three different stages of your swing:
Takeaway
Transition
Finish
You may not need all three, but odds are at least one of these tips will illuminate an error you didn’t realize you were making.
The Takeaway
One neglected aspect of the takeaway is the relationship between the hands and the clubhead.
In fact, it’s far more common to worry about the direction the club swings on the takeaway. You may even have received advice on this or heard theories on whether it’s best to swing the club more outside or more inside.
However, if you watch the best players in the world, you’ll notice that there isn’t much consistency when it comes to club direction. Some golfers swing way inside, some swing way outside, and many fall somewhere in between. Meanwhile, they’re all making incredible shots and taking home trophies.
So, here’s a theory: maybe the direction of the club isn’t the real issue.
If you watch these same players, you’ll notice there is one thing that remains consistent no matter which direction they guide they club:
They always keep the clubhead outside of the hands.
To clarify, when we talk about keeping the clubhead outside of the hands, we mean the clubhead is just slightly farther out from the body than the hands are. If the clubhead passes through the plane of your hands and closer towards the body, the clubhead is now inside.
The Perfect Follow Through And Finish Position
August 15, 2019
Let’s talk about the perfect follow through and finish position. I want to talk about where you should be in the follow through and at the finish position with both the golf club and your body.
When you swing a golf club, it’s more or less designed to work in a circle around your body. The clubhead works up and in on the entire backswing, down and out during the downswing and then back up and in during the follow through.
If I take my normal setup and I draw a line up the shaft, I want it – more or less – parallel to that plane line during my backswing, parallel to it during my downswing and to get back parallel to it on to my follow through.
Now most of that happens just because of how my body turns. When I make a backswing, I turn my body away from the target so my hands should go in and up. In the follow through, I turn towards the target, so my hands should in and up. That’s the main concept that we’re going for here.
Past impact – when the club is at first parallel – I’m looking for the club to be about on my heel line. By the time I get to arms parallel in the follow through, I want my upper body, chest and shoulders and hips fully turned towards the target.
if you’re someone who normally gets a little too over the top and exits too far to the left, I would set up a practice station with an object to the left of the target line. That’s a block that’s in my way that I need to learn to swing the club to the right of.
If you’re the other golfer who swings too far inside out, you can use the same station. You just adjust the setup. If you’re normally too far right, you want to put an object up to the right of the target line that’s in your way.
To start the practice, use a short iron and make a half swing at half speed. Get a feel, give yourself feedback with video, confirm what you’re doing and continue to give yourself feedback until you get where you want to go.
Want to hit it Longer?
August 14, 2019
Want to hit it long off the tee? Make sure to watch this video to get you set up to become a long hitter!
Here are some simple things that you can do to increase distance with your golf swing.
Golfers who follow this drill at impact generally tend to hit the driver father and on a better trajectory, follow these simple tips to increase your distance.
HOW TO STOP THE REVERSE PIVOT IN THE BACKSWING
August 14, 2019
The reverse pivot or reverse spine is when the golfers incorrectly moves their body during the backswing creating a poor top of backswing position leading to issues during the downswing and impact.
In this video Chris shows you how you can fix this with a practice station and drill to help you move your body in a more neutral way and add consistency to your game.
STOP YOUR OVER THE TOP GOLF SWING
August 14, 2019
This golf lesson is designed to help you fix your over the top golf swing.
Many golf swings suffer from this move and struggle to hit consistent shots because of it.
In the video I give you two simple drills, using your golf clubs that will help you gain control of your golf swing and see that you no longer have an over the top golf swing.
Wrist Mechanics – Golf Swing Basics – IMPACT SNAP
August 14, 2019
How to move closer to perfect golf swing mechanics by properly positioning your wrists during your golf swing. This creates a consistent and repeatable golf swing and is a great golf drill to practice.
There are three key motions your wrists should learn to repeat during a proper golf swing. And that’s the muscle memory the IMPACT SNAP teaches.
The Best Golf Rotation Drill Ever
August 14, 2019
This is one of the best golf rotation drills or tips I’ve ever done. This drill will force you to stay down on the ball and rotate through like never before.
If you slice the ball or have trouble getting your lower body working properly in the golf swing then this drill will help you solve those issues.
