This will sound really stupid – but how do you take the hands out of these chips and pitches?
When I start a range session – the first 20 balls or so of pitches ALWAYS ALWAYS involves so much hand action – the term you used is ‘manipulate the club to hit the ball’.
It seems to be the equivalent of the yips for putting – but its for pitching (if there is such a thing).
Hey Sandy!
This is where you need to get your hands on a 6 pound sledge hammer; you have seen me use it in other videos right? When you simply swing the sledge hammer back and forth in front of you like a long chip, YOU CANNOT USE THE HANDS and will feel the swing happen where it should from the shoulder sockets. If the arms are dead at address, and the arm-club unit is hanging from the shoulders, in a solid state, and you cannot use them and they are just waiting there, you will feel the need to use the legs to get them going!! See “Kinetic chain series” when I demonstrate that even the chip shots have a DOUBLE KINETIC CHAIN, one on the backswing and one on the through swing.
Hi Shawn. Recently pitching fat and under the ball. Chipping thin. Manipulating the club and I’m sure wrist break….losing strokes like crazy…..grrr.
I was not using perpetual motion drill with goldilocks but I think also most importantly, not getting weight to the front foot pre strike like you do as you clear. I think I’m stuck in the middle manipulating with hands. A kinetic disaster. On the plus side PMD is right on with the irons and driver. Kinetic chain maintained.
Getting to the ground with the front foot makes or breaks all the rest of the kinetic chain no? Thanks. Timing for this session was perfect. I have my 5 lb sledge to try and ingrain the feel. Cheers .J.
I just favorited this video and plan on hanging out on this one for a long time. I thought I had my chipping together today, but unfortunately… chipping cost me dearly on the scorecard. My distance judgement was way off. Even doing Goldilocks didn’t seem to help with distance… any drill suggestion? Or is it good ole fashioned wood shedding.
…to be consistent need to find the low point with pmd, then Goldilocks the lie , then make sure the clearing involves getting the ground by loading the front foot ( watch Shawn’s on the video) and cut the grass to the intermediate point in the sequence ball, grass, (dirt).
The drill is like the video…hammer to get the feedback then repeat with club in PMD…
Low point is ahead of that!! You want to catch the ball before the low point!
See the full Chipping video at the beginning of the list to see the full reason; it has to do with the fact that the arm-club unit does not load in the backswing and therefore less lag and less forward shaft lean.
Shawn I really like this new series and I like how you are sticking with one concept/feel for the entire series. With some of the other series, for me sometimes there were too many different actions to focus on like slashing for irons and cutting grass for chipping. I like that i can focus on just one feel.
This week, I have been working my rhythm, with coming up, down and through the ball…. this mornings round of golf has been much better with contact on the woods and irons on the full swing. However, I noticed that some of my iron shots seemed to lack a feel of compression, even though the resulting shot was ok. The sound had more a solid a rock getting hit with a board. Any ideas on how to correct this, or what may be causing this.
I find the most difficult part of chipping is off a tight lie without scalding it or chunking it. Any suggestions on this? Off normal or heavier lies, this approach is great! Thank you.
When standing over that chip, are you looking to shave the grass in the direction you want to land the ball with the weight of the arms and club or are you worried about contact?
EXACTLY!!! Let momentum shave along the grass in the direction you want the ball to go! Make sure you have an intermediate point!! You will be able to chip out of divots after that!
Hi Shawn, are you ok with a little bit of knee movement on some short putts as well? I had someone comment the other day on how I shouldn’t “swing” a putter and it’s only the shoulders and arms that should move. Just wondering your take on this.
Thanks!
Another fear monger at work telling you to be careful and watch out! 😝😝
When we say let the arm-putter unit swing, it means exactly that!
See “take a sledge hammer to your short game shawn clement” on youtube and practice with a 6 pound sledge and you tell me you should freeze the lower body…best way to learn the yips!
Thank you Shawn! Ever since that comment my putting has gotten worse is I feel like a stiff board trying to “hit” a putt. It doesn’t feel natural. Checking out the video now! Thanks!
-Nate
Great video Shawn!! Just to clarify, as you know, I play right handed and my right hand is dominant. I think we had worked on this last year. Probably time to revisit?
Hi Sumit!
All about getting the feel of letting the kinetic chain pull the arms through to a nice full release; you want to do it with each hand and then both hands together like in the “release fine tuning” except with a nice turbo charge in the freed up leg work!
From the players perspective, when observing the blur above the ball does it appear as if the club head is actually passing outside the ball. Almost as if you would completely miss the ball?
I notice when I hover the club and allow that club head to track its arc freely that’s how it appears to me. In reality when you put that to speed your body opening up and gravity actually pulls that into perfect impact. When I default to “hit the ball” my brain wants to pull in off that arc and slice across it. Tough to trust at first but seems to work when I can replicate that above the ball feel of the arc going “outside the ball” in an effort to deliver to target.
Although I just realized, crap, maybe I’m too close to the ball therefore still making a compensation somewhere. Assuming that blur needs to go right over the ball.
It’s better to do it above the ball and see that the blur matches the ball AND the intermediate point. Then when you bring it down, it will go to the toe of the club and you will need to move in a half inch, but that is about it!
Important part of predicting the distance to ball and the levels you need to be in so that the blur can cut through the dandelion stem to that intermediate point and beyond into the picture! 😀👍
I seem to make decent contact with my irons, but rarely take a divot. I feel that I may be leaving some distance on the table. Any suggestions on how to correct this?
If you find that after this video and you of course having a couple practice sessions performing exactly what I am doing in here, and you still have issues, I would suggest getting fit for some irons. You must see a place like Club Champion and try out the different models first and you will see some huge feel differences between them!
Hi Shawn – a couple questions on your putting setup. Do you try to keep your eyes directly over the back of the ball (to help with alignment/parallax)? And, your grip seems to halfway down the grip. I have been gripping at the bottom of the club (like all other clubs)… but just noticed that I am bending my elbow and standing a bit away from the ball, not over it. I am 6’4” tall. Maybe I need some adjustments (shrug). I am doing way too much three putting. Thoughts?
Eyes over the ball is not a priority at all! Balanced posture and balanced arm-putter unit below the shoulders. Use momentum to roll the ball in the direction you want to start the ball. So many try to put eyes over the ball At the expense of balance! Swing a sledge hammer back and through with your putting stroke, no way you can steer that sucker!
Thanks. So…. I think I get It…. balance and momentum are king when putting. So adjusting the point where one grips the club is the result of those two elements (balance and momentum, without manipulation)?
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