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What I find difficult with chipping, is to know wich part of the body is in the way,: in fact my back is less turned, also we notice that you show an alignement at the left of the target wich is supposed to give more rooms for the arms. Usually we are supposed to fall trough the parts of the body that are in the way right?
Hi Sébastien; You are misinterpreting this motion. Have you tried with the sledge hammer?
Hi Shawn,
I actually tied three of my long irons together to have a heavy club and have the feeling of a sledge hammer. Didn’t bring me much success yet.
However, I tried this weekend the grass whiping task, and for the first time i think i ‘ve got some task that I can reproduce and work on!
What is great about this task is that you can do it for real and you can actually see the grass that is being cut.
I was starting doing with chipping, trying to do the walking drill at the same time. I noticed that my chest had to be more bend toward the ground so that I can walk better.
Because when my chest is to much upward and my knees are very bend at the same time then all my weight is on my heels and I can’t walk.
Then I imagined that I have to grass whip all day long and my sternal notch began to follow my club head to make the swing easier.
Now I try to figure out wich thing I can change to make the task easier. One thing I tried today was to start the cut more with the toe of the grasswhip,
this led me to think that my chest could be more upward, more than I tought, also I can see a better arc and feel the target in my back better than before.
I’ve noticed that que quality of my contacts depends on if I am able to cut in the other direction just after hitting the ball.
Questions:do my eyes have to be before the ball for chipping or could they be after the ball?
For chipping at the downswing the cut start just under the ball and continues to cut grass after the ball, what about when I cut in the other direction, where is the start of the cut?
Thanks,
Seb
Good stuff; you are on the right track! The cut going back is same place as there is no change in the configuration of the arm-club unit
Hi Shawn,
question: I’ve seen that for chipping you advice to stay on the right foot. Then is it still ok to do the walking drill staying on one foot?
Other thing that I want to share: I’ve tried the task to throw a hammer for chipping, I had a backswing with a feeling of moving my arms upward and a downswing rather around me than downward, meaning that my downswing was not the mirror of my backswing. I’ve obserced more solid contact like this.
Thanks for your content : )
Seb
Weight on the lead foot; never trail foot; don’t know where you saw this?? And be careful of how you are interpreting your backswing and downswing with the chipping motion; see “how to match backswing to ball direction”
Yes i meant left foot (which is the lead foot for right handed golfer)
Love the flow on this chip shot. I have integrated this into my game and it has completely elongated the YIPs around the green. Watching you do this with an 8 iron…. poses the question…. would you use this same technique for a bump and run?
Chipping, in my book is a bump and run shot for the basic chip. You can perform the shot with any club in the bag.
Really like this flow series. When hitting with hybrid and woods do you still close the face for a draw and open for a fade?
Depends on the kind of woods and hybrids you have! Some you do and some you don’t! They are definitely different build than the irons!
Shawn
IM really into the feel of the club in my practice swings. But when it time to bend over and chip the ball for real on an uneven slope or any slope for that matter it all goes out the door. Even one step more this aberration can happen to all my golf swings. From driver to the pitching wedge. Help!
Ok, let’s start with the chip; what is the focus just before you swing when the ball is there, what does your mind see and what feel are you looking to use to perform the task?
Probably the swing mechanics and trying to make sure I don’t top the ball and keeping my hands ahead of the ball before the club impacts the ball.
Ok, now we have the culprit! The first thing you want to do is solidify the task; the sight-sound-feel of a well cut dandelion stem! Please see the first couple sessions of the beginner series I just put out on premium; it is so vital that you get fully versed with a simple task that will take care of all of the items you listed in one simple easy task. The science behind this paragraph is staggering and runs so deep-all to come back to the simplest of simple experiences.
Enjoy and dig in hard! 😀👍💪🤛
I love the nah na sound, Heard that same sound in “Ground Hog Day” movie. Was it Chevy Chase I think?