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Been a month now, the only way for me to make the aim-target work is Goldilocks it.
In pitching every single time I select an IP and try and swing over it, my ball goes Right of the target. Just cant figure it out. Full shots no problem, but a 25 yard-40 yard pitch right all day long.
Takeaway is simply too inside; hit some fade pitches! Take an extra club and hit fade pitches…
Tried this in the morning, for fade I imagined coming from the outside and cutting across the dandelion stem sending the ball over IP.
Wasn’t good. Think knowing I was going inside made me go out a lot more, making me come out to in.
I have always had an inside takeaway and have taken so many lessons , railway track , turning my lead arm counter clock wise on takeaway, but ever since with the tilt and take away as per the IP-Target its way better and on the arc, the “momentum” now takes it back more in line with the task at hand.
But for short pitches, I felt I manipulate it to take it back as there is very little momentum to work with. Any videos I can see? Its the 15 yards – 40 yards.
Always use momentum; and fade is an arc going left of IP and is the same arc essentially as the draw; see the chip update video.
Hi Shawn. How do you calculate the affect an elevated green will have on the club that you choose?
By Knowing the more loft you have the less you need to adjust; sand wedge downhill has way less distance gap than 7 iron downhill because of the arc and the downward angle of decent.
This would be a great video, or a quick drawing for us visual learners 🙂
Shawn can we use the diagonal setup for pitching too? Or is slightly open stance preferable?
You can definitely use a one leg drill swing for pitching; so why not diagonal? Just watch the width of stance; not too wide and stay on the narrower side.
Shawn, this pitching video instruction looks very much to me like the AXE drill as shown on your “Weight shift with SAVY” video.Your axe drill instruction has really helped my full swing. Is the the amount of momentum (using Goldilocks) applied the only difference between this pitching swing and the axe drill motion that i use for my full swing ?
Yes, correct! Imagine the first few strikes into the tree with full momentum and then the last finishing strike in comparison. The last finishing strike is still momentum, but softer.
Shawn, I noticed on this video that it appears that you are using a slightly open stance when executing the pitch shot (unless it is only camera angle). Is it OK and/or beneficial to use a slightly open stance when pitching?
Yes, very ok to use a slightly open stance; helps momentum clear towards the target; the key to the open stance is to not feel like it is diverting the momentum left of target (for the right handed player, unless it is a bunker shot or a flop shot; for the “draw pitch” it feels like the momentum is going STRAIGHT AT IT, because the side spin will not affect the shot the way it will in a full shot.