Stability and balance is key to a better short game and this simple drill will teach you to have better rotation around your body. Better rotation and feel will result in more consistent strikes with your chipping and bunker shots and even your pitching.
Too many golfers make the mistake of poor stability and coming out or position to try and help the ball up when around the greens. A key for PGA Tour players is consistency and their lower bodies in the stable way they move is key to that consistency.
The first practice will teaches you to have a stable lower body and learn to rotate and feel the club in your chipping action.
You can even strike ball with your left foot back to ingrain the feeling.
The second practice drill, well checkpoint really is to ensure that your sternum , the centre of your chest is over or even ahead of the ball at address. After this position is set, just tweak your left foot out. This will allow your body and club to move through with freedom.
This will give you feel and acceleration from a consistent stable position that does not require much manipulation during the chipping action.
Which of course helps the consistency and then the confidence.
So there you have it.
Two simple tips to improve your chipping that you can put into action right now as you watch the video. Go on, get up and get onto one leg and mimic the chipping action. See. it feel solid once you find you balance point right?
This is just one way you can begin to cut your handicap in half.
Be Deadly From 100 Yards and in has dozens more tips, lessons and drills for chipping, pitching and bunker play.
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