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The short game consists of several parts of the complete game and here is an excellent example of how golfers take all their knowledge and shrink the full shot into a mini-swing called chipping. There are four parts to a golf swing that you should master, because you will be required to perform at a moments notice, any part of or all of the full swing. The four parts are...
1. The Quarter
2. Half
3. Three Quarter
4. Full Swing
Chipping is only a one quarter swing, performed in several positions, in order to execute the desired result.
The set-up positions may be varying; however the quarter swing is always the same length. If you were to visualize for a moment, looking at the face of a typical white school clock, the quarter swing happens between approximately six and eight o'clock. Once you past 8'oclock, you're into a half swing. This is considered more of a pitch shot and that much swing puts you over the green. So visualize this - you're standing at address, the club is behind the ball and your club head is sitting at six o'clock.
When pulling the club back, think of 8 o'clock and then swing down your target line. You can practice this at home without hitting balls. The idea is to play over in your mind, where 8 o'clock feels. Then try 9 o'clock. There is a very noticeable difference. These two positions are used quite frequently throughout your game. There is a big advantage to learning the feel of these two different swing lengths. Now here is why it's so important...
The chip shot should be practiced from the first cut around the green to as far back as about 15 yards out from the putting surface. The different distances can be controlled best by changing to different lofted clubs, not by swinging harder or softer. That only complicates your golf swing by trying to use a sand wedge to hit eight different distances. Be smart and make it simple. One important key factor is to know how far and consistently, three or four club lofts travel with that same length swing. Do the same with different lofts for the 9 o'clock swing. Now you'll be cutting stokes off you score card.
Practice these drills on the practice range and write them down and carry them in your golf bag for a month, and then you'll be assured of what they are and when to use them. This is a learning curve you need to master in order to beat everybody in your group, because they figure they don't need to do it, but you know better and you'll be the one getting the free lunches. To provide you with additional opinions and styles, add this fantastic read to your learning experiences with Complete Golfer - Book. It just provides more excellent training. I recommend you learn this great game, from many sources and training aids, throughout your golfing experience.
Let's move to the practice green, to get you thinking about how to perform this quarter swing, which is necessary in being consistent and confident in good shot making. Your set-up and pre-shot routine needs to be the same every time, so I will briefly mention this routine, when I demonstrate chipping on my website. If you have not read my pre-shot routine section, do so when you have a moment, so I won't have to explain it in this section. You'll need a high lofted wedge, about 58 degrees, or lob wedge, a sand wedge and a 9 iron to practice this drill.
I practice all distances from six feet to eighty feet if possible. You will encounter down hill and up hill chipping as well, so whatever the type lie and slope angle on your home practice green, should be similar to that of the actual course you play. Pick out a hole to chip to or the edge on the opposite side of the green, if the practice holes are being used by other patrons. Make an attempt to chip the ball in the hole, not past or next to, but in the hole. That means you need to read the break if any, as if you were putting. It doesn't matter if you miss every time; the drill is to practice making chips in one stroke.
This purpose of such an intense focus is to train your mind to believe you will make every putt and every chip. That's because you're close enough to the cup, you can make it, providing you read the green, choose the appropriate club, follow a specific pre-shot routine, use a proper breathing technique and execute a quarter swing with the proper tempo. Sound difficult? It can be, if you fail to perform one of these drills. It can be, if you consistently believe you can't do all those drills. Let us just say, that you're chances of chipping in are much better with technique and visualization.
Use about a 58 degree wedge and set-up to a ball, ready to chip to a hole. Use a hole that is on a fairly flat surface and about 15 to 20 feet away. Grip the club with both hands as if you're ready to chip, take your right hand off the grip and simply cock your left hand and wrist back, with your right arm by your side, as if you were attempting to begin a swing, but stop and hold that position. The head of your club should be pointing at 8 o'clock. Check to see the back of your left glove hand or watch face is pointing away from you and your wrist is cocked at 45 degrees or 8 o'clock. Take it back to the ball and try again several times until the weight of the club, begins to fatigue your wrist. You'll now feel where 8 o'clock is by the direction of where your club points.
Now that you have a feel for 8 o'clock, I want you to place your right hand back on the grip and begin chipping a few balls, and observe where the balls are landing in front of you and that stop rolling at the hole. Walk out and stick a golf tee in the grass, inline with the hole and two more one foot further, but spaced two feet apart, thereby forming an off sized triangle. Continue chipping balls into the center of that triangle, landing between the two wider tees, rolling towards the hole. I also want you to add, stopping every few shots, to breathe in and exhale slowly for relaxation.
This trains your breathing for relaxation, maintains alignment, proper reading of the green, visualization, proper club selection, execution of a pre-shot routine, swing tempo by hitting in the triangle, all executed inside the quarter swing, which is what? Correct, 8 o'clock. So now you know how it can be done and why it's not difficult, because you have a proven plan to make it happen. Let's look at the actual swing and set up to the ball.
Now that you have learned how to chip and viewed the pictures as I've performed them, let's go over what you'll analyze, to execute in chipping and the other golf tips you've learned. Your lie is near the green, you need to inspect the slope of the green and any hillsides flowing into the green that will have an effect on the break during your chip or putt. You know to pace off how far your ball lies from the hole. Count each step and then multiply by three, to get a distance, which is approximately three feet per step.
Determine the direction of the break, while you're pacing off your distance. Inspect from both sides of the ball. This is exactly the same procedure as if you were preparing for a putt. The three choices of flag location are front, middle and back so this will also help you determine club selection. Lob wedge, Sand wedge, Pitch wedge, 9 iron, or 7 iron. Until you are more confident performing with these different lofted clubs, you may try using an easier club called a Senator 2-Way Chipper - RH Steel. It is an acceptable all-purpose club to use and they work superb when you're pitching 50 yards out from under a low tree or bush.
Eventually you'll need to acquire the ability to execute with the different lofted clubs, because, I've already stated that one swing using different lofts is far superior to swinging eight different swings with one club. It really throws off your swing tempo when you experiment too much. I confess in the early years I did carry one of those all purpose chippers and did survive.
Now you have determined length, break, speed and overall playing conditions. Make your club selection and focus on the triangle drill. This will put you in the best frame of mind to execute the shot. Remember to breathe in and out slowly, relax. Set-up to make the shot and align the club up behind the ball first, on your focused target line. Play this shot back in the stance opposite of your right toe. Allow the grip to lean forward, putting lead on the club. Now take a couple of 8 o'clock practice swings, looking at the hole, watching the golf ball go in. Replace the club back behind the ball, taking one more visual at the hole and pull the trigger, hitting your triangle.
This is a learned habit to form in your mind that will pay big dividends when you commit. If you are a seasoned professional, you'll already be doing this or some similar pre-shot routine that works for you. This is a well observed approach to visualizing all the important parts of a well executed shot. Learn these tips and you'll have lower scores. When you get those positive results, we hope you'll mention us to all you're friends and golfing buddies.
Robert P. Lewis is the author of Vanilla Gorilla Golf Tips, a popular website and blog for golf enthusiasts and those who love the game. Bob has been a good student of the game for 35 years, bringing many talents to the table with desire in sharing the best of those years with you, at no charge, in hopes you'll use his experiences and techniques in improving your game, as those have done for him.
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