| Ever get out sorts with your chipping stroke? Find | | | | watch. I like a credit card. A pencil or pen works too. |
| yourself too often leaving chip shots short or worse | | | | This will keep your front wrist flat throughout the |
| yet bladed long? Don't worry; we've all been there | | | | stroke. A major flaw in chipping is allowing the wrist |
| and back. You can come back from your chipping | | | | to break ruining the shot. |
| woes as well. | | | | Rock the shoulders - This shot is like a long putt. You |
| So often the cause of our chipping troubles lies in our | | | | want to fly the ball to the green and have it roll to |
| technique. If you are struggling with this shot most | | | | the hole. |
| often it is because you're trying to lift or scoop the | | | | Use a descending blow - Like most every iron shot |
| ball. You may know how to make the proper swing | | | | you should use a descending blow striking the ground |
| but something in your brain is not convinced it will | | | | just ahead of where the ball was lying. Test this by |
| work. Then during the stroke that something in your | | | | placing a second ball to the outside of the first. After |
| brain takes over and attempts to accomplish the | | | | the stroke compare the starting point of the divot to |
| shot its own way. | | | | the second ball. |
| The result is never good. Scooping, chunking or | | | | Test different clubs - Test this drill with several |
| sculling are common outcomes. Lack of commitment | | | | different clubs observing the distance the ball travels |
| to any shot will most likely have a similar result. So | | | | in the air and how far it rolls once on the green. |
| how can we train that something in our brain to | | | | Be patient - Don't give up on the drill. Keep working |
| believe in the right kind of stroke? | | | | on it until you know what to expect from each club |
| Practice is the standard answer. It in not a wrong | | | | and you have built confidence in the shot. |
| answer either. Technically what the brain needs is a | | | | You can work on this just about anywhere, the |
| history of the shot working. It needs confidence. | | | | office or home if space permits. But please work on |
| Confidence can be gained from practice yes, but also | | | | it. You will begin to see those chips finishing close to |
| it can be gained from successful execution on the | | | | the hole. And you will be surprised at how many you |
| course. Usually some form of practice is required to | | | | make. |
| execute on the course though. | | | | You want to shave strokes from your game. Better |
| This practice drill will help you tremendously to build | | | | chipping will help you do just that. This drill is a time |
| feel and confidence. | | | | tested drill. Use it to help you improve your chipping |
| Chipping Drill | | | | and lower your handicap. |
| Use a credit card - Insert something stiff under your | | | | |