Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Improve Your Chipping With These Golf Swing Drills

By Sam Kinsley


The actual chipping swing, although appearing simple and easy, is frequently ignored by a number of beginner golf players. Chipping is, in fact, the golf swing, which involves the least amount of movement aside from putting. Here are several golf swing drills that will assist you to perfect the chip shot.

While playing a chip shot, there should be a triangle made with your arms as well as shoulders. This triangle must stay in position till you have finished your chipping stroke. To get this triangle perfect, you will need to rehearse a number of golf swing drills.

One way to make certain you have the correct triangle is to set up for a chip golf shot as you always do, yet, just before swinging, take a new golf club and link it with the 1st golf club so it extends a foot or so higher than the end of the first one. This means that you have to hold the main club by using a ordinary grip and include the 2nd golf club upside-down in such a way that it points straight down and so that your hand is placed around the shaft of the 2nd club while at the same time gripping the original or first club. While doing this, the face of the 2nd club needs to be aiming upwards.

By maintaining the setup of these two golf clubs, swing back and through. While repeating this, ensure that you maintain the triangle you have established unchanged. Once you are able to get better at this process, then you will be able to prevent the second club from striking you in your follow-through. However, for this, you'll want to make certain that the actual triangle that is shaped by the hands and shoulders is similar to the one made in the swing. You will additionally need to be very careful and make it a point that your wrists don't break down due to the impact. If you're discovering that the 2nd club is actually hitting you on the follow-through, go on practicing this particular drill up until the 2nd golf club is not hitting you within your follow-through while you keep the triangle complete.

One important thing to notice when chipping is to ensure you retain your wrists firm as well as strong while performing the actual chip shot. By simply practicing this drill, you'll definitely turn into a far better chipper. Also, you can practice distance control of your chips simply because it also contributes in giving you better chipping. To accomplish this, you have to practice landing the golf ball right into a tiny circle from a length greater than 3 feet. If you are able to land a golf ball into the circle for 5 straight times then simply move back one foot and practice yet again. Don't forget, practice achieves perfection so therefore you need to practice this with all of your clubs that you chip with rather than just using your wedges.

Another thing you need to contemplate while playing a chip shot is to keep your leading arm as straight as you can during your follow-through, particularly for very short pitches. This will likely ensure you strike the ball directly on point. Furthermore, it helps you to have a consistent hit. You will probably find this a lttle bit hard to perform as you will think that you have to bend the leading arm at the elbow after impact. However, with practice you are going to naturally conquer the addiction of bending the leading arm. This can also drastically improve your chipping as well.

All of these golf swing drills will aid you to perfect the act of chipping. Through using these particular drills, you will definitely have the ability to gain more uniformity in your chip golf shots and can help save several shots that will lower your scores.




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