![]() ![]() Maintain that shape, keep that triangle connected and your chest should be facing towards the target at the end of your follow thorugh. A lot of bad shots are caused by getting a bit 'armsy' where golfers stop moving their body and just swing with the arms. Your arms and chest should stay connected in an upside down triangle and this shape should be maintained throughout the shot. Momentum may cause you to go a little further but that's okay, this is more for the feel and will help maintain a good rhythm. Something that helps create a smooth stroke is thinking to repeat the same distance on your follow through as you have made in your backswing. I like to stand with a fairly narrow stance with the ball more towards the middle, with about 70% of my weight on my leading foot and I grip down on the club a little bit. Putting the ball right at your back foot when trying to play this type of shot can cause the leading edge of the club to just get stuck in the ground, meaning you simply chunk it a few yards in front of you. A few common techniques that I think are a bit of a myth and actually cause a lot more bad shots than good ones, is having the ball back in the stance. Sometimes you end up hitting a skull shot when you try to get too fancy! Before you injure your playing partners on that ill-advised flop shot attempt, read up on how to avoid skulled shots around the green.1) PITCHING: When playing pitch shot from around the 30-yard mark, it's a personal choice which wedge you go with, but it's important to pick something with a good amount of loft, which is why personally I like to go with a 56 degree. Some players argue that rust will add more spin to wedges, read our full article to find our if true.įinally, the dark side of advanced short game shots… Not only “ how to put backspin on a golf ball“, but you also need to understand how to limit your backspin when the situation calls for it. ![]() When you have advanced to the level of flop shots & the spinning wedge, you need a good understanding of backspin. If pulled off, this is one of those shots that will have your friends in awe. The ideal situation for this shot is that you have a middle or back pin and plenty of room to work with. Using specifically designed training aids, a lot of them used by the top players in the game Brian can quickly identify which parts of your putting need. The basic premise is that this shot comes in low, takes one or two hops and then stops dead on the green. It’s a shot that can be used in a variety of situations and distances but you need a nice fairway lie. Quite honestly, if mastered it is like owning a secret weapon for golf. The other, more advanced, shot that you may want to carry is something I call the low trajectory – high spinning wedge shot. Please spend a lot of time practicing before attempting the flop shot. ![]() Later in the article, I will link to short game drills. Most of the time, you would be much better served using the standard short game shots (chip, pitch, bump & run). For most golfers, the flop shot is a very low percentage shot. Listen very closely, you should only attempt this shot when you have no other choice. These shots will occur when you are short sided and perhaps you need to get over a bunker, you are hitting from a lower elevation, or have some thick grass you need to go over.įor these occasions, you will need the Flop Shot. These shots will probably require you to get the ball up quick and then stop on the green without much roll-out. However, you will occasionally miss the green in places that will leave you with some pretty difficult shots. My guess is that you are probably going to use the basic shots about 80% of the time when you are around the green. So once you’ve learned the basic “stock” short game shots, you can look at a little more advanced shot.
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