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2008/07/01
Golf Tips on How to Chip a Golf Ball ( from Deep Rough )
Follow these simple steps to making your chip shots roll a more more reliable distance more consistently. Do you suffer from a sick feeling in you stomach when your ball settles down in the deep rough either greenside or within 100 yards? A chip shot is necessary when you are a few yards from the putting green or surface. This shot is usually played with a low-lofted club in order to get the ball rolling on the green as quickly as possible. Proper Golf Setup and Posture for this Shot, Follow this Procedure: 1. Select a club with low loft (usually anything from a 6 iron to a pitching wedge. The idea is to allow the ball to just carry onto the putting surface and roll the proper distance to the hole. 2. Select a target on the green to aim for ( this is usually a slight discoloration of the grass or some mark on the green ) and estimate where you would like the ball to stop. 3. Grip the club down towards the shaft, close to the end of the grip or wherever you feel comfortable choking down to. Typically the more you choke down the more control you will have but the shorter the distance the ball will roll. 4. Step close to the golf ball so that it is no more than a few inches from your feet. 5. Place most of your weight to your left side or left hip socket (your right side if you are left-handed). 6. Use a putting stroke to swing the club back and forth placing a descending blow on the back of the ball. 7. Rock the shoulders up and down by swinging the arms, while keeping the lower body steady and the wrists quiet. Tempo is most important. Do not rush the stroke, same distance back as through, just like putting. Other Chipping Golf Setup Tips: You should try to keep your hands in front of the ball so that the hands lead the ball into impact. Keep your wrists firm, especially the left one for right handers. If you are in deep rough make this adjustment. The deep grass can make the golfball behave unpredictably because the grass gets caught between the clubface and the ball. This will call the ball to either jump out of the grass with no backspin or loft so expect the flight of the ball to be lower than normal. Grip the club firmly so that the rough doesn't twist the club on the swing. Tip the club angle up so the toe is the only part touching the ground. This will minimize contact with the grass as much as possible. The best way to handle this shot is to place the ball as far back in your stance as possible and make a steeper angle of attack with the ball by hinging your wrists slightly but very quickly. The timing of this shot requires some practice. Select the club that will the ball rolling on the green as quickly as possible. When it is windy or you are faced with a downhill shot, or on fast greens, you should chip the ball instead of pitching it to better controll the distance.
Follow these simple steps to making your chip shots roll a more more reliable distance more consistently. Do you suffer from a sick feeling in you stomach when your ball settles down in the deep rough either greenside or within 100 yards? A chip shot is necessary when you are a few yards from the putting green or surface. This shot is usually played with a low-lofted club in order to get the ball rolling on the green as quickly as possible. Proper Golf Setup and Posture for this Shot, Follow this Procedure: 1. Select a club with low loft (usually anything from a 6 iron to a pitching wedge. The idea is to allow the ball to just carry onto the putting surface and roll the proper distance to the hole. 2. Select a target on the green to aim for ( this is usually a slight discoloration of the grass or some mark on the green ) and estimate where you would like the ball to stop. 3. Grip the club down towards the shaft, close to the end of the grip or wherever you feel comfortable choking down to. Typically the more you choke down the more control you will have but the shorter the distance the ball will roll. 4. Step close to the golf ball so that it is no more than a few inches from your feet. 5. Place most of your weight to your left side or left hip socket (your right side if you are left-handed). 6. Use a putting stroke to swing the club back and forth placing a descending blow on the back of the ball. 7. Rock the shoulders up and down by swinging the arms, while keeping the lower body steady and the wrists quiet. Tempo is most important. Do not rush the stroke, same distance back as through, just like putting. Other Chipping Golf Setup Tips: You should try to keep your hands in front of the ball so that the hands lead the ball into impact. Keep your wrists firm, especially the left one for right handers. If you are in deep rough make this adjustment. The deep grass can make the golfball behave unpredictably because the grass gets caught between the clubface and the ball. This will call the ball to either jump out of the grass with no backspin or loft so expect the flight of the ball to be lower than normal. Grip the club firmly so that the rough doesn't twist the club on the swing. Tip the club angle up so the toe is the only part touching the ground. This will minimize contact with the grass as much as possible. The best way to handle this shot is to place the ball as far back in your stance as possible and make a steeper angle of attack with the ball by hinging your wrists slightly but very quickly. The timing of this shot requires some practice. Select the club that will the ball rolling on the green as quickly as possible. When it is windy or you are faced with a downhill shot, or on fast greens, you should chip the ball instead of pitching it to better controll the distance.
Common Swing Faults With Physical Fixes
All the above are reasons why a player's swing faults are hard to improve long term. Aside from blatant lack of skill, muscle imbalance is by far the most common source of altered neuromechanics and both poor and/or inconsistent swing mechanics. Teaching pros need to be able to identify and correct length-tension relationships. Length-tension relationships (the balance between muscles and groups of muscles) represent and dictate both the real-time function of the working joints and how well the body executes the brain.s swing command. In the presence of muscle length-tension imbalances, what may be a very good motor engram leaving the brain often manifests as a swing with notable faults. A player with muscle imbalance is most easily identified by his/her poor posture. Altered spinal curvatures disrupt spinal mechanics, leading to compensatory movement at other joints. When the player.s muscle balance and postural alignment are optimal, there is minimal engram (motor command sequence) disruption. In this state, good motor programming results in long term correction of swing faults and minimizes chances of orthopedic injury. One of the main reasons for muscle imbalance is the way our muscles are designed. We have muscles that are classified as TONIC and muscles that are classified as PHASIC. The physiological reality of how these two muscle types react to both physical and mental stress is what underlies many chronic swing faults that persist despite having spent large sums of money on elite coaching and high-tech clubs! Tonic muscles are ideally suited to postural duties such as holding an address posture and an optimal swing axis. Tonic muscles react to aberrant physical or mental stress by shortening and tightening. Phasic muscles are more suited to dynamic movements such as actually swinging and accelerating the club. Phasic muscles react to aberrant physical or mental stress by lengthening and weakening. One of the key reasons for the difference responses between the muscle types is the threshold of stimulation; tonic muscles have a low threshold of stimulation, while phasic muscles have a high threshold of stimulation Additionally, as we age (beyond 40) our phasic abdominal and gluteal (butt) muscles tend to weaken, further encouraging muscle imbalance. Experienced golfers often have a very good mental image, or consciousness of the ideal swing, and try with all intent to execute one. Because tonic muscles have a lower threshold of stimulation than phasic muscles and tend to override commands to antagonistic and synergistic phasic muscles, which have a high threshold of stimulation, the physical image or expression of the motor command may not represent the mental image used to generate the movement. Here the tonic lumbar erectors and hip flexors override the phasic abdominal and gluteal musculature, pulling the player into an over-swing; not only does the player frequently not realize he/she is doing this, back pain is a common byproduct. Note that muscle imbalance is most easily identified as poor posture (the key is recognizing what is poor posture versus good posture!). When a player develops any degree of muscle imbalance, the swing motor engram that leaves the player.s brain is altered in proportion to the degree of facilitation and muscle imbalance that exists in the musculoskeletal system. Additionally, each time a player executes a swing in the presence of muscle imbalance, the engram is progressively altered and the muscle imbalance is further facilitated. This is one reason that golfers play for five or even ten years with minimal improvement in their handicap; even though their understanding of the game is improving, their level of neuromechanical imbalance is of greater influence on their game! THERE IS A SOLUTION! You can make significant gains toward a better swing by simply stretching the shortened tonic muscles just before you play.
All the above are reasons why a player's swing faults are hard to improve long term. Aside from blatant lack of skill, muscle imbalance is by far the most common source of altered neuromechanics and both poor and/or inconsistent swing mechanics. Teaching pros need to be able to identify and correct length-tension relationships. Length-tension relationships (the balance between muscles and groups of muscles) represent and dictate both the real-time function of the working joints and how well the body executes the brain.s swing command. In the presence of muscle length-tension imbalances, what may be a very good motor engram leaving the brain often manifests as a swing with notable faults. A player with muscle imbalance is most easily identified by his/her poor posture. Altered spinal curvatures disrupt spinal mechanics, leading to compensatory movement at other joints. When the player.s muscle balance and postural alignment are optimal, there is minimal engram (motor command sequence) disruption. In this state, good motor programming results in long term correction of swing faults and minimizes chances of orthopedic injury. One of the main reasons for muscle imbalance is the way our muscles are designed. We have muscles that are classified as TONIC and muscles that are classified as PHASIC. The physiological reality of how these two muscle types react to both physical and mental stress is what underlies many chronic swing faults that persist despite having spent large sums of money on elite coaching and high-tech clubs! Tonic muscles are ideally suited to postural duties such as holding an address posture and an optimal swing axis. Tonic muscles react to aberrant physical or mental stress by shortening and tightening. Phasic muscles are more suited to dynamic movements such as actually swinging and accelerating the club. Phasic muscles react to aberrant physical or mental stress by lengthening and weakening. One of the key reasons for the difference responses between the muscle types is the threshold of stimulation; tonic muscles have a low threshold of stimulation, while phasic muscles have a high threshold of stimulation Additionally, as we age (beyond 40) our phasic abdominal and gluteal (butt) muscles tend to weaken, further encouraging muscle imbalance. Experienced golfers often have a very good mental image, or consciousness of the ideal swing, and try with all intent to execute one. Because tonic muscles have a lower threshold of stimulation than phasic muscles and tend to override commands to antagonistic and synergistic phasic muscles, which have a high threshold of stimulation, the physical image or expression of the motor command may not represent the mental image used to generate the movement. Here the tonic lumbar erectors and hip flexors override the phasic abdominal and gluteal musculature, pulling the player into an over-swing; not only does the player frequently not realize he/she is doing this, back pain is a common byproduct. Note that muscle imbalance is most easily identified as poor posture (the key is recognizing what is poor posture versus good posture!). When a player develops any degree of muscle imbalance, the swing motor engram that leaves the player.s brain is altered in proportion to the degree of facilitation and muscle imbalance that exists in the musculoskeletal system. Additionally, each time a player executes a swing in the presence of muscle imbalance, the engram is progressively altered and the muscle imbalance is further facilitated. This is one reason that golfers play for five or even ten years with minimal improvement in their handicap; even though their understanding of the game is improving, their level of neuromechanical imbalance is of greater influence on their game! THERE IS A SOLUTION! You can make significant gains toward a better swing by simply stretching the shortened tonic muscles just before you play.
Golf Swing Tips To Improve Your Golf Game
The following golf swing tips will help you to build your skill level and your confidence to hit the golfball more consistently. These are high level or big picture tips so be sure to check the rest of our site for more low level specific tips Golf swing tip
#1: Maintain a positive image of hitting the golfball. Remember the last time you played this hole and made a good swing at the golfball. Negative self-talk will adversely impact your game. Golf swing tip
#2: Develop a good tough mental attitude. Confidence in your ability to put a bad shot behind you and move on, turn the page in the book in your head to hit a good golf shot. Golf swing tip
#3: Practice does make almost perfect. You do not need to go to the driving range to lower your scores. You can practice putting and chipping on your carpet in your house. Chipping and pitching to a close target in your backyard are proven to be effective ways to drop strokes from your short game. Practice your full swing in front of a mirror, or in the back yard. Go through your preshot routine many times untill it becomes second nature. When you practice your fullswing check to see if you finish the swing in balance, if not make some adjustments in your setup. Golf swing tip
#4: Learn how to play competitive golf with a playing partner by having a match. This will help you become a tough competitor and ingrain the kill instinct that you need to win. Golf swing tip
#5: Purchase golf swing aids or a golf training aid to help groove your swing. My favorite is the speed stik, and the medicus. Golf swing tip
#6: Take a lesson with a golf pro. Ask to have your golf swing videotaped. This will help if you are a visual learner to see the weaknesses in your swing. If you do not care for the style of the teaching pro then find another. There are many pros and many styles of teaching - find the one that is right for you. Golf swing tip
#7: Reading a golf swing tip website such as http://www.golfgist.com will help learn new golf swing tips to practice. Look for new articles and tips that may work for you. We are all different and find different tips work well for some and poorly for others. Golf swing tip
#8: Watch golf video(s) or a PGA tounament and learn from the pros. By watching a pro you will come to realize the importance of the preshot routine to consistent play. The pros do have many diiferent swing and setup keys, see if you can identify them and then try them out for yourself to see if it makes a difference. Golf swing tip
#9: Work on a few golf swing tips each week until you have mastered them. Pay special attention to putting tips and practice your putting the most. This is where most matches are won and lost. Golf swing tip #10: Focus on your swing Tempo - say 1,2,3,4 to yourself during your swing. 1 is the target, 2 is the golfball, 3 is the backswing, and 4 is the downswing. Try these golf swing tips and keep a journal of those that seem to help improve your game.
The following golf swing tips will help you to build your skill level and your confidence to hit the golfball more consistently. These are high level or big picture tips so be sure to check the rest of our site for more low level specific tips Golf swing tip
#1: Maintain a positive image of hitting the golfball. Remember the last time you played this hole and made a good swing at the golfball. Negative self-talk will adversely impact your game. Golf swing tip
#2: Develop a good tough mental attitude. Confidence in your ability to put a bad shot behind you and move on, turn the page in the book in your head to hit a good golf shot. Golf swing tip
#3: Practice does make almost perfect. You do not need to go to the driving range to lower your scores. You can practice putting and chipping on your carpet in your house. Chipping and pitching to a close target in your backyard are proven to be effective ways to drop strokes from your short game. Practice your full swing in front of a mirror, or in the back yard. Go through your preshot routine many times untill it becomes second nature. When you practice your fullswing check to see if you finish the swing in balance, if not make some adjustments in your setup. Golf swing tip
#4: Learn how to play competitive golf with a playing partner by having a match. This will help you become a tough competitor and ingrain the kill instinct that you need to win. Golf swing tip
#5: Purchase golf swing aids or a golf training aid to help groove your swing. My favorite is the speed stik, and the medicus. Golf swing tip
#6: Take a lesson with a golf pro. Ask to have your golf swing videotaped. This will help if you are a visual learner to see the weaknesses in your swing. If you do not care for the style of the teaching pro then find another. There are many pros and many styles of teaching - find the one that is right for you. Golf swing tip
#7: Reading a golf swing tip website such as http://www.golfgist.com will help learn new golf swing tips to practice. Look for new articles and tips that may work for you. We are all different and find different tips work well for some and poorly for others. Golf swing tip
#8: Watch golf video(s) or a PGA tounament and learn from the pros. By watching a pro you will come to realize the importance of the preshot routine to consistent play. The pros do have many diiferent swing and setup keys, see if you can identify them and then try them out for yourself to see if it makes a difference. Golf swing tip
#9: Work on a few golf swing tips each week until you have mastered them. Pay special attention to putting tips and practice your putting the most. This is where most matches are won and lost. Golf swing tip #10: Focus on your swing Tempo - say 1,2,3,4 to yourself during your swing. 1 is the target, 2 is the golfball, 3 is the backswing, and 4 is the downswing. Try these golf swing tips and keep a journal of those that seem to help improve your game.
2008/06/08
Golf Tips on How to Chip a Golf Ball(from Deep Rough)
Follow these simple steps to making your chip shots roll a more more reliable distance more consistently. Do you suffer from a sick feeling in you stomach when your ball settles down in the deep rough either greenside or within 100 yards? A chip shot is necessary when you are a few yards from the putting green or surface. This shot is usually played with a low-lofted club in order to get the ball rolling on the green as quickly as possible. Proper Golf Setup and Posture for this Shot, Follow this Procedure: 1. Select a club with low loft (usually anything from a 6 iron to a pitching wedge. The idea is to allow the ball to just carry onto the putting surface and roll the proper distance to the hole. 2. Select a target on the green to aim for ( this is usually a slight discoloration of the grass or some mark on the green ) and estimate where you would like the ball to stop. 3. Grip the club down towards the shaft, close to the end of the grip or wherever you feel comfortable choking down to. Typically the more you choke down the more control you will have but the shorter the distance the ball will roll. 4. Step close to the golf ball so that it is no more than a few inches from your feet. 5. Place most of your weight to your left side or left hip socket (your right side if you are left-handed). 6. Use a putting stroke to swing the club back and forth placing a descending blow on the back of the ball. 7. Rock the shoulders up and down by swinging the arms, while keeping the lower body steady and the wrists quiet. Tempo is most important. Do not rush the stroke, same distance back as through, just like putting. Other Chipping Golf Setup Tips: You should try to keep your hands in front of the ball so that the hands lead the ball into impact. Keep your wrists firm, especially the left one for right handers. If you are in deep rough make this adjustment. The deep grass can make the golfball behave unpredictably because the grass gets caught between the clubface and the ball. This will call the ball to either jump out of the grass with no backspin or loft so expect the flight of the ball to be lower than normal. Grip the club firmly so that the rough doesn't twist the club on the swing. Tip the club angle up so the toe is the only part touching the ground. This will minimize contact with the grass as much as possible. The best way to handle this shot is to place the ball as far back in your stance as possible and make a steeper angle of attack with the ball by hinging your wrists slightly but very quickly. The timing of this shot requires some practice. Select the club that will the ball rolling on the green as quickly as possible. When it is windy or you are faced with a downhill shot, or on fast greens, you should chip the ball instead of pitching it to better controll the distance.(Golfgist.com)
Follow these simple steps to making your chip shots roll a more more reliable distance more consistently. Do you suffer from a sick feeling in you stomach when your ball settles down in the deep rough either greenside or within 100 yards? A chip shot is necessary when you are a few yards from the putting green or surface. This shot is usually played with a low-lofted club in order to get the ball rolling on the green as quickly as possible. Proper Golf Setup and Posture for this Shot, Follow this Procedure: 1. Select a club with low loft (usually anything from a 6 iron to a pitching wedge. The idea is to allow the ball to just carry onto the putting surface and roll the proper distance to the hole. 2. Select a target on the green to aim for ( this is usually a slight discoloration of the grass or some mark on the green ) and estimate where you would like the ball to stop. 3. Grip the club down towards the shaft, close to the end of the grip or wherever you feel comfortable choking down to. Typically the more you choke down the more control you will have but the shorter the distance the ball will roll. 4. Step close to the golf ball so that it is no more than a few inches from your feet. 5. Place most of your weight to your left side or left hip socket (your right side if you are left-handed). 6. Use a putting stroke to swing the club back and forth placing a descending blow on the back of the ball. 7. Rock the shoulders up and down by swinging the arms, while keeping the lower body steady and the wrists quiet. Tempo is most important. Do not rush the stroke, same distance back as through, just like putting. Other Chipping Golf Setup Tips: You should try to keep your hands in front of the ball so that the hands lead the ball into impact. Keep your wrists firm, especially the left one for right handers. If you are in deep rough make this adjustment. The deep grass can make the golfball behave unpredictably because the grass gets caught between the clubface and the ball. This will call the ball to either jump out of the grass with no backspin or loft so expect the flight of the ball to be lower than normal. Grip the club firmly so that the rough doesn't twist the club on the swing. Tip the club angle up so the toe is the only part touching the ground. This will minimize contact with the grass as much as possible. The best way to handle this shot is to place the ball as far back in your stance as possible and make a steeper angle of attack with the ball by hinging your wrists slightly but very quickly. The timing of this shot requires some practice. Select the club that will the ball rolling on the green as quickly as possible. When it is windy or you are faced with a downhill shot, or on fast greens, you should chip the ball instead of pitching it to better controll the distance.(Golfgist.com)
Golf Tips on How to Chip a Golf Ball ( from Deep Rough )
Follow these simple steps to making your chip shots roll a more more reliable distance more consistently. Do you suffer from a sick feeling in you stomach when your ball settles down in the deep rough either greenside or within 100 yards? A chip shot is necessary when you are a few yards from the putting green or surface. This shot is usually played with a low-lofted club in order to get the ball rolling on the green as quickly as possible. Proper Golf Setup and Posture for this Shot, Follow this Procedure: 1. Select a club with low loft (usually anything from a 6 iron to a pitching wedge. The idea is to allow the ball to just carry onto the putting surface and roll the proper distance to the hole. 2. Select a target on the green to aim for ( this is usually a slight discoloration of the grass or some mark on the green ) and estimate where you would like the ball to stop. 3. Grip the club down towards the shaft, close to the end of the grip or wherever you feel comfortable choking down to. Typically the more you choke down the more control you will have but the shorter the distance the ball will roll. 4. Step close to the golf ball so that it is no more than a few inches from your feet. 5. Place most of your weight to your left side or left hip socket (your right side if you are left-handed). 6. Use a putting stroke to swing the club back and forth placing a descending blow on the back of the ball. 7. Rock the shoulders up and down by swinging the arms, while keeping the lower body steady and the wrists quiet. Tempo is most important. Do not rush the stroke, same distance back as through, just like putting. Other Chipping Golf Setup Tips: You should try to keep your hands in front of the ball so that the hands lead the ball into impact. Keep your wrists firm, especially the left one for right handers. If you are in deep rough make this adjustment. The deep grass can make the golfball behave unpredictably because the grass gets caught between the clubface and the ball. This will call the ball to either jump out of the grass with no backspin or loft so expect the flight of the ball to be lower than normal. Grip the club firmly so that the rough doesn't twist the club on the swing. Tip the club angle up so the toe is the only part touching the ground. This will minimize contact with the grass as much as possible. The best way to handle this shot is to place the ball as far back in your stance as possible and make a steeper angle of attack with the ball by hinging your wrists slightly but very quickly. The timing of this shot requires some practice. Select the club that will the ball rolling on the green as quickly as possible. When it is windy or you are faced with a downhill shot, or on fast greens, you should chip the ball instead of pitching it to better controll the distance.(Golfgist.com)
Follow these simple steps to making your chip shots roll a more more reliable distance more consistently. Do you suffer from a sick feeling in you stomach when your ball settles down in the deep rough either greenside or within 100 yards? A chip shot is necessary when you are a few yards from the putting green or surface. This shot is usually played with a low-lofted club in order to get the ball rolling on the green as quickly as possible. Proper Golf Setup and Posture for this Shot, Follow this Procedure: 1. Select a club with low loft (usually anything from a 6 iron to a pitching wedge. The idea is to allow the ball to just carry onto the putting surface and roll the proper distance to the hole. 2. Select a target on the green to aim for ( this is usually a slight discoloration of the grass or some mark on the green ) and estimate where you would like the ball to stop. 3. Grip the club down towards the shaft, close to the end of the grip or wherever you feel comfortable choking down to. Typically the more you choke down the more control you will have but the shorter the distance the ball will roll. 4. Step close to the golf ball so that it is no more than a few inches from your feet. 5. Place most of your weight to your left side or left hip socket (your right side if you are left-handed). 6. Use a putting stroke to swing the club back and forth placing a descending blow on the back of the ball. 7. Rock the shoulders up and down by swinging the arms, while keeping the lower body steady and the wrists quiet. Tempo is most important. Do not rush the stroke, same distance back as through, just like putting. Other Chipping Golf Setup Tips: You should try to keep your hands in front of the ball so that the hands lead the ball into impact. Keep your wrists firm, especially the left one for right handers. If you are in deep rough make this adjustment. The deep grass can make the golfball behave unpredictably because the grass gets caught between the clubface and the ball. This will call the ball to either jump out of the grass with no backspin or loft so expect the flight of the ball to be lower than normal. Grip the club firmly so that the rough doesn't twist the club on the swing. Tip the club angle up so the toe is the only part touching the ground. This will minimize contact with the grass as much as possible. The best way to handle this shot is to place the ball as far back in your stance as possible and make a steeper angle of attack with the ball by hinging your wrists slightly but very quickly. The timing of this shot requires some practice. Select the club that will the ball rolling on the green as quickly as possible. When it is windy or you are faced with a downhill shot, or on fast greens, you should chip the ball instead of pitching it to better controll the distance.(Golfgist.com)
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