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This is a great tip to improve your pitching game. The primary key to the shot is keeping the arms, shoulders and body moving somewhat in sync as described in this article by Krista Dunton PGA, by allowing the right elbow to fold against the right side during the back swing and left elbow to fold against the left side during the through swing. Check out the article and video below for some great short game pointers.
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executing the perfect pitch shot | Short Game | PGA.comThat troublesome 20-30 yard pitch shot is easier than you think.
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Todd Anderson on the Pitch Shot
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Hitting the Ball Farther
The Golf Grip
The grip is the primary connector from the body to the club, and as the great Arnold Palmer once said, “The grip is the crucial junction point from which all the body’s strength and rhythm transferred to the club.”
There are three grip options from which to choose:
The most common grip is the overlapping or Vardon grip, named after Harry Vardon, where the little finger of the right hand (lower hand) is positioned over the top and between the left hand’s first two fingers.
The second option is the interlocking grip, where the little finger of the right hand is intertwined with the index finger of the left hand. This adjoining or melding of the hands with both the Vardon and overlapping grip helps unify the hands and aids in preventing one hand from overpowering the other, resulting in increased distance and consistency.
The third option, or the ten-finger grip, sometimes called a baseball grip, is only recommended for very young or physically weak individuals without adequate strength to hold and swing the club.
Releasing the Clubhead
This story is for you if…
• You want more distance and accuracy
• You often miss your target to the right
• You don’t understand what “release” means
• You want more distance and accuracy
• You often miss your target to the right
• You don’t understand what “release” means
My Favorite Shots To Save Par
See on Scoop.it – golf instruction
Brandt Snedeker shares his favorite shots around the green. (RT @GolfDigestMag: One of Brandt Snedeker’s favorite shots around the green? The hands-free lob.
BestGolfeBooks‘s insight:
The "Hands free lob" is an adaptation to the pitching swing and is a great tool in and around the green. The firmness in the hands provides a high degree of consistency.
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How to Start the Golf Swing
By Kevin Cotter, PGA
The takeaway or start of the golf swing begins with combined movement of the clubhead, hands, arms and shoulders.
This movement, commonly referred to as the “one-piece takeaway” is quickly followed by the hips as they begin to turn in response to the shoulders. As the hips rotate the lower body (knees and feet) become active as the weight begins to transfer back onto and eventually around the right leg.
Soon after the “once piece takeaway” begins, allow your right elbow to fold somewhat against your right side, at least in the early stages of the backswing. This allows the arms to remain connected to the body.
The “one piece takeaway” sets the timing of the swing into immediate sync. The desired sequence of movement is; clubhead, hands, shoulders, hips and lower body in that order. This backswing sequencing establishes proper coiling of the upper body against the lower body, providing a power generating spring like action to be unleashed during the downswing. Correct timing also helps establish a square clubface position at the top of the swing.
In addition to timing, the proper takeaway is crucial in developing power through angular momentum or also known as the “lever system.” Proper use of the “lever system” not only unleashes tremedous power but helps establish a ball first then turf strike when playing shots directly off the turf. Learning to strike the ball with a descending blow is vital, a downward strike to a ball sitting on the turf provides the much needed spin necessary for the ball to stick and hold in the intended target area.
Also, the path of the club is hugely influenced by the natural flow of the “one-piece takeaway.” When not contrived in any way the club moves straight back then slightly to the inside around then up. Eventually, the club returns somewhat along the same path on the way down, creating a semi-circle pattern starting from behind the ball through the ball and into the through swing.
If the club is forced quickly to the outside during the initial stages of the backswing an out to in swing path is likely to be created. Conversely, if you force the club back too quickly to the inside, the club eventually has nowhere to go but to be forced to the outside and then back across the ball resulting in pulled or sliced shots.
So, as you can now clearly see, the “one piece takeaway” is the crucial first step in developing a powerful repeating golf swing, and provides the ability to consistently strike the ball cleanly and squarely, leading to longer and straighter shots.
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Spirit of Golf
March 24, 2013
There is often a mindset of, “I’ll work hard now so that I can reap the rewards and relax and enjoy later on.” From the standpoint of Law of Attraction, it doesn’t quite work that way. For starters, nothing can come into our “now” experience that doesn’t require lots of hard work (and usually the accompanying toil, burnout, and grind). Then, just about the time we get ready to reap the rewards, life continues to be challenging and hard, not because it really is, but because we never learned we could have anything we wanted the easy and effortless way.
St. Lucie West, FL – March, 2013
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Spirit of Golf
March 22, 2013
Most of us overlook the importance of the inner game because we’ve conditioned ourselves to fixate on the physical stuff. Yet what science is telling us time and again is that the physical stuff is pretty much insignificant – and almost non-existent – when compared to the consciousness (imagination, thoughts, emotions, beliefs) which “molds the clay” of every-thing. We can stay stuck in the grinding and trying mode or we can begin to include into the action stage the effort-less power of the mind. In either case, mind over matter (thought over action) as an energy for peak performance is a concept that is here to stay.
Dunedin, FL – March, 2013
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Spirit of Golf
March 17, 2013
What’s important to keep in mind is that all emotions –when repeated often enough – become highly addictive to the cells of the body. Anger, anxiety, struggle, or worry all begin to feel normal and desirable, at which time the body finds any way it can to get its chemical rush. We’ll do whatever it takes – have a meltdown, toss a club, get sloppy with a shot – just to stimulate the addiction and keep the juices flowing and alive.
Phoenix, AZ – March, 2012
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Spirit of Golf
March 15, 2013
As long as we keep thinking and feeling equal to what we already know, all that we see will be more of what we already know. In other words, something’s gotta give on the inside – we’ve got to picture and imagine ourselves differently – before the physical proof can come our way. Once we do make the necessary internal shift with our thoughts and emotions, however, change happens very quickly. It’s the habitual patterns we stubbornly hold onto that drags things out and get us into trouble every time.
Orlando, FL – January, 2013
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