Lesson: How to work on Impact

So what should you work on to improve & refine your impact?

Work on chip shots or short shots around the green. Let`s say you are roughly 10 feet off a practice green with nothing in front of you. The pin is 40 feet away. Take out a 7 or 8 iron. Back to our law of 3's:

1) Move your right foot closer to your left, i.e., narrow your stance slightly

2) Lean more or most of your weight on your left or front foot

3) Get your hands more ahead of the clubhead at address, your hands should be even with or on the outside of you left thigh at address, the shaft must be leaned forward at address.
This relationship should not change throught the chip shot or chip stroke.

As you go to hit the chip shot-YOUR MIND AND YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ALWAYS IN YOUR HANDS!! YOUR HANDS ALWAYS LEAD THE CLUBHEAD. NO EXCEPTIONS. This goes for every shot in Golf! The blow is slightly down. So if we had a tee underneath the ball in the ground, you would cut or break the top of the tee off. You catch the ball first then break the tee & hit the turf slightly. It is always ball first then the turf. The low point of our swing is just ahead of or slightly in front of the ball. Again when you muff a chip or short shot the clubhead got to the ball first not you hands! It's a race to the ball & the hands always have to win the race. When you have hit a good shot you did this. I am just now making you aware of it.

The clubhead will pass our hands at some point, but it's always after the ball is gone, never before. At the finish of this short chip shot the clubhead should be below your hands & the line from your left shoulder through your left wrist is still straight. Your left wrist is flat & vertical & your right wrist is still slightly bent. The secret here or the "Insurance Policy" as I like to call it, is that, we sustain the impact or straight line as long as possible. You will be more consistent over a long period of time if you do this. There will be a different sound, a click, that when you hit the ball correctly, you will just know it intuitively.