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Monday, April 20, 2009

Chipping with backspin!!

Well as you all know I recently spent three days on a Continued Professional Development course and have since been practising my short game.
Of course practising new things and then playing golf is not always a good idea because your head is so often full of new and often technical issues.
The results are often disastrous. Why? Because you are so keen to succeed with your new swing/chip/putting stroke/slice cure or whatever, that you anxiously start lifting your head and doing all sorts of things wrong.
That in turn can get you to thinking that your new skill is not so hot and you drop it and revert to your old bad, but more comfortable, habits.
Well here is some good news for you. Persevere if you know the "science" behind the new technique (whatever it may be) is correct.
I have and the result is my putting has improved dramatically but even better so has my chipping.
Twice on Sunday I very nearly chipped in and didn't need my putter and another time one of my playing partners said:
"That is the second time today I thought you had hit it much too hard and the ball just stopped on the second bounce! How do you do that?"
Man it was good to hear that. So good that I am going out there right this minute to practice so that this chip shot becomes permanent.
Roll on Friday when I play my next game.

1 comment:

Rebecca Lampe said...

You should check out Hank Haney's PlaneFinder; recently featured on The Haney Project!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJFyDnWBfb0