Trying to lift the ball when chipping with loft is one of the most common faults that ruins a golfer’s strike around the green. Marcus Westerberg shows us a drill to allow you to stop helping the ball in the air and use the loft of the club more naturally.
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The front foot only drill – stop helping the ball in the air
When chipping with loft, the worst ball strikes are often guilty of trying to lift the ball in the air rather than allowing the loft of the club to do it for you.
The result of this is a golfer will drop back onto their rear foot and scoop at the ball, often causing a thin across the green or, even worse, a fat shot that finishes just in front of where they started.
The drill Marcus gives us to correct this is the front foot-only drill. To do this, take your normal stance, and then drop your right foot back so that it’s on its toe with no weight on it, just using it for balance.
Now when you take some practice swings, you will find you can’t possibly lean back and try and help it in the air without falling off balance. Hit a few shots like this, really trying to hold your finish in balance on your front foot, and you will find your strike improving and your shots finishing closer.
If you take your rear foot out of the shot, it kills the lifting reflex. This should help you stop helping the ball in the air.
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