how are you doing today it's gonna be an exciting video because
this is really the key to having a phenomenal short game
let's go
that's the shot we're looking for that's going to be the key to today's video and
it's something that will really refine and sharpen
your short game i mean you will you will you will your confidence will go through
the roof but we have to practice that shot and show you what it is how
we're going to do it and what it's going to do for your game
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okay this shot is a uh here's what i like to say now you may or
may not be able to pull this shot off however the key is going to be you have
to have this skill set uh in
your practice session this is a drill this is the equivalent
of um you know high stepping through the tires
in football practice or the bungee cords or doing stuff like that this
is training so that you can get a phenomenal
short game and you need this little shot so this is just
you see that one wasn't the shot that was close but it's not the shot
we're going for we're going for this guy
close it was closer not quite perfect i'm telling you it's it's hard but worth
it there it is that's it where it comes out
you're you've got the 60 degree wedge okay you're
you're not okay there's a difference here this is
opening it okay we're laying it back is what we're doing so that's going to
be the key here is you're opening it yes but you're also
laying it back so that club is laying nearly 90 degrees so
you you wonder like why am i doing this inside even on a tight line
is going to be what you need so that you can really develop the skill
that we're looking for okay and you're developing your touch and your feel
so that you can have just you're gonna have a
better ability and more confidence around the greens if you can practice
and pull the shot off if you never use it it's totally fine
but it's going to give you the ability to really make perfect contact with that
ball so we're here narrow stance
okay like a club head a club head within your stance
make sense like right here weight forward
okay ball center or a little forward club face open and laid back
here back here right there now from that position what i'm trying
to do you have to make perfect contact with
that ball you're sliding that club underneath the ball you're trying to go
under the ball okay you're basically trying to get the
club to slide under the ball and the ball stay where
it is now because it's a tight lie the ball is going to go but that ball is
gonna roll across the face like this
okay and that's why it stays low because you're not hitting so much
down on it which makes it go up you're sliding the face underneath the
ball is what you're trying to do and so one you got to lay
that club back okay two you have to have a super soft
grip it's got to be really light don't
squeeze you squeeze it's over it's not going gonna happen
you gotta be light okay so you gotta be in here okay
and you're just gonna take it here you're gonna accelerate through the ball
here and when you release your hands you're not releasing your hands like
this you're releasing them like that okay like that like that club
head just stays open the whole time you're
releasing that so that face is actually getting more laid back
as you go through the ball and the key the key ingredient to pulling this off
is your balance i want you to feel like it
goes down underneath the ball like you're like
it's just trying to go underneath like you're trying to dig a
little hole under the ball that's going to be the key piece
of all this you got your narrow stance wait for you open
lay back you're right in here and then i want to feel that balance
i'm trying to go i'm trying to get the club under the ball
i get the ball stayed here i'd be fine
that bounced up in the air so i i didn't do it
it wasn't good it's close that was a little thin so those two are
no good there it is that's probably eight out of
ten i can do a little better but that's the key we've got to do this
now what does it do one you're learning how to make perfect
contact with the ball when you're on tight lies
you're going to need to know do i want to make perfect contact or do
i want to hit the balance first but you have to practice the skill set
if you don't have the skill you're not going to be able to even make
a decision about how you want to play a particular shot now practicing the
shot you have to be very careful because uh you're going to hit a bunch of bad
ones you're gonna thin it that's the worst because you're just
gonna zing it straight out so you need to have some type of cushion
net is good uh i'm doing this indoors because this is the tightest lie
i have i can only go one direction because the window's the other direction
so things are going to happen so you'd be prepared for that
but the more you practice it the better you're going to be
with your full your full short game so like that would be a pretty good shot
on course ball pops up rolls a bit but it's not the shot we're looking for
and we want to be able to practice a shot
that's super difficult it's like you practice way up here and
you play here you practice these super challenging
things that give you a skill set but then you don't need to
use it it's like your car can go 120 miles an
hour but you're only gonna go 85 wherever you go right so you're not
gonna max out but you know what it's like
when you are maxed out and you know how that feels
so it's scarier going full throttle but you don't go full throttle all the
time but you you're practicing getting comfortable in these
you know ridiculous situations and i'll tell you
if you can learn how to slide your 60 degree wedge
underneath that ball then when you need it you got it
because every now and then you can have that situation
and you'll be like i'm gonna try that shot
and you pulled it off more times then you haven't
so you've got it and every now and then what's going to happen too
is you're going to be playing a chip shot and you're not necessarily going to
be trying to hit this particular shot but
it's going to come out and your body is going to be like dude
where'd you get that and it's just because you've practiced
hitting that ball so cleanly that every now and then you're
going to just pick it clean it's going to feel good
and it's gonna build your confidence your short game uh abilities are gonna
go through the roof and you're just gonna have a lot more
fun and look forward to a bunch of different shots that you've
never had before
when you're at the range take your balls okay
use it on your mat that hard surface tight line map
and just those little chips right there and then just pick them up
uh and uh and you're good to go or something i used to do a lot of
is i put a basket just right there and i would just try to
do that same shot and just try to get it right in the basket
see too much no good
you know then you don't have to pick up the balls because you just made them all
and you're getting you're getting more for your money you do stuff like this
very close so give this little shot a try
what you're doing is you're maxing out your abilities this is one of the most
difficult things to do especially off of a tight lie
but by maxing yourself out you're you can dial it back a little bit
and be totally confident and you're going to have a much tighter
sharper uh exciting more confident short game
than you've ever had before comment below let me know if you can
pull this puppy off and uh you'll know cause that ball would
just spin it get that tight little low it'll be super
low with the 16 like how'd it go so low and it it will
stop and check and oh it's a beautiful thing love you
guys good luck see you next video