Hi guys, my name is Aimee.
Today I'm going to talk about
the very basic fundamentals of chipping.
Okay so, we'll start from the set up.
With the full swing set up, what we usually do is
we stand shoulder width apart, standing parallel to the target,
and weight equally in both feet 50% and 50% right?
Before chipping, you have to stand super narrow,
like maybe a club head will fit between your feet like this.
And you have to stand slightly open to the target.
So maybe not too much just maybe five to ten degrees left of the target like so.
And as far as the weight distribution,
there should be a little bit more weight in your left foot.
So it should be 60% in the left and 40% on the right.
So you set up 60/40.
When you go to take your backswing, you have to maintain that 60%
of the pressure in the left foot like this.
In the full swing, you know how you shift your weight ever so slightly
into the right foot, and then you shift it back to the left.
In chipping, you cannot shift your weight into the right foot ever.
You have to keep it on the left the whole time.
That's because it's such a small swing,
we want to minimize the lateral movements,
because this right here is going to cause a lot of thin shots and fat shots.
So just remember, we're setting up super narrow, slightly open, weight in the left,
just so we can try and maintain that position
in the backswing a little bit better.
So beginners when they start chipping
what happens is they think it's a small swing.
So they only hit it with their hands like this, boom!
Boom! Like this. That causes so much inconsistency and a lot of missed shots,
a lot of top, a lot of fat shots.
So when you look at the full swing in the takeaway area,
you don't ever just go with your hands like this right?
The whole entire body starts moving.
Even though it's a very subtle movement, everything moves together.
So in the chip shot, you actually have to do the exact same thing,
except we're just not taking it as far back that's all.
So you stand narrow and the whole entire thing is going to turn back, boom!
You see that movement? It wasn't just hands only.
On the way down, you have to use your body way more.
So just so you understand it a little better,
stand like this and pretend like I'm a door.
So this is the wall right here, and the hinges are on this side,
and this is the handle, right?
So if the door's right here, the door usually opens and closes like this, right?
The whole entire thing from head to toe.
So from top of the backswing, what you're going to do is
you're going to pretend like you're a door
and everything is going to turn through together.
You see how even the head went together with the golf ball.
A lot of times in the full swing people say don't lift your head up.
But when they say that, if you lift your head up before your impact,
that's really bad. You don't ever want to do that.
But with chipping, you have to have to turn your head
with the golf ball through the ball, boom!
See the head never went before the impact, it went with the golf ball.
So if you keep your head down through impact like the full swing,
what happens is you're going to release the club head
so the ball can either run out too much or it's going to turn left on you.
So you're not going to have too much control over your distance or direction.
So with chipping, you have to remember to turn your head with the golf ball.
That way you have better control over the spin and the direction.
So just to summarize everything.
For the setup, you have to be super narrow,
weight 60% in the left, slightly open.
And you're going to keep that 60% in the left foot in the back swing.
And instead of just using hands, you're going to turn everything back together.
From the top you're going to pretend like you're a door and turn through together.
See how easy it is? Make sure you remember those steps,
practice it, so you can be a very good chipper.
I hope you're able to follow along.
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