- How would you like to get tour pro back spin
with your wedges?
- Well today we're gonna show you exactly how to do it.
- Welcome to 12th hole at the at the Asprey Wheel.
Coaches Piers and Andy from Me and My Golf.
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- Yes, now let's get into backspin.
I know you want backspin
and we all want that shot that can land
and sort of grip on the green
and we're gonna show you how today.
But before we get into the technique let's talk about
what we actually need to create backspin.
And we're startin with the equipment.
The ball.
The ball is key.
We need a high spinning golf ball
because the cover and the golf ball
really are gonna make a difference to the spin.
We both use a TP5 which is the highest spinning ball
out of Taylor Made.
So start with a good spinning golf ball.
Then it's the golf club.
Well, you can use lots of different wedges,
but really important that you have a clean, dry club face.
So, clean the grooves,
get the club face dry,
and make sure it is ready for action basically.
So, if those two things are good,
you've got half a chance.
Then it comes to technique
and there's three main things
that we're gonna talk about today.
We're gonna talk about loft, speed, and then strike.
So Piers, let's talk about these three things
in terms of technique.
How will you achieve these?
Because this is something
that you've done recently, isn't it?
- It is, yes.
Something I've just been doing whilst in lockdown
at the back of my garage
and just with the Trackman in play
which we obviously have here now as well.
So look, we need to have look at loft first of all.
So, what we need is when we're hitting a shot,
think of this.
If we have a low loft on the face
the ball will shoot off like a canon.
The higher the loft the slower almost the ball
is gonna come off the face which is a key component.
So the problem that I would have with my old technique was
when I take the club back
the club face would be quite strong.
Almost like I would want from my full shot.
So, we're definitely saying this is just for the short shots
what we're gonna tell you now.
But I would get the club face
almost a little bit too strong.
Then from there I'd lean the shaft forward,
I'd de loft it,
and it would come out like a canon.
So the loft was too low.
Oh sorry, yeah too low for me.
So what I did,
I wanted to get the toe up in the air,
but I didn't feel comfortable rolling the forearms.
So what I did, I got my left hand
and I made it very weak.
So I backed the left hand.
So I turned it more to the left.
So this allows me now to swing back naturally
and have the toe end more up in the air.
Almost like a kind of a Jon Rahm feel
and we know how good he is at short game
for those spinning shots.
- He's definitely better than you.
- He's definitely better than me.
So that's literally it as far as loft's concerned.
I'll hit one now.
You've got your Trackman.
Have you got it ready? - Yep.
I've got it in my pocket here.
- So from here, I'm gonna be gettin the toe up
and let's see what numbers we get.
So, this is a 40 yard pitch.
Let's see what we get.
(golf club hits ball)
Okay, a little bit long maybe on that one,
on this 40 yarder.
- A little bit long.
- But you can see how quickly that stopped.
- Yeah okay, let's have a look.
Okay, seven three there.
So, on the 7,300 RPM. - Okay.
- That's what we're really gonna look at here.
That's how many RPM the ball is spinning
as we strike in the shot here.
And we're gonna get some different results
because the grass here is still a little moist here
from the frost this morning.
But this is the important thing.
When we look at loft here,
creating that loft in the back swing
is really gonna help us create that spin.
- Yeah.
- Okay Piers, let's talk about speed
because this is really the next one on from there.
- It is.
And so, if we think about what we said before
about the loft.
If I am getting the face and de lofting
and it's coming off like a canon
then I can't hit it hard.
I need to slow down.
I need to have a shorter swing.
So I need to, and I wouldn't say I'd quit on it,
but I would say that I'd just be hitting it softer
which means it can still hit a good shot,
but we're not gonna get loads of spin.
So, I'd be creating more loft.
I can now have a slightly longer backswing
and I can apply a little bit more speed
with the confidence that the golf ball
isn't gonna go firing 10 yards too far.
So I almost feel that when I'm hittin this shot now
that I'm having a slightly longer swing,
but on the way through I'm really feeling like
I can zip the hands through.
And you hear a lot of really good pitchers
talk about that.
They're hands are quite fast with the club head
through the hitting area.
But because they've got loft it doesn't go too far.
- So what Piers is doing here as we demonstrate.
So you can see he's actually releasing the club.
Now one thing that Piers used to do with a shook face,
it was very much sort of arms and body
and not allowing the club to work and release
and this is a big difference what he's doing now.
You can see.
- And look hey, this action can work.
Of course it can,
but when you've got two and a half months in lockdown
you can start experimenting with a few things.
- Okay so, let's have a slightly--
- Bit more speed on this one.
- A little bit, yeah, little bit.
- And let's see if we can get a little bit more
spin on this one.
(golf club hits the ball)
That felt really good.
It's amazing, you're gonna be amazed,
but the pitch actually
just a little bit short of the green there,
just a yard short.
- Stopped quicker.
7,600.
The great thing about this though
is when you do create that spin you can hear the sound.
You can almost hear it just gripping the face and spinning,
and it's a massive difference.
And that one obviously stopped really quick.
But look at that one long one shot compared.
So, I want you to do better on this last one here.
(Piers chuckling)
Gotta get it inside that.
And this is strike now.
Now, when it comes to strike
where we strike it on the face is massively important,
but we're also gonna talk about the attack angle
because a lot of people
get this a little bit wrong, don't they?
- Yeah, definitely.
So look, let's tell you exactly
where we'd like you to hit it
for these spinning shots.
Anywhere from the second groove from bottom
to the fifth groove bottom.
So, anywhere between that.
- That's quite low isn't it?
- It is low on the face.
So, have you ever hit that shot when you thinned it?
It's pitched on the back of the green,
but it stopped dead on you.
And you go oh I wish I could've just controlled that.
That's what's happening.
The lower on the face the better for that bit more spin.
So the problem that we have is that if you're hitting down
because we've kind of heard at some point
in golfing coaching instruction throughout the years
that if you hit down on the golf ball you'll get spin.
But the trouble is if you hit down
the club will go into the ground
and the ball has more chance of going high on the face
which is not gonna be any good for you
when it comes to the spin.
Just think of a driver that you have.
When you hit it low on the face it spins more.
- And you don't have to take these huge divots
to create spin.
As we've said here,
loft, speed, and strike.
And you'll notice on the shots that Piers is hitting,
there's not much grass being taken.
He's just really focusing on
getting those three things working.
Yeah and look, there's a specific thing that I do
to help me with that.
In the morning it's half practice swings
where I'm feeling that I'm just brushing the grass.
So I'm just brushing the grass.
And a second one is the time that we've just Dustin Johnson
and what he's doing with his wedge game.
Just something we've picked out
was when he hits the golf ball,
his head and his eyes
and the peak of his cap are turning towards the target
a lot earlier than he does on his full shot.
So if we look at this here
the eyes almost follow the flight of the ball
before you've even hit the ball if that makes sense.
And the good thing about that is that allows me
to have a shallow interaction with the ground
which again is crucial when it comes to these spin shots.
- Yeah, I like this because Piers is maybe achilles
is when he just hit a little too much down.
But what happens with this,
it's almost this way,
but the good thing about his head now,
as his head does this his left shoulder comes up
and allows him to really get this nice brushing action, so.
- This is the one.
I think if I can get 8,000 on this one.
Bear in mind.
- Just knock it in, would ya?
- Bear in mind, bear in mind,
normally when I'm spinning these sort of shots
I'm doing well to get above 7,000.
So this is between five and 800 more
than I normally would get.
- So, I want to see good spin,
but most importantly,
I wanna see it close Piers.
- He lost his head.
You watch my head on this one.
(golf club hitting the ball)
Ah, that was beautiful.
- That's nice.
- Might be a little hot. - Right in.
- Oh, I nearly dunked it. - That's pretty close.
- Ah, I tell ya,
that's right on a little bit again.
It's a little bit downhill.
- Seven four on that one.
So not quite as much spin.
Somewhere in between.
See, I've had some higher ones.
I had some eights so I'm a savor it.
- Somewhere in between.
Some great things there.
I think we'll go three key things.
Think about the equipment first.
Get a good ball.
Sorry Piers.
Get a good golf ball.
Make sure that the grooves are clean, dry.
Clean 'em out.
That's gonna make a big difference.
And then if you can work at those three things.
Get the toe up.
Make sure you increase the speed.
Brush the grass.
And if you remember all this,
get the head turning through a little bit like Piers there.
- It's interesting that you've gotta understand
that by doing this it sounds like a lot of stuff,
but by the time you repeat, and you repeat, and you repeat,
you gonna get into a good mode.
And I have 100% noticed a massive difference
when it comes to getting more spin.
- Definitely, he'll be catching me up soon.
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