Rickie Fowler on Pitching Through a Golf Cart (Video)

This video may additionally seem a piece stupid, however it's sincerely a beneficial element to understand. Watch the video, then examine on...

When Rickie pitches via the golfing cart it is no extraordinary than pitching from an obstructed lie, like whilst you're at the back of timber and bushes. You've got a gap within the bushes wherein the ball can get through however you have got to hold it underneath the branches as nicely. I guess you locate yourself in that situation occcasionally, don't you?

As Rickie says, this is all about trajectory.You not only need to hit the ball in the correct direction, you also need to hit the ball at the right height. You do this in two ways.

• Your choice of club is the primary way you control the ball's trajectory. I know you have to adjust ball position as well, but the loft of the club you choose determines where you need to place the ball.
• Once you have the club, you need a swing that allows you to use that loft. You don't want to increase the loft during your swing, nor do you want to decrease it. Either one will change the ball's trajectory.

That's why Rickie says you want to minimize your wrist cock. If you don't create a lot of wrist cock, you won't have to make compensations at impact.

But Rickie additionally offers a few thoughts on the swing itself.

• On the backswing you don't want to make a big turn. Instead, you turn your shoulders as little as you can. That way, you keep the stroke on your desired line as long as possible.
• But after impact you want to let your body turn toward the target. That way you don't "flip your wrists." Remember: If you stop your body turn at impact, your wrist angle will change because the club is still moving and, if your shoulders stop, something else has to give!

This motion helps you eliminate the excess wrist action all the way from start to finish during the swing.

If it feels like a lot to preserve in mind, simply consider it this way: All you're doing is making an attempt to keep your fingers moving so your wrists do not should. You don't need to stiffen up but you need your fingers and the clubhead to swing at more or less the identical pace. If you do, that minimizes the wrist action and you may maintain the loft attitude quite tons all of the manner to the finish.

Last thing: With a swing like this, you control the distance totally by the length of the backswing. Just keep it nice and smooth, and you should get the results you want very quickly... and very consistently.