David Leadbetter on Wristless Chipping (Video)

Yesterday I posted Mitchell Spearman's lesson on wristless chipping; today I publish David Leadbetter's. Why? Because he has a barely extraordinary take on the approach and, with the USA Open coming up, you are prone to see masses of variations on the approach.

Some factors to notice:

• Leadbetter is using an open stance, while Spearman used a square stance.
• Spearman has the shaft almost vertical; Leadbetter wants a bit of forward lean.
• Most of the rest of the techniques, like focusing on chest turn rather than arm swing, are the same.

One important thing to note in Leadbetter's video -- and it's one of the reasons I decided to post it as well -- is His emphasis on preserving the top a part of your trailing arm towards your chest at some point of the stroke. This is a good way to build more consistency into the stroke, to insure that you keep the same angle of attack at impact.

Let me repeat this: I suppose it's beneficial to understand the slight differences taught by means of different instructors. Sometimes a way that makes feel to you however feels a chunk awkward may be definitely converted by means of a minor alternate in stance or weight shift or top arm role.

And between Leadbetter and Spearman's movies, I think you get a quite top concept of the adjustments you could attempt, to present you the excellent risk to get proper consequences with this method.