This clip of Lee Trevino and Billy Andrade comes from Champions Tour Learning Center . Trevino gives a few keys to getting better results with your chip shots.
First, Trevino calls this a "deceleration" shot, even though Andrade says he became usually instructed to boost up the clubhead. Think about Trevino's reasoning for a moment, and it will make ideal sense.
If you shorten your finish -- say, waist high instead of shoulder high -- your hands don't run full speed to the stopping height and then suddenly FREEZE in place! The key here is that you don't try to think about slowing your swing. Rather, it's something that HAS to happen, based on simple physics. Your body will automatically start hitting the brakes sooner -- decelerating -- when your hands have to stop sooner.
Second, he wishes you to move the ball back to your stance so that you can hit down on it and trap it cleanly.
And third, he wants you to put your trailing hand more on top of the club handle -- weaken your grip. The second and third tips work together. Let me try to help you understand the logic here.
Remember, Trevino says you decelerate on this shot due to the fact you are not firing thru to the end. This is a short shot, after all, not a complete shot! Because of that, your body does not flip as fully or as quick on a chip shot as it does on a full shot.
But by using weakening your trailing hand, you get it in a position very much like it would achieve in a full flip... However without making the entire flip. It does so without making your lead wrist "break down" and turn the clubface.
And the aggregate of the weaker trailing hand and the ball function permits you to swing freely without traumatic approximately digging the clubhead into the ground and pulling the chip off-line.
The result should be a relaxed swing that hits the ball toward your target, without putting extra effort into the shot. In other words, Trevino's advice should help you use the wedge's bounce better. Give it a try!
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