Coaching tip

Billy was back again this past week for another lesson this time to work on his short irons and pitching. As mentioned previously setup is key, whether it be posture, alignment or in the case of Billy this time ball position. Billy had the ball placed almost in a driver position at address and was struggling to find any consistency in his strikes. Once we moved the ball position back to nearer the middle of his stance he instantly began to strike the ball both more consistently and more controlled. We then had a look at Billys setup for shorter pitches where he was struggling again with the consistency of strike.

The issue was he was trying to hit a pitch shot from a full swing setup. I altered his setup to move his feet a little closer together, making his posture a little more upright and also grip down the club a little further to help with distance control. After only a few shots Billy was able to play the shots with consistency and by altering the length of swing could control the distance much better as he was more often than not striking the ball correctly. If you like Billy have been struggling with any part of your game don’t continue to suffer and not enjoy what is meant to be your hobby!

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