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Use two alignment sticks to get a perspective of the amount of lateral shift that we recommend during the backswing. Place the two alignment sticks in the ground approximately three inches apart. Set up so that your chest, or chin, is directly in front of the yardage stick to the right as you face them. Then, to create the backswing, don't think about taking the club back, think about getting your chest or chin in front of the second stick. Practice this until it becomes fairly comfortable and then add swings down with a ball.
Playlists: Finesse Wedge - Chipping and Pitching
Tags: Chip, Backswing, Drill
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This finesse wedge drill video is called the 3-inch lean.
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So I've got two alignment rods right here, one yellow, one orange.
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And basically I've got them about three inches apart.
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Now when I'm doing this with my students typically I'll just stand up there in kind of the
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Texas longhorn, you know, Hookhamhorn type style.
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And I'll say I'll put my pinky right in front of their shirt buttons and I'll say during
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the backswing I want you to get your shirt buttons or your nose in front of my index finger.
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So it ends up looking, I get in my good setup position.
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It ends up looking something like that.
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Now that upper body shifting forward during the backswing helps you sequence your transition.
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If the lower body stays pretty much set during the backswing or stays input,
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what'll end up happening is you'll tend to lead with your lower body and create too much lag.
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And that'll create too much downcock which will mess with your consistency of contact.
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Because then you start getting shaft lean and you start getting too much dig.
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So during the backswing by having your upper body going into this front,
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you know, this 3-inch little shift forward that helps take away the tendency to lead with your hips.
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And sequencing is one of the big keys for solid contact as well as for consistency at distance control.
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So practice shifting, I think this is the first key that most players should work on
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if they're struggling with their finesse wedge swing.
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Because this can apply whether we're talking about a block and hold technique or a true finesse wedge technique
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or even a distance wedge having a little bit of this forward shift helps control your sequencing and the bottom of your swing.
