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One Hand Chipping Discussion
Seve Ballesteros was known to practice trail arm-only pitch shots. Many amateurs with the chip yips also seem to prefer a one-arm approach. What are some of the reasons behind this preference? In this video, I discuss a couple of common reasons that golfers do better with a single-arm approach. Oftentimes, I see golfers change their scapular movement as well as their balance/body pivot when they have one arm vs two. See how that looks in this concept video.
Seve Ballesteros was known to practice trail arm-only pitch shots. Many amateurs with the chip yips also seem to prefer a one-arm approach. What are some of the reasons behind this preference? In this video, I discuss a couple of common reasons that golfers do better with a single-arm approach. Oftentimes, I see golfers change their scapular movement as well as their balance/body pivot when they have one arm vs two. See how that looks in this concept video.
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Video Transcript
WEBVTT
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This concept video is answering the member question, "Why do I chip better one-
2
00:00:09.450 --> 00:00:10.640
handed?"
3
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So I had an email come in asking with some videos about why the swing looks
4
00:00:17.260 --> 00:00:18.460
smoother and
5
00:00:18.460 --> 00:00:22.430
why this particular golfer chips better when they're doing it one-handed, doesn
6
00:00:22.430 --> 00:00:22.760
't make
7
00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:23.760
any sense.
8
00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:28.830
Well, I'm going to try to shed light on two different reasons why I think golf
9
00:00:28.830 --> 00:00:29.680
ers oftentimes
10
00:00:29.680 --> 00:00:33.620
fall into this pattern, especially if you have a little bit more of a chip yip
11
00:00:33.620 --> 00:00:34.520
pattern or
12
00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.560
a little bit more of a rapid acceleration.
13
00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:44.230
So one of the things that happens is when you have both hands on the club, oft
14
00:00:44.230 --> 00:00:44.880
entimes
15
00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:50.890
what golfers end up doing is in order to reach around and kind of connect both
16
00:00:50.890 --> 00:00:52.240
arms together,
17
00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:56.200
their shoulders get a little bit more rounded and sometimes they get more slack
18
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.
19
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What can happen is in trying to round the shoulders or in trying to grab the
20
00:01:00.430 --> 00:01:00.960
club, the
21
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shoulder blades end up moving a lot and the rib cage doesn't move a whole lot.
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00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:08.800
So then I also start moving my lower body a lot.
23
00:01:08.800 --> 00:01:12.200
So the two main reasons why I think golfers, certain golfers with certain
24
00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:12.960
patterns chip
25
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better one-handed rather than two is they stay more centered, more stacked and
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they tend
27
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to keep the shoulders a little bit more stable or packed in.
28
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That helps control the radius so then they're able to control bounce and low
29
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point a lot
30
00:01:30.160 --> 00:01:31.160
better.
31
00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:38.370
If you have the club in one hand, it's really hard to have a big shoulder reach
32
00:01:38.370 --> 00:01:38.840
.
33
00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:42.740
Because it's heavy, regardless of which hand I'm using, I'm going to tend to
34
00:01:42.740 --> 00:01:43.840
pack in or
35
00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:46.160
stabilize that shoulder a little bit.
36
00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:51.300
When that shoulder is stabilized, even if I use the wrist, that helps control
37
00:01:51.300 --> 00:01:51.840
the width
38
00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:53.000
of the swing.
39
00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:57.580
So I don't see a whole lot of lengthening arm motions or I don't see a lot of
40
00:01:57.580 --> 00:01:58.200
punchy
41
00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:03.570
acceleration on the way through when I'm doing things one-handed, just like
42
00:02:03.570 --> 00:02:04.200
that.
43
00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:09.720
And he demonstrated trail, I would say the most common is demonstrating trail.
44
00:02:09.720 --> 00:02:16.930
But the same kind of rules apply that keeping the radius and the width of the
45
00:02:16.930 --> 00:02:18.120
swing would
46
00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:24.080
apply for doing a single arm left-handed drill as well.
47
00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:30.450
So that's key piece number one is you might be finding that when you have two
48
00:02:30.450 --> 00:02:31.160
arms on
49
00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:35.730
the club, you're having more shoulder movements in the backswing and downswing
50
00:02:35.730 --> 00:02:36.320
and when you
51
00:02:36.320 --> 00:02:41.850
have one arm, it tends to stay a little bit more of a constant radius or
52
00:02:41.850 --> 00:02:43.660
consistent shoulder
53
00:02:43.660 --> 00:02:44.660
position.
54
00:02:44.660 --> 00:02:49.210
The second one I mentioned is often times when both hands are on the club, some
55
00:02:49.210 --> 00:02:49.740
golfers
56
00:02:49.740 --> 00:02:54.970
start having more action happening at their body and their legs, whether that's
57
00:02:54.970 --> 00:02:55.260
because
58
00:02:55.260 --> 00:03:00.840
of what's going on the rib cage or just they're kind of trying to more or less
59
00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:01.700
lock down
60
00:03:01.700 --> 00:03:06.140
what's happening in the upper body and so they start moving more lower body.
61
00:03:06.140 --> 00:03:12.250
But often times what I see is that golfers who do it one-handed golfers who do
62
00:03:12.250 --> 00:03:13.740
it one-handed
63
00:03:13.740 --> 00:03:18.210
tend to stay more stacked or more centered and that tends to help with the
64
00:03:18.210 --> 00:03:19.500
angle of attack
65
00:03:19.500 --> 00:03:25.760
as well as low point control especially the golfers who I see fall more into
66
00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:26.920
this pattern
67
00:03:26.920 --> 00:03:30.520
would be tending to have more of a strong grip.
68
00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:36.290
Often times when they have a strong grip one-handed it's not quite as strong
69
00:03:36.290 --> 00:03:36.860
and when
70
00:03:36.860 --> 00:03:41.410
they get both hands on the club they tend to get a little bit more tilt and
71
00:03:41.410 --> 00:03:42.180
then have
72
00:03:42.180 --> 00:03:44.860
a little bit more slide.
73
00:03:44.860 --> 00:03:48.980
It's just a general tendency but that can create low point issues.
74
00:03:48.980 --> 00:03:53.010
What's always interesting is if you find that you do something particularly
75
00:03:53.010 --> 00:03:53.900
well I recommend
76
00:03:53.900 --> 00:03:59.040
videotaping yourself so that way you can look at the difference between what
77
00:03:59.040 --> 00:03:59.540
you're the
78
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one that happens kind of naturally and the one that you're struggling with.
79
00:04:03.220 --> 00:04:07.620
In this case if you videotape one hand, two hand and then you post it in the
80
00:04:07.620 --> 00:04:08.220
forum we
81
00:04:08.220 --> 00:04:13.360
can help you understand well what are you actually doing differently when you
82
00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:13.780
have one
83
00:04:13.780 --> 00:04:17.540
hand on the club versus when you have two.
84
00:04:17.540 --> 00:04:22.910
Ideally the body the ground contact all that's going to be fairly similar the
85
00:04:22.910 --> 00:04:23.900
main drawback
86
00:04:23.900 --> 00:04:28.290
to only doing it one-handed would be I could see distance control being a
87
00:04:28.290 --> 00:04:29.220
little bit more
88
00:04:29.220 --> 00:04:33.420
of an issue as well as handling really thick rough.
89
00:04:33.420 --> 00:04:38.650
For basic shots around the green a lot of players do really well one-handed and
90
00:04:38.650 --> 00:04:38.860
I think
91
00:04:38.860 --> 00:04:45.140
this provides a couple of the reasons why I think that is.
92
00:04:45.140 --> 00:04:54.860
That was a pretty good one.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.450
This concept video is answering the member question, "Why do I chip better one-
2
00:00:09.450 --> 00:00:10.640
handed?"
3
00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:17.260
So I had an email come in asking with some videos about why the swing looks
4
00:00:17.260 --> 00:00:18.460
smoother and
5
00:00:18.460 --> 00:00:22.430
why this particular golfer chips better when they're doing it one-handed, doesn
6
00:00:22.430 --> 00:00:22.760
't make
7
00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:23.760
any sense.
8
00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:28.830
Well, I'm going to try to shed light on two different reasons why I think golf
9
00:00:28.830 --> 00:00:29.680
ers oftentimes
10
00:00:29.680 --> 00:00:33.620
fall into this pattern, especially if you have a little bit more of a chip yip
11
00:00:33.620 --> 00:00:34.520
pattern or
12
00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.560
a little bit more of a rapid acceleration.
13
00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:44.230
So one of the things that happens is when you have both hands on the club, oft
14
00:00:44.230 --> 00:00:44.880
entimes
15
00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:50.890
what golfers end up doing is in order to reach around and kind of connect both
16
00:00:50.890 --> 00:00:52.240
arms together,
17
00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:56.200
their shoulders get a little bit more rounded and sometimes they get more slack
18
00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:56.400
.
19
00:00:56.400 --> 00:01:00.430
What can happen is in trying to round the shoulders or in trying to grab the
20
00:01:00.430 --> 00:01:00.960
club, the
21
00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:06.000
shoulder blades end up moving a lot and the rib cage doesn't move a whole lot.
22
00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:08.800
So then I also start moving my lower body a lot.
23
00:01:08.800 --> 00:01:12.200
So the two main reasons why I think golfers, certain golfers with certain
24
00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:12.960
patterns chip
25
00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:18.640
better one-handed rather than two is they stay more centered, more stacked and
26
00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:19.400
they tend
27
00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:24.520
to keep the shoulders a little bit more stable or packed in.
28
00:01:24.520 --> 00:01:29.660
That helps control the radius so then they're able to control bounce and low
29
00:01:29.660 --> 00:01:30.160
point a lot
30
00:01:30.160 --> 00:01:31.160
better.
31
00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:38.370
If you have the club in one hand, it's really hard to have a big shoulder reach
32
00:01:38.370 --> 00:01:38.840
.
33
00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:42.740
Because it's heavy, regardless of which hand I'm using, I'm going to tend to
34
00:01:42.740 --> 00:01:43.840
pack in or
35
00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:46.160
stabilize that shoulder a little bit.
36
00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:51.300
When that shoulder is stabilized, even if I use the wrist, that helps control
37
00:01:51.300 --> 00:01:51.840
the width
38
00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:53.000
of the swing.
39
00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:57.580
So I don't see a whole lot of lengthening arm motions or I don't see a lot of
40
00:01:57.580 --> 00:01:58.200
punchy
41
00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:03.570
acceleration on the way through when I'm doing things one-handed, just like
42
00:02:03.570 --> 00:02:04.200
that.
43
00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:09.720
And he demonstrated trail, I would say the most common is demonstrating trail.
44
00:02:09.720 --> 00:02:16.930
But the same kind of rules apply that keeping the radius and the width of the
45
00:02:16.930 --> 00:02:18.120
swing would
46
00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:24.080
apply for doing a single arm left-handed drill as well.
47
00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:30.450
So that's key piece number one is you might be finding that when you have two
48
00:02:30.450 --> 00:02:31.160
arms on
49
00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:35.730
the club, you're having more shoulder movements in the backswing and downswing
50
00:02:35.730 --> 00:02:36.320
and when you
51
00:02:36.320 --> 00:02:41.850
have one arm, it tends to stay a little bit more of a constant radius or
52
00:02:41.850 --> 00:02:43.660
consistent shoulder
53
00:02:43.660 --> 00:02:44.660
position.
54
00:02:44.660 --> 00:02:49.210
The second one I mentioned is often times when both hands are on the club, some
55
00:02:49.210 --> 00:02:49.740
golfers
56
00:02:49.740 --> 00:02:54.970
start having more action happening at their body and their legs, whether that's
57
00:02:54.970 --> 00:02:55.260
because
58
00:02:55.260 --> 00:03:00.840
of what's going on the rib cage or just they're kind of trying to more or less
59
00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:01.700
lock down
60
00:03:01.700 --> 00:03:06.140
what's happening in the upper body and so they start moving more lower body.
61
00:03:06.140 --> 00:03:12.250
But often times what I see is that golfers who do it one-handed golfers who do
62
00:03:12.250 --> 00:03:13.740
it one-handed
63
00:03:13.740 --> 00:03:18.210
tend to stay more stacked or more centered and that tends to help with the
64
00:03:18.210 --> 00:03:19.500
angle of attack
65
00:03:19.500 --> 00:03:25.760
as well as low point control especially the golfers who I see fall more into
66
00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:26.920
this pattern
67
00:03:26.920 --> 00:03:30.520
would be tending to have more of a strong grip.
68
00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:36.290
Often times when they have a strong grip one-handed it's not quite as strong
69
00:03:36.290 --> 00:03:36.860
and when
70
00:03:36.860 --> 00:03:41.410
they get both hands on the club they tend to get a little bit more tilt and
71
00:03:41.410 --> 00:03:42.180
then have
72
00:03:42.180 --> 00:03:44.860
a little bit more slide.
73
00:03:44.860 --> 00:03:48.980
It's just a general tendency but that can create low point issues.
74
00:03:48.980 --> 00:03:53.010
What's always interesting is if you find that you do something particularly
75
00:03:53.010 --> 00:03:53.900
well I recommend
76
00:03:53.900 --> 00:03:59.040
videotaping yourself so that way you can look at the difference between what
77
00:03:59.040 --> 00:03:59.540
you're the
78
00:03:59.540 --> 00:04:03.220
one that happens kind of naturally and the one that you're struggling with.
79
00:04:03.220 --> 00:04:07.620
In this case if you videotape one hand, two hand and then you post it in the
80
00:04:07.620 --> 00:04:08.220
forum we
81
00:04:08.220 --> 00:04:13.360
can help you understand well what are you actually doing differently when you
82
00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:13.780
have one
83
00:04:13.780 --> 00:04:17.540
hand on the club versus when you have two.
84
00:04:17.540 --> 00:04:22.910
Ideally the body the ground contact all that's going to be fairly similar the
85
00:04:22.910 --> 00:04:23.900
main drawback
86
00:04:23.900 --> 00:04:28.290
to only doing it one-handed would be I could see distance control being a
87
00:04:28.290 --> 00:04:29.220
little bit more
88
00:04:29.220 --> 00:04:33.420
of an issue as well as handling really thick rough.
89
00:04:33.420 --> 00:04:38.650
For basic shots around the green a lot of players do really well one-handed and
90
00:04:38.650 --> 00:04:38.860
I think
91
00:04:38.860 --> 00:04:45.140
this provides a couple of the reasons why I think that is.
92
00:04:45.140 --> 00:04:54.860
That was a pretty good one.
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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
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One Hand Chipping Discussion
Seve Ballesteros was known to practice trail arm-only pitch shots. Many amateurs with the chip yips also seem to prefer a one-arm approach. What are some of the reasons behind this preference? In this video, I discuss a couple of common reasons that golfers do better with a single-arm approach. Oftentimes, I see golfers change their scapular movement as well as their balance/body pivot when they have one arm vs two. See how that looks in this concept video.
Seve Ballesteros was known to practice trail arm-only pitch shots. Many amateurs with the chip yips also seem to prefer a one-arm approach. What are some of the reasons behind this preference? In this video, I discuss a couple of common reasons that golfers do better with a single-arm approach. Oftentimes, I see golfers change their scapular movement as well as their balance/body pivot when they have one arm vs two. See how that looks in this concept video.
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.450
This concept video is answering the member question, "Why do I chip better one-
2
00:00:09.450 --> 00:00:10.640
handed?"
3
00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:17.260
So I had an email come in asking with some videos about why the swing looks
4
00:00:17.260 --> 00:00:18.460
smoother and
5
00:00:18.460 --> 00:00:22.430
why this particular golfer chips better when they're doing it one-handed, doesn
6
00:00:22.430 --> 00:00:22.760
't make
7
00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:23.760
any sense.
8
00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:28.830
Well, I'm going to try to shed light on two different reasons why I think golf
9
00:00:28.830 --> 00:00:29.680
ers oftentimes
10
00:00:29.680 --> 00:00:33.620
fall into this pattern, especially if you have a little bit more of a chip yip
11
00:00:33.620 --> 00:00:34.520
pattern or
12
00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.560
a little bit more of a rapid acceleration.
13
00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:44.230
So one of the things that happens is when you have both hands on the club, oft
14
00:00:44.230 --> 00:00:44.880
entimes
15
00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:50.890
what golfers end up doing is in order to reach around and kind of connect both
16
00:00:50.890 --> 00:00:52.240
arms together,
17
00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:56.200
their shoulders get a little bit more rounded and sometimes they get more slack
18
00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:56.400
.
19
00:00:56.400 --> 00:01:00.430
What can happen is in trying to round the shoulders or in trying to grab the
20
00:01:00.430 --> 00:01:00.960
club, the
21
00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:06.000
shoulder blades end up moving a lot and the rib cage doesn't move a whole lot.
22
00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:08.800
So then I also start moving my lower body a lot.
23
00:01:08.800 --> 00:01:12.200
So the two main reasons why I think golfers, certain golfers with certain
24
00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:12.960
patterns chip
25
00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:18.640
better one-handed rather than two is they stay more centered, more stacked and
26
00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:19.400
they tend
27
00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:24.520
to keep the shoulders a little bit more stable or packed in.
28
00:01:24.520 --> 00:01:29.660
That helps control the radius so then they're able to control bounce and low
29
00:01:29.660 --> 00:01:30.160
point a lot
30
00:01:30.160 --> 00:01:31.160
better.
31
00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:38.370
If you have the club in one hand, it's really hard to have a big shoulder reach
32
00:01:38.370 --> 00:01:38.840
.
33
00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:42.740
Because it's heavy, regardless of which hand I'm using, I'm going to tend to
34
00:01:42.740 --> 00:01:43.840
pack in or
35
00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:46.160
stabilize that shoulder a little bit.
36
00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:51.300
When that shoulder is stabilized, even if I use the wrist, that helps control
37
00:01:51.300 --> 00:01:51.840
the width
38
00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:53.000
of the swing.
39
00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:57.580
So I don't see a whole lot of lengthening arm motions or I don't see a lot of
40
00:01:57.580 --> 00:01:58.200
punchy
41
00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:03.570
acceleration on the way through when I'm doing things one-handed, just like
42
00:02:03.570 --> 00:02:04.200
that.
43
00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:09.720
And he demonstrated trail, I would say the most common is demonstrating trail.
44
00:02:09.720 --> 00:02:16.930
But the same kind of rules apply that keeping the radius and the width of the
45
00:02:16.930 --> 00:02:18.120
swing would
46
00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:24.080
apply for doing a single arm left-handed drill as well.
47
00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:30.450
So that's key piece number one is you might be finding that when you have two
48
00:02:30.450 --> 00:02:31.160
arms on
49
00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:35.730
the club, you're having more shoulder movements in the backswing and downswing
50
00:02:35.730 --> 00:02:36.320
and when you
51
00:02:36.320 --> 00:02:41.850
have one arm, it tends to stay a little bit more of a constant radius or
52
00:02:41.850 --> 00:02:43.660
consistent shoulder
53
00:02:43.660 --> 00:02:44.660
position.
54
00:02:44.660 --> 00:02:49.210
The second one I mentioned is often times when both hands are on the club, some
55
00:02:49.210 --> 00:02:49.740
golfers
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start having more action happening at their body and their legs, whether that's
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because
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of what's going on the rib cage or just they're kind of trying to more or less
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lock down
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what's happening in the upper body and so they start moving more lower body.
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But often times what I see is that golfers who do it one-handed golfers who do
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it one-handed
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tend to stay more stacked or more centered and that tends to help with the
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angle of attack
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as well as low point control especially the golfers who I see fall more into
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this pattern
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would be tending to have more of a strong grip.
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Often times when they have a strong grip one-handed it's not quite as strong
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and when
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they get both hands on the club they tend to get a little bit more tilt and
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then have
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a little bit more slide.
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It's just a general tendency but that can create low point issues.
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What's always interesting is if you find that you do something particularly
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well I recommend
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videotaping yourself so that way you can look at the difference between what
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you're the
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one that happens kind of naturally and the one that you're struggling with.
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In this case if you videotape one hand, two hand and then you post it in the
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forum we
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can help you understand well what are you actually doing differently when you
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have one
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hand on the club versus when you have two.
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Ideally the body the ground contact all that's going to be fairly similar the
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main drawback
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to only doing it one-handed would be I could see distance control being a
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little bit more
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of an issue as well as handling really thick rough.
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For basic shots around the green a lot of players do really well one-handed and
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I think
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this provides a couple of the reasons why I think that is.
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That was a pretty good one.
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This concept video is answering the member question, "Why do I chip better one-
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handed?"
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So I had an email come in asking with some videos about why the swing looks
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smoother and
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why this particular golfer chips better when they're doing it one-handed, doesn
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't make
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any sense.
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Well, I'm going to try to shed light on two different reasons why I think golf
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ers oftentimes
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fall into this pattern, especially if you have a little bit more of a chip yip
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pattern or
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a little bit more of a rapid acceleration.
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So one of the things that happens is when you have both hands on the club, oft
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entimes
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what golfers end up doing is in order to reach around and kind of connect both
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arms together,
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their shoulders get a little bit more rounded and sometimes they get more slack
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.
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What can happen is in trying to round the shoulders or in trying to grab the
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club, the
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shoulder blades end up moving a lot and the rib cage doesn't move a whole lot.
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So then I also start moving my lower body a lot.
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So the two main reasons why I think golfers, certain golfers with certain
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patterns chip
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better one-handed rather than two is they stay more centered, more stacked and
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they tend
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to keep the shoulders a little bit more stable or packed in.
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That helps control the radius so then they're able to control bounce and low
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point a lot
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better.
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If you have the club in one hand, it's really hard to have a big shoulder reach
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.
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Because it's heavy, regardless of which hand I'm using, I'm going to tend to
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pack in or
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stabilize that shoulder a little bit.
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When that shoulder is stabilized, even if I use the wrist, that helps control
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the width
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of the swing.
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So I don't see a whole lot of lengthening arm motions or I don't see a lot of
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punchy
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acceleration on the way through when I'm doing things one-handed, just like
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that.
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And he demonstrated trail, I would say the most common is demonstrating trail.
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But the same kind of rules apply that keeping the radius and the width of the
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swing would
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apply for doing a single arm left-handed drill as well.
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So that's key piece number one is you might be finding that when you have two
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arms on
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the club, you're having more shoulder movements in the backswing and downswing
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and when you
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have one arm, it tends to stay a little bit more of a constant radius or
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consistent shoulder
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position.
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The second one I mentioned is often times when both hands are on the club, some
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golfers
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start having more action happening at their body and their legs, whether that's
57
00:02:54.970 --> 00:02:55.260
because
58
00:02:55.260 --> 00:03:00.840
of what's going on the rib cage or just they're kind of trying to more or less
59
00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:01.700
lock down
60
00:03:01.700 --> 00:03:06.140
what's happening in the upper body and so they start moving more lower body.
61
00:03:06.140 --> 00:03:12.250
But often times what I see is that golfers who do it one-handed golfers who do
62
00:03:12.250 --> 00:03:13.740
it one-handed
63
00:03:13.740 --> 00:03:18.210
tend to stay more stacked or more centered and that tends to help with the
64
00:03:18.210 --> 00:03:19.500
angle of attack
65
00:03:19.500 --> 00:03:25.760
as well as low point control especially the golfers who I see fall more into
66
00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:26.920
this pattern
67
00:03:26.920 --> 00:03:30.520
would be tending to have more of a strong grip.
68
00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:36.290
Often times when they have a strong grip one-handed it's not quite as strong
69
00:03:36.290 --> 00:03:36.860
and when
70
00:03:36.860 --> 00:03:41.410
they get both hands on the club they tend to get a little bit more tilt and
71
00:03:41.410 --> 00:03:42.180
then have
72
00:03:42.180 --> 00:03:44.860
a little bit more slide.
73
00:03:44.860 --> 00:03:48.980
It's just a general tendency but that can create low point issues.
74
00:03:48.980 --> 00:03:53.010
What's always interesting is if you find that you do something particularly
75
00:03:53.010 --> 00:03:53.900
well I recommend
76
00:03:53.900 --> 00:03:59.040
videotaping yourself so that way you can look at the difference between what
77
00:03:59.040 --> 00:03:59.540
you're the
78
00:03:59.540 --> 00:04:03.220
one that happens kind of naturally and the one that you're struggling with.
79
00:04:03.220 --> 00:04:07.620
In this case if you videotape one hand, two hand and then you post it in the
80
00:04:07.620 --> 00:04:08.220
forum we
81
00:04:08.220 --> 00:04:13.360
can help you understand well what are you actually doing differently when you
82
00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:13.780
have one
83
00:04:13.780 --> 00:04:17.540
hand on the club versus when you have two.
84
00:04:17.540 --> 00:04:22.910
Ideally the body the ground contact all that's going to be fairly similar the
85
00:04:22.910 --> 00:04:23.900
main drawback
86
00:04:23.900 --> 00:04:28.290
to only doing it one-handed would be I could see distance control being a
87
00:04:28.290 --> 00:04:29.220
little bit more
88
00:04:29.220 --> 00:04:33.420
of an issue as well as handling really thick rough.
89
00:04:33.420 --> 00:04:38.650
For basic shots around the green a lot of players do really well one-handed and
90
00:04:38.650 --> 00:04:38.860
I think
91
00:04:38.860 --> 00:04:45.140
this provides a couple of the reasons why I think that is.
92
00:04:45.140 --> 00:04:54.860
That was a pretty good one.
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