Use this simple technique to hit perfect pitch shots every time

Weekend gamers are consistently looking for magic-bullet fixes for his or her swing. These are sometimes arduous to discover, however right here’s a great one: Keep your path arm straight when hitting pitch shots. It works so effectively that I preserve a size of plastic tubing in my bag of methods to assist college students study the transfer nearly instantly.

An prolonged path arm creates the broad and shallow backside in your movement that you simply want to catch the ball cleanly. When your path arm bends and your wrists hinge shortly, you create the other: a really steep and slim backside to your swing that brings the fats and skinny shots into play. You can get away with steep and slim on most full swings. On pitches, a wider backside is rather more forgiving.

Even within the absence of a chunk of tubing on the prepared, follow your pitch shots whereas utilizing as little trail-arm bend as doable — only a contact of bend ought to do. What you’ll discover is that maintaining your path arm straighter permits you to ship the membership to the ball together with your arms, palms and clubhead forming a straight line at influence. This leads to the broad and shallow swing backside you’re searching for. Your reward? Contact and spin consistency so your pitches land and are available to relaxation as you count on them to. 

Try it. If you’ll be able to mimic the images on this web page, you’re effectively in your approach to perfect pitches.

Krista Dunton is a GOLF Top 100 Teacher and is the director of instruction at Berkeley Hall in Bluffton, S.C.