Let your skiing improve your chipping.
Let your skiing improve your chipping
Monthly Golf Tips by the Mel Sole Golf School.
Hi, I’m Mel Sole, Director of Instruction at the Mel Sole Golf School, headquartered at Pawleys Plantation Golf and Country Club in Pawleys Island, SC. We conduct 1, 2, and 3-day golf schools, hourly golf lessons, and senior golf schools—any golf instruction program your heart desires. Give us a call at 800-624-4653 or 843-237-4993. We will be happy to book a commuter school or a package that contains accommodations, golf, and golf school.
The bulk of my students come from the Northeast part of the U.S., where currently there are more skiers than golfers, so why not use your ski experience to help your chipping in the spring!
For those of you who do not ski, the pictures provided will help. I put on my own ski boots and used two golf clubs as ski poles. This gives such a great feel and image to what is required in a chipping stance.
Skiing and Golf Technique.
When I learned to ski, I had to keep my shins pressed into the front of my boots. Keeping my weight on the toes of my feet. It is no different in chipping. All the great chippers keep their weight forward on their toes and not back on their heels.
Please put on your ski boots and feel how they force your weight forward. This is the same feeling I get when I am chipping. Make sure your feet are together, and your knees are over your toes. This puts the weight forward and allows you to stay down on your chips a lot better. You will find it easier because the weight is not on your heels which causes you to raise and hit your chips thin.
Even after I have chipped the ball, I remain in my "ski" position to keep my body steady.
Next time you are on the slopes, flip your pole over and get into your chipping stance. Let your skiing improve your chipping. Transfer that feeling to your golf game in the spring.
You'll like the results.
Source: Mel Sole Golf School.
Thanks for reading - Let your skiing improve your chipping. I hope this helps.
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