Punch shot and hands in front (foward press)

Tried a few punch shots and Henning asked me what I was doing to keep the ball low. I automatically was putting my hands in front.
Henning asked me to work on my swing while focusing on keeping my hands in front of the club face during impact phase of the swing.Usually people try to lift up the ball with the club. I was finally getting much more length and my divots were clearly noticeable.
Henning analyed a lady s swing. She had no hip turn to start the down swing. She seemed as if she was swinging from her address position.
Henning also analysed an Austrian couple. His follow through was fine with his left hand but his right side was too short and this had the effect that he pulled his left hand back and thus had bent arms in the follow through instead of extending them.

We also discussed if the teed up ball has more or less backspin. It does not because the ball travels up the club face more when it is on shortly mown grass.  

Punch shot

On the chipping green we played five shots through the tree. Henning asked me to play a punch shot. Low and straight and a shot useful in the wind. Henning asked us what do we have to do to play the ball low. Put the ball more back in the stance and have a lower follow through up to the shake hand height.
We went on the range and I hit a few punch shots with the driver. Ball back in stance and low hand shake follow through. Just like in the takeaway where the blade should show vertical the follow through should be
1 to the target 2. blade vertical... if the follow through is to the left of the target this would promote a slice, if it is to high it would result in a chicken wing or trying to scoop the ball. The hands on the club should be ready to shake hands when it is ready with the follow through of the punch shot.
This shot is useful into the wind like using it on the 5th with wind in the face and one can hit a lot punch shot with the driver...be creative on other holes as well.

Henning also said to work on the right hand on the down swing and contact with the ball. Being a left hander I neglected this aspect. He said pressure should be felt on the trigger finger of the right hand and not on the top thumb.
Also interestingly, the punch promotes a downward strike. This downward strike has the effect that the ball goes upwards. This shows that golf is a game of opposites. Usually golfers try ro lift the ball up in the air with an opposite effect.

Pitching Chipping and PUTTING

Asked Hennning to have a look at my chipping. He recorded me on camera. My takeaway was much to long...as long as a normal pitch...(for a short chip of 10m)my hands were correct in front of the ball.
He liked my one piece takeaway but again the video showed that I had too much angle in my knee. I should just relax in a normal athletic stance
Most of the lesson was on putting
We started by putting 10 balls to a pin 6m away. Henning noticed that 3 balls were fine the rest were short. the should be 18 inches behind the hole.
We putted along a board to get a feel for the stroke and this board helped us avoid any outside to inside movement.
We than moved to the two ball exercise. My inside ball was much longer than the outside ball...
We than spoke about posture and shoulders. The stroke should be a shoulder rock movement while my head should be down and thus a putter can rest on my head neck and back. If one is too upright your shoulders cannot rock freely.
The ball should be positioned to the front under the left  eye (drop a ball from there and it should hit the ball) and thus promote topspin and a better roll.
We than did two exercises... piling where ten balls have to be played in line of the first ball and the second exercise was stringing were the next put should be just a bit longer than the first.
Henning noticed that my takeaway was much to long. It should be a short takeaway and a long follow through depending on the distance. A long takeaway promotes room for error especially being hesitant on the downswing.
He said that I should grip lower and thus create a more rocking of the shoulder movement. Most tour pros have shorter putters nowadays
On the routine Henning said that after 12s the information process is lost. One should take a long look at the hole.

blackboard and divots

Henning got a blakboard and asked us to hit off it. He also asked us where the divot mark should be. It should a balls length behind the ball. We all played a ball. And once again I hit 6inches behind the ball. The third time after cement session and divot session I actually hit behind the ball again. Should teach me a lesson to shift weight to front and have a steeper angle of attack.
I asked Henning about thinning my pitches. Have to keep weight on the front, just like in football volley shot.
Henning also spoke about the back foot at firts rolling and then on the yip toes. We then placed 4 balls in a line and checked the divots. Henning also noticed that I should work on my right knee angle.
Played today. Focused on my legs and knee angle and had this thought 20percent less and dial it back. Played great.
He took a video of us. My head was too long down. probably trying to hard and aggressive to hit the ball. should be like Sorenstam looking to the front and thus shifting my weight to the front.