Lesson 3 Chipping, New Grip, Wrist cock

We worked on chipping first. I was thinning everything.
My takeaway was much too long for such a short chip. My angle of attack was much too shallow. Henning put a leaf in front of ball and asked me to play ball and then leaf in order to get steeper angle of attack. My hands should be in front of ball. I was trying to lift ball with both hands and body (combination of two)
Points to work on in chipping:
1. shorter back swing
2. steeper angle (leaf)

Video tiger chipping

We worked on my driving. I pull hooked everything at the week end. Henning asked me my shape of my drives. Usually pretty straight with a slice toward the end. The reason was my wrist cock. It should be straight   and not at an angle. An outward angle causes a slice and an inward angle causes a hook.

Picture of wrist cock angle


Finally we worked on my grip. It was the toughest change so far.
My left hand should be much weaker. My thumb should be pressed more up. My right hand should be more closed with my thumb tuck into my right palm. Henning asked me to pull hook with this grip. It was impossible.

Lesson 2 with Henning

I hit few balls with a 7iron and Henning noticed they drifted to the right.

He noticed I opened my left foot and my stance was slightly open

We worked on my takeaway in the first few inches. It was was to the outside. My takeaway crossed a shaft that was lying on the floor in the first few inches.

We worked on my stance that was slightly open of the target with the result that the balls flew to the right of the target. ( 1deg over 100m results in 7m)

we also worked on my right elbow that should be played loose. 

                                               Points to work on:

1. I should play into a strong left side or else lot of yardage is lost (not open up my left foot) 

2. My right elbow should be loose at address in a natural position

3  My stance is always slightly open (be a bit more German). Work with clubs on floor, parallel to target

4. My takeaway in the first few inches was to the outside. It should be parallel like pushing a golf ball backwards 

Hoton Cup Stats 15/10/11

GIR Par 3 - 0 out of 6

        Par 4 - 3 out of 10

        Par 5 - 1 out of 2

  

Total GIR 4 out of 18 = 22%     

Fairways Hit  Par 4   4 out of 10

                     Par 5    1 out of 2

1 birdie, 7 pars, 8 bogeys, 2 double bogeys   Score 80

Ben hogan pitching

lesson 1 with henning

Had my first lesson
1. We worked on balance first. Standing on one leg than the other.
2. Posture
We watched a few pitches of mine on camera. My posture was all hunched..
Henning showed me 2 exercises: Club behind back like warming up for golf
                                                  Keep club in front of you and bend foward from the hips
Shoulders back chest out and firm abs.
3. Watched my pitches again:
My weight was on the back of my foot and my angle of attack was too shallow. My wrist cock was negligible.

Club should be facing the sky and weight on the front. like a boxer punching. Like that I should get a higher angle of attack, compress the ball and give it much more backspin. Did a few shots... it worked and felt great.