How to hit the 40 to 70 Yard Golf Shot

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this is a 70 yard shot this is a 60 yard shot this is a 50 yard shot and this is the dreaded 40 yard do some of these shots scare you give you uh panic attacks it might be fear for all of them well no more is that going to happen you are going to love these shots these are birdie makers these are par Savers this is the area you punch out to when your drive gets in trouble so you will be a expert at these numbers after this video the good news is this we’re going to set up basically exactly the same way for every single shot and am I using my 60° wedge which scares a lot of people no it’s a 54° wedge so we’re going to use one club for all the shots in if you only have a 50 or a pitching wedge that’s fine too ball position it’s going to be Center or slightly forward of Center do not whatever you do do not back the ball up in your stance for these shots please it’s not going to benefit you at all we do not want that club digging down into the dirt here is perfectly aimed at the flag stick my feet what what I want to do is I want to aim slightly left of this so it’s a feel thing it’s not an exact science but about let’s say half of your foot that’s your aim perfect the club face I want it squared up to the Target so it’s going to look a little bit open and then my hands I like everything Center the reason I like everything centered just right down my sternum is because it’s easy to rotate around that if I get my hands up here you can do it but it’s the feeling slightly different whereas here I can rotate easily and keep the Leading Edge from digging into the ground if we’re here it’s just easy to get too steep on that I’m a big believer in knowing how far I’m taking each swing so here we have 40 yards the setup’s going to be identical as we go the only difference is I might get a little wider stance as we go back because I just need more stability as I take a longer swing and it’s the only thing that’s changing the setup is identical so here’s my 40 y 54 degre I’m going hands waist high that’s where I am and then from here I let the club handle fall and I rotate around my body right like like so so waist high hands down rotate around my hands might go beyond that but my feeling for me is I’m right here so I’m here and then from here I’m just rotating my body around and letting the club be connected to my body here turn through and that bounce and the the club is just sliding along the grass body weight is always on that front foot even if you put 100% of your weight on that front foot it’s not going to be wrong what do we do at 50 now 10 yards farther where do we make the adjustment to get more distance I’m just going to go a little wider stance and then my hands were waist high all I’m trying to do now is feel like my hands are just above my belt buckle so the first time I was trying to be there for me feeling that now I’m just going to feel slightly above the belt buckle oh almost made that one you’ll find that as you go certain distances will be easier and more comfortable for you and that’s something you got to remember when you’re managing yourself around the golf course what am I going to lay up to what am I pitching out to where do I want to leave this shot as I hit these shots whatever I swing on the back swing that’s where I want to finish on the forward swing so I want those two things to match up perfectly and always notice I’m finishing on my toe and the outside of my left foot that’s 50 what do we do it’s 60 I like this width for everything this is comfortable for me Lean Forward perfect I was first shot second shot I’m going the same distance up third shot right around there from there to here is what I’m thinking about in my golf swing how do we make sure we’re accelerating through the ball and what we mean by accelerating is not from here that kind of acceleration I just want smooth and then when I’m right in here that’s when I feel like everything starts moving a little faster you here on the follow through so it’s almost as if right when I get down here that’s where I want the club to start going I want to hear the whoosh it’s not here it’s let it come down to wa ra high and then that’s where the maximum acceleration is oh I hit the flag and for all of these know this when you swing back if the club head gets behind your hands that’s no good we want that out here no rotation no rotation whatsoever so how do we keep that out here what I like to think about is this as I take it back I want to see the club handle in my eye if I can’t see it if I’ve turned my head to see it you did it wrong the club handle should be out there right there I want to see it right in my eyeball right there that’s why people do this little practice swing it’s like okay there it is perfect now the dreaded 70 yard whatever you do this is my 54 if this is the maximum distance it goes like if it’s full swing that’s how far it goes don’t use this club we don’t want that we want for control and accuracy we want less we want to use more club we don’t want to full swing the shorter the swing the more Precision you can have I want to get it so that I’m just right here just below my shoulder and I can fully rotate as I make contact with the ball you’re going to come to a spot where you’re going to have a lot of spin on that ball for me this shot 70 yards with this club tons of spin lot of control so here’s a little bonus for you as you do this sometimes you’re going to say why does it go left why am I missing to the right what if you have those two questions here are the answers if you’re missing it to too far left cuz I’m aiming over here that means you’re picking the club up too fast and just pulling it to the left in that case you need to bring the handle closer to your legs on the back swing and that’ll get it working straighter if it’s going too far right that means you’re rotating the hands too far in and when you come back the club path is way right and the ball’s going right and right so then you got to make sure that you’re not rotating the hands how do you make sure you don’t rotate the hands it’s this right here get a ball put it right behind your ball and I’m going to set up and I’m going to take my back swing and as I do I want that ball to be pushed pushed straight back if you push it back there you rotate it oh if you can only do that on the GOL course that’s your 40 to 70 yard shots that will save your score