You ain't kidding Yoda! Today was my best chipping day ever. Adding the combination of extensor action and much more meticulous tracing to my focus of using pp1 to ground the club after contact, and the continuingly improving piston action worked wonders. When Yoda talked about his chipping practice he talked about pole-ies. My chipping practice had as its reward barrel-ies in general. (When I hit 200 balls, I hoped to get 10 Barrel-ies as an example.) But today I was aiming for a flag about 63 yards away, and frequently ending up very close to the flag i.e. gimmie one putts.
That's some long range basic motion....63 yards with 2 feet back to 2 feet forward
That's some long range basic motion....63 yards with 2 feet back to 2 feet forward
In my defense, I am chipping on the frozen tundra, actually astroturf, so I do get alot of roll. (In summer, on a course, maybe I was hitting 50 yard shots.) My goal in doing all of the chips was primarily to perfect my overall swing. (The improvement in my ability to chip was only a valuable by product of my journey). When I hit the acqured motion shots using about the same force, they were landing 65 yards or so in the air, and then begining to roll down the hill. Couldn't see where they ended up.
I only carry the sand wedge to the range. During my journey, I have allowed myself a few full motion shots perhaps as a reward for a nice run of chips. Since I began working on this, I do think my overall distance has increased nicely. Because I needed them to get the results I desired, I finally have given myself the benefit of alot of valuable ingredients that make the golfing machine work so well.
That's some long range basic motion....63 yards with 2 feet back to 2 feet forward
Actually perhaps the more accurate answer is that the closest consistent target accessible from different hitting stations was the barrels at 50 yards, next there were some flags at 63 yards. I specifically didn't want to just hit balls out there, without aiming at a specific target. My basic shot was forged to get me to the 50 yard targets. As I started making better contact, the upgrade to 63 yards didn't even require any extra effort.
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