How To Improve Your Uphill Chipping Technique

Improve Your Uphill Chipping Technique
This video will show you how to improve your uphill chipping technique within your golf game. Watch closely and you will soon be chipping like a professional.

Step 1: Setup
Place the golf club flat on its sole with the club face square to the target. The golf ball should be in the middle of your stance to make sure that the ball flies from the loft of the club and not from being scooped. Take a wider stance than for a normal swing for better balance.
Turn your whole body – feet, hips and shoulders slightly to the left of the target. This is called an open stance.

Step 2: Prepare to chip
Lean your upper body forward from your hips and make sure your shoulders are parallel with the slope, keeping most of your weight on your right foot as you should always balance with the slope.
This will allow you to swing parallel with the slope instead of hitting the club into the ground.
Place the grip slightly in front of the golf ball then take your grip.

Step 3: Chip the ball
As always, the swing is made from a body rotation around the spine axis, making sure your body leads your arms and hands through the swing.
Make sure your arms and wrists remain relaxed throughout the swing for a good feeling for the distance.
The swing is like a pendulum, where the back stroke is equally as long as the follow-through.
TIP:
A good way to check that you are using your body instead of your hands is to make a ‘V’ shape between your shoulders and your hands. This ‘V’ shape should stay the same throughout the swing.

You are now in the right position to chip the ball uphill on to the green.

(source Rickard Strongert – Golf Professional)


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