Chipping yips?

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Leek

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I think I may have the yips on short chips. I am working on practicing from Brian's "Confessions of a Flipper". One of the suggested practice drills is chipping by setting the wrists then pivoting. My right hand just stabs at the ball no matter how hard I work on keeping my hands quiet. It's very frustrating.

Interestingly enough, I do not have this problem with pitches and longer chips. It isn't an issue on full swings either.

Has anyone else experienced this? If so, did you overcome this? How did you do it?
 
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mcflog

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YMMV but for me working with a little lagging clubhead and putting a little "float" in those little chips eliminates any possible "jab". (think i said that the way I wanted too.)
 
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Chipping Yips.

There is something that happens to golfers when they have figured out they need to keep "impact hands" through the ball, I call it the DEAD clubHEAD.

Here is how it happens: When the clubhead is getting flipped/thrown a bit, there is SPEED, albeit with a clubhead that wants to go UP and IN quickly after the flip/throw passing the hands.

This SPEED disapears when you learn to keep the right wrist bent. The SPEED IS SUPPOSED to come from the pivot and the right arm straightening.

But...you still have the FEEL for the backswing you used with the flip/throw.

Stay with me...

So, you make a backswing the length that WOULD HAVE WORKED with the flip/throw chip motion, and RIGHT BEFORE YOU HIT IT, you realize that you DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPEED....

So... you make a LURCH move with the clubhead/right wrist and even maybe the right arm and pivot.

How do you FIX IT?

Hit some chips with a PURE SWINGING MOTION. Allow the clubhead to SWING from your wrists. STILL DRAGGING, but with a slightly flattening right wrist. For some folks, a slightly closed stance helps a bit with this feel.

NOTE: YOU WILL NOT FINISH THE STROKE WITH A STRAIGHT LEFT ARM AND THE CLUB STILL "UP" THE LEFT ARM. YOU SHOULD WIND UP IN A SOFTER POSITION WITH A SLIGHTLY BENT LEFT ARM, AND SLIGHTLY BENT LEFT WRIST—EVEN THOUGH YOU STILL HAD "IMPACT HANDS" AT IMPACT! :D
 
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Leek

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As an update, I watched Brian's video again. I read his advice above. Then I went out to practice again, this time TRUSTING Brian's instruction. Every chip was crisp and clean. I tried moving the ball even with my front foot. I trusted Brian's instructions. Once more every chip was crisp. Since I was practicing with a sand wedge, every chip flew soft, then rolled out.

Thank you Brian!
 
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jbrunk

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I'm conflicted.........

I still chip my old way with the ball way back in my stance and a bent right/flw post impact. I have gotten such good feel doing it this way for so long, I am a little scared to move the ball up like I have in my full swing.
 
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birdie_man said:
It's super easy if you narrow your stance and put some weight forward. Really it is.

Do whatever works tho.
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That's a great idea (or made me think of one). If you have your feet totally together, what's the difference between "back" and "forward" - maybe an inch? That would be a great way to learn it and then gradually widen your stance to what you want. (could maybe even work for all shots?)
 
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This is true. (I assume you mean with ball position)

With narrow stance and weight forward......"forward" really is pretty "back." (ball position I mean)

BTW for some it might make more sense to look at it relating the ball position to the left shoulder.
 
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