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The shot that requires the most authority is also one of the shortest. Golf instruction chipping without authority can be thin, fat or even shanked shots. Whatever can go wrong usually will. Hit your chip shots with authority, your chances of tapping in the next one will greatly improve.

What leads to reduced authority? a lack of strength, indecision, fear, all these things can contribute to poor chipping. Think of your club as a horse.(i know but stay with me here) confidence plays a big part, it has a knack of ‘knowing’ what’s going on and plays up. When you show it who’s boss, who’s in charge, the results are far more satisfactory.

The best way to ensure authority is repetition. Add that with these two strength drills (below) and bring some authority back to your short game.                                           
First Drill- Hold your club horizontally out in front of your body, then cock the wrists. Get some strength and flexibility into your wrists, repeat these simple exercises for 10 repetitions and build up gradually.

Drill 2; Hold your arms outstretched with a weight (a couple of golf clubs or 440gm cans are fine if you don’t have hand weights) and lift up and down with your wrists.

How strong is your Wrist
It can be difficult to hit a shot with authority if the club feels heavy in your hand. A good chip is a firm wristed action, the wrist has to secure the golfclub to ensure that you are in control of the swing. For many beginners, weak wrists can be a problem, however it won’t hurt all golfers to spend some effort on these drills.

Always be decisive
You will find any number of articles covering club selection and what type of chip shot for particular situations. What’s your decision, try to erase any doubt whatsoever, convince yourself that it’s the correct choice.
Practice repeating the same golf shot over and over again on the practice green.
Placing a basket or bucket in your backyard at home and practice chipping into that, can really hone your skills. If you can regularly hit the target, you’re decisive and have strong wrists, then you’re well on the way to hitting plenty of chip shots close.

Learn the proper chipping set-up; weight on lead side, ball slightly back of centre in your stance, eyes and hands closer to the target than the ball is at address.
Learn to hinge and hold; During the backswing use your dominant hand (right for right handed) and hinge the club slightly.
Hold this position post impact, in the follow through. That is, don’t let the clubhead pass under your lead hand before impact. Ideally at impact, that hand or the back of it has to be closer to your target than the golfball. Releasing the golfclub some after impact.
Relax. Scooping a chip shot into the air, getting to wristy is an amateures number 1 difficulty.

Golf Instruction Chipping Tip- Bet on the percentages

It might look fancy in the air but there’s a higher risk of error when you increase your loft for a greenside chip. Extra loft decreases the margin for error at impact and decreases the size of the landing  zone on the green.
The second bounce check-up is one of the hardest shots to play in golf, so it’s best left to the pros.
For amateur golfers I suggest going for more roll and less air time, always remembering to land on the green.. When faced with a chip around the greens, relying on a simple formula means using less lofted golfclubs. An amount of on course management is primary to any shot in golf. As is a brush up on the finer points of golf instruction for a balanced posture

Golf Instruction Chipping - The Method
Take aim at your landing spot as your target and not at the flag when chipping. This will vary depending on the condition of the green and the loft of the club you are using. Start with a five iron, and increase the loft depending on  the amount of green available, using the following ratios.

• 5 IRON

20 percent flight, 80 percent bounce and roll. ?

• 8 IRON

33 percent flight, 67 percent bounce and roll

• WEDGE

50 percent bounce and 50 percent roll.

To master the bump and run shot, chip with an 8 iron and then learn to use a wedge.

Here is a great golf instruction chipping tip I learned a while ago, try this. In your normal stance for a chip shot, grab a ball and throw it underarm at your target to gain a feel for how hard you will need to swing the club.
Imagine how much strength is needed to fly the golfball onto the green and roll it up to the flag, by throwing the ball about two thirds of the way back to the hole. To gain a feel for the shot this is a good technique.

I hope these few golf instruction tips will help you to improve your short game and reduce the number of shots in your round the next time you go out on the course.

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