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Ball Position For The Finesse Stroke

Creativity is more important with the short game than the full swing. There are many ways to be weak for a short shot, but only a few ways to be really powerful for the full swing. One of the things that golfers can do to help that creativity is to learn the different extremes in ball position and how they affect the shot. By experimenting with a few different ball positions, you can instantly add versatility to a simple movement.

Playlists: Finesse Wedge - Chipping and Pitching

Tags: Chip, Drill

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In this FNS wedge drill video, we're going to look at ball position.

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So in the setup video, I talk a little bit about the spine being open and just like such.

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Well one of the ways that you're going to control your distance and your trajectory is

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going to be with ball position.

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So the ball position with your FNS wedge swing is going to vary a little bit more than

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with your stock full swing.

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You can, I like to have three ball positions.

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So somewhere around the middle of my stance, which is going to feel very forward because

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of my twisted spine.

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So middle of my stance just like so, will tend to give me a little bit higher trajectory.

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The next one I play off my big toe.

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So there's kind of same overall setup position.

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The only thing I've changed is the ball position is a little bit further back.

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Now if I make the same swing, that's going to be a little bit lower and have a little

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bit more run on the release.

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The third one will be more your standard chip shot, which would be kind of like a block

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and hold.

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And to do that, you're going to have it more off your pinky toe.

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So same setup.

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Everything is the same.

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I've just got the ball position even further back.

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And that will tend to produce kind of the lowest than the most running style.

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So ball position can vary a good amount with these short shots and that's one way to

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help you control your distance and trajectory.

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And I recommend you experiment without least having two, but possibly three different

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ball positions to go to.