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Impact Fix - Finesse

One of the gold standards of training your swing is getting a clear image of impact. There are some big differences in impact of a stock swing and a wedge. With the wedges, you will have less axis tilt, less body rotation, and straighter arms.

Tags: Chip, Drill, Intermediate, Beginner

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This drill video is impact fix for the finesse wedge.

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So just like in putting or in the bunker or in the full swing,

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I like to give your brain the information of where are we going to start and what is it going to look like when I make contact.

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Well with the finesse wedge swing, it's no different,

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except for the body changes and the arm changes are going to be much more subtle.

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So if I was to take my setup position for finesse wedge shot, you know, simple little shot,

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it'll look something like this.

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If I was then to go to impact, all you would see is my upper and lower body,

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so my belt buckle is in my shirt buttons,

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which shift a couple inches closer to the golf ball.

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I'd be very slightly open, so if I turn to face this way.

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My normal swing or the the tour normal,

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is going to have your hips about 45 degrees open and your chest about 30,

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so that they're kind of pointing out in front, like I talk about with the Ironman movements.

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So they'd be pointing out in front like so.

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Compared to where you start, four year finesse wedge swing,

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they're really only going to be open about five degrees.

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The five, ten, depending on how far you're hitting the shot.

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But it's very, very subtle.

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So the major movement is going to be more of a translation with my upper body and lower body,

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just drifting slightly forward, then it is going to be a really aggressive or dynamic lower body movement.

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Now let's talk about the arm.

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So if I'm in this down the line view, you can see the amount of bend in my arms pretty easily.

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Well, when I come back to impact for a finesse wedge,

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it's basically going to be about the same position.

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So in the full swing and your stock full swing,

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we talk about the lower body getting ahead of the upper body,

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the side tilt and the rotation kind of giving you this look here,

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and then your arms are going to be kind of bent,

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but extending through the shot for the finesse wedge.

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We're going to have those arms powering more of the shot,

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so they're going to tend to get straight soon,

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and then they're going to tend to almost bend a little bit as we go through.

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So I'll demonstrate one from each perspective.

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We've got face on, so here's my twist as fine.

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We're going to have setup.

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We're going to have impact.

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So setup, impact, setup, impact.

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You'll see it's just very, very subtle.

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It'll end up looking something like that.

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So down the line, we've got setup, we've got impact, we've got setup,

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we've got impact.

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If we were to then hit one, set up impact,

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just like so.

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We've got setup, we've got impact.

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If we were to then hit one, set up impact,

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just like so.

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Set up impact, just like so.

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So that's impact fixed, where you're basically practicing,

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going just from setup to impact,

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to give your brain kind of the start and the finish,

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and then you can let your smart brain figure out

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how you're going to use these movements to connect those two dots.