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Changing the pelvic angle can be a HUGE power source for the full swing, but can cause disastrous inconsistency when it is done too much for your finesse wedge shots. If you struggle with contact, double on video to ensure you are not making this big error in your short game.
Tags: Chip, Drill, Intermediate
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This finesse wedge drill is pelvic angle consistency.
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So we talk a lot about these finesse wedges and how we want to keep the lower body
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as more of a balance or more of a platform for balance and stability, not so much for creating
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a lot of power.
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And that goes all the way into your low distance wedges.
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So when I do 3Ds and when I look at 3Ds of really good wedge buyers, typically what you'll
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see is if I had
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this angle of my pelvis, let's just say I had a measurement here.
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When I get into my setup posture, it's going to be somewhere around 20 degrees or so from
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setup or from vertical.
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In the full swing, because I'm really using my lower body, my glutes, my abs, typically
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that's going to decrease about 20 degrees from the top of the swing to impact.
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So during the downswing has this major kind of thrusting move as it's rotating, which helps
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transfer power through the core, does a lot of really good things.
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Well what I've seen with golfers who struggle with their wedges is typically they'll
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use that same power source.
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Where the best guys instead of going 20 degrees, it pretty much stays about the same.
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I've seen as little as 3Ds change than as much as 5 for really good players.
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You struggle, it'll be in the 10-15 degree range almost as much as their full swing.
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One thing that you can focus on when you're working on your finesse wedges is to feel
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like wherever this belt buckle is pointed, it's set up.
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It's going to be pointed about the same place at impact.
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If you find that it starts standing up, you can whip, you can top of them, you can hit
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fat if you end up coming behind it just like so.
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There's lots of bad things that can happen from this lower body thrust, which is a big
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power source that we don't really want to use for the finesse wedge.
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So pay attention to where this belt buckle is pointing and you can use it with any incommination
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with any of your finesse wedge, release, and training drills.
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So hopefully that'll help you if you're struggling with the fat in contact with your finesse
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wedges and learning how to power it from the right areas.