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Learning how to hit a golf shot with backspin is one of the most important skills in golf. There's nothing more frustrating than hitting an approach shot that lands on the green and just keeps on going past the pin, through the fringe, and into the trouble behind the green.
Of course it's no less frustrating to hit a chip that seems to land on ice, running past the pin, leaving a simple 10 or 20 foot putt for par!
Plus it's just plain cool to hit shots that land past the pin and back up towards the hole. So let's go over 3 tips to help you achieve backspin every time you want.
Backspin Tip 1) Prepare Your Set-up For a Descending Blow to the Ball- In order to hit a shot with back-spin, you need to hit down and through the ball. This becomes easier by setting up with the ball in the correct position in your stance. The ball needs to be more towards the middle of the stance with shorter irons (the irons that will be creating backspin).
Putting the ball more towards the middle of your stance will increase the chances of hitting the ball with a descending blow. If it's too far forward, then you will hit up on the ball. Hitting up on it causes fat shots with no spin, weak shots to the right, high shots with no power, and other problems.
Backspin Tip 2) Lean the Shaft Forward at Impact- Most beginner and intermediate players will think that they need to flip the wrists through in order to create spin. The opposite is true. You want to make sure impact position is correct with the left hand leading the shaft through impact.
This, again, helps with the descending blow. Lead with your left forearm. You will hit the ball with more spin, whether with full shots for with chips.
Backspin Tip 3) Speed + Holding the Face Open = More Spin- On short chips where you want the ball to stop on a dime, you need to swing normally on the backswing, but through impact you want to hold the clubface open.
So think about this. Instead of swing speed coming from the wrists, you are going to need to generate speed with the bigger muscles, keeping the wrists more or less quiet. Leave the club face open, but turn the chest through the shot to achieve this.
There's 3 good tips to help you hit golf shots with backspin. Follow these and you'll be able to keep the ball on the green with your approaches, and cozy the ball closer around the green with your chips.
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