2.2 Trail Hand Chipping Stroke

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Once you've got at least 500 reps in with your putting stroke, challenge yourself with the next step - the chipping stroke

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Tom
Working on setting the trail wrist to take out the arm swing. Thanks for the help!

January 15, 2025
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Chuck
Getting better! This is a little too much wrist hinge, it needs to cock up slightly more to keep from getting behind your hands you got it
January 16, 2025
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Tom
Working on my trail hand chipping. Trying to take the arm swing out. Thanks for your help!

January 14, 2025
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Chuck
hi Tom you need to get the wrist to set more in the right hand to take the arm swing out
January 15, 2025
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Jayden
Hi Chuck, after your message some time ago, I spoke with Craig and worked on my stroke. It would mean a lot if you could personally look over my progress. Best wishes, Jayden.

January 14, 2025
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Chuck
Note how the club is going inside your hands in the back swing you need to set the wrist more aggressively earlier to get the club up on plane
January 15, 2025
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Jayden

January 14, 2025
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Chuck
as per the previous post, the wrist is rotating rather than setting, and this is opening the face and getting it behind your hands
January 15, 2025
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Jayden
Hi Chuck, really cool that you wrote back. Just to clarify, is there a video or picture on how to set the wrist? Best wishes, Jayden
January 15, 2025
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Chuck
I talk about it quite a bit in a the chipping and pitching vids. Compare yourself side by side on video with my stroke
January 15, 2025
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Jonathan
Watching the video, you’re hitting a 60° around 8 yards or so with some roll out. I think I must be flipping my club, but after about 100 shots I seemed to be right at about 5 yards with about zero roll out…. I must be flipping through, it really feels like I’m scooping the ball, is this common?
January 14, 2025
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Chuck
it can be if you’re not paying attention to the details or videoing your swing. It is likely that you’re flipping no how specific I am in holding off the release of the club on these videos you must do exactly the same thing.
January 14, 2025
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John

January 11, 2025
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Chuck
Looking good John but one thing you wanna be mindful of is that on the short ship shots do you wanna have more pressure on your lead foot and actually move further forward as you trigger the back swing if you go back and watch these videos you’ll see that I talk about how the head moves forward during the back swing because we don’t have time to shift further forward on such a short stroke
January 12, 2025
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John
Just progressed to trail hand chipping. Thanks for all the great videos!

January 11, 2025
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Chuck
on these one-handed chipping shots you want to feel that your wrist sets more and your arm swings less and also see my comment above so that your head does not move off the ball. If anything it will move slightly forward, but definitely not away from the target during the back swing, this will help move your Low point in front of the ball to ensure crisp contact.
January 12, 2025
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John
Contact much more consistent now after not moving my head back...I didn't realize it was moving back so much. Thanks for the advice!!
January 12, 2025
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Tom
Working on my 1 handed chip. Thanks for all you do !

January 9, 2025
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Chuck
This is looking good Tom one thing to keep in mind is that you don’t want a ton of arm swing but a little more wrist so that the arm doesn’t have to swing so far away from the body on such a short shot. The tendency will be for you to want to fire the arm to aggressively at the ball on the downs swing in the arm really doesn’t do much
January 10, 2025
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Tom
Thanks!!
January 10, 2025
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Andrew
Do you have any tips for consistently controlling the low point of the stroke other than simply practicing?
December 28, 2024
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Chuck
Low point control is a result of the mechanics you are learning here. Pay attention to the details, video yourself and compare it, that is the only way.
December 28, 2024
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Yue
Hi Chuck, when doing trail hand chipping drill, which divot do you prefer? a perfect divot as Devot 1 or a little fat one as Devot 2? Thanks!
November 16, 2024
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Chuck
No divot at all on a chip shot!
November 16, 2024
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Yue
Hi Chunk, Thank you so much for your prompt response, as always! The previous photo shows a practice hitting mat designed to highlight the impact path, even for chipping shots. For both standard and "ripper" chipping shots in phase 2, where should the wedge ideally make contact with the ground? Should it be just behind the ball? Would one or two inches after the ball still be acceptable as long as all checkpoints are met? Thanks!
November 16, 2024
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Chuck
Ahh gotcha! The club is going to strike the ground basically directly underneath the ball or barely in front on these shots.
November 16, 2024
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Vinil
Is there a slight weight shift or slight load on the right foot in the backswing, or are we using the lead side (foot, knee, hips, shoulder) as a pivot line to swing around?
November 5, 2024
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Chuck
Yes ideally there is a very quick and slight pressure shift back
November 7, 2024
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Thomas
Working a bit more on one handed chips.

November 5, 2024
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Chuck
Still way too much weight on your back foot
November 7, 2024
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Thomas
Hello chuck, After my first video in the pitching series i decided to go back to the beginning of chipping. After hitting about 200 balls with my trail hand I noticed I hit a lot of open face balls to the right. Border line shanks. Here is a video when I made flush contact. I'm having a hard time with making the consistent following through. My putting stroke feels really good and making a lot of 5-10 feet putts.

October 30, 2024
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Thomas
On the setup with the chip is your belt buckle facing the ball or slightly away from the ball?
October 31, 2024
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Thomas
Hello chuck, I went back to focus on a practice putting stroke before my chips. Started with smaller swing, rotated my feet to open for my hips to release and trying to put more weight on leading side. This can get overwhelming at times when trying to focus on so much. Let me know if this feels better.

October 31, 2024
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Chuck
Take it one piece at a time. You still have too much wt on your back foot and let the club pass the body before you let your head come up or you'll start losing your posture and that with a little too much arm will cause shanks.
October 31, 2024
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Thomas
How far back should my lead foot be? Do I have it too far back that's making my trail foot have too much weight? Both heels aligned but fanned out or does the trail foot need to be behind ? Trying to figure out my feet position to help me feel the correct weight transfer.
October 31, 2024
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Thomas
Sorry I will use front foot and back foot. Does my front foot heel need to be aligned with my back foot heel or does it need to be a little behind the back foot at setup?
October 31, 2024
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Chuck
The heels should be aligned
November 3, 2024
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Brandon
Hi Chuck, quick question about the grip so I am fully tracking. In the video about the grip, you state that on the trail only grip the first knuckle crease on the middle finger would rest around the 11 o'clock position on the grip. This is normal for me now, but when you discuss in the chipping video, you align the crease between thumb and forefinger to align straight up the forearm. Just so I can have a full understanding of the reference of a slightly stronger grip - when I do this, the crease of my first knuckle on my middle finger is almost between 12-1 o'clock. Is that what is expected?
October 30, 2024
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Chuck
Hi Brandon, when chipping, our stance will be narrower which will make our spine more upright to even leaning slightly toward the target which will affect the appearance of the V on the trail hand.
October 30, 2024
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Brandon
Interesting. So same grip but taller. Brings another question about hand positioning. Sometimes it looks like you choke up on the shorter shots. Is that not the case? When you have another webinar, could you go over some differences and potential outcomes/issues for hand/grip positioning. Sorry if I didn’t catch it at some point earlier but this seems to be some of my issues
October 30, 2024
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Chuck
I rarely choke up on the club for any shot. In general, the only thing I change is actually slide my right hand further up the shaft for more speed
October 31, 2024
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Gavin
Other than the tire around my waist, how does it look?

October 20, 2024
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Chuck
Really great man! You could allow a little more weight on the lead leg either at setup or during the stroke and it will make it easier for your hips to clear and give you a tad more shaft lean at impact
October 21, 2024
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David
OK Chuck...I've been traveling for a couple weeks and haven't had the chance to get practice in. I'm back for a few days so have been doing some 1 handed chips with whiffle balls. It feels like I still have too much release here maybe?

September 26, 2024
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Chuck
David, this looks really good, just be careful of opening the face a little too much in the backswing as it will require too much pronation to square and that introduces a lot of timing
September 27, 2024
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David
Will do. I feel like when I keep the face really shut I end up pulling the ball a little.
September 27, 2024
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Chuck
That will happen because your hip isn't getting out of the way, the arm will be forced to pronate
September 27, 2024
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David
Here is a DTL view

September 26, 2024
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Chuck
Really good, but a little more weight on your lead leg and let your left hip clear out of the way a little and you will be dialed in
September 27, 2024
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Joakim
Do you start the downswing with your core and just make your trail hand follow or is the downswing a combination of core and trail arm working together down towards the ball?
September 23, 2024
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Chuck
They are working together
September 23, 2024
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Brandon
Chuck, Really like these training drills. It’s been an eye opener and I am no where near as consistent as you are but continuing the challenge. Don’t have the rings but similar with a target basket

September 22, 2024
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Chuck
Hi Brandon, heading on the right track, but you're flipping. Check out the Webinar 3 video from last night as I go over this in detail.
September 22, 2024
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Brandon
Yes, I see that now. It actually became a huge problem when I introduced lead arm.
September 22, 2024
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Matt
How can you tell that you are flipping? Is there a specific time stamp in the webinar that you go over this?
September 26, 2024
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Brandon
Hey Matt, You didn't get an answer on this so I figured I would chime in. After Chuck said I was flipping, it took me a while to see it but between my first and second shot it's pretty evident. I can see that my arm and wrist are releasing too much through the swing. I also learned later that my grip was not strong enough, and when I changed that and shifted more weight to lead leg, it helped
October 30, 2024
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RJ
Hey Chuck! If we play primarily off Bermuda grass and are chipping with our 60, is it normal for the leading edge to dig when the ball is back? Or is it a technical issue? I was struggling with that today until I moved it slightly forward. My wedge has 8 degrees of bounce.
September 19, 2024
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Chuck
You should still be able to chip off there, I would check your angle of attack may be a little too steep, meaning you're setting the wrist too much or stabbing at the ball too aggressively. With 8* of bounce you shouldn't dig too much unless it's super wet, but it's also ok to have the ball up in your stance a little more as well as long as you don't lose directional control.
September 19, 2024
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Matt
I may have missed it, but why do we need to have the stance open? If you play off back foot but have a square stance is that not ideal?
September 18, 2024
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Chuck
You can do it either way but the open stance makes it a little easier to make room for the trail arm coming through
September 19, 2024
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Dennis
I'm really enjoying learning this trail-hand DGP method in baby steps! This is me doing the 10-yd drill with aim sticks parallel to each other.

September 14, 2024
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Chuck
Looking pretty good! Need to get that right arm more supinated and straight at setup and keep it that way throughout the stroke. This will feel weird but boost your consistency to be able to do the starting line drill
September 15, 2024
1.1 Introduction to The GOAT Code 1.2 The GOAT Delivery Position (GDP) 1.3 The GOAT Grip 1.4 The GOAT Setup 1.5 GOAT Ball Position 1.6 Trail Hand Putting Drill 1.7 Tiger Woods Tee Drill 1.8 Add Lead Hand to Putting Stroke 1.9 Skills Assessment Challenge: Putting
2.1 Clubface is KING 2.2 Trail Hand Chipping Stroke 2.3 Trail Hand Ripper Chip 2.4 Add Lead Hand to Chipping Stroke 2.5 Progressive Drill to Add Lead Hand 2.6 Add Lead Hand to Ripper Chip 2.7 Skills Assessment Challenge: Chipping
3.1 Transferring Power from the Core to the Hand 3.2 The GOAT Pitch Shot 3.3 Pitch Shot Starting Line Drill 3.4 Fundamentals of Compression 3.5 Skills Assessment Challenge: Pitching
4.1 Core Activation - Chair Drill 4.2 Core Activation - Medicine Ball Throws 4.3 Core Activation - Slam Ball 4.4 Core Activation - Punching Bag Power 4.5 20 Yard Wedge Shot Basics 4.6 Skills Assessment Challenge: 20 Yard Shots 4.7 40 Yard Wedge Shots - The Magic! 4.8 GOAT Power Sequence 4.9 The GOAT Drill 4.10 How to Increase Hand Speed - J Release 4.11 The Importance of the Waggle for Speed 4.12 How the Lead Side Works for Power 4.13 Magic of Supination 4.14 80 Yard Shots - Down the Line 4.15 80 yd Shots - Face On 4.16 Tiger Woods 80 yd Face On Reference Video 4.17 How to Coil Around the Trail Leg 4.18 The GOAT Takeaway 4.19 The GOAT 9 to 3 Drill
Webinar 1: The Core Webinar 2: Core Power & Putting Webinar 3 - Compression & Clubface Control Webinar 4 - Fascia & Effortless Power
Is Tiger Woods Golf Swing a Baseball Swing? Pt. 1 of 3 Throw the Club or Push the Club? Pt 2 of 3 Squish the Bug for Effortless Power - Pt 3 of 3 The GOAT Release The GOAT Release Intro - Endless Conveyor Belt GOAT Code Secret to Effortless Power - Pt 1 of 4 GOAT Code Effortless Power - Head Movement - Pt 2 of 4 GOAT Code Effortless Power - Using Your Head - Pt 3 of 4 GOAT Code Effortless Power - Take it to the Course - Pt 4 of 4 Creating Torque in the Swing - Pt 1 of 3 Creating Torque in the Golf Swing - Pt 2 Creating Torque - The Magic Pill for the Feel - Pt 3
Bryan's Journey - Introduction Bryan's Journey - Trail Hand Putting

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