When you can dial in your pitch shots, you give yourself a better opportunity to score lower each round. But mastering this skill requires lots of practice, which isn’t how many recreational golfers like to spend their time. Instead, many would much rather take out their driver and bomb tee shot after tee shot at the range.
But if you’re serious about improving, it’s time to put more energy into the short game — which all starts with building better technique.
In the video below, GOLF Top 100 Teacher Chris Como shares an easy, flat-handed drill that’s meant to silence both the arms and wrists while pitching. By focusing on better upper-body control, you can unlock your true potential on pitch shots.
So check it out for yourself, and be sure to spend a little time practicing the move — your short game will thank you.
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Try this flat-handed drill to improve your pitch shots
By perfecting this drill, you’ll better understand how to take the hands and the arms out of the pitching motion. Doing this allows better control of your club, leading to more consistent shots.
Here’s how Como explains it.
“We’re going to use a flat-handed drill,” Como says. “We’re going to put our trail hand up against the shaft, and the idea is to make a motion to where that shaft is not going to come off that trail hand.”
If you find that the lead hand is pulling the shaft off the trail hand, you’re doing it incorrectly.
“Let your body really control the motion through the shot,” Como adds. “It’s going to be a better way to control the clubhead speed through impact, and it’s just going to create a better bottom. There’s lots of great benefits from this.”
