Chipping, feet together or feet apart?

[delc]

I have always chipped with my feet fairly close together, but a couple of teaching pros have suggested that I should adopt a wider stance with my feet maybe a foot apart. I have tried this, but seem more likely to fluff chip shots this way. Any views on this?

 

[Vardon11LDN]

I tend to vary the width depending on the type of shot I am trying to play.

 

[patricks148]

Any views on this?

No!

 

[delc]

No!

That's very helpful!!!

 

[patricks148]

No!

That's very helpful!!!

in that case...

Yes!

 

[Region3]

I'd check you aren't moving laterally when you have your feet apart, that's the cause of a lot of fat/thin shots.

Feet together and you can't sway because you'd lose balance.

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

I have always chipped with my feet fairly close together, but a couple of teaching pros have suggested that I should adopt a wider stance with my feet maybe a foot apart. I have tried this, but seem more likely to fluff chip shots this way. Any views on this?

generally close together if its a workaday type chip.

 

[upsidedown]

About a foot apart , play it from middle of the stance

 

[patricks148]

No!

That's very helpful!!!

in that case...

Yes!

depends if its a long or short chip, short feet together, further away further apart

 

[Doon frae Troon]

depends if its a long or short chip, short feet together, further away further apart

:lol: priceless.

 

[seochris]

I always play chips with a slightly open stance.....and feet apart.

 

[chrisd]

For chips up to 20 -30 yards, feet definitely apart, left foot slightly splayed open a bit to aid easy turn, ball generally in the centre of the stance, weight favouring front foot and no backwards movement at all of the legs or body. I concentrate on the grip of the club coming through and try not to think of the club face (it stops me trying to manipulate the strike) and I still have some but variable forward shaft lean

 

[User 105]

Feet close together for me with a maybe a 5-6 inch gap between. Slightly open stance, weight a little on the left hand side, try to keep my lower body static and use a short swing.

This improved the quality and consistency of my strikes no end. With a wider stance I just found I had too much movement leading to poor strikes.

Longer chips where I might take a slightly longer swing I'll widen my stance a little bit.

 

[garyinderry]

I simply couldn't chip whilst keeping the lower body quiet. A gentle rock with the knees seems to be what dictates my rhythm and tempo.

 

[User 105]

I simply couldn't chip whilst keeping the lower body quiet. A gentle rock with the knees seems to be what dictates my rhythm and tempo.

I think with me it's more a feeling of a quite lower body. It does move but the feeling of keeping it quiet helps me minimise the excess movement I have. I tend to keep it quiet in the takeaway be it will move though on the down swing.

As I say, more a feeling than an actual.

 

[Crawfy]

I used to chip feet together, but feel I get better rotation/balance with feet slightly apart and an open stance

 

[Chisteve]

Feet together for me same as putting - similar movement for me

 

[Foxholer]

I have always chipped with my feet fairly close together, but a couple of teaching pros have suggested that I should adopt a wider stance with my feet maybe a foot apart. I have tried this, but seem more likely to fluff chip shots this way. Any views on this?

So, as a self-proclaimed dodgy chipper, you don't trust the guys who earn their livelihood from advising/teaching players how to play better, but are happy to consider the opinions of other part-timers, who may also be (and probably are) pretty ropey chippers too! And these hackers have neither seen your technique, nor have you even met them!

There's really little hope for you is there!

Btw. Patricks148 has got it spot on!

 

[Hickory_Hacker]

Hi Derek,

Think back ... It was either on here or HDID that you posted saying that you had mastered your chipping, what's happened?