Stable Golf Shots

Stable Pitch Shots by Controlling Vertical Center of Gravity Points. Dave Cahill here with Cahill Golf. I am at the Cimarron Golf Resort here in Palm Springs, California. Today we are talking about hitting crisp pitch shots by controlling vertical center of gravity points. In a recent video, I talked about controlling the center of gravity points on the horizontal plane. For a solid pitch shot maintain stability by keeping three points, the point right between our eyes, the point over the sternum, and the point between the hips right below the belly button in line with each other. We don’t want one of those points getting out in front of the others. When the center of gravity line is destabilized, it will pull the head and sternum points out of line. Stabilize the hips. Turn the hips back and around the spine while the hips center point remains stable and in line with the head and sternum points and you’ll hit nice crisp shots every time. Similarly, on the vertical plane maintain control of the hip center of gravity point so the hips do not slide up and out. Vertical stabilization of the hip center of gravity point will help keep the sternum and head points stabilized. Hold the three center of gravity points steady all the way through the ball and into the finish. Doing so will help to assure a clean balanced turn of the hips back and around the spine. I like to take practice strokes, maintaining the vertical and horizontal position of the three center of gravity points into the finish. Do not let your hips rock forward and up or side to side. Practicing stabilization of the center of gravity points throughout the swing, into the finish, will help you hit crisp clean pitch shots. To learn more about pitch shots please come see us in Palm Springs CA for golf lessons or visit us for a Palm Springs a Golf School. PGA Master Instructor Dave Cahill 952-994-0387 [email protected]