The pitching (HIGH approach to the green)
Pitching is a technique that terrorizes golfers with a high stroke index. Yet, this technique can be learned quickly if you pay attention to it. The pitch is part of the short game arsenal, along with the putt and the chip. It is therefore a very common golf shot and that can significantly reduce your score. Moreover, the pitch is often the only way to reach the green.
As you now know, you have to know how to walk (short game) before learning how to run (long game). And pitching bridges the gap between the short game and the long game, as it is a sort of mini-swing of the long game. In my opinion, you should devote most of your practice sessions to it and vary the distances that pitching allows you to reach easily.
What exactly is a pitch?
The pitch, or high approach to the green, is a low-intensity shot. The motion is similar to the one executed to ricochet flat stones across a body of water. It is like a sideways throw.
For a long moment, the ball flies through the air and then comes to rest quickly and with little roll on the green. Thus, the pitch allows you to fly over an obstacle, such as a bunker around the greens. The pitch is the link between the chip and the half-swing. In fact, if the distance to the green is too far for the chip, but too close for a half-swing, then the pitch is just right.
PITCHING with Wrist Cocking (HIGH approach with LITTLE ROLL)
The Foundation before technique
Before trying to fix a movement, many golfers benefit from clarifying what belongs to the mind, the body, and the motion itself.
That is exactly the role of The Socle – The Golfer’s mental and physical Foundation.
A necessary first step, calmly established, to put things back in the right order before any technical work.
