Understanding the three ways to stop the ball around the greens can help you save shots fast.
The key is knowing which tool to use based on the lie and the situation in front of you.
The three ways to create stopping power are:
• Height
• Spin
• Terrain
• Hole out (added extra hahaha)
In this scenario, our initial shot selection relied on height to stop the ball. The problem? The ball was still releasing too much after landing.
So how do we slow it down further?
We introduced terrain into the equation. By using the fringe as our landing spot instead of carrying the ball directly onto the green, we were able to take some heat off the shot, reduce the release, and achieve the desired result.
The result was successful, but more importantly, it helped the player understand how to adapt their shot selection based on the conditions rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all approach.
That’s how you build golf IQ, understanding the tools available and knowing when to use them.
Why use a string line station?…
Multiple reasons:
✅ Alignment training and feel
✅ Improve ability to start the putt on line (face control)
✅ Centre strike training (speed and direction)
Add a string line or chalk line station into your putting practice rotation. You’ll be sure to improve your putting out of sight.
Here’s a snippet from a recent coaching session.
This feedback video focuses on how to execute a specific drill we’re using to create meaningful change.
If we’re serious about rewiring a movement pattern, position, or motion, we need to understand exactly what we’re trying to change. We isolate the variable, build awareness around it, and use drills that help develop the right feel.
In this session, we’re working on improving club positioning through P5 and P6 while pairing it with a more dynamic pressure shift. When those pieces start working together, strike quality improves, curvature tightens, and performance becomes far more predictable.
Understanding ➡️ Training ➡️ Performing. That’s how lasting change happens.
🔪 UNDERSTAND YOUR SLICE 🔪
A common cause of a slice starts in transition.
The club kicks out, the wrist angles change, and the club gets out of position. Once that happens, compensations usually follow, leading to an out-to-in path and slice curvature.
Improve your awareness of where the club needs to be and how to get it there, and you’ll dramatically improve how the club is delivered into impact.
Better club position. Better delivery. Better ball flight.
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Put the fairway wood and 4 iron away.
You’ll still probably hit those in the trees.
Learn what it takes to hit driver better!
Your scores and enjoyment will thank you 🙌
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@KraftyGolf_@ross30211931 What @KraftyGolf_ said
@ross30211931 Yeah mate, I can see how you might have got confused. I’m demonstrating driver and the video from Justin is demonstrating irons.
Any questions on them, lets us know!
The reference to “holding the angle” was simply talking about the angle between the lead arm and the club shaft. The point of the video was to show that if we try and maintain that angle too long through impact, or drag the handle, it can potentially have a negative effect on strike, ball flight, direction, and overall performance.
I thought the video made that pretty clear, but if there was any confusion, that’s the movement pattern I was referring to. There are different ways to explain these concepts, but the main takeaway is understanding what excessive handle drag can do to impact and the resulting ball flight.
Sink more putts!
A great little exercise that has a bunch of benefits.
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Nothing means more than hearing feedback like this from my students.
Detailed analysis, simple drills, real results and a roadmap to owning your golf.
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Distance control out of the bunker… bunker play is difficult at the best of times (take it from me, I’ve battled them too 😅) but having a simple system for distance control can make a huge difference and provide the intent we’re after.
One thing that’s helped me is keeping the variables to a minimum. The swing length relatively constant. I reference “hands to just above shoulder height” quite a longer swing length and then work off a gearing system for tempo/speed.
Gear 1 = softer speed, let the clubhead fall/crash into the sand
Gear 2 = slightly more tempo and intent
Gear 3 = same swing length but with a much more aggressive speed through the sand
Same reference point. Different gears.
This is the system I use to help manage carry distance and create more consistency from the bunker.
Would love to hear how other players and coaches approach distance control out of bunkers.
Ps. One handed bunker play might be the key? 😄
@nolan7517 Hey bro. Yeah, can certainly see some slice tendencies in your move, at the same time some good things happening as well. I’d love to help, dm me and let get you going.
Here’s something I wish more golfers understood:
One coaching session will not fix your game.
I know that’s not what you want to hear. But chasing that single ‘lightbulb moment’ is exactly what keeps so many players stuck.
Real change in golf looks like this 👇
🔹 1% better every single day
🔹 Consistent, ongoing work with a coach who knows your game
🔹 Building the RIGHT habits — not just band-aid fixes
🔹 Understanding your own unique swing DNA
🔹 Giving the process the time it actually needs
It’s not glamorous. It’s not instant. But it’s what actually works.
The players who improve aren’t the ones who had one great lesson. They’re the ones who showed up, did the work, and trusted the process week after week with the help of a coach.
If that’s the kind of golfer you want to be… let’s talk.
DM me or hit the link in my bio.
If your hands get too deep behind you, lead arm wraps too far around the body, and the club works too far behind you in the backswing, it’s going to make clean strike and controlling low point really difficult.
So here’s a simple feel and reference to help get the club working more in front of your body without getting steep or chopping across it.
Use this feel to improve strike, low point control, and overall consistency.
For a deeper dive into this stuff, check the link in my bio, join the “That’s Good! Social” community, or if you want a more personalised approach, find me on @skillestapp
An attribute every golfer should add to their short game arsenal is trajectory control.
Learning how to flight your wedges low, medium, and high gives you more options, more creativity, and more control around the greens.
Check the vid
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Let’s get into it!