Curing The Yip, Chilly Dips, and Other Short Game Diseases

This is a short excerpt of a 45 minute video that is available on GRAVITYGOLF.COM for all subscribers. It also accompanies a book that is availble on the site or for Kindle and paper back on Amazon – https://tinyurl.com/yakzdwud

Intro from David Lee

This short but information packed book contains what in my opinion is some of the most important material that I’ve been fortunate enough to finally grasp after forty-five years of doing continual swing research. The majority of golf professionals can move a golf ball somewhat successfully from the tee. Your ability to score in this game, however, is dependent on what you can do around the greens and inside 125 yards.

Why golfers have such difficulty with delicate shots around the greens and with putting, has remained one of the most mysterious aspects of golf throughout its history. I’m going to share with you, the consequences of having excessive slack in the spine, the effect it has on the short game, and why, in my opinion, it is the unknown “missing-link” for the development of a great short game. One of the most interesting things that has become apparent to me after many years of study, is that short shots and putts, to be executed at their technically best, require a posture that is UN-NATURAL from the perspective of traditional short game instruction.

Golfers are taught to relax their trunks at address on short shots and putts, as opposed to assuming a spine-stabilizing posture at address, which increases spinal stiffness. Believe it or not, spinal stiffness is a term used by spine researchers to describe a healthy stable spine. In my entire golf life, I’ve never heard any professional player or instructor suggest that we should “stiffen” our spines for short shots, but it is true nonetheless because we need added stability in the swing for short shots. This is why the short game, especially putting, has perplexed golfers for more than half a millennium; doing it correctly is completely counterintuitive!

Whether you consider yourself to have the full blown “yips” or not, you likely suffer from yip-related movements, as do all golfers at various times, such as chilly dips, bladed shots, or you occasionally miss-hit a chip, pitch, or have distance control issues with these shots and putts. The information in this book will provide you with the needed information to eliminate these mishits and CHANGE your golf life forever!

David Lee