Michael Metz Golf

If you’re living on the toe, stop guessing—start training the strike.

Place a tee just outside the heel and make swings without touching it.
Now you’re forced to deliver the club more centered, not by feel… but by consequence.

This isn’t a swing thought—it’s feedback.
Miss the tee = better face control.
Hit the tee = you’re still throwing the handle down.

Train impact. Don’t chase positions.

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When turning the hips correctly, most golfers chase positions… but ignore pressure.

If your pressure never gets into the trail (right) heel in the backswing, you don’t actually load—you just sway. No resistance. No torque. No ability to create speed without throwing everything from the top.

A small shift into that right heel does three things:
• It stabilizes your center instead of drifting
• It allows the pelvis to rotate instead of slide
• It sets up a real transition—not a panic move

Then everything flips on the way down.

If you don’t get pressure into the lead (left) heel early in the downswing, you’re stuck. Arms take over. Path gets thrown out. Face gets manipulated.

But when pressure moves into that left heel:
• You create a firm side to rotate around
• The pelvis can open without stalling
• The club shallows and delivers with speed instead of effort

This isn’t about “weight shift” like people were taught years ago.

It’s about pressure control.

Heel to heel is what allows rotation to actually work.

No heel pressure → no ground force
No ground force → no speed
No speed → no consistency

Stop thinking positions.
Start controlling pressure.

If your lead knee never works under your lead hip in the backswing… you didn’t turn — you swayed.

A real pivot rotates the pelvis and pulls the lead knee inward. That’s the sign you actually loaded the hips instead of sliding off the ball.
No knee-under-hip = no coil → arms lift → over-the-top.

When the knee moves under the hip:
• You gain depth
• Pressure shifts correctly
• Transition shallows naturally
• Speed shows up easier

Don’t chase positions — chase rotation. The knee is just the proof.

Let's get rid of your bad chipping 👊

🔸When you’re hitting a short chip, you want the club to keep moving through while the loft stays stable. Finishing with the clubhead below the handle is a simple checkpoint that usually means you did the “good stuff”:

👉You stayed rotating (not flipping).
If the handle keeps leading and your body keeps turning, the club doesn’t pass your hands. That reduces the “scoopy” hand action that causes thin/fat chips.

👉You controlled loft + low point.
Handle slightly ahead helps you strike ball-then-turf (or ball-then-brush). That gives you more predictable contact and distance.
👉You got clean, forward energy.

Clubhead-under-handle in the finish typically means you didn’t add speed by “throwing” the club at the ball. Instead, you delivered a smooth, shallow hit that pops the ball out consistently.

😎You reduced the big miss.
The flip adds loft randomly and moves the bottom of the arc around. That’s how you get the classic chip yips: one chunk, one blade. This finish helps take that volatility out.