 Right, in today's video, I'm going to introduce you to three, maybe four clubs that are going to help solve a huge problem that you might have with your game right now. It's not bad. It's not bad. It's not bad. Now, we all know, most of you know, Lewis Johnson, head professionally at Hollywood Golf Club. You've got a razor sharp, short game. That wasn't easy to say, was it? That's very kind. But you have, it's a real standout part of what differs real good players, professionals in this case, from average golfers. What I want you to do in today's video is explain to me and our audience the technique that you use, which really does simplify the chip-in process. Is that fair to say? Yeah, yeah. That's the number one. Everyone always says, you make that look easy. You make it look simple. And that's what we're going to try and do. And he does it in a very different way than I expected. So what we're going to have a look at today is chip-in. So you hear a lot of different things about putting the ball position back, weight forward, club here, hinge here. I think what we want to try and do today is just look at one simple technique or method that clarifies everything and makes it really simple and easy around the greens. So first scenario, 15-20 yards worth of fairway, flag another 20 yards further on. Yep. You handed me a 60 degree wedge and you said step one is very much about ball position. Yeah. So really simple shot. Yeah. You wouldn't take out 60 in this. No, maybe not. I don't think many people would, would they? But I want to really emphasise how simple we're trying to make it. So step one, ball position. Dead easy. Why would we change it? Club wants to be used in a certain manner. Got bounce, like all the other irons. Let's just keep it in the middle. Weight distribution, 50-50. And just use it as the club's design to be used. So naturally, in this position, my mentality would be, and perhaps position this further back in my stance, because of the type of shot and the loft that I've got. Yeah, exactly. What you're seeing is don't do that. That's what we run into all the time, is, you know, there's a lot of information out there, but let's simplify it. Let's get it in the middle. If we move it back, it creates variables. We reduce the bounce. And just, you know, on a flat surface, you know what that's going to do. It's going to make the ball go a little bit lower. But in terms of all we're looking at is consistent strike. Let's make it nice and easy. Let's keep it the same as what we do with all our other irons. So step one. Yeah. Ball always in the middle of a stance. Yeah, absolutely. Right, so step one, you talked about being centre of stance, but now step two, you're talking about widening that stance or potentially widening that stance. Yeah, widening or narrowing. Yeah. I think a lot of people ask me what the body should be doing, you know, when we're chipping, pitching, and to simplify it really, a great way of controlling the distance is as we move closer to the hole, we're just going to narrow the stance. As we get further away, we're just going to widen them. And really simply is the wider the stance, the more the hips and the shoulders are going to want to rotate. The narrower you are, the less they're going to want to rotate. And that really is it. So rotation is, you know, it's a form of power. And obviously when we're round here, I see a lot of people hitting it too hard or let's say struggling with distance control. So a really good way of simplifying that is as we get closer, narrow up. So where we're at right now again, not too dissimilar, a shorter shot than we had previously, again, it's about almost a feet together. But still that same principle, even with feet together, that ball is dead centre of the stance though. Exactly, yeah, absolutely. So whether it's wide or really where your feet are really, really close, ball in the centre. Right, so we've got two steps there. Ultimately, ball in the middle of the stance, no matter what the situation, and the either narrowing or widening of your stance, depending on the distance you are from the shot, from the flag that you're trying to execute. We now need stage three, Lou, because we've got hit a ball. Right, so okay, so for stage three, Lou, we're looking at going a little bit further away from the flag. Yeah. And we've got two different scenarios we've set up. Situation number one is we've got a little bit of a grass mound in front of us. So an obstacle in the way, if you like, we're going to need a bit of height in the chip shot. And then where we're stood right now, there's nothing between us and the flag, but a little bit more distance. So now we'll look at exactly the same principles, but maybe a change of club. Exactly, yes. When we're talking about it, the ball position is going to stay consistent. Judging distance, so how far away we're going to sort of rotate a little bit differently. So width of the stance is going to help that. This third one really is, the club is going to dictate what we're going to do. Simplifying it, I would highly recommend going for an eight iron, a nine iron. Keeping it nice and simple. In this position we're at now. Exactly, yeah. So there's nothing in the way, simplifying it is that the club's going to help you. There's less loft, it's going to create more power. So the club's going to have to move shorter, shorter distance. It's going to be a more consistent strike. So that's really it. So all of the stuff we've spoken about is going to change, isn't it? So we've got the, I think we've got a nine iron there, haven't we? So the nine iron, so you've got more loft, less loft on this. So you can go really quite narrow in the stance, can't you? So ball's in the middle there. And then here really, the club, if you grab a little bit there mate, perfect. The club really doesn't have to move too much. There doesn't have to be any hinge, any variables, that's it. So it's just a simple rock. And this really is a simple method. Throw in the other stance. Ball position in the middle. Should be a nice, clean, consistent shot. There we go. So there's not a lot that can go wrong with that, is there? No, and just some feedback from me, just executing the shot. And I must admit, if I'm honest with you, this is not how I play my chip shots currently. But I found it to be in a very easy position in the centre. And it was a very simplistic method. A lot of people find this difference but easier. Well, that's exactly why we're doing it. So we'll now go on to position, what I call it, A, with, what have you got in the hand there? Yes, I've got lobbed again. So you think I'm making it more difficult, but we're going to find out. And then we're going to see what we need to do just to perhaps extend that stroke change of club to get ourselves with a bit of loft and height over the grass mound, is that correct? Yeah, same method. Right, OK Lou, so grass mound, same distance from flag. I've got ball position and I've got a 60 degree wedge. It's going to be to the 9 iron, but that's got to change, has it? Yeah, absolutely. So ball position is going to stay the same. But you know that you've got 60. Perfect. So you need a little bit more rotation. That's it. So ideally if the mound's not there, we'll stick with this one. The mound is, we need a bit of height. So we've changed the club. But same method, we're just applying you a little bit differently. And if you'll notice that the lesson's gone on, I'm sort of grasping this now. If the mound is easy, I want people to try this. It's going to save a lot of people a lot of shots and really clarify a lot of things. Well, again, so if I get right in my head if I get this out properly, the more loft, widen the stance a bit, the longer the swing becomes, traveling the sort of greater distance. Less of loft, you can narrow it. Same distance, shorter swing. That's it. You want the swing nice and short. But sometimes that doesn't always apply. So I'm just giving you the tools there to widen up. Keep the consistency. Shall I try this? Let's do it. So what would be your feedback on that? Well, simple. Simple. I think that's the greatest thing about the lesson. I've learned something already. But I think what you notice from the shots, again, is that the changing club, the changing loft effectively, totally different ball flight, totally different length of swing, and everything that you suggested we pop the ball up there then with the loft, to go for a longer swing. The ball position in the middle of the stance was the big game changer for me, and meant that I got a little bit more consistent strike. Is that correct? That's exactly it. We're just trying to take out the variables, keep it nice and simple, and then hopefully that will transfer into more consistent shots. Well, I think at the beginning of the video I said that if you're struggling with your chipping game or a simplistic method, there are obviously many different ways in which we can progress all of this, but I think what's nice about that is all of those things, remember those three steps that we went through, that's all you've got to consider each time you find yourself in and around the green, and hopefully it just means that you just get a little bit more consistent. Ultimately, don't drop shots where we often quite find that we do. We've got the ball all the way from teeter green, and then we mess it all up when we're sort of 20, 30 yards away. That's it, yeah, and that's because a lot of people try and do something different around the greens, and try and keep it the same. We can transfer that in and around the greens. Right. Thank you for watching. Thanks to Lewis for today's lesson. Don't forget, comment down below with feedback. Go out and try it for yourself, and then maybe come back to the video, and also drop us a comment as well. Hit that like and subscribe if you don't already, all them things, and we will both see you very, very soon. 15, 20. Are you going to propose? I'll go down on two of these. I'll start again.