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​When you’re faced with a 30- or 40-metre pitch, it’s easy to forget that the correct technique is a smaller version of the full swing, where the arms and body, not the hands, move the club through impact. At shorter distances, the tendency is to slow everything down and use your hands to flick at the ball, either because it seems like the right way to produce a shorter shot or is a misguided attempt to create backspin.

Instead, make sure you turn your body through the ball, less aggressively than you would for a full-wedge shot but still a real turn, and the clubhead moves through with the hips and shoulders, not ahead of them. You should feel as if your hands are passive and aren’t contributing to the power of ?the shot. You regulate distance by the length of your swing ?and speed of your rotation.

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