Most seasoned players do not need more wedge thoughts.
They already have enough or know where to find them.
Take it back shorter.
Keep the face square.
Don’t quit on it.
Accelerate through.
Hold the finish.
Clip it clean.
Those thoughts may sound useful on the practice range.
But over a 60-yard wedge shot on the course, too many instructions start to get in the way.
The motion gets careful.
The body starts steering.
The player is no longer feeling the shot, just trying to manage it.
That is not trust.
And wedge distance control is hard to build without trust.
This 20-minute session is designed to help you start training three simple wedge motions you can recognize, repeat, and eventually take to the course.
Not perfect swings.
Trusted swings.
That is the difference.
The Goal of This Session
Inside 120 yards, the goal is not to swing harder or softer every time you see a different number.
That gets messy.
One day the swing feels smooth.
The next day it feels rushed.
One shot comes out dead.
The next one jumps.
Instead, we want to build a simple baseline.
Three stock wedge motions:
Hip to hip.
Rib to rib.
Shoulder to shoulder.
These are not meant to make you robotic.
They are meant to give your body a few familiar patterns.
A short motion.
A medium motion.
A longer controlled motion.
Once those patterns become familiar, you have something to build from.
That is where feel starts.
That is where wedge trust starts.
Why We Train This at Home
At home, you are not chasing ball flight.
That is a good thing.
There is no flag to impress.
No bad shot to judge.
No range session turning into a swing lesson.
Just movement, rhythm, learning how far the club travels, and what each motion feels like.
You can use a real wedge.
You can use a plastic ball or foam ball.
You can rehearse without a ball at all.
I use all three. I try to rotate each time I do the drill. You will discover, by removing the golf club from the equation, your focus shifts towards body movement and away from the result of club position.
You will thank me later.
The point is not the result.
The point is the pattern.
If you can train the motion without needing feedback from the ball every time, you start building something deeper than a range habit.
You start building a swing you can recognize.
And a swing you can recognize is easier to trust.
The Three Wedge Motions
The session is built around three stock wedge swings from the Blackout Fairway Wedge System.
1. Hip to Hip
This is your compact pitch motion.
Low effort.
Smooth acceleration.
Simple finish.
Your hands and club travel about hip height on the backswing and hip height on the follow-through.
Do not make it tiny.
Do not jab at it.
Just let it move.
2. Rib to Rib
This is your middle wedge motion.
Comfortable rhythm.
Solid but not forced.
Your normal controlled wedge swing.
The club travels to about rib cage height on both sides.
This is the one many golfers will use often once they learn to trust it.
3. Shoulder to Shoulder
This is your longer controlled wedge motion.
Not a full swing.
Not a hard swing.
Controlled power.
The club travels about shoulder height back and through.
The key word is controlled.
Aggressive enough to move the ball, but not so hard that you lose the shape of the motion.
What This Session Trains
This session trains five things:
Swing length.
You begin to know what each stock wedge motion feels like.
Rhythm.
You stop rushing the short one and forcing the long one.
Routine.
You begin every motion with a clear intention.
Commitment.
You call the swing before you make it.
Trust.
You stop judging every move and start letting the body learn.
That is the whole point.
You are not trying to leave this session with a perfect wedge swing.
You are trying to leave with three motions that feel a little more familiar than they did when you started.
That is enough for today.
A Simple Preview
The full session below walks you through all 20 minutes.
But the idea is simple:
Start quiet.
Rehearse the motion.
Train hip to hip.
Train rib to rib.
Train shoulder to shoulder.
Then finish by mixing the three motions so you are not just repeating the same swing mindlessly.
That last piece matters.
Golf does not hand you the same wedge shot five times in a row.
So eventually, your training has to ask you to choose, commit, and move.
That is how practice starts becoming training.
Paid members can use the full 20-minute session below as this week’s wedge trust assignment.
