Andrew Rice is the Director of Instruction at Berkeley Hall where his students understand, and learn to better control the factors that influence the flight of their golf ball. He has been teaching golf for almost 25 years and uses cutting edge teaching technology to help golfers of all abilities improve.

Andrew is one of he foremost experts on wedge play. Below is some great information for all junior golfers on how to improve their wedge game. Find his DVD “The Wedge Project” series

Andrew Rice – Blog – September 15, 2015

Barely a day goes by where a golfer doesn’t ask me about how they can generate more spin around the greens. How they can hit that cool, one hop and stop pitch shot. If you’re looking for answers, you’ve come to the right place. Through the testing that I’ve conducted over the past six years I have attempted to understand almost every element that could possibly play a role in generating spin. In this multi-part series I will discuss all the elements I have found to be integral in generating bite with wedges.

My findings point to five predominant factors in the generation of spin:

• First and foremost is the kingpin of spin – friction. Here there are certain factors we have control over and a good number we do not .
• The second element I’ll look at is spin loft. What role does compression play in spinning the ball and how can we control it better.
• Smash factor is a term coined by TrackMan that compares ball speed relative to club speed. When playing wedge shots we’d like to have ball speed match club speed – a smash factor of 1.
• Impact location, much like with the driver, will play a less significant role in increasing or decreasing spin off the face of the wedge, but a role nonetheless.
• As with any shot, the slower the club speed, the lower the spin will tend to be.