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merci Shawn. J’étais découragée parce que j’ai commencé â topper mon driver et mon focus était tellement sur le contact que je devenais super anxieuse et la situation ne s’améliorait pas. Aujourd’hui j’ai tenté de suivre le processus et les étapes que tu proposes et j’ai vu une énorme différence puis je reprends confiance et surtout moins de stress 🙂
Yes!!! Super!!!
Played on a public course and was joined by a nice older asian man who did not speak english fluently. He had a crazy swing but managed to get the ball going pretty good, though he took a few mulligans. He calls me over and says, “Just yoking – swing is like wife, second one always more beautiful”. LOL.
LOL!! Wedding mulligans?
Interesting how practicing the wrong ‘feel’ – will allow the brain to make corrections (your own scramble format) on the actual swing. But isn’t practicing the correct swing during the actual practice swing achieve the same result?
Important to SEE THE BLUR of the club as it passes in front of you as you whip or throw the club into a nice release to the direction you want to start the ball. You must see this to be able to predict impact. PREDICTING BASED ON RELEASE TO TARGET IS WHERE THE SECRET IS. If you are not sure if the contact will be good or not, you have cancelled the trip to target.
Practicing the swing is “throwing the club” see the “club speed” video in premium. Using the grass whip to cut grass in both directions as you walk and cut your rows is another one. Using the club is the same if you don’t have a grass whip.
Make sure you see the video called “predict contact” in premium as well!
Will do. Thanks Shawn.
Shawn,
I have always had trouble hitting good shots on the course, while I have no trouble hitting solid shots on the range. Your video “Practice Tee To First Tee” makes so much sense. It causes so much aggravation not being able to take the good shots that I have hit at the range, to the course, with the help of this video I now feel confident I can do this, MANY THANKS.
Martin Chadwick.
Right on Martin!
Here is my focus sequence going into my book:
1-pick an “end target” or a place you want to have the ball end up
2-pick a flight plan that fits your ability to get the ball there; please INCLUDE THE HEIGHT OF THE SHOT or peak trajectory before it falls back down towards the end target.
3-find an intermediate point that will set you up into that picture-so that when you let the weight of the club release you to the target, you can predict that the ball position, the distance to the ball, the posture, and the grip-club face relationship will fit the flight when you let the club track itself into the direction you want to start the ball.
Predictions video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQF5GjxzFs
4-set up done? Prediction of shot done? It is now OUT of YOUR CONTROL, just give control to gravity and let the weight of the ACU release itself in the direction you want to start the ball. Look for the feel of that low effort and nice whipping velocity that unleashes that ball into that flight with freedom and abandon!
5-DID YOU LET IT? DID you stay with the feel of that release to that direction? Or did you get distracted by “making sure” of a position or something else making noise around you?
If you stayed with it: how was the direction? how was the contact? How was the balance? How was the strain level?
If you did not stay with it, something short circuited you and you were trying to do something else; what was that you were trying? What were your concerns?
6-The most important stat in golf is how many times (there are average 36 full swings on the golf course) were you able to stay with your shot all the way to the finish? Can You CONFIRM WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT YOU felt the release of the club in the direction you wanted to start the ball?
Enjoy!
Can you explain further what you mean by “contact always relates to how I’m delivering to my target”. I understand we are supposed to be target focused on the course (the target of course being the green or the fairway) – but how can we NOT focus on the ball when solid contact is an absolute necessity when it comes to hitting quality golf shots?
Thanks Shawn.
Did not see this question; sorry Sandy!
See the focus sequence I am putting in my book:
In the #4 is the prediction piece with which you need to have access to the target:
1-pick an “end target” or a place you want to have the ball end up
2-pick a flight plan that fits your ability to get the ball there; please INCLUDE THE HEIGHT OF THE SHOT or peak trajectory before it falls back down towards the end target.
3-find an intermediate point that will set you up into that picture-so that when you let the weight of the club release you to the target, you can predict that the ball position, the distance to the ball, the posture, and the grip-club face relationship will fit the flight when you let the club track itself into the direction you want to start the ball.
Predictions video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQF5GjxzFs
4-set up done? Prediction of shot done? It is now OUT of YOUR CONTROL, just give control to gravity and let the weight of the ACU release itself in the direction you want to start the ball. Look for the feel of that low effort and nice whipping velocity that unleashes that ball into that flight with freedom and abandon!
5-DID YOU LET IT? DID you stay with the feel of that release to that direction? Or did you get distracted by “making sure” of a position or something else making noise around you?
If you stayed with it: how was the direction? how was the contact? How was the balance? How was the strain level?
If you did not stay with it, something short circuited you and you were trying to do something else; what was that you were trying? What were your concerns?
6-The most important stat in golf is how many times (there are average 36 full swings on the golf course) were you able to stay with your shot all the way to the finish? Can You CONFIRM WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT YOU felt the release of the club in the direction you wanted to start the ball?
Shawn
Hi Shawn I totally get the approach and agree that fine tuning swing rehearsals definitely improves the quality of the end result. However what’s your view / advice about the practicality of taking this to the course. I have 2 concerns which I’m assuming you have lready overcome;
1. Slow play is frowned on at our course and I felt very self conscious taking 3 practice swings (one too soft, one too hard and one just right) before taking the live shot. If you add into this potential variations for fades and draws etc then if everyone did this it could take a while.
2. Don’t you have to be careful about swinging over the line of the ball (eg to appreciate the blur) as potentially this could be misconstrued as an air shot or attempting to alter the lie.
I appreciate that in the scheme of things, these points might be considered minor and negative, which certainly isn’t the intention but if we want to get the whole Wisdom of Golf philosophy out there we want to ensure that we can properly deal with potential detractors and possible adverse reaction.
PS and most importantly when is your book likely to be finished / published ?
Hey Stephen!
This is what range time is all about; getting comfortable with the routine so you can rattle it off within 25 seconds with authority.
The above the ball reference is something that you will not feel the need to do after a while as you get very secure with your set up that matches you delivering into the direction you want to start the ball.
I am organizing a trip to Chicago in September to finalize the book with my partner-editor in the project and we should be good to go with at least an E-book for Xmas.
Shawn
Thanks for replying Shawn. Im sure I will speed things up in play as I become more confident. I must admit I find the over the ball rehearsal the most beneficial for chipping, significantly improving my direction dispersal.
Glad to hear the book is coming along and I’ll be asking Santa for the e_book. All the best and kind regards Steve
Beauty! 😀👍