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Hi all from Italy. I wanted to clear up a doubt once and for all. The swing is guided by the body and not by the arms. Do these have to be totally defenseless? As if they were anesthetized? Should the arm and the right hand impart speed or is gravity combined with the oscillation of the body sufficient? Thanks
Hello Andrea! Nice post! And I know the information can be very confusing. The key here is it works just like hitting a baseball, throwing a baseball, serving in tennis, smashing a ping pong ball etc… The KINETIC CHAIN of the human machine comprises the arms and they are controlled at 40 Million bits per second by the brain WHEN ON A SPECIFIC TASK. My favourite task is to throw the club, so see the “throwing series” and combine that with an expanded prediction of how the ball-grass-ground will be in the way of this throw. Then see “kinetic chain series” and “kinetic chain engagement series”. The arms adapt the tone needed to get through the shot into the flight plan with their particular lie. See also “using the weight in the swing-axe drill with Savy” which, again, would be like using an axe to take down a tree and the arms are a part of that kinetic chain. Shawn
2 points of clarification in this video, 1: Should we be thinking of the swing as more of a pendulum and does that feeling of more of an upright pendulum carry over to longer clubs or should the longer clubs feel more of a baseball style plane? 2: I noticed how much you bobbed up and down. Is this motion of extending in the backswing, collecting the ground in the downswing, extending in the follow through, a feeling we should be focused on or a byproduct of the task at hand? Thanks!
Hey Andrew! For question 1 see “the throwing series” and for question 2 see “feet together back to feet apart” and “pumping up the swing volume” and “kinetic chain facilitation series” where you will see my favourite at #6! 😀👍 and you will realize it is a byproduct of you staying on the task while ridding yourself of the old “gotta stay level” myths…We are very much built for this and are experts at this BIG TIME!
What is the best task for club release…I have a great release but way too early…my chest stops rotating and my hands and forearms complete the swing. I am the best hooker and can draw the ball but have never hit a fade ! What is my task? HDCP 12
When I throw the club out in front of me it is ALWAYS 15 yards to the left! Help !!
Hi Maureen! Did you see my latest “Shawn’s Favourite drill”? The throwing of the club is really the best, but it must have a solid intermediate point to stay to the right side of.
Hi Shawn!
Even though I have seen you, Sav, and Mu swing the kettlebell before, this video really sparked an “aha” moment about how the body moves in the golf swing! I am trying to get this kettlebell swing feeling when I swing a golf club. What I have noticed on video is that I tend to restrict my turn on my actual swing vs. my practice swing. Even with the grass whip my turn changed when I went from the perpetual motion drill to cutting the bottom of a tee. I may be rushing and not letting the backswing finish. When I consciously try to complete the backswing (with mixed results), I feel like my focus is then taken away from the target (in the opposite direction) and task and my swing suffers. How can I gain consistency and length with my turn?
Thanks,
Tim
P.S. Is it healthy that your Wisdom In Golf music has been stuck in my head all week??
Hey Tim! See “using the weight in your swing-axe drill with Savy” and then see all the “pre-motor cortex series” videos
Hi Shawn,
Happy belated Father’s Day. My Son John surprised me with Father’s Day wishes from you which I appreciate and made me very happy. John and I play together nearly every week and I talk his ear off about what I have learned from you (no, I don’t give him any advice – he doesn’t need it – his swing and game have been good since he picked up his first club). He has been giving his swing to gravity from the start and finishes with that helicopter finish you have and now I’ve got it too (after 50 years of playing).
Thanks for being you and lighting the fairways for us formerly lost golf souls.
All the best. Craig
Thank you Craig! It is an absolute pleasure and honour to be a part of your golfing lives! 😀👍