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Hi Shawn,
After watching this video in addition to your advice on completing the turn, I finally feel like I could emulate your move when you stop at the top of the backswing and hit a ball from there (and I feel like I have much more control through the swing). Is there any benefit to doing this ‘stop at the top as a drill’ as a drill to really reinforce that sense of structure and balance in the whole swing?
Hi Philip! Good stuff!
Yes, on both counts. We use the stop at the top to confirm that we are still in balance (mile markers for balance) or that we have enough backswing to whip the club with ease or that we are in a position to whip in the direction we want to start the ball (video 4 of consistency series)
The natural pause comes from when you are NOT FIGHTING with the weight of the arms and club and you are using that weight to perform the task like a good old lumberjack with his trusty axe. This is what you want to strive for. But if you stop at the top, it is to confirm that you are where you need to be to deliver ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH EASE TOWARDS THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO START THE BALL.
Ha, I tried working on this and was getting 10-15 yards more on each club because my kinetic chain is now connecting. My 7 wood carried 215 yards by the end – 230 yards total, and my driver was up to 270 (and straighter than previously). I need to work on this drill more!! Thanks Shawn
Right on!! 😀👍
Very helpful. My question is what are you throwing to the target? Is it the club head, the handle of the club, the club like a javelin? It looks to me like you are throwing the club longitudinally toward the target and this might explain the great compression you get. I occasionally get it too, but often do not.
I know that I should be throwing clubs around to experiment, but I live in a city and room to safely throw clubs around at high speed is problematical and perhaps criminal and in any case surpasses my ability to risk being a violator of society.
Lol!! 😂😂
See the “lead hand release” and “trail hand release” videos on premium;
Feel the release with either the hammer or the sword; if you throw the club to the target and don’t let go, you will get the same release pattern;
Then all you need to do is predict what you want in the way; the dandelion stem is best; see “predict contact” and the “goldie locks series”
Apologies for the spelling of Shawn I have a nephew that spells it the Irish way.
Hi Sean,
I over swing my backswing and collapse with left arm bent and seem unable to stop this for years. How do you know when you are at the top of the backswing.. I understand what you are teaching and the gravity feel but I seem to keep swinging it into a collapse.
I have even tried to keep my left arm rigid but can’t stop it bending eventually. I suspect I am not turning enough but you do not mention a top of backswing position but do at finish. I would love a 3 /4 swing with a 5 year guarantee. I do enjoy your novel way of teaching but I am struggling with backswing consistency. and hence hitting the ball a severe mixture of really good and pretty awful and on a handicap basis I’m swinging between 4 and 44 – Demented.
Hi James!
The secret is in the way you perform the task; wide cut of grass along the ground;
I have 3 videos for you on youtube that are specific to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQSi4VF0Ylk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D6hIDwiIUU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUQkd0Hk60U&t=301s
Enjoy!
Hi Shawn, could you please explain why you hinge so much in the backswing? I am more a Stricker kind of guy and do not hinge so much. Is there an advantage in hinging more or is it not important?
Thanks, Hauke
It depends on your own physical attributes; some have a lot of range (Phil-Sergio on tour) and some much less range (JB Homes)
For many of my students who struggle with distance, and who have good range, loading the arm-club unit will get them a club or 2 more distance and make the driver go much farther.
However, if your hinge is collapsed and you let go of the club at the top, it can work the opposite and prevent you from properly compressing the ball.
You want a nice balance of both.