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Took a video of my swing when I tried the “match your backswing with intended ball flight/direction” instruction.
Noticed something that is either extremely odd or extremely an “aha” moment.
For a fade, i set up and focus on swinging to the right of my intermediate point – i noticed that in the downswing, my club is more upright (shaft passes thru my neck).
For the draw, i set up and focus on “left edge, left edge” and the downswing is noticeably flatter (shaft passes thru my biceps).
Is this how it is supposed to be? Excited to try this at the range once my forearm feels better.
Thanks Shawn!
Hi Shawn, went golfing on the screen yesterday. I get good control free contacts with my irons but can’t do it with my driver if my life depended on it. With my face « crazy close » like Jeremy, my ball was hitting the bottom of the screen, a few inches from the floor, even with the ball being in front of my front foot.
I’ve found that I have better success with the driver if my eyes are on the spot were the driver will bottom out rather then the tip of the tee.
By control free I mean without manipulating it.
BINGO!
dude abides
Yes; that can work very well actually! I have used this in the past with a lot of success! If you let the ball on a string track its arc, and the low point feels centered and the tip of tee is in the way of getting clipped on the way up and towards the direction you want to start the ball, and ypur task is to let it ride as you maintain center with the eyes, that can work well!
Thanks Shawn.
Shawn , I was reading recently about block and random practice sessions. Do you differentiate between the two and advise or recommend random practice sessions for your clients?
My practices have always been block sessions.
You want to fully engage your targets when hitting golf balls-golf shots.
Here is what is going into my book; full focus sequence-there should be no difference between hitting shots on the range or on the golf course.
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
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, let the weight of the ACU release you in the direction you want to start the ball. Look for the feel of that low effort and nice whipping velocity that compresses that ball into that flight.
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 when you felt the release of the club that your mind was in the direction you wanted to start the ball?
Your goal next season is 21 shots completed to end out of 36. However, all 36 should have points 1-4 covered! 😀👍
Thanks . Should make my practices more effective>
Looking forward to the book!
You mentioned that the Dr and I have some things in common; I too had found focusing in front of the ball could help, so your point on visual focus and pressure on the ground is really interesting.
One question: for people like the Doc (and me) what speed of swing is best for practice? I’ve just been working on these ideas and knocked back my target (on SkyTrak) by 5 yards and found it really helped. Is this a good idea and, if so, how long should I work at this easy paced swing before searching out a few more yards?
Ok…so the question that I wrote earlier that I did not even understand 🙂 was answered with the “extra 15%” in the levitation. That has produced the “POW” for me. Now it is time to work on making that a habit!
One of the best series in the bunch!
Thanks again Shawn!!!