Hey Paul! How cool is that! The term we use is HINGING the wrist or cocking the wrists on the anatomical snuff boxes. Like cocking a hammer, a fishing pole etc…the grip is definitely the key to be able to do this without anything coming out of your grasp or the grip shifting in your hands. When you are able to sling through the ball, collect it from where it lies and release it into the flight plan, MAGIC!! So happy for you; keep me posted to future developments! 👍👊🫶

I’m feeling like I want to send you a vid pretty soon. A few more sessions and I should be ready for some feedback. Thanks again for the great videos on this common sense approach!

Funny part is that I originally skipped your grip vid, but I noticed your hand position was a bit forward on the “Wrist hinge & arm rotation” vid. So I was curious and went back to look at the grip vid. Boy am I glad I did!! That had some pure gold in it!! I’ve been going to the local range with 5, 7, & 9 irons. Yesterday I took the 5 wood with me and hit that pretty good most of the time too. I need a little time to develop some consistency though. Occasionally I hit a fat shot, but it’s coming along. I tend to hit it fat when my mind wanders off task and I start thinking about the mechanics rather than the task. It’s amazing how easy it is to screw things up by thinking. LOL!

I was originally pulling my irons with a draw, so I went a little more upright on the back swing. That seems to have corrected the pull. I’m anxious to see what you have to say. All good stuff so far. I’m going to work thru the Senior series since that applies to me now.

Please continue to go upright! The latest 2 pendulum series, the “backswing levitation” and “garage door drill” videos are awesome for that; same for the “lead hand release” and “lead hand release backswing assurances”

Thanks Shawn! I’ll review those for some help.

How cool is that Paul! The grips are round and that is the cool part; everyone is different and you should be able to open or close the face at will depending on weather you are hitting a low draw vs a flop shot or bunker shot with a very open face. You are on the right track! Please continue to keep us posted!

Amazing question! And I have the perfect series for you! See “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” and simply whip the grass divot farther!!

Right on Kevin! So glad you are enjoying the content; we have an amazing machine that already works! 😀👍

Target direction through IP!

Have you done a video of actually spinning them just to visualize what it means when you say spinning it. On a driver my swing thought is hitting thru the head of the tee with the feel of tumbling it forward towards target. If yes, please share the link.

Stay with yours! 👍👍

hi Shawn, also – are there any specific videos you would point out for holding my lag? I’ve tried moving the ball further in my stance to avoid casting but still struggle to keep my lag causing loss of distance (e.g. 7 iron ~155 yards)

Hey Neel; yes of course! See “how to match backswing to ball direction” as well as “weight shift with Savy” which will be extremely important for understand how the weight shifts from backswing to downswing and completing your turn makes a huge difference with that. Next you want to see “throwing the club” and the “throwing series” for your lag; then understanding how the ball gets in the way of your throw towards the target with the “goldilocks series” and the “target confirmation series”

Thanks Shawn! I’ve tried this on the range and was practicing the throwing and matching the backswing to ball direction with short irons as I found it easier to visualize the plane. I would like to send a couple of videos for analysis after I’ve registered these new concepts, and was wondering if down the line or face on angle is preferred – or both. My biggest issue at the moment I feel is holding my lag due to which I am struggling with distance.

Hi Stephen; this one is important; we have a video called “alignment reload” which will explain this in detail and I can’t tell you how important this is. Massively fundamental.
Human vision is very particular and when ignored, can have you reacting to a lot of mirages!

Hey David! See “turbo charge lead hand and trail hand release” which launched Mu into long drive and turned him into a monster! 😀👍
see also “using the weight in your swing-axe drill with Savy”
you simply want to use the weight of the arm club unit and use the legs to throw or heave into a throw. This will get you a better squat in the downswing to get through the ball-grass ground. Another fantastic series is “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” #6 is my favourite!

Hi Gustav!

Yes, exactly; I lost a big junior tournament to a now professional who had his club face exactly like that. I was looking at him thinking I was going to kick his butt and he beat me by 5 shots that day; 67 to my ok 72. I still remember his name! Jimmy Vendette!

So when I started teaching, I realized 90 percent of my students did not have an adequate grip and club relationship and made many of them close the face this way and it worked all the time; but everyone was like, “but what are other golfers I play with going to say? Then I realized and learned the DYNAMIC REASON FOR IT and compared to Hockey and Jai Alai and Other sports and we are here now with these options to get penetrating, compressed, squeezed and jump off the face contact towards your targets.

And when you do somewhere in between these options, and put you swing on video face on, you realize, hey, everything looks good! 😝😀👍

Yes, this would be similar to the “shawn’s new favourite drill” which is a very cool way to play!

Great question!
go with “battering ram drill” and “backswing levitation” and “match backswing to ball direction” videos; We have been doing the proper things all along, but the darn golf teaching industry keeps banging on the deep arms drum and it is not necessary!

hi Stewart!
top of thumb is at 1:00 and the tip of the thumb is at 12:30 (could be 11:00 back to 11:30 depending on how you look at it) or slightly from the inside so that at the top of the backswing you get amazing support from the thumb under the shaft when the wrists hinge fully. Straight down would be too weak, Inside the golf pride logo by one hour approximately.