Right on Daniel! This will bear a lot of fruit later! As for height, this is why fades and draws on the longer clubs end up going the same distance and the fade gets you more carry on low to medium height shots and then when you get really confident, YOU GET TO CHOOSE the HEIGHT you want to send the draws up into. Simply match the set up; which would have the ball less back in the stance and more centred and even a smidge forward for the very high ones. For Driver Draw, if you have issues with toe shots and pull hooks because you can’t seem to get all the way through, see the “great driver nugget” and the “diagonal stance series” which gives you more anatomically sound options! 😀👍

Thank you Shawn. Much appreciated. This has helped the draws a lot and I feel confident with them now. Fade on the other hand I find trickier with the longer clubs. It feels like I come over the top when I try to chop the dandelion (and throw the club) to the left of my marker. I catch some well for straight fades, some I catch heavy and some slice (usually when I’ve been testing with opening the grip some more). Any tips and or videos to not come over the top when trying to fade?

Having re-watched this video I may not have opened my stance enough on the fade…So I can at least try that next time.

Good, this is common; and we are never trying to “make the ball fade” with our swings; the set up creates the fades and all we want to do is “throw the club into the direction we want to start the ball. Backswing needs to match so see “how to match backswing to ball direction” and alignment must match as well otherwise you have to come over the top if the alignment is not left enough.

Depends! When you get a full release on the target side of the ball like in the “target confirmation series videos” are you getting the ball flight you are looking for?
Shawn

Thanks
i am looking for flying thé ball…🏌️

You bet Shane! See “great driver nugget” and the “diagonal stance series” and combine the set up with this drill! 😀👍

Thanks!!

I’ve had this issue as well. For me it was caused by the ball being too far forward relative to the center of your swing. I would then hit it with poor contact or had to lunge forward to reach, causing change in the arc. It sounds like you could easily rule that out – move it back and try to make the same swing with the otherwise same setup and see if your path is read differently!

Thanks, Tristan! I will try this.

Also this: You bet Shane! See “great driver nugget” and the “diagonal stance series” and combine the set up with this drill! 😀👍

The above post describes the “horizontal swing drill” I found recently at Dr Kwon’s YouTube channel. That kind of drill helped me with feeling the ground—fully activating kinetic chain—leg driven swing, on both sides. The pump (of my understanding) was well primed from WIG principles and task descriptions. Has given me better club-head speed and seems to help swing path, to make more neutral. And with driver and tilt, to finally click that tilt extends all the way thru tailbone and not just feel at shoulders. Playing some winter golf here near Vancouver.

Very nice description Donald! 👍😀

What a fantastic post! I have done this with a few students successfully; so you have my full blessing on it! 😀👍👌 Way to go Tristan!

Hey Brian! The hand you throw and write with and the leg you kick with.
and that does mot have any bearing on your grip; you simply deliver a nice throw with momentum in the direction you want to start the ball and see how it flies; if you like what you see, your grip is good; if not, adjust the face until you see the flight you are looking for or get really good at the “release” (see all the release videos) or a bit of both. There is nothing else (that’s the good news…😝)

I write with my left hand, eat with my left, but throw and kick with my right 🙂

This is close to Mu! The key is to see which side engages the kinetic chain the best; if you played tennis, Mu plays right handed but has a better backhand, so he plays golf left handed and it is working out pretty good so far! 😝

Hi Clarence! This was for the driver for accuracy video and we simply want to set up the same way as a fairway wood with the CENTRE OF THE CLUB HEAD in the centre of the stance which would of course place the ball between the centre and the lead heel. You want to play the “straight fade” and aim a tad left centre of the fairway and let it drift back towards the centre.

Hey Brian! You bet! See “football drill series” and match that with “grip and arm motion”

See “hammer drill” video to understand how to be behind the ball regardless of the clubs; it’s a great visual with the fairway woods. Then find a nice doorframe and place a ball against it and set up with a 3 or 5 wood like you were going to drive it through the door frame. Very powerful set up.

Hey Neal! Yes, we have plans to do more series with students in the future when travel resumes; our clients here in Quebec City are 95% French Speaking and the last 2 years have been a challenge here in Canada. We do have over 5 series with students in premium already, have you seen them?
Shawn

Hey Dan! When performing the task of spraying sand onto the green, the kinetic chain is the very same one for all shots and the hands lead the club. And yes, the leading edge gets raised exposing the bounce in the process and what you are not quite getting is that they are both one in the same and have the same purpose. When you open the face, the angle of the sole of the club increases to stay and ride the sand’s surface and reduces the amount of sand that goes up the face of the club preventing a submarine dive chuck into the sand.

The other option is the “throwing series” with the “goldie locks series” where you PREDICT that the stem will be cut if you throw the club into the direction you want to start the ball; understand the ball can only slow you down slightly but it can only stop you mentally.

Very good Dan! Downhill shots feel like you are throwing down the hill and uphill shots feel like you are throwing up the hill. The goal is to feel that the throw allows the sole of the club to follow the slope past the ball for a few inches.

Hey Dan! Remember, THERE IS NO COMPENSATION FOR DIRECTION WHEN YOU ARE DELIVERING INTO THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO START THE BALL WHILE IN SOLID BALANCE!!
So if you are doing a draw, aim where you want the ball to end, play the ball a hair back of centre and release into the direction you want to start the ball. Use the intermediate point to help you line up and deliver in that direction. Intermediate point do not have to be directly in line BTW! If the intermediate point is a bit too far right, aim left of it and release over it.

Think about the aim as aiming the momentum of the stroke and use the blur of the putter above the ball to perform a few perpetual motion strokes. If the logo of the ball can be lined up well from behind, match the blur of the putter with the logo when you get beside the ball and see that feet match this line. IT WILL NOT FEEL LIKE YOU ARE LINED UP PROPERLY BECAUSE SIDE VISION IS INVOLVED. But if you see the blur and it matches the line on the ball, roll a few on that line WITH NO INTERFERENCE and just the weight of the arms and putter in balance under your shoulders and see if the ball rolls on that line.

Hey Michael! Good stuff! You just took a step in the right direction! Now let’s sharpen this with the following videos in the order below:
-how to match backswing with ball direction
-blur of club
-arc blur unstoppable momentum series
-draw fine tuning
-fade fine tuning (yes, to balance the swing, you need to practice both)
let me know how you develop!!

Appreciate it! I have watched them in the past, but it was great to watch them again.
But, I was able to go to the range today and implement the stuff. I have to say….. its pretty cool to purposely do a draw or a fade. Now I just need to fine tune it, to be able to put the ball close to where I want it. Just more practice.

But, the big thing I learned today, the more relaxed (let the arm club unit work) I was the better the shot. Plus, the battering ram method is a great thing for me to visualize.

Also – at the end of the session I did hit about 20 balls with my driver and that was NOT fun. I was still hooking hard, which I never did. I think I am not staying centered…. (again).

Also – knees are hurting….am I swaying? ….or some say – hip bump…. I don’t feel it….but does’t mean I am not doing it right?

Thanks again

Watch the strain level with the driver! See the “spinner series” we did recently and you will appreciate the loss of side spin that will occur with this task!