Yes, the throwing of the club in the direction you want to start the ball and when you don’t let go of the club, the force releases the arm anatomy and you go into the finish. See “target confirmation series” and see which task combined with sticking the finish is best for you. For me it is the spinning task into the finish; just amazing how my game is going to the next level as we speak!

You bet Jeff! Thank you for your acknowledgement! 😀👍👌

Glad you are enjoying it Jeremy! We are fixing to improve a lot this year!👍😀

Yes, I saw this on your swing analysis you sent and I will be doing your’s tomorrow. It is not eye dominance (I thought so 30 years ago); it is wrong task! See “Hammer drill” video and get a hammer in your hands and get ready to hammer a nail into a doorframe horizontally at waist high; see the way you look at the nail and immediately be aware of how you tilt your structure. Now place a ball at the bottom of the doorframe and get a 7 iron and see and feel the same in the set up as you get ready to stamp the ball into the doorframe.

What you see is the plan of the roll into the hole; not just the hole! The speed the ball will roll into the hole and the curved line the last 4 to 6 feet the ball will travel to the side of the hole it will roll into it.

Yep! Classic! See the first video in the “consistency series” and the “important grip update video”!

THAT’S COOL!! Thank you for posting!

What are your top 2 favourite tasks?

Probably peeling divots and grass cutting. When practicing these without a ball, my swing works flawlessly. I like the feet together drill also as it is very difficult to heft my arms. But when I put a ball on the tee, the urge to swing hard often takes over; I don’t get my backswing all the way back before I start down; too fast on the down swing, and then the club is past the ball before my hands are through, or my weight is forward. I keep working on this and some days are better than others, but I seem to have those one or two holes where the daemon comes out.

Ok, now we are getting somewhere; on those shots you miss on the golf course, go back to one in your mind, did you have a flight plan that allowed you to release your tee tip into a direction that was safe? Or were you releasing towards trouble hoping the ball would come back? If yes you had the wrong option off the tee box. And if that was not the case, what was the distraction that prevented you from delivering your action task with ease into the direction of the flight plan? Did your set up feel comfortable?

It’s almost like I panic and feel I need to swing harder and faster. My arm muscles engage, and I often look up. Good formula for a disaster. Right. I know it’s mental, but just can’t seem to break this old habit.

You think you are looking up but you are not; you are simply falling off your task; and what I would do is perform your task softly with pitch shots and chip shots and then full soft swings with short irons and then ramp up the velocity towards the target when you have it nailed on the short ones. Going to do a nice series on this because you are far from being alone!

Thanks. I will work on that. I will say that my chip and pitching has improved 100%.

See the “goldie locks series” and feel where the ball needs to be in the stance when delivering a specific shot (fade of draw) so that the low point is just in front of the ball (on the target side of the ball) when you deliver your action task in the direction you want to start it. We don’t do well thinking about where the body parts are, but we are excellent in predicting where the ball needs to be when we are getting ready to deliver into the flight plan.

See “how to match backswing to ball direction” video; wide in the direction you want to start the ball will get pulled up the rib cage as it passes waist high and the wrists hinge straight up. See also “backswing levitation” and “kinetic chain facilitation series”

Yes, you bet! That sounds like my 7 iron and my carry is 280-290 with the driver; now it sounds like the deal for you is getting better numbers with the driver and do you have a place you can go to hit shots with a GC Quad with Club Data? This would give us some great information on how to optimize your driver WITHOUT THE EFFORT! Also, please tell me if you have been fit for your driver and what are the specs?

I don’t have access to a GC Quad but I have a SkyTrak in my garage practice area. My launch is generally in the 14-17 range, spin is usually anywhere between 2200-3000. ball speed generally around 160 +/- 5. Clubhead speed seems to vary greatly. Some days I’m around 105. Other days I can get up to 115-118. I can never seem to determine what I’m doing different on the days where I have the increased speed. I also see this on the course. There are times where I do carry in the 280-290 range on the course and then days where the carry is in the 250 range. I generally use 4″ tees and my Drive is a Callaway Mavrik 9 degree loft with a stiff shaft. I’m not sure about the weight and kick point information. I didn’t get fitted for this, but I tested many different clubheads and shafts at the club. The frustrating thing is knowing that the speed potential is there, just not knowing how to have it more consistently. Your videos are the best in the business. I’m finally getting to the point where I can work the ball with a fade a little more. This should be huge for certain pins or when I get an in between yardage on an approach shot.

Ok, good stuff, you are on the right track! It is normal to have some sputters along the way as your CNS is constantly learning; my fluctuations are from 108 to 112 and I am back in the gym 2 to 3 times per week getting the strength back to go to 114-118 again. Your body will show up slightly different every day and like Sam Snead said it best, “you gotta dance with who you brung” and that is why warm ups are important, to see who you brought to the dance and work with that for that day.

AS YOU STAY WITH YOUR TASK, (you have a clear task and clear feel to deliver your task in a very specific direction on every swing right?) your machine will create myelin around the neuro pathways that it needs to deliver your task and you will get better and better at it. It has been measured at 15% better after 1 hour a day for a 2 week period. So stay with your task no matter what as it looks like you have some very solid benchmarks with what you are doing.

Thanks for the feedback. It is greatly appreciated. During my practice session yesterday I had a weird experience that I’m not sure I can communicate super clearly. It’s almost like if I feel like everything is super relaxed and soft at the top of the swing and I’m patient to start the downswing then it’s almost like magic. The speed jumps way up and the ball flight is like a laser. It feels effortless. I don’t know if sometimes I’m still fighting the “hit the ball” impulse. Having the an intermediate target is really helpful to keep me on track for visualizing what I want for ball flight. I guess I just need to keep working at trying to get the speed up without ramping up the effort.

Very good!
You have seen the “kinetic chain facilitation series” right? #6 is still my favourite and worth continuously working on to polish the feel of this.

I just paid for a quick swing analysis. Hopefully a visual of my swing will ensure we identify the things I really need to work on.

Ok, will look into it! 😀👍

Hi Blaine! So you saw Grip and Grip part 2 and now see “important grip update” video and then see all the “release” videos to allow the g-forces in the swing to place or release your anatomy in the swing to make sure you ARE NOT IN CONTROL. 😝
Then see “fade fine tuning” and “draw fine tuning” for the complete understanding.

Right on Steve! Not surprising especially if you feel and see yourself delivering more through the ball! 😀👍

Awesome comment and feedback man! Thank you for chiming in and sharing your experiences; really looking forward to hearing about your next benchmark! 👌💪👍😀

Sounds like you are defaulting to the ball and getting ahead of it and going to the outside of the lead side and causing strain there; go feet together drill in the next practice session for pitches and smooth irons shots and then see “feet together back to feet apart” and combine with “blur of club” and “arc-blur unstoppable momentum” videos