Love the slo-mo videos. Gives a real feel of the dynamic process for me , especially takeaway …turning the body and downswing…engaging the ground and the lag sequence. So smooth and effortless.
A long time ago you had me ‘crazy close’ the club face to produce square or slightly closed dynamic face at contact to protect from the over the top tendency and horrible slices. As my kinetic chain has become more ‘patient’ with better grounding and tempo I find the face alignment at setup is slightly closed for the draw and neutral for the fade.
On your setup with irons and driver the club faces look quite open at address for draw and neutral for fade, sort of counter intuitive. Is this true?
Still appears ball forward aim left for fade and ball back aim straight but throw to the right for draw. Correct?
Thanks again Shawn. Happy new year…
That is the optical illusion of PATH at the point of contact; always boils down to goldie locks: When you deliver THROUGH THE BALL AND OUT INTO THE PICTURE, what is the ball doing in the air? Then make adjustments based on that. Don’t worry about the looks of it as this will always fool you.
Hi Shawn just watched the Eagle session with savy getting better with AOA what ever that is and lag as my bag is mostly woods 13 to a 3 is it just ball position so I’m not hitting down to much with my woods i just think about throwing the club out to were i want the ball to start. Also if my right elbow brushes my body on the way down what is the cause not getting out of the way i know but why cheers Steve
The ball position with woods is going to be a tad more forward than with the irons by about a ball width. You will see in “kinetic chain facilitation series” where I send divots into the bush with both the 3 wood and 7 iron. The drone views in this series are awesome to watch! 😀👍
Shawn, I have been away for a bit.
I noticed on Track Man that my club is 4 to 10 degrees closed to the path every time. It is pretty much the same for all clubs. The result is either a hard draw or hook. (for the last 3 indoor sessions) I do have a ‘strong’ grip but when I extend my arms straight out the toe is just a little bit over. When I try a weaker grip I feel disconnected.
Has my body gone quiet? Can you point me to a video(s) or just make a recommendation for a task to engage the torso? Is it something else?
Hey Jon! Yes, the first thing you need to confirm is did you get the peak speed in the direction you wanted to start the ball or did it peak at the bottom? See “target confirmation series” for that one. Also, here is a sneak peek at tomorrow’s you tube video which is great for this too! https://youtu.be/apXe9yfe6Q4. Enjoy!
Hey Shawn, I noticed your hands are almost at head height (in both draw & fade videos), if not above your head. After I went over how I take away my driver my hands are definitely not that high, so is this something I should be trying to achieve or is this something that naturally just happens? I never really looked into the hands & the height, so would love to hear your insight. Cheers, Brian
You will see a great video on this on Wednesday, so stay tuned! You will also want to see “backswing levitation” and the backswing portion of the “lead hand release” video as well as the “throwing series” which shows throwing all the different lengths of clubs and the adjustment in feel that the body does when throwing something shorter vs longer.
I like the way the slow mo videos shows how much Shawn releases the club. Still working on consistent release with the driver, but hit a bunch of laser iron shots Saturday in the drizzling rain to win my 1st Golf Club weekly golf tournament since switching to Wisdom in Golf with a net 70. Wisdom in Golf Works
hello Shawn! What is the technique to use for ball position and practice swing when I tee up the ball on a par 3 using my hybrid or fairwood? Is it like te driver? I have difficulties with these shots . merci 🙂 and I am so grateful with all your generosity sharing your knowledge.
Hi Hélène! You would only use a very low tee and play just like you were in the fairway because the hybrid and fairway woods are designed to hit the ball off the ground.
I’m having a little trouble. The side of my right middle finger sometimes gets split open. I’m pretty sure that I’m gripping the club correctly. Am I missing something or is it just that i may need thicker grips. I currently have standard size grips
I sometimes get this split when it gets dry; when you mishit on the toe, the club will twist and torque the skin around the finger; TAPE! 😝😝
They go through industrial quantities on tour!
Hi Shawn been reading loads of comments now know what AOA is. When you say the bottom of the woods run along the ground this is after it has collected the ball as i sent you video me hitting a 7 wood you said it was OK taking a divot after the ball. You not tell me yet why my elbow sometimes brushes my side as asked in my previous comment cheers Steve
Hi Steve! My elbow brushes my side often too; it is all part of delivering the swing. And yes, divots are after the strike of the ball with all clubs EXCEPT THE DRIVER. See “kinetic chain facilitation series” and “unstoppable momentum divot” as well as the “football drill series” for the elbow. Enjoy!
Hi Shawn been watching your chipping videos as i used to use the hinge and hold method your way is the bollicks I’ve got out of everything divots mud long grass and puddles. Been also practicing hitting my 3 wood off mat into net my little launch monitor tells me my best shot was 292 yards with 117 club speed don’t think that could be right normally hit it about 210 just want to thank you for all the the ideas you have to make us play better cheers Steve
Right on Steve! I have seen some amazing transformations in my time and I would not be surprised with yours! Once the human machine gets a hold of the feel for a task that lights up the kinetic chain, LOOK OUT! 👌😀👍💪
Very new to this kind of teaching and focus but very interesting and so different than « positions » teaching. Can’t wait to see if 1) I’m able to execute 2) the effect on my club speed. The trowing of clubs will have to be replace with something else however (January in Québec…) 🤷♂️😊
I like this video very much. The arc of the swing and where the club bottoms out is hard for me to visualize. My buddy’s swing when he rehearses always has the club bottoming out past the ball. When I swing it always is at or before the ball. What can I do to correct this. Sorry for being so wordy
When you make your practice swing, you want to send that divot of grass TOWARDS THE TARGET! Not just make an empty headed practice swing while looking at the grass! See the “task update” and “kinetic chain facilitation series” #6! See from the drone view how the divot ALWAYS STARTS FROM CENTRE OF STANCE towards the target when your focus is to deliver the turf over the intermediate point towards the target! 👍😀
Hi Shawn! I am starting my 3rd year in golf. With my driver, I am told that I am too slow and I pause between take away and top of my backswing. The contact with the ball is always good however but I have a « plateau » for distance. I am not sure if its speed fear or because I have learn golf with the body position in space technique? Is there a drill for improving the fluidity of my back swing? merci ☺️
Hi Hélène! Please do not worry about that; Hideki Matsuyama tried to get rid of his pause at the top and his ball striking has fallen off a bit (they were talking about that this morning with Brandel Chamblee)
What is important for speed, is the ability to deliver the swing’s action release in the direction you want the ball to start. Work on feeling the FULL RELEASE (see all the release videos by typing the word “release” in the search box at the top of the list of videos by date)
Then you see the “throw the club” and the “throwing series”
Then you see the “goldie locks series”
Then you see the “target confirmation series” and “kinetic chain facilitation series” and “task update” video.
Enjoy! As you should have a NATURAL PAUSE at the top of the swing when you don’t fight with your swing and throw the club with EASE and VELOCITY towards the direction you want to start the ball.
Hi Shawn, Thanks for the video. When I practice this, especially feet apart, it reminds me a lot of the feeling of a tennis back hand with top spin that you rip cross court. It has the turn it has the legs for power… Is that right?
In the transition, I need to shift my weight with my back facing target. How much weight has to shift to the lead foot? 80-90%? Or shift the weight just enough to clear my hip ? If more weight shifted, generate more power?
Hi Chris! There is no way for you to micro manage this action without the task; when you throw the club to a specific target, the brain has to go to the ground to secure the kinetic chain with the lead leg, and depending on the direction, the height, the lie and the stance, it will know exactly how much to shift so that it can remove the body out of the way at just the right amount so that the arms can be brought through in that direction. This works at 40 million bits of info per second. You thinking about it works at 40 bits per second, one thing at a time and is a massive sabotage to the whole deal. So:
1-get good at throwing the club
2-see the first “off season training series” and there is a great sequence in there where we walk and throw the club in perpetual motion for your mind to become aware of the feel while you are doing the task continuously without thinking about it.
3-see “kinetic chain facilitation series” to polish and feel more depth in the movement.
Thx, i started to understand the throwing the club concept after i tested. I start to swing the club easy back and forth . Then, i pretend to throw the club further and without adding force from my arms, the body automatically do the squat and jump up during downswing and release. Also, i hear the swish sound during this action so i know the swing is faster. Is my testing and understanding correct?
Now , in Hong Kong, all the sports facilities are closed so that I practice inside my home. Only chip n small pitch is allowed. I discovered on my pitching, my club hit the low point inconsistently, what’s wrong with me? My focus is off or what?
Did you watch all my chipping videos Chris? THEY ARE BY FAR THE BEST! Make sure you see the chipping video as well in the first kinetic chain series too!
I learnt to play in the early ‘70s. Back then we turned our bodies around our locked trail knee and kept our head down and lead arm straight. I got to be not too bad tee to green back then. Not so great now in my stiffer ’60s. I know how much your method makes sense to me and I have managed to incorporate many aspects of it to my game to great effect. My biggest roadblock is the straightening of my legs in the backswing and “getting the ground” in the downswing. The footage of Bryson in his backswing is spot on. I have a great problem getting the ground at a constant level to strike the ball consistently well. I hit a lot of thin shots, interspersed with some fat wrist breakers. Do you have any suggestions for getting the ground with consistent ball striking? Cheers. Les
You bet Les! The feet together drill first; to be able to finish the backswing, BOTH legs must be allowed to come up as the pelvis and ribcage turn out of the way. Then to activate the legs in the downswing, focus on TASK, and feel a nice throw of the club in the direction you want to start the ball.
see “feet together drill” and “feet together back to feet apart” which is all about ground forces; then see “pumping up the swing volume” and “kinetic chain facilitation series”
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