Would you mind sharing your thoughts in a comprehensive video review specifically about ‘tension/ relaxation’ (hands, arms, back, etc ) ?
Sort of: ” you cannot expect to swing efficiently if you have … tension in your ….; or :” a good swing requires that your …. remains completely relaxed/stretched/ etc. “. ”
Most of the time it is rather tension than lack of understanding of what I intend to do that hinders my swing dynamics.
Glad you are enjoying! And thank you for the suggestion; this is something that I have been thinking about and will continue to mull over as I continue to teach and at one point, I will have the recipe. Just had a very interesting session online yesterday with a student that is struggling with tension. Shawn
This is really weird! I have been working on the face angle that is shown so wonderfully in the position during the downswing for a year! And NO ONE seems to understand that the face is perpendicular to the plane until a few inches before impact!! I call it leading with the hosel, which then really allows the throw! I have a really great drill that helps people understand the benefit of that position!! If you are interested you have my email!!
Yes, it was an aha moment for me as well. It was not until I allowed the face to be more open longer in the downswing that I was able to really throw and release with abandonment. This slow mo confirms that we were on the right track. Thanks for this, Shawn, it really helps to confirm we are on the right track. In fact, I can see now that I actually need to allow a deeper swing before release than I’m doing now. This epiphany came to me just yesterday during a home practice session. I am now able to hit my 6 iron 170yds, 180yds without much effort and even pull of some 190yd shot. Wow! What a pleasure it is to golf like this. I, too, would like to see the drill if you wouldn’t mind emailing to me at [email protected]. Thanks!
very good Mark! The drill is very much like what you see here; if you look at Pete Sampras serves in slow motion on youtube, you will see that the racket almost splits the ball in half before delivering it to the service box! 😀👍 Enjoy your blissful shots!
I loved seeing this. I struggle with my backswing and trying this drill might help me. One question I have is ball position. Where should my ball position be? I want so bad to get compression with my irons to increase distance and to actually drive the ball over the 210 yds as I do now
For draw, a hair back of centre for irons; see “hammer drill” which is awesome for compression; see the first video in the “consistency series” as well to go with that and then get the release under your belt so you can collect the ball properly from where it is and RELEASE it into the picture. Type “release” in the search box and watch all the videos involved.
I would not try to look at it that way; stick to the task of “hammer drill” I gave you and position yourself where you would get the most compression and the desired direction beyond the door frame.
I needed this to get my swing back on track…what this drill did for me was feel how the arm club unit swings from the shoulders…no manipulation of arms and wrist in the back swing is possible with the battering ram drill…straight back and through swing from the shoulders …also really helpful on the feel of a full turn…it feels almost like you are tilting back towards the target but that feel is not real…and lastly this drill really helps with tempo and allowing the weight to fall…absolutely a must drill for me….thanx!
I’ve just started with this type of swing here in the DR. I have a big blister on my left thumb and base of right index figure. Any suggestions to what I may be doing wrong?
You are definitely holding the club improperly; there should be no friction on the hands when swinging; see “grip” and Grip part 2 here on premium and see the latest “5 ways to guarantee proper grip in lead hand shawn clement” on youtube
Hi! It seems like you stay very centered in your swing. Does your weight ever travel to the outside of the left foot (for a righty) during the swing? I struggle with “swaying” and am wondering if this is a good concept (symmetrical action in backswing and downswing/follow through). Hope that makes sense. Thanks!
Hey Sean! The best series for you to watch are the “walking drill” and the “kinetic chain facilitation series” and as you will see in #6 of that series, and in the walking drill, the weight cannot go to the outside of the feet as this would interrupt the walk! 😀👍
Hi Shawn i just joined your Eagle premium there are so many videos i don’t know were to start so I started with the grip I’ve seen you videos on YouTube and the hammer video my grip should be good I’ve been a panel beater for 51 years. I’ve used your swing for a couple of weeks hit my driver good i set up for a draw it goes straight but i have all woods 13 down to a 3 having trouble hitting off muddy fairways with them. Most of your videos I’ve watched is with irons is the swing much different to woods my 13 is same length as a 7 iron cheers Steve
I look forward to our first video analysis where you will send me a couple clips of you hitting one of your fairway woods on these “muddy fairways” you are talking about. Never seen those before. I have seen 13 woods and 11 woods and will be able to guide you to delivering with those as I love hitting fairway woods. But because of the wide sole, there are limitations to the kinds of shots you can hit with those. Let’s do that swing analysis ASAP and get you the path you need to get to your next level. Shawn
Hi, I wanted to ask how to regulate the action of the wrists. Do you have to keep loose if they are guided by gravity, try to activate them voluntarily on impact like a whip, or try to keep them still in order to get square on impact? Thanks
Hi Andrea! None of the above! 😀. Take a hammer as an example and focus on delivering a nice compressive blow to drive the nail through the wood; you do not need to think about the wrist but you will notice after the fact that it had good tone and firmness but not so much that it prevents the hinge of the wrist. Same applies to golf, see the “hammer drill” video and feel what it would be like to deliver a nice heavy arm-club unit through the ball compression through the door and out into the target. This happens at 40 million bits of information per second and is impossible to micromanage. So we use easy to execute tasks that relate to golf and we become experts at these tasks.
Loved the video. My question is regarding the placement of the hands at setup. It looks like in the video your left arm is angled straight to the ball and the right arm completes the small “y”. The hands seem to be just inside the lead leg
Hi Gregg! See the “hammer drill” video and set up against a door frame to perform the same task and see what that looks like from your perspective. Stay away from body parts positions as our perceptions are different and things get lost in translation ALL THE TIME. But, when it comes to a task, things get sharp fast!😀👍
Shawn I’m struggling with the amount of closing the face. I know you said you have about a 20° closed face on one of your videos but I don’t know how much to close my face. Is it the same with all clubs? Do I simply close the face and try to see how square the face is by lowering the club to the ball? Also how much body tilt should be applied?
Hi Alejandro! Sorry I missed this comment! To answer for everyone, please see “the goldie locks series” and the “predict contact” video and then see “tilt mile markers” video! 👍😀
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