Thanks for these videos….What struck me about this one is how anchored your head is behind the ball. With the head tilt/turn it is like your left eye is staying right over that gap you talk about between the leading edge of the club and ball when cutting grass. I know that is a function of the swing not a part of what you are ‘doing’ but for me that anchored head with feet together does two things, it feels like I end up hitting behind the ball and also feels like it limits my ability to allow the release to the right of my IP. Wish I could replicate that feel/look as my guess is it will unlock some freedom and speed on the release.
The purpose of feet together is to use the returning of the butt to catapult the arms and club into the direction you want the ball to start. If you see a ball and try to hit the ball, good luck!😝. So what are you getting ready to experience when you address the ball?
I like the toss/toss feel that results in a release toward my target. I use a feature in the background like a gap between trees to give me a spot in the distance that I’m trying to toss my club into. I don’t always feel the release so then I have to play around with trail hand release and I start to get that feel about 1/2 the time. But during this practice, it is a challenge to compound ideas. I did play around with this some yesterday and it works fine if I only do 1/2 swings. It is only when I do full swings where things fall apart.
Just Great Shawn ! You cannot do too many of these Slow Motion videos in my opinion. I hope you have plans to do the Snap Release . I want to see (When/Where) in the swing you begin releasing the angles created in the Backswing all the way through Impact. I want Deeper Lag , don’t we all ? 🙂
Great video slow mo. A centered cantilever on a shock absorber. I sometimes get thin shots with the head set back but with a good tempo and loading the front leg and then clearing the hips…bingo…effortless compression ball, grass, +/- dirt….thanks Shawn
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
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