I can’t tell you how important practicing with “extremes” is. Shawn, you started me on this path years ago, and it’s the single most important thing that hastens my improvement. It enhances awareness of the clubface, of the grip, setup and alignment, and swing mechanics. Every aspect of learning the golf swing can be improved upon and in a shorter period of time using “extremes” (aka “goldilocks”).

Training the brain to “predict” is one of the most underrated topics in golf in my opinion. Through this process I can now slice, push, pull, hook, top, skull, fat, thin, and, yes, even shank, a ball at will. Of course, though this process I can now make the necessary adjustments to hit the correct trajectory as well. And that’s where that flight plan is soooo important. Giving your brain the flight plan helps it to make a prediction much faster and more accurately. The brain compares the flight plan to the reality of the setup and predicts an outcome. Without the flight plan, the prediction works but not nearly as sharply and nor as immediate. But, as this lesson shows, you also have to have those other “feels” in your database to compare against. Those missed feels are so important to the process of predicting.

Thanks again, Shawn, Sav and Mu for another terrific lesson. Keep peeling that onion and talking about the things that others don’t. Cheers!

I agree with Mark. Goldilocks is a key element in refining the golf swing. Recently the driver has been hitting design draws but sometimes too far left. Ball too far forward. Ball position coming back a tad corrects and nice momentum compression with low effort. With the irons ball too far back produces fat shots- reaching back and ‘ hanging back’ or skulls. Thanks for these sessions.

Instinctively, I’ve known that torquing the body to get power(distance) didn’t make sense. But I kept trying, thinking something was wrong with me.

After watching a number of your videos where you threw the golf ball right with the left hand and left with the right—getting the body out of the way so the arms could swing freely—the light went on. What a difference it makes “tossing” the club on the backswing then on the down/forward swing and naturally turning to keep he arms from hitting the rib cage n both directions. The path HAS to be straight, and the clubhead whips through the hitting area, like it’s soft butter, with so little effort and so much speed and power. THANK YOU!!!!!!

Please come to Arizona to give a clinic during your course snowbound days this winter. Your body will thank you.

Brilliant insight behind your Wisdom in Golf approach. Wonderful content. It has made the game much, much more fun, and my handicap is dropping. Often when I do miss a shot, I’ve lost my intermediate point. I don’t play the most lush courses, but often there are no weeds, blemishes, etc. within 2-3 feet in front of the ball. I try to maintain focus on a spot or indistinguishable blade of grass, but apparently my orientation shifts. It is an even larger issue for long putts when I use the intermediate point to line up but then lose it when looking at the flag/hole to confirm distance. Any tips for finding / keeping an intermediate point when no landmarks are present? Keep up the great work. Thanks.

Hi Shawn, I have started putting about 60 to 65% weight on the front (left) leg at the address. Then during the backswing, I get to 50-50 weight distribution, and then at impact, my weight is again mainly on the front leg. Is that acceptable? I feel impact is better, but there is some fade, which is likely due to a different reason.

Hi Shawn,
I caught that with Mu’s first utlra closed face swing. He essentially re-gripped the club. I’ve seen that video somewhere….. 😉 A habit that I had to break also, negating my closed face. Fantastic video. I’ve embraced the “closed face” lifestyle.
Scott

suggestion

good content thanks. i have been following the videos in sequence and you refer to target, intermediate point, play a fade, or draw. my issue is, at this pint you dont cover these topics and there maybe a missing piece of the puzzle of instruction.

you need something to tie them together.

Thank you

Hi Shawn,I follow your model of hunter with a high powered riffle during my stance with weight shifting on the back foot during back swing and then coming forward again at impact. Should I just follow the hunter model here too with the driver?

I have been doing your grip with the club more in the fingers lead hand and heal pad above the grip. Lately my pinky finger deals like it’s taking too much strain and deals sore or almost strained. Any thoughts, is the club too much in the fingers and the club should be more in contact with the heal pad. Can’t keep doing what I am doing. Glove size XL cadet for reference.
Thanks Shaun

Would you recommend this drill just for mid irons or also for wedges and woods? I guess you don’t want a divot with a wood, right?
Regards,
Knut

Hi Shawn, I m a single handicapper but I have not played golf for 3 or more years. Of course, I don’t play as good as I used to be. So, I decided to learn it again from grip. Luckily, I watched wisdom golf in YouTube so I joined wisdom golf as a member . Then, now I have questions, I m getting old(50yrs old) n I cannot make a full shoulder turn, only my arms can only reach parallel to the ground or a bit more. Now I hit 10 yards less than I used to on each club. Should I do more fitness training to get more flex or just let it lie n Just concentrate ur hitting method?
I have many many questions but it seems that it is too long for you. I will ask you later.

This was my first video I added to my favorites, but its built on so much more. If you are just starting your Wisdom journey, I encourage you to use these early sections on Grip, Posture and Setup as your foundation. In the first 3 weeks of adopting Shawn’s methods I have seen vast improvement, more importantly what i need to correct moving forward. I don’t fight the notion of a super strong grip, don’t regrip my club as much, and use my index finger to knife the ball towards target. All items that i was oblivious to before. Thank you to Shawn and the staff. Going Premium has been a game changer!
Scott

Hi Shawn – thanks for this video. Fairly certain this happens to me as out of nowhere comes a 7 iron that goes 10 yards longer. Might mean my hands just fell through easier so will play with distance to ball and momentum. What should be interesting is to explore the in between too far/close and just right…or the gray area. I tend to inch away from the ball and hit it off the toe so if I follow the formula you used with Savy, when I sense I’m to far during a round or practice, a good place to start might be get too close and back off until I feel more comfortable? Thanks. Tom

I’ve been totally amazed since the first time you showed how to close the face until you got a huge hook. You have to close the face alot before anything really bad happens. Surprised many times how straight the shots go. Until I can get a good draw going from a in to out swing I have been sticking with the closed face.

Hi Shawn–hope you are well. I tried club throwing yesterday, and threw, as expected, a lot of well left throws! I watched another throwing vid you did on youtube, and I want to confirm what I am trying to achieve. If I throw well right of my target (as a righty) because I am side on, the club will actually end up on target(ish) when I throw it. However–if I position the ball correctly, making that “throw” with the club makes the arc blur of the club hit through the ball to the actual target. Which would mean when I hit the ball–it should fly at the target because I am throwing well right of the target? Have I got that right?