For the draw yes, for the fade, you are playing the ball forward of centre so you are already behind it. The key is feeling that you can let momentum swing through the arc that passes through the ball and to the right of the IP. If you are too much behind the ball, you feel like you will drop kick to the right and not enough behind the ball, you feel like you will take deep divots and pull left.
So my issue when I pick my target as soon as I look down at the ball my mind just thinks ball no matter how hard I think of the blur of the club would it help if I looked at the intermediate point when I swing?
It can take a while; if you look at the hammer drill video, we are squeezing the ball through the doorframe essentially compressing it into the direction of flight, but the way you collect it with your hands ahead and the trail arm still bent and then extend through that compression into the flight plan all the while using momentum to carry you through the whole thing.
When on the tee box, on par 3s, I tee it right behind a divot and see the sole of club whip through the bottom of the divot and my eyes are in the divot. So yes, that can work for sure! With Driver, I went a nice couple of weeks with the eyes between the ball and the IP and focused on waiting till momentum brought the club through that spot which meant I was in the clear for staying with the shot. Great question and thanks for posting!!👊👍
hey shawn, developed a bad habit lately. I am tending to move my shoulders towards the ball as i start my downswing and it causes me to hit big pulls from time to time. Any tips for getting this under control?
Blur of club video; then “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” and “tilt mile markers” and this tilt video:https://wisdomingolfpremium.com/tilt-awareness-direction-practice-2/
your anatomy is actually designed to perform this for you!
I would go to the “perpetual motion drill series” and master that drill where you will get to see the low point not only in the downswing, but also the backswing. Then see “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” and in #6, one of my favourites, when you walk and send divots to a target, the low point magically happens naturally by pure anatomy alone.
then continue with “blur of club” and the “arc blur unstoppable momentum series”, “alignment reset series” and the incredible “goldilocks series”
Yes, you bet!
The grip and club relationship is a huge deal to allow you to let the club release your anatomy into the direction of flight. You will see “grip” and “grip part2” as well as “important grip update”
I am using Sav’s strong grip and using braced tilt to square up club face at address on draws. When I do that my lead hand feels like it is on top making it feel weird to have it feel like it’s underneath going back Am I missing something here?
I love how the drill reinforces the motion through the ball rather than ‘at’ it. This is one of my key learnings from our lessons last week. It’s already made my driving much more fluid and consistent.
Hola, excelente clase!! La verdad es que cuando siento mi grip bien, el swing sale muy natural y efectivo. Me podrás dar algún ejercicio para poder repetir el grip en forma adecuada por favor? Gracias!
I’m invested in the strong grip, and with about 33 degrees closed I can work a beautiful left handed draw without making body adjustments ie swinging closed.
I’m having a little trouble with the swing when I change to squaring up, mainly with hooky 5 6 iron up to driver. Any videos you could recommend to help me line up better?
Awesome Mark thank you. Now when you talk about squaring up, is that the stance of the club face? As for alignment, the incredibly valuable “alignment reload” and “alignment reset” series are super key!! Then for the hooks, you want to feel that the momentum of the swing is releasing you into the direction of flight past the intermediate point. See “target confirmation series” and the “arc blur unstoppable momentum series”
Thank you so much for the quick response, I will get on those videos straight away. By squaring up i mean when I get behind the hit, I think I may be getting too low on the trail shoulder. I think ill get a swing analysis once we get to off season, keep on the right track.
If I use hammer drill with two hands and I pound a nail vertically down and then I set up behind the ball to hit nail into wall or door frame I feel like it causes me to slightly rotate wrists in CW position putting my lead hand more on top. This is what my earlier question was about. I have been watching your videos for at 10 or 12 years . I have watched most of the premium series. I am in my seventies but as many people have commented that I don’t swing like I’m that old. I owe a majority of what I do right in my golf (putting ,chipping ,driving and being able to to draw or fade the ball the majority of the time All due to your teachings )
But I have struggled with irons since trying to use Sav’s grip. Some days great but others not so much Unable to predict day to day
Ok, there is a case where you can overdo the strength of the grip; you don’t want to feel that you have to hang onto the release or else hook the ball. When you do PMD drill, you want to be able to feel the weight of the club release you freely in both directions; send me a clip of your swing face on and down the line so I can see it for myself? Use my cell and text me at 416-455-5576
Hey shawn, been look at videos of my swing and at the very top i tend to have an over flexed wrist which is pointing the club down. It’s very cupped. Is there tips for getting this fixed.
Good point. Actually hitting the ball pretty good lately. Mostly fighting hooks and pulls at times but blur of club focus and target bound focus has helped that alot. I guess it i should not foucus on textbook my swing looks if the ball flight is good.
Everyone’s anatomy has their own particularities and everyone has their own abilities to let go of the swing and let gravity take over; what matters is what is the ball doing when you allow the momentum to deliver the release into the flight plan! 👊👍🔥
Christian! See “football drill series” and combine that with “blur of club and arc blur unstoppable momentum series” as well as the incredibly important “alignment reset” series for resetting your side vision which has a high influence on undesired path in the swing!
Shawn had a pretty significant lightbulb when you shared this video!
I think it even answers my Q in the forum
I’ve been rolling the face open a little in the takeaway, so the whole “let the arms fall “ or “match the backswing to the direction of the IP” never really clicked because my face was just wide open, even w a strong grip
The sensation of keeping the toe of the club turned down in the takeaway so the entire club face is matching the direction I want the ball to go is huge. I don’t feel that rolling motion anymore, and the club being square the entire time is a totally foreign concept to me
But I totally get all the times you’ve talked about letting the arms fall. When I keep the club square in the takeaway (and the whole swing), my lead arm is forced to rotate in its socket, because the forearm didn’t do the job for it.
This keeps my shoulders on a steeper plane instead of turning very flat, which prevents excess arm lift, which gets me into the slot better (backswing slot, I even thought it was odd my upper shoulder was crashing into my chin and blocking my vision of the ball sometimes!) , which allows the arms to levitate up naturally and allows my brain to tune into the weight of the club
I can be as wide and relaxed as I want with this feeling and gravity will start the downswing for me. When I was bunched up there was no momentum in the machine
Long rambling post but feeling gravity start that downswing for me is a new sensation!
The posture mostly will stay the same; the distance from hands to body gets closer with short clubs and farther away with longer clubs and the width of stance will widen a bit with longer clubs to accommodate the wider arc. See “predict contact” and the “ goldilocks series”
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