Thanks for the drill . I tried it and it has helped me. I am having a little trouble with my release and follow through I’m not fully releasing and I’m blocking shots to the right. Could you recommend a couple of videos that would help me with my release and follow through? Thanks. Scott

Shawn – I’ve been playing golf for over 20 years and since becoming a Premium member of WIG, I am playing my best, most confident golf yet – THANK YOU! Question: this is related to this drill, but also your most recent YouTube video about driving the ball high and low. For the driver, where are your EYES focused? I know I am “feeling” and swinging toward the target, but when I attempting to clip the top of the tee, are my eyes focused toward the center/bottom of the arc or a blade of grass just behind the ball. I hope this makes sense. Thanks again!
Pete

Love the release videos. However, I feel like I have to slow myself down in order to achieve the release. I am trail hand dominate. When I attempt to release by simply allowing the momentum of the club to fall (and not slow myself down), I tend to hit my irons thin. Any suggestions?

Great drill Shawn! Very similar what I have tried myself last weeks: let my backswing go into the direction that I feel that I am the strongest in the thru-swing (which is actually the same as when doing the axe-drill). This drill feels very much the same.

So is there any reason why you can’t just use the drill as your normal golf swing because I thought that’s what you were saying at the end of the video?

I’ve watched many of your youtube videos and you sugest clsoing the clubface at address then putting your hands on the club to create a strong grip. But ifi do that then the left thumb is no longer down the center of the grip?
Thanks
ken

Right hand golfer Been having issues pulling my driver left of target starts left and draws. Contact is good. Could I have ball to far forward?

Shawn, have you done a video on elbows at address? Last night I was hitting off of tight lies (range) and gouging. I rotated my lead elbow from pointing at the target to pointing at the ground and immediately started collecting the ball and sending it powerfully to the target. Seems like where I point the lead elbow at address made a big difference. Wanted to see what you teach in this regard. Thanks, Craig

Hey Shawn – this is nuts! I just went and played around with it with a 4 hybrid and after I got it down, I nutted every shot. It is very strange how it is so rock solid. My question is how this would relate to the normal full swing – are you trying to just ingrain that shaft horizontal up segment of the swing?

The drill seems to do two things for me: 1) Sets the club/arm position/angle and 2) It totally eliminates any variation in the position at the top (i.e. an overswing). It also kind of relaxes my whole chain – reducing tension – increasing the average speed delivered by removing the tense/bad shots.

Super cool! Thanks for such a great drill!

Andy

Thank’s for the drill Shawn . It seems in this recent drill version that you are not closing the face of your club in any of the shots . Please clarify .
FYI I saw an interview on Golf Channel with Bernhard Langer discussing how he had changed his grip over the years and that he uses a neutral grip but what I found interesting as well he installs his grips to allign with the amount he wants them to be closed or opened.

Hey Shawn – this drill is unbelievable with my irons however with the hybrid and driver I cannot make good contact and the rhythm is way off and very quick which I cannot correct. Any thoughts on why this issues with the longer clubs with this drill? – thanks

Hi Shawn,
Which videos show where to aim at the ball ? Different clubs would have different aiming POV right ?

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I tend to top the balls a lot because I moved my head up too early ! I need to send you my swing video for analysis !

Awesome video. Alignment and ball position is critical, even on short putts it seems! Thanks for also showing more about how you make impact… I still can’t seem to do this but I watch and re-watch all your videos, and it seems to help, at minimum with understanding what I’m supposed to be doing. Best golf instruction available!