Thanks for all you do Shawn! I have a question: When I am doing this drill, should I be aware at all of the club face on the way back? What I mean is..are you taking the club back while keeping the face square to the ball or just getting the club square at address then simply heaving back?

Great clarification for balance. Perhaps the point that made it “real” was you showing the falling forward off your toes. That will be my main reference point to knowing I got it right or wrong.

Right handed golfer here. Is it right that my left thumb is poking through the space between my right thumb and index finger? I’m using an overlap grip and not sure what I am doing wrong with my trail hand grip.

Interesting perspective using the GoPro camera. It seems like your eyes are not parallel to the target line. Is that true? I was always taught to align everything, including your eyes, parallel with the target line. But using the hammer analogy, it feels like having your eyes and shoulders closed to the target line provides a more powerful and natural position.

Hi Shawn,

I discovered your YouTube channel a few months ago and joined Wisdom in Golf a few weeks ago. I’ve been exploring the various lessons on the site and absolutely loved this lesson and the ‘battering ram’ lesson. Hit the irons very well in practice. My question is: is the process the same for the Driver. When I practiced with the driver, the contact was solid, but the direction was either straight or slightly blocked to the right. Is the technique different for the Driver? Thanks in advance,

Hi Shawn: am 66 appox 160 lbs. My drives and mid – long irons are 2000% better. But my 75-100 yard area has numerous shanks, that don’t pop up in practice. Its so frustrating to have all the improvements and not be able to finish a hole consistently.

Shawn – it would be nice if you were to make a video on goldilocks (fade/draw) with your GoPro to give us a view over the ball as we are usually accustomed to see front and back views of the swing. Cheers. JJ

Thanks Nita, it really helped me to see your lesson. Shawn, you mentioned for her to feel the arm club unit pull on the shoulder sockets towards the target. I’ve always struggled with levitation getting off plane and too flat in the backswing. Since this video I have been using the feel of an arm club unit pulling away from the shoulder sockets in the backswing. Seems to be a good feel, better extension and load at the top of the backswing. Is this a good swing feel for the backswing?

Shawn:
Watched your driver videos on you tube and was able to make the draw closed stance adjustment on the course and started hitting some 💣 off the tee. Have never hit draws off the tee before. Signed up for the premium content that night and am working to unleash the kinetic swing

Hi Shawn,
I really can use this video for my short game so thanks. However at the 55 second mark you talk about the tilt remaining so you can send the club through the stem and along the ground for the iron shot you were performing. That last part ‘along the ground’ past the ball is where I seem to struggle, especially with the driver. How do you stay behind the ball along the ground with your tilt toward remaining in tact? I get the sense you have to put pressure forward to keep the club along the ground but in throwing the club through the stem, I loose the along the ground and end up adding loft resulting in very little divot. To get divot in front I get my pressure forward and end up getting past the ball and can not seem to staying back keep my tilt back…so how can I accomplish both? I’ve tried the 2 tee drill and I seem to get moving forward too much. I’ve tried feeling like I’m hitting downhill and again I tend to lose my tilt and get past the ball. I sense it is an angle of attack thing but don’t have a machine to verify. Any suggestions? Tom

When I try to swing unintentionally hard my arms extend slightly in the last part of the downswing and my brain seems to know and forces me to turn enough to contact the ball. This gives me a pull. If the swing is even harder my pec and left arm tension up and I block it to the right. I know it is wrong and I do not have that intension. I can swing with ease and complete the task but the ball only goes 3/4 the distance. So next time my brain says I guess I have to swing harder. Bad brain.

Shawn – I was at the range today doing feet together, feet apart with the driver…It helped me when I kept the driver positioned toward the center of my stance vs addressing right at the ball (off my left foot). It helped me to visualize the “slash the bamboo stem”. Any harm in keeping the club 4-5 inches behind the ball on the tee at address? Any reason why the result would be better there vs addressed right behind the ball?

Shawn–This is perhaps the best video for us who have been on the site for a while IMO. The most important part of the video for me was when you were hitting fairway woods and did not connect the flight path to the sending the stem. You have told me several times to make sure I have the flight path and then do the task to match, but that was like a eureka moment for me because I realized how many times I have either the task or the flight path but do not connect the two. Always good when the master has an insight and it was very powerful!

So at impact, it’s legitimate to feel more or less equal weight distribution with the rear foot firmly planted? I bet doing that would really improve clubface contact consistency?

Great lesson Shawn ! I have recently begun setting up like this and have had really great results. One issue, I have a tendency to sort of lean my head toward the target line, I think I’m trying to see the ball the entire backswing but with this added turn (which is great), I’ve created this head tilt. Any ideas on how to clean this up ?