Great video! I have been struggling with draw pitch. The explanation on tone was awesome! Helped me with lag and release. I still am unsure of what direction to cut the stem. I am clear on fade pitch is right of IP, for lefty.
Is draw pitch the same as a draw full swing. I seem to remember a video where you said the draw pitch was released straight over IP but I can’t find that video. Thank you!!

Hi Shawn – thanks for the great content. This question doesn’t really pertain to this video and it’s regarding ball flight. I was at the range yesterday and 3 college age kids were hitting the ball like I’ve never seen before. Their ball flight had piercing elevation on all clubs and shot out with unreal distance. Even the sound was different. Their swings looked very compact. My ball flight and most golfers I’ve seen (other than the Pros) aren’t hitting it like this and the ball comes out good but seems to “float” and not have that piercing effect if you know what I mean. What are these guys doing differently? – thanks.

Mrs C is quite the athlete… swings in perfect balance.

By far the most important golf lesson I have seen on a video. This is the basis for a solid foundation for a correct golf swing! Wish I saw this about 20 years ago, it would have help me avoid years of trying to manufacture lag, casting the club early and inconsistent play. Thank you Shawn!

Hi Shawn blocking most of my shots to right consistently , think I found the problem watching this video can you confirm this is probably the reason. I address ball slightly stronger than normal. For a fade line up parallel left of target, swinging left edge of intermediate point. What I was doing from here was as in your video closing clubface then regripping club and doing that little shft back with head and arms that squares the club face. Watching this video I realized as I made that last shift to square clubface I was moving my shoulders off the target line and they were pointing out to the right.So it made me swingout to right. Tried with just a hammer and if I want to hammer a nail towards my target I have to keep my shoulders close to target line when I make that shift back to square the hammer to hit nail down the line, if I allow my right shoulder to turn behind as I shift to square up the hammer I now swing the hammer along my shoulder line out to the right and cannot drive nail towards my target. Sorry for long comment but does this make as sense as to good reason for blocking to right. .This video gives me this impression.)

After years of position lessons without any permanent success, I’ve finally seen the light with your lessons. However I do have one question about the trail elbow (I’m a lefty). Do you recommend it be tucked to your side on the downswing versus having a space between the trail arm and side? This in combination of weight and a bend on the lead leg is what seems like many pros and low handicappers are doing – thanks.

Hi Shawn – I’ve been busy this morning watching videos. On bunker shots I tend to mishit often causing what feels like a double hit – what am I doing wrong here? – thanks

Shawn,

Great video – I love all of your content. I have a question, and I think I know the answer (based on my results) but would still like some clarity.

When we setup to the ball, we give ourselves enough room to throw through and to the target. We setup with both arms extended out in front of us, but when the ACU is passing through the door frame, the arms aren’t extended – hence the battering ram analogy.

When we lead with the handle through the door frame, do we want to send the handle directly over the intermediate point, or just to the side of it? If I stay in balance, and throw the club directly over the intermediate point, is that what creates the lag?

I had been too conscious of making sure the club head met the ball, and I tried to make sure my hands and handle weren’t too far over the intermediate and it created a whole bunch of issues. I thought if I send the handle directly over the intermediate point, there would be noway the clubface meets the ball.

Today at the range, I threw the club/ram directly over the intermediate point, and had incredible contact. I just want to make sure that’s correct before I keep diving into the rabbit hole.

Thanks!

Chris

As someone struggling with an over the top swing (this creeps up, I notice, when I try to give it a little extra distance) – will this diagonal stance make it easier for me to hit from the inside and avoid going OTT?

Thanks!

So when working the ball you don’t manipulate the face at all? You just move it forward and backwards in your stance? This confuses me because I close the face a few degrees then when I bump into my lead side (get my head behind the door frame) it squares it back up. Moving a driver back in my stance scares me too because I’ve always been taught driver always goes off of lead heel, could you please explain and if this applies to both irons and driver?

This stuff all came together in my head when I remembered as a kid (12 or so) that I was a pitcher on a fast-pitch softball team. The move to throw the club is a lot like the move to throw the softball. The more you let the body do what it wants to do, the more effortlessly and faster the the ball goes.

Shawn, this is the first instruction series I have ever watched or read that makes good golf achievable to nearly everyone. Thank you!!!! Instead of spending so much time on the driving range trying to contort the body into submission, I can go home to my wife and family and address what really matters.
Thank you, again.

Shawn,
Cool videos with the spouse. Has she performed the club throw drill yet?

I had a question yesterday about working the ball and I’m guessing this is where I’m getting confused I close the face a little then bump into my lead side or get behind the door frame to square the club back up ( I do this with all clubs) I then swing to the left of my intermediate point( left handed) and this produces a draw most of the time do I still do the same for a fade but swing to the right of my intermediate point? Because when I get behind the door frame it feels like it sets me up to swing to the left every time. With my driver if I take my diagonal stance for the draw or fade I can sometimes work it but rarely do I need to do something different with my face with the driver to produce that fade or is it as simple as letting it release to the left or right of my intermediate pointTo produce my draw/fade. I’m sorry this is so long

An oldie but a goodie, first introduced as a Jim Flick drill in the Arms In Front Of Body Shawn Clement video.

BTW, Sav did several PERFECT topped shots.

Question. When you are stationary at the top, you need to create some momentum that allows the ACU to elevate so that you can engage the kinetic chain and allow the planting/squatting action to start the downswing, right?

Kind of like a modified forward press from the top?

I’m confused,the top hand shows 3 knuckles.Your helpers are all left handed and you rarely illustrate the grip right handed.Thank You for your help.I enjoy the videos.Bill Massey