Really good video. Right now I’m working on a Pre shot routine. Yesterday playing for the first time in months I shot a 41 on the front nine and a 48 on the back. The wheels fell off the cart. I’m convinced it’s because of the pre shot routine. Thanks for the great video
linda S
Hey Linda! Yes! Which hole did the wheels start falling off? What was the shot? Did you feel comfortable over it? What was the last thing going through your mind just before you swung?
also, great timing, routine is in the last 6 sessions starting with putting and chipping-then we build into pitching and full swing and tee shots. Happy Sunday!
hi Shawn Savv and Moe, my question is not necessarily related to the video above, my question is,”How to prevent snap hooks “especially now that I’m using grip exactly like Savvy. Especially Driver
Hi Ish; sorry I missed this one! It is all about getting through the ball and into the direction you want to start the ball; WITH EASE!!! See “the goldie locks series” and “predict contact” and then for the strain level, see “pre-motor cortex series” and “target confirmation series”
Great video as always.. Loved the new drill and really enjoy your approach to teaching. Question in the back swing I occasionally have some shoulder pain, due to over extending in my back swing. Are there modifications to be made to shorten swing or reduce the chances for injury?
Hey Mike! I assume you are talking about the lead shoulder? Never do anything that strains in the backswing, because when you deliver a nice throw in the direction you want to send the ball and ENGAGE THE KINETIC CHAIN, which is a human reflex, you open yourself to injury. See “purpose of backswing”, “arm swing vs body turn”, and the super slow and super relaxed backswing drill in one of our latest off season training sessions…number 7 I think?
Before upgrading to premium i have to tell you, that this video (even i‘ve not finished the whole video) is the one where it made click in my head! Especially the drill with the heavy rope showed me and made me understand that you have to handle arms and club as if they were really really heavy, and all over sudden i got loaded, i felt that there is energy in my arms, legs and body and that it enables me to throw the club i direction to the target without even thinking about the ball!
Hey Darrell! Have a look at the “fade fine tuning” video; and see “diagonal stance series” where the alignment of the feet is not a “MUST” but simply a way to facilitate and allow the FLOW OF MOMENTUM to start in the direction you want to start the ball. Mine are typically parallel left of the direction I want to start the ball on for the fade.
Shawn, ive heard you mention jumbo grips. I dont have huge hands but ive always wondered if they were worth trying. I really struggle with a secure grip when i swing a golf club but not when i swing my grass whip. Worth a try?
Been following you for ages on Youtube & have now subscribed.
I am in the UK & play off 10 & I am 63 years old. Ive been practising the kinetic swing & realised my hips were rotating but much to slowly but i have now got them rotating quicker & with the strong grip I am amazed at how good the whip on the release has got & a big increase in club head speed. Thanks Shawn
Great stuff Gordon! Think about what task in our list of tasks that would encourage more speed in clearing the body; the one that comes to mind is the “deliver the grass peel (divot) into the direction you want to start the ball”
You will feel a nice use of ground and solid move to turn and clear the hips! 😀👍
I saw one of your videos, a driver training session with a rather tall gentleman, with your advice “set up like a power lifter”; that new position felt odd to him yet had great results.
My tall player goldilocks question: tradeoff hip bend versus knee bend:
trying less hip flexion with the body more upright, I feel it is easier to perform a balanced “throw”, but this requires extra knee bend, which feels a bit odd to me too.
Would you rather say,
‘let you arms hang freely (‘out of the way, out of the way‘), – that determines your hip flex -, and adjust down further as needed with knee bend’ ?
Or,
‘tall players have to use more hip flex because they generally use too much knee bend’.
Hi Gordon! My grip has always been on the stronger side; neutral grip would definitely give me the feel that I would have to make a physical manipulation to square the club and abandon my delivery to the target. This is the most important aspect of the grip and club relationship. When you combine this with the quality release we preach in “lead hand release”, “trail hand release”, “release fine tuning” and “snap release polish”, you get predictability of flight when and if you stay with the picture like in the “target confirmation series”. See also “predict contact” and “the Goldie locks series” as well as the “fade fine tuning and draw fine tuning videos”
Hi Shawn, s this video “5 more mph with this release” for eagle members only? I can’t seem to view it and I don’t see any indication it’s eagle members only.
I’m a new member since January and love everything I’ve watched so far!
Thanks
David
I needed this! I bought a 48″ metal ruler to help practice starting putts on my desired line. My stroke was everywhere and really “punchy”. I could not get the ball to stay on the ruler all the way to the end. After trying out Sav’s routine my putter stroke freed up and got online. 20 putts in a row all the way down the ruler. End over end roll as well. Thanks!
There should never be any locking down of the lower body for any shot; this is a task delivery occupation for the mind and brain and that task is to use the weight of the arms and putter to roll the ball into the picture you envisioned it rolling into the hole with. See the “list of videos by date” and scroll down to the first putting video for more details on putting technique and in one of our other ones should be a video on long putts where the lower body becomes more engaged as the putts get longer and the motion looks like a chip. This keeps the stroke moving on it’s proper arc and keep the momentum flowing to not ever have to resort to “HITTING” the ball.
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