Yes, the ball is the head of the nail and the club face is the face of the hammer. You are using the WEIGHT of the arm-club unit to squeeze or compress the nail through the base of the door frame and the ensuing elastic collision makes the ball leap off the face into the air TOWARDS THE DIRECTION YOU WANT THE BALL TO START ON.

Hey Shawn,
Thanks very much for the hammer drill, I have recently observed great improvements in my game with this drill 🙂 this came just after i trained with a real hammer and a door frame at home. Fade is working really well (even if i will have to work to get more distance) and I hope i will get the draw soon too 🙂 Question: To hit a low fade do you imagine a nail that is on the ball and oriented toward the ground that is in front of the ball? Could you tell me wich video should i watch to hit low fade?
Thanks
Sincerely,
Sebastien

You want to master the low draw first; then once you understand that you are “throwing the club low along the ground” to keep it low (never try to hit down on the ball) then you will feel how the fade will be very similar! Start with hitting low draw shots with a pitching wedge or 9 iron and master this first!

Shawn, could you direct me to a video or video series that has tasks oriented to shot shape & height?

Yes! This series:

TASK TO SHOT MATCHING SERIES PART 1-HAMMER THROUGH DOOR FOR LOW SHOTS

I have been trying again yesterday on the golf course the hammer drill, my technique is unstable, Maybe I’ve to train on the perpetual motion to be able to fix my swing plane each time because sometimes,using the hammer drill, my swing works great and sometimes it doesn’t :p.

That is completely OK! The key is that you want to confirm that you are hammering THROUGH and into a SPECIFIC DIRECTION into the FLIGHT PLAN. Remember the dart team experiment?
team 1-go after bull’s eye 1 hour per day for 2 weeks
team 2-repeat the same arm motion mechanics for 2 weeks 1 hour per day.
team 1-15% better after 2 weeks and misses are 15% closer
team 2-23% WORSE
SO BE CLEAR about the task AND THE DIRECTION you are letting the momentum send the ball into; then become good at it! 😀👍
Homework: combine this with “arc-Blur-unstoppable momentum” series which is a series I enjoy meditating to.

Hello Shawn,
Analysing several videos in wich you are using the hammer, I think I might have some misconceptions on how to position the hammer so that the ball can fly in the proper direction. I have attached an image where it seems that the tip of the hammer is pointing toward the ground in front of the ball. So my question is how should be placed the tip of the hammer at adress?
thanks 🙂

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Nononono!!!!!!! Do not look at this!!! See the nail you will be hammering through the door frame; this means the hammer collects the nail at this angle and then as the compression goes through the wood, the hammer face becomes less and less pointing to the ground!!

Hello Shawn,
Thanks for your reply, understood to visualize only the nail. Just to let you know I was thinking it would be nice to have some mile markers with the hammer to use the hammer correctly. I’ve seen in particular that at the top of the backswing the angle of the wirst is at about 90 degrees and this angle is maintained until the clubhead realease by itself naturally with the centrical force. Using this last mile marker and let the hammer fall naturally on the nail I had few nice results and good contacts this morning :). I’ve also observed some identical sensations using the battering ram image.

In the same way, i wonder where should i visualize the nail for chip shots? In fact the ball is more at the back of the stance and having a nail even more at the back seems quite tricky. Also I can’t use the mile marker with the wirst at 90 degrees at the top of the backswing for chip shots. Then I don’t really feel or know how to let go the hammer or the battering ram at the top of my backswing for a chip shot.

thanks 🙂

There is no nail through the ball; the ball represents the head of the nail. So you simply squeeze the ball through the doorframe with the face of the wedge and the ball pops up and onto the part of the green where you want to land it. There is so much loft on a wedge that you would bend the nail upwards, and this is the idea right?!😝

Hey Shawn,
Trying my best to feel comfortable hitting the nail with the golf posture, I am having issues with not enough room with the hammer and my arms to hit the nail. See the image to know about this. Any tips?
Thanks 🙂

Yes! The “football drill series” to give it the elbow room!!

Hey Shawn,
I think I have made good improvements this week by relaxing my arms when I hit the ball. I was in fact forcing with my arms without noticing it.
The good tip i used to discover this is this one: I took the club upside down (same way like the task slash throw a bamboo), I tried to hit the ball with the tip of the grip to a target that is very near like two or three meters after the ball. I’ve noticed that when i tried to be careful my arms are not relaxed and the tip of the grip easily misses the ball, whereas when my arms are relaxed then it become easier to hit the ball toard the target and it’s far more powerful two!
Now my contacts with the ball are better and my understanding of the the taks to use (hammer, cut grass..) is a lot better.
Seb

Now this is very good feedback Sebastien! Very good! 👍😀👌💪

Hey Shawn,
Some news of my training:
I am now working on the walking drill as you told me to.
I’ve the feeling that the roll in of the left foot is a detail that can make a big difference to help me turn my hips proprely in time with the rythm of the arms and the swing in general. As a consequence a good roll in would help to levitate the arms freely in both directions.
Also, I’ve the feeling that the entire left leg can be used as a ‘motor’ or a ‘clock’ that gives the rythm to the rest of the body. The left leg seems to help keeping the rythm of the swing going in both directions: in the bakcswing it is the roll in of the left foot that will be used to keep the rythm, in the downswing the left heel will be used (to press toward the ground) . I think having the left leg as a ‘clock’ will allow me to load progressively a good squat in the backswing that will be then realeased in the downswing. I will try out these things at my next golf session.

Sebastien

Nice awareness to the action while walking! As long as you keep matching this action to your task and not loose sight of the flight plan. It is to help you deliver effortlessly into your “moving pictures” 👍

Hello Shawn,

I’ve realised that the secret of the swing is more something related to what you call: abandon, loosing control, instinctive etc.
So i’ve tried to find different exercices to work on instinctive motion:

• swing with closed eyes
• trying to feel the weight of the club face (like bobby jones)
• start my backswing with different positions of the club at adress (having the club after the ball rather than before the ball at the start of the backswing)
• Try to feel a better forward press (I have difficulties to feel the weight of the club)
• try to do the sledge hammer and swing with the same rythm (i’ve noticed that the rythm is slightly different)

Question: For the hammer drill at chipping, at adress position, do you visualize the hammer below the sternal notch or the hammer should be at the ball like the club face at adress? Also to facilitate the downswing I try to imagine the face of the hammer after the release. Do you have a precise image of the hammer that you are visualizing? When you say I visualize the hammer hitting the nail, are you seeing the face of the hammer actually hitting it?

Thanks
Seb

Success!! 👍😀👌💪

Hey Brett! Just answered your youtube post with this: Hey Brett! “Arc-Blur Unstoppable momentum” combined with the last 2 videos (5 and 6) of the “2020 Off season Training series”-Keep your STRAIN LEVEL in check by delivering with no more than 3/10 for effort and 7/10 on velocity; like a solid attacking second serve. The 2 swing drill that you will see in the last 2 videos is key for strong and balanced posture through the shot which will prevent the club and arms from dropping behind you on the downswing causing the pushed drives and hooked drives (same family of issue)

Hi Shawn, Are you referring to the “two swing kettle bell drill, woods and driver”? You really have me dialed in using gravity with my irons and wedges and I realized yesterday that I’m trying to crush driver with way more effort. I’m beginning to focus on not crushing driver and trying to ensure that I’m using gravity and less effort. Confident that I’ll see more accuracy, better face consistency, and less spin and erratic drives (tighter dispersion). I’m feeling like this “I’m going to smash my driver” approach is all too common!

Could be! You have seen the 2 swing drill right?

👍 thx

I should have mentioned…”you have me dialed in using gravity with my irons and wedges”…completely effortless, and the ball is coming off HOT!! What an amazing feeling…too fun.

Hi Oliver! Are you opening from the email received or on the site itself?
Shawn

Yeah man! There must have been a subliminal effect from our conversation in Phoenix; I never forget good analogies although it can slip my mind where they came from after a while! 😝 I have been hashing and re-hashing that drill for the last while and between the “swing caddy” training aid and the wisdom grass whip, the paint brush is really a great task that pretty much everyone has felt and had success with. Kudos to you and lucky for your girls who all know how to throw because of it! 💪👌👍😀

Yeah man! Time well spent!!

Yeah man! Will be getting to your video analysis this evening BTW!

See the “using the weight in the swing-axe drill with Savy-
This comes completely naturally when you are not fighting with the instrument! 😝

That snap is the release you feel when you throw the club in the direction you want to start the ball and not let go; see “snap release polish” video. The impact snap tool is stiff fine but the marketing is not optimal…😝

Stiff fine? 🤔 or maybe still fine? They at Impact snap show it different way and i agree that can
bee confusing. That ball on string and snap polishing video gives free flow and good speed ⚡👍😁😀

Oops, yes, Still fine! 😝😝

Very good man! I was watching your videos this morning for your analysis and you nailed it! Will be delivering it soon! 👍

You bet! See “grass whip training” and “throwing the club” combined with “the goldie locks series” then see “target confirmation series”

Yes, that is why I am repeating what she is saying; we are trying to figure out a 3rd mic solution! 😀👍

The perfect video for this is the “snap release polish video” enjoy!!😀👍

Absolutely correct!! We have said this at nauseam in so many of our videos such as “pre-motor cortex series” and “using the weight in the swing axe-drill with Savy” as well as all the release videos. When the body is reacting tp the weight of the “arm-Club” unit, it will time itself wonderfully and we have always advocated to ALLOW THE WEIGHT OF THE INSTRUMENT to Release us and never to use physical manipulation to force the rotation of the club at any time. Here I dropped my guard and assumed that by this time my students would have seen this hard core wisdom in golf fundamental; so forgive me for not have been more clear.
shawn

What Vincent said! 😝

https://wisdomingolf.com/proshop/

Thanks Vincent! 😀👍