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  • From Ranny Grady on UNSTOPPABLE MOMENTUM

    This has been my worst year, for the past five years. Because of health problems in 2019, I was unable to practice or play golf until late Spring of 2020. I still am unable to practice; I can play 9 , though.
    Until I turned 75, I am 80. I often shot in the high seventies.
    I have been a premium member for three years, and I just do not swing through to a good finish. I have lost my power.
    I do not seem to concentrate more than a few seconds!.
    I do believe my game could improve if I would lower my expectations, right?

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    • From Shawn Clement on UNSTOPPABLE MOMENTUM

      Hi Ranny! You should do a swing analysis with me so I can see where you are at in your actions and then I will be able to recommend which areas to focus on and which areas to ignore. I hope to see you soon on video! 😀👍

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  • From Jon R on PRIMING KINETIC CHAIN- OFF SEASON TRAINING (5)

    Sav’s swing is starting to look ‘text book’. A smooth flowing motion. Full turn and extension on both ends. Fully stacked on the end. She has been paying attention! Nice lesson.

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  • From [email protected] on PRIMING KINETIC CHAIN- OFF SEASON TRAINING (5)

    Shawn – noticed Sav’s club face is facing sky at top of backswing, while yours is more parallel to target line. To get your CF position at top, I feel like I have to roll/twist my wrists during the hinge, which makes it difficult to square CF during release. When I hinge like Sav, I feel less moving parts, and I can focus simply on the throw, with confidence CF will release correctly.

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    • From Shawn Clement on PRIMING KINETIC CHAIN- OFF SEASON TRAINING (5)

      Good stuff!! Stay with what Savy does; not many can release the club like me or Matt Wolfe; I have very limber wrists that hinge deeply and this is what you perceive as moving parts where I am letting gravity place my anatomy; this is what makes things powerful and efficient and consistent as the parts of my body don’t change. So if I let gravity place me all the time, by body reacts the same way all the time and this is what makes the whole ball of wax work! You don’t have ANY defective body parts. So remember that when you try to manufacture a roll of the wrists to match a PERCEIVED POSITION that you may INTERPRET that I perform! 😝😀👍

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  • From Ken Cheung on DIAGONAL SERIES PART 4-DRIVER!

    Hi Shawn, great video series. I have just recently subscribed but not watched all of your videos. I was wondering if you could enlighten me about what I need to do with the club face.

    For a draw (right hander)I would aim right of an intermediate point, stance pointing right, ball slightly back. But where am I supposed to aim the club face?
    I know that to achieve a draw, I need the club face slightly closed to path. Am I supposed to close the club face at address, pointing at the target line (where I want the ball to land, which for this instance could be left edge of the intermediate point) and want the blur to be right of the IP?

    Sorry, I hope I am making sense.

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    • From Shawn Clement on DIAGONAL SERIES PART 4-DRIVER!

      No worries, this is a question I get very often! Because of the DYNAMIC NATURE of the golf swing, the face at impact will never look like the one at address, if will always be a bit more open because the hands always come through first WHEN SWINGING THROUGH TO THE TARGET. See our “predict contact”, “goldie locks series”, draw fine tuning” and “fade fine tuning” videos to help with that! Enjoy! Shawn

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  • From Tim McNicholas on DOWNHILL AND UPHILL SHOTS- BRACE NO SWAY

    Hi Shawn, I have a big problem wit the windshield washer lead foot. Do you have any recommendations/drills for me to work on this?
    Thanks,
    Tim

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    • From Shawn Clement on DOWNHILL AND UPHILL SHOTS- BRACE NO SWAY

      You bet! Start with “the walking drill” and get really good at that and then perform the “perpetual motion drill series” which is the “standing walk” and allow the lead heel to come off the ground in the backswing.

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  • From Mohanjit Singh on PRIMING KINETIC CHAIN- OFF SEASON TRAINING (5)

    I am starting to get a lot of width with the diagnol stance which I have started to try out on the course which in turn helps me load much better and the throw also is very strain free because of better engagement of the KC. 👍🏻

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  • From [email protected] on WEIGHT SHIFT WITH SAVY

    This is what I was looking for. However i worked very hard to get my weight to the front foot earlier in the downswing to syrike ball first the ground. Now I am thinking that iI am getting it to the lead foot too early instead of pushing off the trail foot longer. Should I be letting the weight shift forward later in the downswing? I think it is costing me power. Your thoughts?

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    • From Shawn Clement on WEIGHT SHIFT WITH SAVY

      Hey Craig! Go to the “walking drill” and practice cutting some very tidy rows of grass as you walk, when it feels coordinated, which won’t take you more than 15 minutes of training, you will then feel the TIMING OF THE WEIGHT SHIFT.
      Then please go see “kinetic chain series” for a really cool 7 part video series and then in the original “off season training series” at the 7th or 8th video we do a WALK AND THROW training video.
      so at the end of this, your main task will be to throw in the direction you want to start the ball using the nice momentum build of the walking drill. Be sure you have seen and know how to “predict contact” and “the goldie locks series”. When your kinetic chain engages the way the human machine was designed, you will have a turbo to your swing.

      Other videos of interest:
      -pumping up the swing
      -how to use the weight in your swing, axe drill with Savy
      -feet together back to feet apart

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  • From [email protected] on PRIMING KINETIC CHAIN- OFF SEASON TRAINING (5)

    Hi Shawn, been working hard as prescribed but I want to check in on something I experienced to see if it is real. Turns out it is not the forearms that help feel the Arm/Club weight..seems to be the pressure from the floor that allows me to feel Arm/Club into and through the back swing. 

    I found I can more easily feel the weight through the toss when I use the momentum of the transition of pressure to the trail foot to start the club toss into back swing. However, there is a distinct sequence, pressure toward inside of trail foot then movement of club into back swing being leveraged by the pressure in the inside heel of the trail foot. If it is not in that order then it I don’t feel the A/C as much probably because it is out of sync or manipulated by the upper body/arms. Is that a kinetic chain helping with the back swing toss? 

    I know when throwing the club you talk about planting the foot to get the body out of the way then throwing the club with the legs. You say it in that order…what I did not realize is there is a sequence to it. Pressure move then club move off that pressure. I guess that’s how you throw a baseball, so it makes sense but wanted to confirm I’m on the right track. I think before I was trying sync the back swing toss with the pressure move and was not in tune with how the body wanted to me to react to the pressure and sequence things to activate the chain maybe? 

    This synced idea might be piece of misinformation from baseball long ago. I was taught to stride toward the ball as you are swinging to hit the ball. I see now that would be terrible because you have no lead foot pressure/leverage from the ground to transfer into the ball. Explains why I had what I call “warning track” power. 

    I hope I’m onto something and not chasing a wild hare. It upped my PW from about 107 to 120 yds when I did it right so I’m looking forward to trying it on longer clubs as well…if this is real. 

    Thanks and keep up the good work. I really am enjoying the off season series thus far. It is good to see different swings from the 3 of you and how there are different ways to get to a similar place. Gives me hope!

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    • From Shawn Clement on PRIMING KINETIC CHAIN- OFF SEASON TRAINING (5)

      This is such a great post and AHA moment! We will be talking about the swing’s DUAL KINETIC CHAIN more often in the future as this is really engaging our student’s swings in so many positive ways; from the timing, tempo, rhythm standpoints to the power and turbo charging of the snap to the target. Thank you so much for taking the time to write this into a post for us Tom! 😀👍👌💪

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  • From [email protected] on PRIMING KINETIC CHAIN- OFF SEASON TRAINING (5)

    Hi Shawn
    This lesson helps me to put in place the drills from last weeks.
    Since I started t follow your lessons and advices my game has changed a lot (for better results!!).
    I still have some problems:

    • to keep my balance
    • to find the goog rhythm or momentum (too fast too hard)

    this last video is helpfull to slow down the machine but what could you advice to improve those points?

    Un grand merci de France!!!
    Laurent

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    • From Shawn Clement on PRIMING KINETIC CHAIN- OFF SEASON TRAINING (5)

      Hi Laurent! Please see the “pre-motor cortex series” which is incredibly important to prepare the mind and body to the right task and the feel of the task desired just before you swing. Then see the “perpetual motion series” to practice the rhythm and tempo needed to continue to swing without stopping as well as the “walking drill”. My favourite drill is the 2 swing drill where you hit the ball on the first swing but you must continue through a second swing and hold the finish at the end of the second swing.

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  • From [email protected] on POSTURE LEVERAGE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (2)

    Hi Shawn. A couple of weeks behind on my winter series. Anyway, when I do this drill, I find that the volleyball travels relatively low, maybe 1 or 2 feet off the ground. Is this something to worry about?

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  • From [email protected] on STARTING THE SWING SMOOTHLY TO SLOW THINGS DOWN

    How good – i couldn’t work out which session this was! I was waiting for Mu to send it to the tree as well!!

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  • From Flip Gentry on PREMIUM SHORT GAME MAGIC

    should you vary the wedges or choose one wedge ie: gap wedge or PW or sand wedge?

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    • From Shawn Clement on PREMIUM SHORT GAME MAGIC

      That is for your personal preference and time spent around the practice greens; I will typically use 3 wedges around the greens depending on the amount of roll needed.

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  • From Flip Gentry on GET TO THE END OF KINETIC CHAIN - OFF SEASON TRAINING (6)

    I like the paint brush analogy. Probably do the same thing with a small/light mop. Anchoring the swing (Trail foot down) also helps get the snap which I can do only sometime. I read that a young Sam Snead did something similar by spearing apples with a long stick and flinging them at his buddies. Very god lesson.

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  • From [email protected] on Takeaway

    An “Ah ha” moment for me. I have a habit of tugging the the takeaway inside with the mistaken thought of promoting an inside-out swing path. But the path is not my task; my task is to cut grass on direction of the chosen side of the intermediate point. Great video!

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    • From Shawn Clement on Takeaway

      Very good! See “how to match backswing to target” video on premium for more as well as “blur of club” and “arc-blur unstoppable momentum” series.

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  • From [email protected] on GET TO THE END OF KINETIC CHAIN - OFF SEASON TRAINING (6)

    Testimonial time! I just finished the video and went to the backyard for some dry practice swings. I ended up doing about a dozen dry “throws” in a row. During each “rep” i could feel the improved power and stability. I ended with realizing that my left heel (RH golfer) needs to come up in the backswing and drive into the ground to engage that KC. Wow, what a moment! Also, it feels great on those tight low back and hip muscles.

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