Makes sense – however today I had a downhill lie with the ball above my feet – 40 yards – I shanked four shots in a row ( from the same place ) and was completely confused as to what I should be doing. HELP

You are 100% correct. ( what a surprise ! ). I was focusing ON THE BALL and after each shot I was MORE focused on the BALL. I’l take my focus on the prediction today. THANKS !!

Hi Shawn hope you and he family are all OK in these uncertain times.

I have been chipping off the back foot for ages now and using perpetual motion and goldilocks but still struggling on chips from greenside fringe onto ultra fast greens. Because I’m looking at the dandelion stem beneath the ball I seem to lose in my mind just how near the pin is possibly because it’s outside of my peripheral vision. Consequently although I’m striking the chips cleanly I’m finding it difficult to get accurate distance control. How do you ‘see’ where the pin is on chips or do you forget that concept and just feel for a 10, 15, 20 yard chip etc. I have tried looking at the hole and this works better 50% of the time but the strikes are nowhere near as solid the other 50%. Is Goldilocks the only answer here or can you think of anything else which might help, as its really annoying to hit the ball cleanly but either be up to 6 feet short or 6 feet past.

Kind Regards Steve

I had a great AHA moment this week with my chips and avoiding miss hit….. on the downswing, allow the gravity to cut the dandelion, helped along gentle only by the ankles and glutes.

I had a great AHA moment this week with my chips and avoiding miss hit….. on the downswing, allow the gravity to cut the dandelion, helped along gentle only by the ankles and glutes.

Love the flow on this chip shot. I have integrated this into my game and it has completely elongated the YIPs around the green. Watching you do this with an 8 iron…. poses the question…. would you use this same technique for a bump and run?

Hey Shawn starting my homework after your video analysis. Couple questions. I wan to purchase the grass whip but there are some options on grip and I’m worried I’m going to get the wrong one. There are 4 different grip options…I’m 6’2″ and prefer larger grips in general. What do you suggest…I want to hurry up and buy it!

2nd thing. You talk about the importance of closing the face because of the way that the club dynamically moves thru the dandelion stem. I’m trying to understand how that should look at address. We never see anyone step up to the ball with a club fact that is so closed it looks like it’s going to go straight left…I need to understand that…I get the club needs to be closed but how is it that it looks “normal” at address?

Can I get a clarification on something….Part 1 says that the lead hand should hinge and rehinge with the thumb supporting the club underneath. On this video, it says that we should support the club with the separated index finger of the trail hand. Just a bit confused.

What HSBC

This video saved me $400. I was putting terribly. I realize that I was “hitting” the putt rather than roll the ball with a heavy arm club unit. So I practiced with my sledge hammer. Then spent 60 minutes practicing with this new feeling. Today: 8 x 1 putts with no three putts. Fantastic!

Working through this axe drill again. The grass whip and PMD have really helped me with the downswing. But getting to the top is a bit off. I have used a slower backswing and “placing” the club at the top. But using the axe drill, it seems as if we should be tossing or heaving to the top of the backswing. Thoughts on this, while keeping my focus on the target?

Hi Shawn,

I seem to be losing consistency when I focus on “squatting” before the downswing. I believe my body ends up at different heights and there seems to be increased strain on my knees when turning. My task is mainly cutting the grass and throwing the club. Is there a particular task I should use instead for this?

Thanks!

Had to come back to this video to see if my grip thoughts were correct and sure enough they were not. I was trying to keep my trail hand grip higher up at the 2nd joint. Then I saw that it was to be along the lifeline and at the base of the fingers. Don’t know how I missed that. Now my grip seems really firm, maybe too firm but OMG just hitting rockets now with compression I have not seen one maybe ever. Proper tilt sure does not hurt either. Actually hitting some huge hooks not push hooks but I can fix that. Can’t look at those earlier grip videos.
Just awesome the way you teach feel and picture images to make it stick.
Thank you

Great vid! I noticed the trail arm was a bit more connected to the body than it feels/looks in the prior single arm trail arm video. That video has been just phenomenal by the way. I realized that I still had the bad habit from years ago of being told to do the towel under arm drill.

Shawn – not sure if this is correct or not, but when my trail thumb (right handed golfer) goes around the club I can’t maintain grip pressure. The club tends to slide into the V. Whereas if I keep my thumb along the shaft while still having the index finger hook the club, I can really feel the compression and keep the club from moving.