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  • From Jon R on ARM-SWING MAINTAINS LEVERAGE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (3)

    Great drill to take away manipulation and set the kinetic chain. You answered my next question before I could ask it! Looking forward to seeing the 2nd half of the drill to incorporate into a fluid motion. One does not want to end up like Charles Barkley. You know what? You should take him on. It is all in the brain with that guy – right in your wheelhouse. That would be an amazing series to watch. 😀

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  • From [email protected] on LEVERAGE IN RELEASE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (4)

    Hi Shawn.

    Again an awesome video.
    In the moment with mile markes and staying balanced the consitency goes through the roof.
    I have a different question though. How much does the temperature affect the distance?
    I built a little driving range at my company i work. It has a roof, but it is outside. The temperatures are now close to zero, and my distance drops dramatically. It is measured by my swing caddy. My club headspeed is the same, but it shows way less carry. For example my 8 iron with about 80-82 mph swing speed shows, at the cool temperatures, just 120 – 125 m carry. Normally it is about 145 m carry. That is normally my PW. It this legit?

    yours Christoph

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    • From Shawn Clement on LEVERAGE IN RELEASE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (4)

      Hi Christoph! Yes! The temperature where the ball goes best begins at 77 F or about 23 degrees Celsius. Close to 0 will definitely have an impact on distance as the ball will not compress and release off the face as quickly! Also, slightly off centre strikes will even be worse too!

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  • From Michael Vinton on LEVERAGE IN RELEASE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (4)

    Hey Shawn. Thanks for another great video. I’m a lefty and have been fiddling with my setup , maybe a little too much. I notice that Sav has her hands/club unit leaning forward significantly. Is that the recommended lean. Some teach that the setup should be a straight line. I’m a 10 handicap and I’m struggling with my irons. I’m inconsistant in finding the green on my second shot and I think this is a big reason why.

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    • From Shawn Clement on LEVERAGE IN RELEASE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (4)

      Hi Michael! The key is to GET READY TO PERFORM A SPECIFIC TASK INTO A SPECIFIC DIRECTION. Some have and need stronger grips than others and this will affect the “look” of the set up at address. What Savy is doing is getting ready to throw her club through the arc-blur into the direction she want to start the ball. Can you see that her body language is facilitating this readiness to deliver that way?

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    • From Michael Vinton on LEVERAGE IN RELEASE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (4)

      Thank you Shawn. That makes sense and I just went and practiced with your advice in mind. May I ask, does Sav set here club in alignment first and then get ready by moving her hands forward? I ask because the club head opens with the forward lean. Does it close to its original position through the arc?

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    • From Shawn Clement on LEVERAGE IN RELEASE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (4)

      The grip club relationship is a reaction to the action-prediction to target. She chooses the appropriate flight plan, then the intermediate point and when approaching the ball, she is already feeling the action of the release based on the flight plan and is preparing the distance to ball, ball position, grip-club relation and levels based on that. Once the grip club is in place, that is it! Whatever it looks like at address is what it looks like. Understand as well that what you see from your end looking down at the club is very different than what you would see when you look in the mirror! The important thing here is, when she stays with her task come heck or high water, the mind knows the ball will do in the air what she planned it to do.

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    • From Shawn Clement on LEVERAGE IN RELEASE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (4)

      also see “the goldie-locks series” and “predict contact” videos to help with this answer! 😀👍

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  • From [email protected] on LEVERAGE IN RELEASE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (4)

    This is magic! I’ve always felt like the one handed move hitting the tee is a great reminder of just letting my hand-eye coordination (athleticism) take over! I try to do this while waiting on the tee box just to remind me of everything you presented in this golden video!

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    • From Shawn Clement on LEVERAGE IN RELEASE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (4)

      Thank you for bringing attention to that one man! That little exercise really has the essence of the golf action from the mind-body-witness perspective. You are simply a witness to the club being placed by the g-forces of the swing and the brain is aware of the action about to collect the tee on the grass and FEELS NO NEED TO INTERFERE! Magic indeed!!! 👍👌😀

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  • From [email protected] on LEVERAGE IN RELEASE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (4)

    There is something in my swing that has been troubling me. If you observe the 90° left arm club shaft relationship of any pga tour pro the 90° angle is maintained well into the downswing. It is maintained to a point until the hands reach the trail thigh. I have also noticed tour pros have much greater shaft lean thru the collection area. This would explain that low ball flight that pros have when compared to amateurs. I don’t believe I am casting but I am surely lacking this arm clubshaft relationship which all good ballstrikers achieve. I am hitting very solid repeatable shots but I feel there is more power to be gained. After closely watching this video I feel this has been confirmed.
    Thank yinz #1

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  • From [email protected] on Kinetic Chain Engagement

    Hello Shawn. would videos talk discuss how the pelvis moves in backswing or the right hip moves so there is no sway?

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    • From Shawn Clement on Kinetic Chain Engagement

      Yes! See the videos by date and watch “weight shift with Savy” then “feet together drill” “feet together back to feet apart” “head and hip swivel” “ “head position and turn” “tilt mile markers” “tilt awareness-direction-practice” “garage door drill” “takeaway” “rope drill”and “walking drill”

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  • From [email protected] on GRIP LEVERAGE- OFF SEASON TRAINING (1)

    driver setup middle of stance ball off right toe
    aim middle right of fairway(left handed)
    swing middle
    am I swinging along toe line or along target line?
    toward 3rd base ??

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    • From Shawn Clement on GRIP LEVERAGE- OFF SEASON TRAINING (1)

      All right! Great questions, which tell me you are not using your intermediate point (IP) properly.
      looks like your flight plan is draw from middle of fairway back to right side of fairway.
      1-choose an IP that lines up with right side of fairway.
      2-when you set up to that, find ball position that allows you to deliver to the left edge of the IP
      3-grip and club face feels strong enough or closed enough so that when you deliver your “arc-blur” (see videos on this in search box) in the direction you want to start the ball, which is left of IP, which is centre of fairway, you feel the ball will curve back to right centre of fairway.
      Videos to watch:
      ”arc-blur unstoppable momentum” videos
      ”great driver nugget”
      ”diagonal stance series”

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  • From [email protected] on LEVERAGE IN RELEASE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (4)

    Love this series. Where can I learn about the trap draw that Sav refers to in the video?

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    • From Shawn Clement on LEVERAGE IN RELEASE - OFF SEASON TRAINING (4)

      There are quite a few that will help with that; see “eagle exclusive Savy getting better AOA and Lag” then “2 tee drill with Perpetual motion” then “downhill shots with unstoppable momentum” and “kinetic chain arc-blur combo chip and pitch” to get you started! 😀👍

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  • From [email protected] on GRIP PRESSURE POLISH

    Glad to hear you all enjoyed WP9! Great little muni course here in Orlando.

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  • From Flip Gentry on Battering Ram

    On an uphill shot, should you use a less lofted club?

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  • From Sébastien EBALARD on Grass Whip Training

    Hello Shawn,
    Trying to cut the stem or a bamboo in both direction i have been experiencing a kind of a new image. In fact i imagine that a bunch of bamboo sticks are lying down in front of me forming like a curtain lying on the floor, and when i am trying to cut to see what.s behind this curtain then my club tends to touch the ground in both direction better. I don.t know if my image is good or should i go back on imagining a stem standing up instead of lying down?

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  • From [email protected] on PERPETUAL MOTION DRIVER PART 2- ANCHOR THAT STRETCHED RELEASE!

    This has to be my favorite style of video. Teaching the concepts and instructing someone (Moo and Sav). The tug of war feeling with the head back and seeing the ball go through an actual “door frame” are golden nuggets! Thanks!

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  • From Flip Gentry on SENIOR SERIES PART 6- LONG IRONS-WOODS-DRIVER

    This is a great series of instruction for seniors. I am 84 and it is very helpful. Shot an 80 today in spite of strong winds and cold weather. Interesting that your driver set up is with center of mass of driver is about 6-8 inches behind the ball. I think Moe had the driver about 23 inches behind the ball.. all your videos are very good, especially the earlier ones. However it is difficult to find some of them, ie: “ don’t let it hit me, don’t let ir hit me”. I love that one but can’t find it.
    Stay safe,
    Flip

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    • From Shawn Clement on SENIOR SERIES PART 6- LONG IRONS-WOODS-DRIVER

      Hi Flip! Thank you for your precious feedback; much appreciated! If you look in the “video list by date” and scroll down to almost the bottom, you will see the “wisdom in golf 1.0” and it will be in the first one. Other series to watch are the “off season training series” and the “consistency series” which you can just type in the search box of the site. Shawn

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  • From Sam Pochucha on Ball Position & Distance to Ball

    Are you opening and closing the club at address by turning it with your hands in place, by moving the handle forward or back, or by changing your grip? Do you use the same procedure with the driver as with the other clubs?

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    • From Shawn Clement on Ball Position & Distance to Ball

      Hey Sam! Sorry I missed this one; you must let go of the club, turn the club more closed or open, then regrip in the same place. See “the goldie locks series” and the video on grip-club face.

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