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  • From Mateo Burbano de Lara on Football Drill

    Hi Shawn, when I do the football drill part two on the range, I tend to hit balls fat. Is it that my body is not moving fast enough? Thanks for your input.

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    • From Shawn Clement on Football Drill

      Hi Mateo! Good stuff! It just means that you are not providing enough “unstoppable momentum” and being a bit to mechanical about it. Give it more HEFT and FLOW and keep at it! 👍😀

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  • From [email protected] on Hammer Drill

    hi shawn, i struggle with this drill because it brings my arms into action whereas i understood from you not to use them, but only the legs and butt swivel, which has brought me a lot of progress. As a result i loose my straight effortless swing if i implement the drill into play..never the less i understand the importance of the drill . could you give me a tool to use the drill and not to activate my arms ? i might not have understood in the course that there is always a part of arm-action, if so let me know please? the only arm action i use now is to carry the structure of the top of the backswing position down to impact.thx

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    • From Shawn Clement on Hammer Drill

      Ok, important comment here. When doing this drill or any other drills, you are looking to use the weight of the arms and club as a unit to compress the ball through and towards the target. You do not want to be in the state of mind of “from the top to the ball” but rather “UNSTOPPABLE MOMENTUM (heft or weight) THROUGH THE COMPRESSION and out towards the target (the flight plan you want to send the ball into)
      See: “using the weight in your swing-axe drill with savy” and “unstoppable momentum arc-blur series”

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  • From [email protected] on Walk Cut Strike

    This a great exercise! I watched the Anti-manipulation post as well, very good.

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  • From [email protected] on SQUARE UP THE CLUB FACE

    Hi Shawn, so to hit a fade, do you still close the face but not as much. When I try to fade with a square face, I get the fade, but the ball starts further right than I want and then fades?

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  • From [email protected] on SWING PLANE FOR ALL CLUBS

    Drone shots triggered a question about setup. As you get behind the ball to create a draw, you adjust your grip by closing the club face. As you move the ball farther back in your stance to produce a draw with a lower trajectory, do you have to close the club face even more?

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    • From Shawn Clement on SWING PLANE FOR ALL CLUBS

      No, the closing of the face before I take the grip is in relation to my prediction that I give myself just before I deliver the shot! See “goldie locks series” and “predict contact”
      very important!

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  • From [email protected] on SAVY'S GRIP- BONUS VIDEO

    Hi Shawn, Just recently joined after doing the 5 min video review. The strong grip has transformed my iron game in just a few short days. The task of hitting a door frame is helping a ton as well. I’ve added 15 yards and the weak push fade is gone. However , I am struggling to transfer this to the longer clubs, as I’m hitting some nasty hook draws with same grip and task. FYI I’m also an interlocker Any suggestions on videos and task that can help with driver? Should I just experiment and try to go a hair weaker until I find the sweet spot ?

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    • From Shawn Clement on SAVY'S GRIP- BONUS VIDEO

      There you go! Exactly! However, you want to be able to confirm that you are through the ball fully first and not releasing too soon AT THE BALL. See “the goldie locks series” and “predict contact” as well as the “target confirmation series” and “pre-motor cortex series”

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  • From George Adams on Trail Hand Release

    I kept the driver face straight and then setup with radius and Ulna I get a perfect power fade. This is exciting for me because I had a hard time fading with any control
    thanks
    George

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    • From Shawn Clement on Trail Hand Release

      Thats exciting George! Power fades are great “bread and butter” shots and are the backbone of scoring!

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  • From [email protected] on Ball Above Feet

    I’m a RH player and have gone thru the position videos and still have a question on hitting shots on hills / significant slopes. When the ball is above the feet / laying on the side of a hill, 9 out 10 times, the ball goes significantly left of target. My thinking is the natural loft the club, when hitting off the side of the hill, will naturally send it left, versus straight up in the air. Same question will ball below feet and the tendency that ball will go right of target. Thank you.

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    • From Shawn Clement on Ball Above Feet

      This is when you want to use the prediction process BASED ON AN ACTION THAT IS THROUGH to the target. With ball above feet, and your balance is shaky, and you release AT THE BALL, it will go left for sure.
      If you stay balanced and through, with prediction that your club face is closed enough to deliver to the target with ball below feet, it will fly true and not go right. There videos, together with “the goldie locks series” and “predict contact” will get you to where you need to go. 😀👍

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  • From [email protected] on Distance to Ball - Part 2

    Great video! Realizing now I’ve been too far from the ball the last few years because it felt like that’s what I needed to do to give myself enough room to swing the arms. But now that I understand it better, I’ve learned being a bit closer helps deliver a much more power blow with more consistent impact because it’s much easier to “cut the grass” in front of the ball.

    Lot’s of fun at the range yesterday working on shaping shots. Lots of work to do yet, but these concepts are helping enormously!

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  • From Jukka Kymalainen on SWING PLANE FOR ALL CLUBS

    Nice camera angles! What do think about this ” shallowing move” like Sercio Carcia or Cameron Champ. In the dowswing they shallow under the plane to get that water skier slingshot effect. Is it maybe same feel like club throwing?

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    • From Shawn Clement on SWING PLANE FOR ALL CLUBS

      Hi Jukka! This is a move that happened when they were very young; and yes, like you say, when you through the club, you engage the kinetic chain and this is what gives the “arm-club-unit” the extra load on the downswing that results in that nice snap in the direction of the target.

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  • From Adam Hazelwood on Braced Tilt

    This video is an ace in the pack. It’s the best demonstration of weight transition and hip turn works I’ve seen, combined with a heave the hammer approach, you’ve bit a powerful golf swing.

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    • From Shawn Clement on Braced Tilt

      Right on Adam! We are so happy to be able to bring you this kind of information on human motor skills and movement patterns. Thank you for the terrific feedback!

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  • From Lars Norden on SWING PATH- ACROSS THE LINE vs LAID OFF

    Hello from Bergen Norway, Thank you for the 1st video on your website! I’m sorry but I did not get the point how to hit a fade/draw. Maybe it’s your language (not my mother tongue/ too much golf slang)? Obviously there are different techniques how to hit a draw and a fade, respectively. Maybe a more pedagogic and clear way is to show the position of your feet and the blade of the golfclub when explaining how to hit a fade. Best greetings Lars from Norway

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    • From Shawn Clement on SWING PATH- ACROSS THE LINE vs LAID OFF

      Hi Lars! Thank you for your comment and feedback! If you go to the videos list, you will see “working the ball” in the “shotmaking” section and then see “fade fine tuning” and “draw fine tuning”
      these will clear EVERYTHING up for you as it is one of our best attributes! 😀👍

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  • From [email protected] on SWING PATH- ACROSS THE LINE vs LAID OFF

    Does the sequential order of the kenetic chain in the backswing really matter ?
    Test day 1 new putting stroke. I’m liking it. 😉
    Hmmm. seems to do wonders for my chip shots.
    Can it work for pitch shots ? Never hit so many buttery 50 yard consecutive shots on target. Ever !
    Could this new sequential order bleed throughout the bag and into my fullswing ?
    Test day one hit balls and putted all day. Wow 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 Can’t stop smiling:)
    Weight of the club hanging from the shoulder sockets. That weight with the hands and arms starts the takeaway.
    Genius pure genius. I’m at a loss for words.
    Thank you Shawn

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  • From Mark Cohn on SWING PLANE FOR ALL CLUBS

    Love the drone views. Really helps! Keep them up please.

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