Unfortunately, I have been using a “baseball bat” grip for years (for trailing hand), and just watched your grip videos. Lead hand is ok, any suggestions in how to transition to an interlocking? It feels so unnatural to have my right hand pinky not on the club, and my index finger is also wrapped.
Baseball grip is a solid grip! No need to overlap or interlock; we always start our beginners with baseball grip or 10 finger grip; about 10 to 20 percent continue on with it! 😀👍
Hi Shawn, great video. I notice a subtle “getting the ground” with the lead foot prior to the cut. Manipulators stay in the middle and lose the momentum, no?
This drill has helped me eliminate excess movement in my swing. I developed a “flip” at the beginning of my transition, which killed club head speed and consistency. While I “envisioned” throwing the hammer, actually throwing and comparing the feeling of that task also eliminated turning too far inside and being “stuck.” This drill should be part of the consistency and beginners series IMO. Much thanks
Shoulders on top of feet for shorter clubs and shoulders inside the laces for longer clubs and just inside the feet for the Driver. See “width of stance and finish position” video.
Hey Shawn, you asked Mu to “bring the club higher up” (my words) in the backswing so that he could follow the downward slope. How does he do that without manipulating the club?
It is a heave, or a mini heave. The arms and club are hanging heavy from the shoulder sockets and cannot be used; so how do you send them into the backswing? You are using a mini kinetic chain where you nudge the momentum forward and then heave back and away and then you have the momentum to engage the through-ward chain towards the place where you want to land the ball; like a lumberjack with an axe. See “using the weight in your swing-axe drill with Savy” and “upward levitation” videos.
I think I get what you mean. I’ll give it some practice tomorrow and see what happens. I’m really starting to feel the momentum of the weight of the arm-club unit and using my legs ala Mu’s instructions and I’m sure this will help get it started in the intended direction. Many thanks as always.
I tried that out today, a little nudge towards the target before heaving back really helped with nailing my aim. Another gold nugget to add to the collection.
Hi Shawn, so I am focusing on intermediate point, my arc and blur but I still hit everything left (with irons a straight pull 15 yards to left of target). It’s like my brain is wired (or my release is wired) to just hit it left when I throw the club 🙂 Any advice on how to get face aligned right?
Played again today, I worked to really focus on throwing out to the right to try and promote a draw… I got a lot of hooks (as well as on my fade shots they are going straight left). That ball just wants to go left!
See “using the weight in the swing-axe drill with Savy” as well as “throw the club” and the “throwing series” videos as you cannot rush throwing a club!
I have had a real bad time of topping my fareway clubs. I think it the rush to get back to the ball. I top it and it goes hard left. I know i must be too far ahead of the ball. Any tricks to slow down the downswing and keep my body from moving forward too soon. Frustrating these used to be my best clubs.
Have you seen the latest arc-blur series? Start with “blur of club” then “unstoppable momentum Arc-blur kinetic chain” and stay off the STRAIN!! If you are standing there in the middle of the fairway on a long par 5 and are saying “I gotta get down there as far as possible”, you are setting up for disaster! Stay with a yardage you can get to with ease and deliver a nice flow of “unstoppable momentum with 3 out of 10 effort.
Yes, just like in the perpetual motion series, I am already in the follow through and on my way back into the backswing; already in movement to get the momentum I need to whip through with ease into the direction I want to start the ball.
Yes. I remember a drill where you start the club above the ball swinging a bit forward first then back swing and thru the ball. Help get you off being static. With my ADD i need to do something to kerp my mind from swing thoughts. This will help me alot.
Shawn can you please clarify something for me. Are tossing a hammer/horse shoe on the downswing or skipping a stone? The are two very distinctly different motions. Thanks!
It depends on which one you jive with! This is why we have a selection of tasks that have worked with a wide range of golfers! Some love skipping stones and associate well with that and others not.
Sean, love your instruction and the gang. I’ve always hit ball better with feet closer together. Getting hip re-replaced and unable to use regular width stance right now. Found I could still play if I keep feet 1 foot or less apart. I’m a 17 and just shot 80. Would you ever recommend using less width for some students? Thanks, be well.
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