Hi Lance! Many factors involved. The driver type you use is very key, you want to use the low spin LS heads from different manufacturers the the Contact on the club face, centre to slightly above centre and a nice upwards angle of attack and full release so that the spin to the right is less than 200 RPM
What kind of driver do you have? You can get with Mu to optimize your driver at https://www.wzdmnmvmt.com as he can recommend the right driver and shaft and help you polish your technique to optimize your driver numbers!
To me this is still the best drill/task in your arsenal. I signed up premium 4 yrs ago and all your teachings transformed my game. But, late last year I had to stop playing for over a month and when I came back something was very wrong. Before, everything seemed so effortless and I thought I’d never lose my swing again. I decided to resubscribe to find my way again. Backswing looks and feels good but I believe I lost that “using weight of arm/club unit” and instead of shifting weight from behind was shifting/sliding to front foot causing wide open face at impact. I feel if I concentrate on “throwing” the club that goes away naturally but if you have any other video suggestions to help with this sliding towards the target on downswing that be great. Believe it or not I even slide my hips on the feet together drill. I do hit good shots, but 2 of 10 I slide. Probably just losing focus of the task and need more reps to ingrain it again. Thanks again
Right on and yes, I have the best one here called the “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” and when you get to #6, practice that till the cows come home and perfect that! You can’t sway in wither direction when doing this.
Right on and yes, I have the best one here called the “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” and when you get to #6, practice that till the cows come home and perfect that! Your can’t sway in wither direction when doing this.
Hey Shawn, loving the instruction so far and I am really glad I joined the premium site here. My question is: is it or would it be ok to leave the thumb of my lead hand on the side of the club? Like when you gripped the hammer and the baseball bat? When I do that and then interlock my trail hand and lead hand together, everything feels really tight and secure. I didn’t know if this would hinder my progress. Thanks again for all the great instruction!
Hi Thomas! Not a problem! In fact, Francis Ouimet won the US open with that grip! Several of my students benefit from it as everyone is different with their abilities to connect with the club. Sounds to me like you are getting a good connection, and if it feels like you can load and get a good release feel with it, that is gold!
I’ve been a new member for less than a month and I’ve already had great results with your lessons (a nice +2 scorecard and a competition won against all odds). BUT, I had way more topped shots than usual. So I’m keeping in mind the tip to look just in front of the ball, rather than at the top of the ball. Thanks!
Yes, the Task 2.0 series is great for that, also, when you see the “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series #6, you realize that when you focus on using momentum to send grass divots towards the target, you always take grass from the centre of the stance forward. The drone view from overhead shows this nicely!
Is it your trying to squeeze or compress the ball up against the face and have ball shoot over intermediate point or trying and direct momentum of clubhead over IP after compression?
See Task 2.0 series. Many different ways to look at it!
what matters is that the action you choose delivers your action THROUGH THE BALL and into the Flight plan past the intermediate point.
Used the feet together drill on course today and drove 290 yds on 3 holes to my amazement. My average drive is 250 yds. My playing partners and I was absolutely stunned. I may start playing feet together permanently. LOL! Thanks for this great video Shawn.
The cool part is you can always go to that as immediate back-up and play awesome golf! We are going to do a couple videos on the course to show that this year and have a blast with it! 👍👊
Hi Shawn
I was wondering what the weight distribution is on green side bunker shots. Conventional wisdom on the golf channel is 70/30 or so on your left side. It didn’t seem that your weight distribution changed at all on your bunker shots. I want your analysis, not the gold channel’s
Shawn, this entire series is eye opening. I realized this at the range when i felt my kinetic chain not engaing properly (i was squatting in the back swing and coming up in the downswing).Once i understood this, i really started to focus and hit some flush shots that felt effortless. thank you.
I tried with feet together then then about 1 1/2 feet apart. It feels I use mostly my arms but i and getting about 215 yards with a driver with range balls. I struggle to get over 200 yards trying the full swing. Also I feel my arms are not so high and swing around my body. Tempted to do a full round this way. Just a bit confused why I can get more distance using mostly my arms. I do feel there’s more of a whip at impact using mostly my arms. Just a little bit stuck at the moment. Thanks. Chris.
Go ahead and play a round feet together and knees together. Let momentum whip the arms through that arc blur into a nice snap release into the direction of the intermediate point. It feels like all arms but it is not. If you feel a nice whip, that is easy to produce, that leads to a nice release snap (see important release update video) then you are good!
I think a cool continuation of this video would be a video on how the relationship between alignment and that tilt to get behind the ball (as you were doing in this video) affects the club face. One of the current problems I feel like in struggling with is the view of the club face when I’m aligning left for a fade and the club face looks like it’s hooking way too far to the left but when I get a good strike, it either hooks or slices but the face is closed. Do you have any videos you would recommend to remedy this? Thank you!
This happened on a few videos when we did a big update on the website; I sent it in and will let you know as soon as it is fixed! Thank you for sending!
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