This is the real deal folks. Experienced throwing with the legs at Royal Quebec with Shawn and the results were game changing! My ball striking and driving are transformed. Can’t thank you enough Shawn! My playing partners could not believe how far I was driving the ball on Sunday. What a feeling!! 😀 Take care!

I can’t see where the ball position is on the shots since there is no front view. is it is in the back middle of the stance for both shots?

When hitting the driver should I be focussing on a blade of grass at the low point of the arc where I start my swing or should it be just behind the ball as with irons?

Hi Shawn. Been struggling with consistency. Went through throwing the club drills, but something was missing. Then I watched the catapult video. Wow!

Things that the “catapult” task created in my swing:

• more of a hip turn/butt to the target awareness;
• a wider, consistent back swing as I allowed my arms to swing freely and away from my body;
• an ability to stay behind the ball, without thinking of my head position;
• a “ball on a string” feeling (which I understood intellectually, but did not “feel”.)

In short, by “losing control” (i.e. not manipulating) of the club, I let gravity take over. Slowly over the last weeks, I shortened my turn, kept my arms slightly closer to my body and moved my head on top of the ball, as I let my mind default to the ball.

Great analogy man!!!!

OK, I’m loving the idea of the sledge hammer swinging back and forth and am understanding the concept of having to shift the weight naturally to clear out of the way. Seeing as the club is a much lighter object, is the job here to feel the club head swing back and through to get a real sense of feeling the club head path. I know that the blur of the club head will give you a general path that the the club is traveling but where does the feel and touch come into it? Not trying to over analyze, but just make more sense of this process. By the way Shawn, I’ve had some recent breakthroughs with my swing that I’m looking forward to telling you about next time we speak. Talk soon my man!

For me to feel the weight of the sledge hammer I do it with my eyes closed and then with the club. It really registered is the feeling with the brain

kinetic chain, beautifully illustrated, like poetry in motion. Thanks Shawn, seeing Mo doing it is a super visual. Now I can focus my practice to further build my myelin.

Hi Shawn, I’m hitting all my irons the same distance, and not very far.
Gotta be grip and angle of attack + club speed?

Wish I had sen this early this morning. Was ” guiding ” my chip and especially my pitches. Cost me at LEAST 5 – 7 strokes !! Watched the video and nailed almost ALL of them by using my legs. GREAT JOB !!!

Shawn – what is the point of using the diagonal stance? What advantages does it provide?

As per usual the video message is superbly repetitive and physiologically sound. Using the ground really frees up the kinetic chain. Thanks.

Revisiting the fundamentals. I was finding that I was able to grip with the left hand more securely when the left thumb is not as far up as you show here. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks Shawn,

That is the best explanation i have seen about release anywhere and it has given me a club and half extra distance. Thank you again. I just need to learn to trust it as i have been steering my clubs around the golf course for 15 years.

With the irons, I do well with picking a point behind the ball as focus point during the swing. But, I struggle with looking at the back of the tee as a focal point. I normally just pick a spot in front of the low point of the driver – that’s the way I set up at address anyway is at the low point of the swing behind the ball on the tee.

Is there still some leg movement in the very short chip where it is like a putt?