Love this video for bringing it all together. I still struggle with activating the legs like you do in the swing. However, watching your videos again have gotten me back on track. I’m now doing a bit of a forward press before I swing and this has definitely helped me to activate my kinetic chain. My strikes have been more pure with much less dispersion. Banged out about 20 7-iron shots last night to a target about 170yds out. Had very few big misses. The trajectory was much more piercing as well rather than it ballooning too high which sometimes happens with my swing. Would like to better understand the legs in the swing though and how you apply such force with the legs through impact. Any thoughts? By the way, nice Lululemon pants! I’ve got myself about 5 pairs of those. Most comfortable pants on the planet!! Talk soon Shawn.

Another great video. What stood out today, for me, was your demonstration to Mu on using the legs vs manipulation of the arms in the swing. The manipulation of the arms really changed the position of the arc. Seeing the visual really made sense to me. Thank you. Pat Baker

Hi shawn i understand everything exempt your feet alignment , would you always set your feet square to the target line ? Just a little confused when you talk about closed stance in other vids .
Thanks paul uk

This was excellent. Have been getting the feeling of the arm/club unit and this just put the piece in place that allows me to freely swing the club and strike the ball.

I shot 80 for the 5th time in a row.Very frustrating. I have watched all of your videos, understand all of the concepts, and can hit most all of the shots. I pick a flight plan and have an intermediate target and then proceed to initiate my swing and at least 50% of the time in a split second I revert back to “make sure” or the ball or some other thought that sabotages the task at hand. I feel my problem at this point is much more mental (not defective as you would say) than any swing weakness. How can I mentally get past this and increase the percentage of times I stay with my task.Thankyou.

One more big question Shawn or maybe it’s more dispelling a myth. When you use your legs you are definitely dipping and lowering into the ground. If I over exaggerate this move, I will chunk it. As I try to lower the boom so to speak, I catch it fat. Can you clearly explain how you are able to hit it so purely with the legs even though there is a noticeable downward drop of the legs and waist into impact?

My main issue is always firing with the arms, so this is helpful. Now main swing is…. use the leg with a quiet ACU. It seems that my brain wants to equate club head speed and power with swinging the arms. Not so. The power is in the lower body, right?

Just re-lived my round in my mind and I was 16 for 36. I think my course management is good. I am going to try your breathing exercise before I perform my task. Did Gabrielle Wolff touch on anything that helped increase one’s focus?

Another very helpful video, as others have mentioned, especially the demonstration of arms-only vs using legs. And this raises another question, to help with the over-use of arms to gain power (that is, trying to “swing hard”).

Am I thinking correctly with this: If we use the analogy of the ball on a string, when you use your legs to power it, the ball will rotate freely without any real arm movement. If we want it to go faster, you can move your legs more. But if you try to swing your arms faster, they get a bit ahead of the ball, so either cause it to lose speed, or get off line. Attempting to translate that to the golf swing, too much push with the arms is like using the arms too much with the ball on a string, and loses effectiveness, while using legs actually increases power with less effort.

Or am I over-thinking it?

Thanks!

Scott

Shawn, the consistency in your videos…basic principles always revisited, helps so much to ingrain concepts. My less good shots on the course are 99% manipulation of ball as target. Using the kinetic chain and allowing time at the top of the backswing to let my left leg get the ground and clear the left side and throw through the intermediate point, gives the …ball…grass….dirt -confirmation- that the sequence was in sync. Thanks. J.

All my drives are low and tailing to the right. Help

If it’s possible..I’ve been playing to much golf lately, which means going back to old baseball bad habits. This was a great video to revive my desire to let my brain figure things out and trust the kinetic chain. Really good seeing big M taking some swings…easier to relate to then your consistently perfect shots. Playing again tomorrow and plan on using my legs and trusting that when the legs are used the divot will happen. Also got my grass cutting tool in the mail today!

Hi Shawn, I just got the premium subscription and I love it so far. Really makes so much more sense than what I’ve been learning (trying to) before. Only thing is that the videos seem disorganized or out of order? I could be wrong but it seems confusing as to where I’m supposed to start as a beginner. For example you mention positioning for draws and fades but in this video but none of the previous videos in the “fundamentals” section, starting with grip, mention shit shaping yet. Maybe it’s lack of sleep lol but what order should I watch to build up correctly? Thanks!

Hi Shawn, firstly thanks for continuing to provide such great content each week. The three of you look as though you are really in tune and having a blast working together.

Keeping the head back with the driver has been massively beneficial but one thing I’m still struggling with is the 20/20 tilt and head turn at address. The tilt is fine but when I also turn my head away, I struggle to focus on the tip of the tee. I think this might be because I’m so right eye dominant I can’t see it as clearly as my right eye wants to and I end up turning my head back beyond neutral during the downswing to get a better look.

I don’t have the same issue with any other shots because the ball is closer within my right eye peripheral vision but with the driver the 20 % turn causes me to lose connection with the tee tip.

I don’t know which of your eyes is dominant and whether you experience something similar with either your left or right handed swing.

Overall I’m trying to decide whether to just ensure a 20 tilt and forget about the head turn at address or is there something else I can do to achieve both.

Funnily enough I can do 20/20 just fine with the driver when the ball is well back in the stance and I’m drawing it it like crazy.

Do any of the 3 of you suffer with not being able to see the tee at address with the your trailing eye.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for continuing to provide such first class guidance so enthusiastically.

All the best

Steve

Hi Shawn thank you so much for that video it had so much information in it (as usual). In it you mentioned Moo’s hat and to keep it at the same angle/position as he started in? Is that in any other videos? Not that I am (over) thinking at all! Cheers and thank you Mandy