So, are the hands passive or active? My concept of your teaching: letting the club fall, using gravity; heaving the club back, feeling the ground, getting out of the way, but what about the hands– active or passive????.

Great video! I have been trying the Diagonal Stance BUT I was under the impression that the IP could be a foot or more forward of the ball. Now I understand you want it much closer. Going to try tomorrow. Thanks for all the work you put into these wonderful videos .

Good stuff John; you will enjoy how it opens up the backswing!

Always good to come back to these videos every so often. Realized all old habits kicked in and I had no security (wasn’t using my last 3 fingers in leading hand) and was destroying my impact as well as obtaining blisters! Came back to wisdom and ready to get back to going LOW!

Ur the man Sean!

Wow… Great stuff!

The driver is the weirdest club for me. I hit my hybrids well – sometimes I get an airplaning effect with them, but rarely do I feel uncomfortable with those clubs in my hands. However, the driver, at times, feels like I’m trying to fight off a grizzly bear with a feather duster. I’ve played well with the driver, and felt like I had it under some control only to have it all fall apart in the middle of a round. I heard you telling Mu not to left the ball get away to the left. Could you elaborate on that particular statement?

So Rory McIIroy uses 3 deg and 7 deg loft?

Shawn – I find myself fighting a hook with the mid/long irons, sporadically. It appears and seems to go away when I focus on swinging out to the right. The ball starts on my target line then ends up hooking for the last 3rd of the ball flight. Is there something I can work on to prevent this from happening on the course

Shawn,
I am very right eye dominant. Could this influence the tendency I have to move forward on the downswing?

I figured this out a few months back with a swing speed radar. I couldn’t for the life of me find more speed with my driver. Once I finished my backswing and stayed centered … …..boom! With a nice easy full swing 105 plus mph driver speed is pretty automatic now. If I can figure out how to get the ball in the center of the club and get some real ball speed it’ll look like I know what I’m doing. I’m thinking a smoother swing might help with this. Thanks for the audio!

I get the perpetual motion as a drill with the driver and have no issues doing it correctly and getting super results When I am on the tee actually playing where you can’t practice the swing by hitting the tee. Should my practice swing focus on where the club bottoms out or where it passes the ball. With my irons I have no issues doing a perpetual motion and then hitting the shot which by the way is rock solid now.

I also notice that your club is started on the ground back some distance from the ball. In the past I have hovered the club at the ball but am more comfortable with the club starting on the ground. I assume there is no right answer to that one. Another great video.

Hi Shawn, on either fade or draw shot are you still employing the “braced tilt” setup?
Thanks a million. Great vid.

Hi Shawn, in your working the ball vid, you talk about placing the ball forward and open stance for fade and a bit back for a draw and adjust club as needed. Now in this vid with driver the ball stays a bit forward (traditional driver ball position) and you open and close your stance for draws and fades? Why not just do this with all clubs and their particular ball positions? Why just driver? What about 3 wood? Great vid……..

Hi Shawn
Still having trouble of getting the transition down and getting the feeling of grabbing the ground for my power. Tend to lead with the rotation of the upper body as soon as I try to stick with the bamboo shoot task when attempting to strike a ball. Any other suggestions for videos on getting the the lower body correct in transition ?

Thanks

Hi Shawn, I have been moving over to your putting style where I have the club more towards the lifeline of my hands and a far more vertical shaft so my arms can hang more freely – resulting in a much more flowing stroke without and forces being added by a more flat putter.

The question is, how far off can the lie angle be and still work. I played a ton of golf this weekend and my putter is 70º but far flatter than what I need. The good thing is the flat lie angle forces me to lift the heel off the ground and almost hover the putter, but The angled face is harder to strike on the sweet-spot since it is now higher off the ground.

It is a PXG putter with a PVD coating on the hosel – they will only allow 3º upright. I videoed my swing with a digital level and it should be more like 77º. In you opinion – would it be worth it to go to 73º over the 70º from a ball striking standpoint? I am going to go shorter as well, because I do not need the length if my arms and putter just hang from my shoulder (which is an awesome method).

Thanks. I am checking with a club maker to see if he thinks he could get more angle in it as well.

Thanks as always for the great advice