This is such an important concept.
I realized yesterday that by learning to hit at the ball, I tend to get the ball too far back in my stance.
I realized that throwing through the ball, collecting the ball and throwing the club over the intermediate point, I have to stay down…. you’ve talked about it a lot in various videos, but it’s a completely different throwing feeling…. a better throwing feeling 🙂
Yes, great observation Krista! When golfers whip the club AT THE GRASS to see where the low point is, it will absolutely tend to be too far back in the stance, and when you place the ball there, then you continue to make the problem worse.
When you start delivering the action to SEND THE GRASS CLIPPINGS OR DIVOT to the target through an intermediate point, then the low point changes and comes more forward to where the ball now needs to be close to centre. The jack knife is a great vessel for that and has helped a ton of our students get the THROUGH THE BALL experience which is the one that gets us to “bliss on a stick” 😀👍
Hey Jack! Yes! There is no release and the lag is what you get, also, there is not enough velocity to create side spin with a chip shot. So we can even use your putter grip to chip.
There was video with Mu where the analogy of tossing a sand bag was used. It’s what really got my chipping going.
Also, what you mentioned with your putting in the forum: I can really see this momentum in Sav’s putting stroke and I’ve been slowing integrating this into my putting.
It’s so easy and fun!!!!!
My chipping is good thanks to this approach. I struggle in the sand where I tend to use a little force to spray sand. I am going to try this in sand with some almost golf balls.
Just finished watching lesson. You are the best teacher in golf, and I have been playing a long time. Thanks so much. Tell all your friends. Help them play so much better.
Hi shawn ,
Question about the eyes . When you are cutting through the stem do my eyes remain on the stem until the body collects the head ? I seem to be a bit unsettled with my eyes
Hi Shawn,
After a long period of neglecting your advises and accumulating issues with my swing, which led to losing the enjoyment of playing golf, I’m back to the basic series, and I’m confident it will help me a lot.
I have one question: when you gripped the club at 8:30, it seems like you didn’t close it to 45 degrees—it appears to be straight instead. Is that an illusion, or is it because your body is already tilted?
Thanks a lot!
Hi Alexandre! You can go up to that amount easily, and this will fluctuate as you continue to evolve. The important thing is that when you let the swing or task go to the direction you want to start the ball, that the ball flies the way you want it to. And it is very ok to get some nice hooks at the beginning to give your brain predictability that when you swing to the right of the target, that the ball will come back for you. See the “goldilocks series” and the “grip and club face” video in there and then see the “draw fine tuning” video
Shawn, please add a longer visual (longer alignment rod?)of your target, from the target out into the course, and an alignment rod showing alignment stance as it relates to downrange final ball position. It’s hard to see from our vantage point. Maybe a couple slow mow overhead views? And snapshots of your ball position for fade, draw, nuetral that we can compare on one visual. It’s hard to see when watching live shots, or place a ball representing all three at the same time? I am sure I have seen parts of this on several different videos, but to see it all at once, like a cheat sheet. Appreciate all your feedback. I understand this is no small production task. Thanks
Hi David! Thank you for the feedback! As many of you are visual learners, this is important. We will look at setting this up in the simulator in the next series!
For some reason when I try to watch I can no longer expand to full screen. It’s like the former controls are no longer available with the new formatting. Any way to add those back to add the full screen functionality?
Hey DL! When you press play, the lower panel should appear where you can go full screen; this is how it is showing up for me. Could be that you need to update your browser? What browser do you use?
Just updated my phone and it seemed to fix it. I wasn’t getting the lower panel for a while there. Weird. Anyway all good now using the Brave browser. Thanks Shawn!
Hi Shawn,
When I hit a forehand with a tennis racquet (right-handed), my right palm faces down during the backswing, and my elbow flares out. Applying this same motion to my golf backswing, I rotate my right palm to a closed position, which gives me a feeling of more leverage over the ball and better control toward the target. However, I’ve noticed my ball flight tends to draw to the right because the clubface is slightly closed at impact.
Do you have any thoughts on hand rotation during the backswing or any videos you’d recommend to help me improve this?
Thanks!
Hey Sensei! Followed your recommendation to cement weight shift and throwing the club to No Arms – it world a treat to remain focused on the task, using big muscles to heft the club and gravity to send it down the paddock! Makes life easy!
Hi Shawn – im 5foot7 and holding the grip from the end whilst keeping the club a palm width away from my belt makes the club shaft flatter than your position on address and the toe lifts a bit. What are your thoughts on holding down bit on the grip (Like Tommy Fleetwood) – is that a good adjustment to make?
Hey Jared! Send an email to Mu and have a nice little exchange with him on that as he has become a real master at it. [email protected] and tell him I sent you! 😀👍
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