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  • From [email protected] on Fade fine tuning

    Working on my fade and direction of release… at the end of the video, you state…”confirm that you release out there”… how do we know if we are releasing properly? Is there a video that addresses this?

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  • From [email protected] on Draw fine tuning

    The club face is set up how? Is it the same alignment as my feet and shoulders or do I have the club face aiming straight at target . Need a picture of club face and set up to a target.

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  • From [email protected] on Tilt awareness-direction-practice

    Shawn-

    My achilles heel seems to be that at transition (as I’m trying to use the ground) I got from ok tilt to way over tilting to the right (as a right hander).

    I’m in task, my shot is picked out, I’m essentially all good until BAM!, over tilt and then I have no chance of having the ball fly over my intermediate point with heavy manipulation. Most of the time, it’s fats, toes shots or sweeping hooks.

    Help me obi wan.

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    • From Shawn Clement on Tilt awareness-direction-practice

      Ok; question:
      What do you see at address when looking down at the ball? What is your task or what is the last thing that goes through your mind just before you swing?

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    • From [email protected] on Tilt awareness-direction-practice

      My focus at address is on my intermediate point.

      My task is to send the ball over my intermediate point (small adjustments if I’m shaping a particular shot).

      The last thing that goes through my mind is “Send the ball over the intermediate point”

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    • From Shawn Clement on Tilt awareness-direction-practice

      Ok, here we go!
      The task is what is missing! You need to see clearly how that ball os going to get up in the air; are you using cutting the stem of the dandelion or grass (see grass whip training video) or driving through the door frame (see hammer drill video) or whipping the wood shavings that way (see Top 3 tasks and task cybervision videos) and lastly “throwing the club” and “predict contact” videos which will help perfect further.
      The way you deliver the task will greatly affect your tilt through the ball!

      Then comes: with what feel are you delivering the task with? See a very important series called “pre-motor cortex” series which deals with getting the right frame of mind around the perfect feel for the delivery of that task.

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  • From Charlie Zahari on The Grip

    Hey Shawn. I just got back from the range today. It started out really inconsistent today. My irons have really improved a lot just from the whole catapult/sandbag toss mental models. Midway through my bucket, I started to realize that although I was clamping down on the shaft my grip felt full of instability and my top hand was definitely not keeping its structure through the swing. I decided to choke up about 1/2 – 3/4″ on my shaft and suddenly all my issues disappeared.

    Here’s the question…do you see people holding the shaft to close to the end of the club and losing stability/balance. I feel like the choke up created a balance that made the swing feel incredibly more structured/balanced. Is chocking up sometimes a quick fix to a round that’s falling apart? I’d like to hear your thoughts on this…seemed like an aha moment but I don’t want to get carried away.

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    • From Shawn Clement on The Grip

      This is definitely a big aha moment! About 30% of tour players choke down or grip down on the club because they feel more leverage there. You just learned a very important lesson for your machine; This is how learning works and congrats!
      Now stay with it and evolve some more!

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    • From Charlie Zahari on The Grip

      🤩

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  • From [email protected] on Target Focus Confirmation Series

    There are two parts to this series, however, the end of part 2 reference an upcoming driver video that is not showing here. Can you point me to that video, please? If it is available, of course.

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  • From [email protected] on Football Drill

    Hi Shawn,

    I tried the throwing the football position, but I feel a bit off balance when I extend the club out that far out. Should the pressure be more on the balls of my feet or closer to the middle of the foot and the heel?

    Thanks,
    Calvin

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    • From Shawn Clement on Football Drill

      You are always looking for the centre of the arch where you feel all spikes in your shoes are secure to the ground;
      See “Mile markers for balance” video and “target confirmation series” with the finish position as the confirmation for staying with the shot.

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  • From [email protected] on PERPETUAL MOTION DRILL SERIES-CHIPPING ACTION

    Used this in my round today. Worked very well now I won’t have to send my SW packing. 5 chips within 3′ too bad my putting wasn’t very good today. Might be a little different once I get farther back where hinge might be needed.

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  • From [email protected] on Grip Update

    Did I miss a change in the grip. Thought the lead hand was diagonal along the life line and under the heal pad. I now it looks like you are advocating for more in the fingers. Is that correct or not.

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    • From Shawn Clement on Grip Update

      The lead hand just needs to feel solidly wrapped around the grip where you can hinge nicely without the club moving in your hand and it feels like you can get through all kinds of grass and sand and junk with it;

      Is this what yours feels like it can support?

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  • From [email protected] on PERPETUAL MOTION-LEVITATION-KINETIC CHAIN ENGAGEMENT!

    Hello Shawn,
    My golf shots are very good now. my 9 iron is straight and about 155. Thanks to your good teaching. I wanted to ask you something.

    I notice with my Cobra F9 hybrid it has an offset. At least it appears that way. My hybrid shots are always going straight left with a hook. But my 5 wood is really good and straight.

    Can you please explain how to hit this club? When I do hit it I am getting about 235 or so.

    Please help!!

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    • From Shawn Clement on PERPETUAL MOTION-LEVITATION-KINETIC CHAIN ENGAGEMENT!

      Too many hybrids were designed for big draw bias because too many golfers still don’t have our information. This is why players on tour have neutral-“tour preferred”gear that they can maneuver properly for fades and draws. Ping is nice and neutral and their hybrids are awesome in the G-410 and Titleist has a tour preferred model as well. I have had so many students say “i hit my fairway woods well but hybrids not; what is wrong with me”? Well, hybrids should be easier to hit than fairway woods, so that means the wrong club is in your hands and it looks like the case here.

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    • From [email protected] on PERPETUAL MOTION-LEVITATION-KINETIC CHAIN ENGAGEMENT!

      Thank you very much! I am looking at Ping G410 reviews right now.

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    • From Shawn Clement on PERPETUAL MOTION-LEVITATION-KINETIC CHAIN ENGAGEMENT!

      Always try before you buy! 👍. Go hit some shots at a Golf Galaxy or PGA superstore and compare with other brands-ask for “tour preferred” neutral hybrids. Taylor made coined the tour preferred term…

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  • From [email protected] on PERPETUAL MOTION-LEVITATION-KINETIC CHAIN ENGAGEMENT!

    Hello Shawn,
    My golf shots are very good now. my 9 iron is straight and about 155. Thanks to your good teaching. I wanted to ask you something.

    I notice with my Cobra F9 hybrid it has an offset. At least it appears that way. My hybrid shots are always going straight left with a hook. When I open the face a bit. The shots go straight right. But my 5 wood is really good and straight.

    Can you please explain how to hit this club? When I do hit it I am getting about 235 or so without even trying.

    Please help!!
    Paul

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  • From [email protected] on PERPETUAL MOTION SERIES-PITCH SHOTS

    The little turn forward before turning back is genius, so much easier to feel the arm club unit.

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  • From [email protected] on PERPETUAL MOTION-LEVITATION-KINETIC CHAIN ENGAGEMENT!

    Great video, this is exactly what I have been needing. I combined this with the feet together drill from the consistency series. Question: it seems that we need to keep a centered base to the top of the swing, correct? Then, after grabbing the ground, the weight shifts forward? It is a challenge to get the weight shifting forward before the top of the backswing is finished. Any tips? By the way…. I do agree that this is a historic video 🙂

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    • From Shawn Clement on PERPETUAL MOTION-LEVITATION-KINETIC CHAIN ENGAGEMENT!

      When staying so nice and centred in the backswing; there is NO NEED TO SHIFT FORWARD!! YOU SIMPLY DOWNSHIFT!! 💪🤛🤛🏾👍😀🔥💥
      You are already above the lead side and when you are still in “I am going to let the UNSTOPPABLE MOMENTUM release me in that direction INEVITABLY, the downshift happens like magic.
      You are getting there, I can feel it in your words! 😀👍

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    • From [email protected] on PERPETUAL MOTION-LEVITATION-KINETIC CHAIN ENGAGEMENT!

      Thanks, Shawn. Can you expound a bit more on the concept of “downshift” in your response? Do you mean the action of going down to grab the ground at the point of levitation? Just want to make sure I get this right.

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    • From Shawn Clement on PERPETUAL MOTION-LEVITATION-KINETIC CHAIN ENGAGEMENT!

      Haha, yes, you are still getting your head around some concepts; very important question! Please see “pumping up the swing” and “feet together back to feet apart” which was a huge aha Moment!

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  • From [email protected] on PERPETUAL MOTION-LEVITATION-KINETIC CHAIN ENGAGEMENT!

    Twelve years on – “outa the way, Outa the way” still my mantra!

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  • From [email protected] on Go To Shot

    I have focused a lot on keeping the ACU intact to the top of swing. So much so that I realized that I was getting very little wrist hinge at the top.. Worked on this along with my grip and getting better now. Question… How will I know if there is too much hinge, to avoid the collapse that Matt refers to here? Would that mean the grip collapses? It seems that more hinge would mean more lag and more distance, right? What am I missing?

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    • From Shawn Clement on Go To Shot

      Sorry I missed this one! You guys can email me directly to let me know about a comment that you posted at [email protected]
      Answer: The key is to feel that you can easily whip the club with a nice dose of momentum; the hinge will deepen on the downswing when headed to the target and will shorten when trying to hit the ball; see the release videos; especially the “lead hand release backswing assurances” and the “important release update” we also have the first 3 videos in the “off season training series 2020-21” which deal with the fine art of hinge and release!

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  • From JOHN KANE MD on PERPETUAL MOTION-LEVITATION-KINETIC CHAIN ENGAGEMENT!

    Hey Shawn I love your video series. I see t be having some problems with ” levitation “. Feels ;ike when I levitate sometimes it feels as if I lose my balance. I had a stroke 10 years ago and you helped me get back to the game. My right side is a touch slower to respond and it appears I “over swing” and when I do I end tp top the ball. Any tips for keeping me centered. THANKS

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    • From Shawn Clement on PERPETUAL MOTION-LEVITATION-KINETIC CHAIN ENGAGEMENT!

      Hey John!
      Yes, start with the chipping and see where the club wants to bottom out and place the ball back of that; let the weight of both arms swing through the stem of the dandelion and feel what that contact is like; there should be no topping there if you cut through the grass right?
      Then pitch then back to irons; and feel what is happening between those shots that is different than with the regular full swing and get back to me.

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    • From JOHN KANE MD on PERPETUAL MOTION-LEVITATION-KINETIC CHAIN ENGAGEMENT!

      It has been working much better. However I would suddenly revert to my old swing. I am not certain if it was from my stroke ( 10 Years ago ) or my previous 40+ years of bad swings. I started playing with my grip presser and improver a lot. I have a grip strength of 4/10 with my left hand and a 1 with my right – it stopped me from blading the ball and had a MUCH better release. I can feel my right hand instinctively firm up my grip. Best contact I have had – maybe ever. THANKS !!

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