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  • From Hunter Tuggle on Walking Drill

    Hey, Shawn! I’ve been tasked with mastering the walking drill and I was wondering if there is a “more efficient” and “less efficient” way to master it. Should I spend 10 minutes before a round practicing, should I dedicate a whole range session only hitting through the walking drill? If you could offer some guidance, I’d really appreciate it!
    -Hunter

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    • From Shawn Clement on Walking Drill

      Hi Hunter! I would definitely dedicate some range time on that! Master that drill and you have mastered the golf swing my man!! Do it till the cows come home or at least for 10 minutes per club with a wedge, 7 iron, hybrid or long iron and Driver!

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  • From Ron Iwankovitsch on New WIG Task | Frisbee Throwing - Woods & Driver

    Shawn, I noticed that you planted your front foot while throwing the frisbee. Then when you swung your club, your front foot stayed planted. However, in the no arm series, your front foot was sliding a bit.

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  • From Mohanjit Singh on PRE-MOTOR CORTEX AND GOLDIELOCKS-GREAT COMBO!

    Hi Shawn. Does every shot need to be handled this way or the PMD and Ball on a string feel can take care of it?

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  • From Austin Pickering on Trail Hand Release

    So glad I joined this site. Really breaking it down, my game has improved greatly by just watching the you tube videos. The hammer driving the nail picture/feel has shot my drive out to 280 with the occasional 300. Game changer. I am 60 with bad knees and a shoulder replacement but using your principles I have a solid pain free swing. Its simple. Thanks!

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    • From Shawn Clement on Trail Hand Release

      Right on Austin! So glad you are understanding the underlying principals that make us Humans shine in the world of sports! 😀👍👊

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  • From Brian Corcoran on UNSTOPPABLE MOMENTUM SERIES: PART 3 - Open & Closed Face

    Closing the face seems to work great with shorter clubs. Longer irons and woods snap hook city.

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    • From Shawn Clement on UNSTOPPABLE MOMENTUM SERIES: PART 3 - Open & Closed Face

      Very common! Because you can have 1500 RPM left spin with a wedge, but that is snap hook on driver! And many need to close the face less on woods as the face is rounded (called bulge) and causes the face to look more open than it is which causes many to over close. Keep feeling that nice release past the IP into the direction of flight and when you see a pattern of too much curve left, keep opening the face until you see what you want. Check out “draw fine tuning” and “fade fine tuning” videos on premium!

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  • From Steven Polidoro on New WIG Task | Frisbee Throwing

    I just can’t believe you are hitting it farther and farther every year. Can’t wait to start frisbee throwing and see the results. I’ll keep you posted

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  • From Krista Nabb on Jack Knife Drill

    Okay, so on Youtube, you had a video about 4 months ago with Sav, that had the jack knife drill in it.

    I always thought that when I did that drill that I was doing it wrong because when I would let the arm/club unit fall through, it LOOKS like my shaft is out away from my body, and that there is no way I could possible connect to the ball. But I tried it today and I got the ball just fine.

    So when you talk about how people think they are going to miss the ball, this absolutely was the case for me. I don’t know if I’m explaining it well here, but another AHA moment after watching videos that I’ve already watched…… hahaha

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    • From Shawn Clement on Jack Knife Drill

      Fantastic! Missed this one! Great Ah Ha and a common one. Amazing how stuck the brain gets when it can’t trust that the ball will get struck properly…Now that you have this, KEEP THROWING CAUTION TO THE WIND!! 😀👍🔥

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  • From [email protected] on DIAGONAL SERIES PART 4-DRIVER!

    You use the term, “parallel to the ground”. What do you mean?

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    • From Shawn Clement on DIAGONAL SERIES PART 4-DRIVER!

      With the driver it can mean the sole of the club staying “along the ground” through impact or in the case of the “jackknife drill” it would be the shaft of the club parallel to the ground coming into the delivery zone of the 2nd pendulum.

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  • From [email protected] on How Club Face Influences Alignment

    Hey Shawn,

    When your are aligning to swing left of the intermediate target is the club face square to the IT ??

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    • From Shawn Clement on How Club Face Influences Alignment

      Good day! The key here is to predict what will happen to the ball when you release the action left of the IP. Everyone is different! If you release THROUGH to the direction of the flight and the ball stays that way 3 times in a row, then you can open the face a tad and if the ball starts too far right and fades too much then you need to close the face more at address. See “fade fine tuning and draw fine tuning videos. 😀👍

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  • From Shree Khare on Off Season Training Series

    Hi Shawn — in the winter on those days we can’t make a simulator (if we have access) — are there some videos we can do when we want to practice but not with a club. For example i have been practicing snap release in my kitchen feeling the weight of my arms (to the annoyance of my wife :>) just to ingrain the feel and imagine shots. But if there are some videos on this as a guide would be great to know. thank you!

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    • From Shawn Clement on Off Season Training Series

      The “lead hand release”,” Important release update”; “Trail hand release” all can be done with a household hammer. Then add the legs with the “turbo charge lead hand and trail hand release “ Very solid practice!

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  • From Bruce Shanks on How To Go From a Weak Grip to a Strong Grip

    Great video Shawn well done. Q: What adjustments need to be made with the driver when you want to keep the ball flight low on those windy days? or Just go with a lower lofted club?

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  • From Jukka Kymalainen on How To Go From a Weak Grip to a Strong Grip

    Great update video👍 I just watched video where Robert Rock explains how neutral grip is one fundamental to him. He needs that to get good spin numbers and good distance control. It is very interesting that you can play good golf with neutral or also very strong grip.

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  • From James Hild on MATCH BACKSWING TO BALL DIRECTION

    Hi Shawn, I am trying to work on this on my patio outdoors. When I take the Club back, I can’t see which way the club is pointing at the top since I don’t have the same amount of flexibility as Sav😉. Any thoughts on how I can set up a system or I can see where the club is pointing at the top of my back swing? I know I can see which way my club is pointing, via my patio door reflection, on the way up.

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    • From James Hild on MATCH BACKSWING TO BALL DIRECTION

      I’m 64 and can barely get the club above my shoulders, of course I’m dealing with a non lead frozen shoulder.

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    • From James Hild on MATCH BACKSWING TO BALL DIRECTION

      Actually my lead shoulder, my right shoulder and I I golf left handed.

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    • From Shawn Clement on MATCH BACKSWING TO BALL DIRECTION

      Hey James! You can’t see it, you have to feel where you need to be at the top of the backswing; it has to feel that if you were to let the arm-club unit fall from the top, that it would fall left of the IP into the direction you want to start the ball. What you would need to do is open the back foot more at address so that you can finish the turn in the backswing even if you can’t get the arms up enough like in this video.

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  • From James Hild on UNSTOPPABLE MOMENTUM

    As senior, I’ve noticed that my lead arm unconsciously collapses at the top of my backswing. I suppose , trying to get the club back further. It doesn’t seem to affect my momentum.
    Would I be better off doing a 3/4 swing and stopping before the lead arm collapse happens?

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