Hi Shawn, does my backswing ha e anything to do with my high ball flight? My 5 and 6 irons are flying as high as my wedges. I have the ball a tad behind center for a draw so I don’t know if it’s ball position. Maybe it’s follow through. Any thoughts are appreciated! Love your teaching style.

Hi Shawn,
This downhill & the previous uphill lesson is “HUGE”. The downhill lie with body in line with the hill and
then here is the part I was not doing – the head “back”
I struggle with a downhill lie to the green about 20 yards out. Same concept or no?
Thanks ,
Will

The FLOW Series is outstanding – you called it right when you said it was your best work yet. This is the video where it overall clicked for me. I finally conquered the demons of 20 years of bad golf instruction. For me personally, by way of feedback, the number one thing that fixed it was the goldilocks approach of making sure you can swing freely to the ball, at every point in the swing. I now realize in some of the earlier videos that I was throwing the club ‘badly’ and not really fixing things. But starting with putting, chipping and working into that free swinging position with the flow meditations and I’m hitting it pure. I’m sure its different for everyone, but that’s what did it for me.

Rob

Hi Shawn,
I just signed up a few days ago and am up to the Swing Technique videos. I have noticed along the way that there have been many of questions about your head moving up and down in the full swing. I suggest you refer your students to someone who may have been the best-ever striker of the golf ball – Byron Nelson. This video, in real speed and slow motion, demonstrates the concept pretty well:

Your video series is so brilliant Shawn, and it makes so much sense, cant wait to get back onto the course, to put it all into action, keep up the great work.

This is gold! These videos are very helpful.

Thanks Shawn for these videos.This whole ‘momentum’ series is so clearly spelled out. Even without the tilt board the mental images bring a clear sense of low point and anchored base and feeling the weight of the acu and unstoppable momentum. not hit the ball. The swing flows out. Nice…J.

Hi Shawn, Q here. Just wondering, I found that I really need to get my right hand involved as I tend to pull so hard I sometimes forget to throw with my right. At some point a while back I realised that my right hand was too close, too far over my left which was hampering it’s ability to get involved. This is about a year ago now. So I moved my right hand a little lower and suddenly had all this whip, it was awesome.

But, I find now that after a while my right pinkie starts to hurt as it’s stretching to reach my left pinkie, as I’ve moved my right a little further down the grip, which feels like a powerful position.

So, where to from here? Moving my right closer feels like it’s weaker again, not able to take command and throw as it should. I’ve recently been fitted to a new shaft and as part of that ordered midsize grips, as I had 4 papers under a plus4 standard grip up until now. Not sure if that will help at all, I’m still waiting for my clubs to arrive.

I’m fine otherwise with the grip, I get a sense of real connection and power when I’m gripping as I do, but I feel I shouldn’t be experiencing any discomfort. Should I just get them closer together and get used to it? A baseball grip does not feel good. Overlapping feels weak again.

Thanks
Qerim

How does one determine the low point of the swing when on the course during a round ? Is the low point at the sternal notch

That‘s a lot of wisdom. Love the interview at the end. I started late with golf – 7 years ago at the age of 44. Wasted a few years in the maze of Golf teaching – used up a few teachers (approx. 15) – some properly don‘t sleep well because of me – but found now my swing and can‘t wait to ingrain these new feelings after this @%€§ virus let us play golf again in Austria.

I seem to be doing this exercise well. However, when I begin to add umph to the “throw of my club”, the low point of my swing become inconsistent. How do I connect this exercise with the three top tasks (+ slashing the bamboo) and the extra pump in my swing effort?

Shawn: I like the view from behind as that is how “we” see ourselves as we setup a shot. You might consider doing that more often. Cheers

This video and “Lead Hand Release” video are gold! Do you recommend trying both lead hand and trail hand release analogies and then using one or the other, or do you recommend ultimately trying to blend both together? Is there any advantage to blending the two in terms of distance or ball contact? Or is it better to just find the one, lead or trail, that resonates the best with the individual as either will lead to a good result?

Thanks,
Coachcohn

Ps. Stay low and flatten the curve!

Shawn said, When you hit it thin, it’s because you come from the inside and stay along the ground too long. Will you explain this please?

Why were you aiming for the bunker on the left? Did you think the wind would bring it back to fairway? And, then you were sure to hit it low to avoid the wind. I’m unclear on the thought process.