Hi Shawn. Really having much better consistency visualizing the 2 tee drill before my shots. Hitting farther and straighter long irons than ever. Thinking more down and through the ball throwing club to edge of IP to target has enabled me to really start compressing the ball like never before. Coupled with really clamping down on the club with heavy grip pressure has enabled me to not leak and transfer so much more energy through the ball. Not that I have a way to measure for myself and by no means will I think about numbers while trying to swing but just curious what you have found to be the optimal downward Angle of Attack for best carry? Is there a number range that you would like to see on your shots? Any studies done using super slow-mo cameras and principles of physics that point to what might be the optimal?
Will need to do a video on youtube about that! Thank you for the inspiration!
The short answer is what is optimal for the shot at hand? Wind-Lie-flight plan-height of shot downwind or upwind etc!
The only thing good about covid 19 is that I have played golf 18 of 22 days in April! I have been playing well , but, I have noticed some inconsistency with my driver. I watched ” sequence your swing” videos on YouTube where you talk about starting the downswing before you finish the backswing and that seemed to have helped. Do you still advocate this?
Yea, this is what naturally happens when you throw the club or take a full swing with the axe; when you heave the axe into the backswing with the goal of delivering the blow through the tree, the lower body gets engaged as the arms and axe levitate into the backswing to initiate the kinetic chain. We just need to use the right task to get this done without thinking! 👍😀
Hi Shawn…..this might be off topic but quick question. I noticed all three of you seem to get your hands high at the top of your backswing almost above your head. Mine tend to stay about shoulder height and maybe that is ok. Is there a video you can point me to that explains the high hands? Kent
Not about the height of the hands; don’t look there; it is about the free swing of arms cutting grass in both directions without CONTROL. See “task trumps everything” and the “3 top tasks” and if you can accomplish those, then the height of the hands are good enough to evolve naturally moving forward! 😀👍
Hi Shawn, my swing tracks well, arms levitate, and i can feel the weight when doing the perpetual motion drill, However, when i start my backswing at address, even if i try to feel i’m in motion, it’s not the same as doing the perpetual motion drill. I feel like i dont get enough levitation in the arms, i might not clear enough and i use more my arms to take the club back, or by trying to clear i might take the club too inside. Do you have any tips on what i can do for my backswing to feel free and easy like the perpetual motion drill?
It’s ok to have a little variance between the regular golf swing and the axe drill; the bottom line is that you want to feel that nice upward levitation in that backswing with that same gorgeous transition. Also, the 2 tee drill can easily be done with the axe drill and it a heck of a great idea!
This is a job for the axe drill!! How much have you practiced it?
See the latest with Savy, she does it so well! ‘How to use the weight in your swing-axe drill with Savy” video
The axe drill
has helped a lot with keeping me centered. It’s still a lot easier to keep it on plane when carrying it two handed and tossing it back. When i’m over the ball i seem to take the club inside while trying to do the axe drill. Can you also explain how i would use the axe drill for the two tees drill?
In this video with Munashe yes, they are; imagine 2 tees 4 inches apart on the ground starting where the ball is and going towards the target. The task is to use the sole of the club to collect both of them and deliver them through the Left edge of the intermediate point and into the net with a nice effortless whipping action.
See the “top 3 tasks” video and watch the delivering of the wood curls into the target.
HEY EVERYONE! Here are 2 videos from the sport science-human motor skill learning-world that validates in a huge way what we do and why we teach the way we do:
This one here validates the work of Gabriele Wulf:
And this one here is from Rich Masters, Professor at the University of Hong Kong; see from minute 30 forward till the end!
Hey Mike! See the “fade fine tuning” and “draw fine tuning” videos on premium; you will soon discover what will work for you as an individual and how to tune in how much to close and how strong the grip or a combo of both!
Also, woods and irons are designed differently; some you need to close more and some less depending on their design and how much ‘DRAW BIAS’ they have built into them.
Shawn sent an email a few minutes ago regarding a strong grip and closing the face of the club.
My question was with a strong grip do I close the face of the club? doesn’t a strong grip close the face as well?
Do the same rules apply to the driver.
Mike
resent my questions because I did not request you notify me when answered.
thanks again
I answered the other one; did you get it? See “fade fine tuning” and “draw fine tuning” the amount of closure is different for everyone. The vast majority of golfers do not close their club faces enough though.
Next week’s video will be just that! We had another astounding session today with both Mu and Savy; Savy is. Ow carrying the super 7 iron at 175 to 180 yards…and Mu? 195 yards, stock 7 iron with stock lofts. The trick with the tip of tee is to flick the tip of the tee towards the direction you want to start the ball at the height you want to flick it; causing a top spin effect with the tee and a smoking compression with the ball on the face as a consequence to that!
Hey Molly! Yes! Very important videos to watch are the “lead hand release” and “trail hand release” and “release fine tuning”
That lead hand is the priority! It must yield to the trail hand for full snap which will really turbo charge the swing!
The 2-tee drill appears to be focusing on sticking the ball on target side of ball. The “cut the dandelion stem” appears to focus on striking the backside of ball. Are they the same? Is there a difference between the 2 drills? Please explain.
Good question! They are both the same but have a different point of view!
If you place the ball against a door frame and cut the stem in slow motion, (THE STEM IS IN THE CENTER OF THE BALL) you will see that the face of the club has to meet the ball BEFORE THE STEM GETS CUT!
Also notice I say “CUT THROUGH THE STEM AND ALONG THE GROUND TOWARDS THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO START THE BALL”
I just played my best round of the year basically doing this drill. Every shot I picked a spot about an inch behind the ball and online with the target…every swing my goal was the left hand release through that point toward the target.
Simple, stress free golf. After a few bad weeks it was great to get something back on track.
Btw – I was actually picturing my first tee about an inch behind the ball because then the ball was just in the way. For me personally that felt better than ball/reach second tee. WhenI see the ball as first target, I get a bit of the hit instinct and I also tend to lose my target. When I have the first tee as a blade of grass, I can almost forget about the ball and I liked this approach as a shallowing way to strike it.
Very cool! This is what I am talking about; find YOUR WAY to STAY WITH YOUR TASK!
And if the bi-product of the task is a well struck shot that soars to the target, hey! SUCCESS!
Thank you for posting and clarifying your task! Shawn
How much practice using this kind of drill do you find it takes to rewire the brain for an inside out swing? Right now my practice swings are all inside out but the actual swing with a ball goes outside in 🙁 I’ve tried this practice but my brain still hinders me.
See “blur of club” video on premium first.
Then see “Blur of club, unstoppable momentum” then “predict contact” and “the goldie locks series”
You are giving up on your task because when the ball is there, you still think you need to pay attention to the ball! This causes a completely different chain of events!!!
I came back today and reviewed these grip videos. I played Saturday and was really in the zone. My drives with the unstoppable momentum, arc, blur were all firing. I had actually increased my grip pressure which was helping. Then all of a sudden I hooked a 5 iron on a three par. I think I might have relaxed my grip – I felt the wrist snap come through early, and hooked it 20 yards left of the green. Is that consistent with what you are talking about? Also, I find that I’m getting good contact off the tee, even with my irons, but often in the fairway, my approach shots are thin. It’s like I’m afraid to take a divot – cut the dandelion stem. Any suggestions?
Hmmmm; thin shots-hooked shots when you miss. Now, when you do miss, can you tell me what the actual focus was just before you swung the club? Did you see “pre motor cortex” and “target confirmation series”?
My home course is Highland Meadows in Toledo , Ohio. We have an LPGA tournament sponsored by Marathon, ( maybe Savy should try to qualify). I am a 3.1 index and if I miss the green I am constantly faced with these shots into fast greens. I shot 77 yesterday and it should have been 72. I failed to get up and down 4 times when I was just off the green. I know I am trying to control the shot. I watched rhythm training #2 and this may help. Any other suggestions
Hi Joe! This is what made the difference for Savy last season; what I have her do is play “small golf” by David Ogrin who is one of the only guys to beat Tiger one-one final round to win the Texas LaCanterra Open in 1996.
David is the father of Goldie Locks too!
Set up 9 balls around the green in the said grass in different areas; and the goal is to pretend you missed all 9 greens in regulation and to get them up and down. David’s best score is 3 over because a few of those shots are short sided and require a longer putt! Play this at least once a week for 3 sets.
Well Savy is the pound per pound long drive champion. In just a few weeks Mu has moved from an aggressive tilt and super closed face with the driver. Although the face is open its results in a fade which is playable. Mu congrats on your progress!
Shawn, in practicing are you recommending that we use perpetual motion next to the Tee, then proceed to move in an actually clip the Tee without the use of a ball? When you showed me the two tee drill, I swept the tees then substituted a ball .
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