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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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  • From Arthur Carvajal on How To Go From a Weak Grip to a Strong Grip

    As usual, a great video Shawn. I don’t know if it’s on my end or not. But I cannot make this video go full screen on my computer. All the other videos of yours I can. If it is my computer, not the end of the world. But if it is something you can fix on your end. I would be very grateful.

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  • From Paul Gibson on New WIG Task | Getting Under the Bar

    I have a tendency to over swing with the Driver and this drill really helped me today.

    When I did some continuous swings in between the drills the club felt weightless, paused and the then fell all by itself..

    The feel was incredible..

    Question, do you feel like the butt of the club points towards your intermediate point on the way down?

    I’ve always tried to sense the club face, but, now it feels like I’m pulling the handle more.

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  • From James Hild on Major Driver Setup Nugget

    Hi Shawn,
    I just thought of something that I may have missed. When I line up my body, as a lefty, to the left edge to hit a draw , where is the club face supposed to be aimed? Is it facing left edge too or straight down the ball line?

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    • From James Hild on Major Driver Setup Nugget

      Hey Shawn,
      I did not understand your answer.
      My main question is “where should the club face be pointing in the initial setup, regardless of the grip”?
      In our lesson, I was pointing the face straight ahead with super strong grip. After watching the video, I think I should have had the driver facing to the left of intermediate target with a strong grip. Then, back off if it was drawing/hooking too much. Correct?

      I can have a weak, strong or neutral grip with face pointing down the ball line or to the left of target.

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    • From James Hild on Major Driver Setup Nugget

      Feeling foolish. I am not sure why I thought I should aim the clubface straight down the line to where I want the ball to end up and then try to swing to the left along the intermediate point. Trying to hard, I guess.

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    • From Shawn Clement on Major Driver Setup Nugget

      Hi James! Sorry for the tardy reply! See “draw fine tuning” and “the goldilocks series” in the grip and club face video. Everyone is different!

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    • From Shawn Clement on Major Driver Setup Nugget

      Hi James!
      this is why we call it a grip-clubface relationship. See the “goldilocks series” on this topic as well as the draw fine tuning video”. What you see at address is not what will be at impact at all. It is merely a millisecond in time. When you allow momentum to flick the tee into a nice summersault into the direction you want to start the ball and stay that way into a full release, what is the ball flight? Then fine tune the grip and club relationship until you see the flight patterns you like. EVERYONE is different.

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  • From Norm MacFarlane on How To Go From a Weak Grip to a Strong Grip

    Hey Shawn – I have found the transition to strong grip easy and helpful to my game thanks to these videos. My question/comment: Things really came together when I made my task throwing the club. I found that task made my release more consistent and effective. I have never heard you directly reference throwing the club concept helping with release in your videos so wanted to get your thoughts on this idea.

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    • From Shawn Clement on How To Go From a Weak Grip to a Strong Grip

      Hey Norm! Oh, it’s in there! I reference the throw as the base to getting all the way through the ball and when you throw the club AND DON’T LET GO, the club head snaps the trail hand over the lead hand and forces the lead arm to fold under the trail arm in a yielding action. This release is key for the brain to latch onto so that it can evolve and organize the ground forces to turbo charge this snap release action. So cool that you were able to figure that out on your own! A testament to the brilliance of the human anatomy when you let it work it’s magic! You sir are on the right track big time and please continue! 🔥💪👍

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  • From Frank Zoff on HIGH SHOTS PREMIUM DANDELION CUTS

    Hey Shawn, I noticed my lead wrist at impact point upwards instead of flat which is causing all my shost to have no forward roll at all. I can fix this by turn my hands over at impact but it feels very manipulated. Any ideas what’s cause this?

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    • From Shawn Clement on HIGH SHOTS PREMIUM DANDELION CUTS

      Hey Frank! Great to see you! Releasing AT THE BALL and letting the club catch up to the hands early will do that. See “two pendulum swing series” and “jackknife drill series” and you need a proper strong grip to deliver deeper through the ball so see “how to go from weak grip to strong grip” video and the “important release update” video

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  • From Lyle Goodman on How To Go From a Weak Grip to a Strong Grip

    I’ve changed my chipping to use a slightly open club face as per your chipping video. With a forward shaft lean would this not negate the bounce and create more chance of gouging? Maybe open the club more? Does Miss Wedge chip with an open club face?

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  • From Paul Finnegan on How To Go From a Weak Grip to a Strong Grip

    Hey Shawn, can you talk about spin more for the wedges? Like how we get max spin on ball from 30-100 yards or hit the one hop and stop wedges like the pros.
    All the conventional positional teachers have their own rotational based ways of maximizing, but how does your swing methods compare ? Can you launch 56 degree wedge at optimal spin loft in or around 30 degrees launch angle for a full shot?

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    • From Shawn Clement on How To Go From a Weak Grip to a Strong Grip

      Hey Paul! Ahh yes, the theorists!
      Speed creates spin, and if you look at the 20-40-60 yard shot video, you will see how the arm anatomy is our guide to that. The 60 yard swing gives you speed, then you can use the 60 degree wedges or the 56 if you need more bounce to execute the shot with a more open face. The open face takes away distance but keeps a nice amount of spin.

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