hey Brad! Stick to Fades with woods and draws with wedges and short irons and both for mid to long irons. Keep up the great work!

You are on the right track Jukka! 😀👍

Hey Dave! My favourite feel and drill which always ends up giving me an extra club in distance is the #6 in the kinetic chain facilitation series where we walk while sending tidy rows of divots into the woods; when the lead leg grabs the ground and your focus is to send that divot flying into the bushes you get amazing engagement through the whole chain. Just pay attention to what your body wants to do while doing that task well and see what it wants to do.

Thanks Shawn. Will try to find a good place to send some divots! As I was thinking about lead side kinetic chain engagement this evening I got out my swing caddie pro in the garage and was swinging it with my lead hand thinking about really engaging the lead side and I had a lightbulb moment. I put both hands on the device taking my normal grip and did a very slow frictionless full backswing thinking a slow heave into position engaging my trail side, imagining I was drawing a bow back with my trail hand trigger finger. I then allowed a natural pause at the top and thought about sending a powerful heavy battering ram to the right edge of my imaginary IP with focusing on really firing my lead side sending the butt end of the club in my lead hand to my target. I was absolutely amazed at the difference in the speed I was able to generate. After a few goes warming up I felt something different kick in and I kept increasing the setting on the swing caddie and after about 5 lead side powered swings I easily generated enough speed to click it over on the ~130mph setting. I think I’ve been short circuiting my kinetic chain by trying to push with my trail side instead of utilizing a powerful pull with my lead side all these years. I can’t wait to take it to the range as I really think it will be a game changer generating a lot more effortless speed and staying much more balanced all the way to the finish.

Thanks for the inspiration!

Dave

Right on Dave! Great discovery and ah ha moment! This is how you do it!!👍😀💪🫶

Hey David! Yes! See my favourite series called “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” and #6 is especially good!
Then see “the goldilocks series” to dial in distance to ball, ball position, grip and club relationship, and levels.
“Alignment reload”video is a must too.

Thank you. I felt good about what I was trying to implement at the range today but I kept pushing the ball out to the right? The local guy u took a lesson from recently said my swing was too straight back, when I am working on kettle bell “outta the way” drills; should I be swinging parallel to squared feet and shoulders or to the inside? My goal is to play the draw? Would it be better to play a fade is my swing plane is natural more vertical? I am 6’3″ with a 77in wingspan if that makes a difference. I have been working on shortening the back swing as I have a tendency to over swing

I was hoping to get some suggestions about dealing with longer rough given the shallow angle of the club coming into the ball. Is there anything I can do to make this easier?

Hey Jeff! Just saw this! Sorry to have missed it!
in longer stuff, yes, you will need to change the deal a bit and allow the wrists to hinge more in the backswing; to adjust for this excess momentum, you need to open the club face more to get a more glancing blow to not go too far over. Start with open faced chips and then go to the flop shots and then use the 40 yard technique to get the in between!

Thank you. I will try that out.

Welcome Home Gordon! We are here for you!
looking forward to hearing all about your progress moving forward!
Shawn

Right on! Glad you had a nice Ah Ha moment there!
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Always task! 😀👍
Dandelion stem is task of choice; start with 60-40 against left but don’t try staying there; let the body respond to the weight of the ACU, let the momentum cut through the stem and over the IP into the direction of flight.

Ok thanks Shawn. I tend to get my hands too far foward like you discussed with Mu. This can cause more of a gouge when cutting the stem. The correct feel is the bounce of the wedge sliding under the dandelion while cutting the stem?

That will work!👍👍

Yeah man! Really helping a lot of students!

Hey Neil!
questions to answer:
is the peak speed of the swing well past the ball and into the direction you want to start the ball with the whoosh sound well past the ball?
if yes, the face is too closed, if no, keep swinging until you get a yes and then observe the ball flight again. Choose your height as well with all clubs 8 iron and down. See Goldilocks series and Target confirmation series

Are there videos that you can recommend with how to choose the height of the shots? Like what we can try to get different heights in our shots from 8 iron and down in terms of ball position/tilt/club face? Thanks!

Yes! See uphill shots and downhill shots, then see https://wisdomingolfpremium.com/up-and-over-trees-practice/

PUNCH SHOT PRACTICE!

You should CONSERVE the suction cup effect! And not rock to the outside of the feet