Where are you in relation to the “doorframe”. And what part of the doorframe are you”squeezing” the ball into?

Hi Shawn!

Two questions:

1. The club face opening as hands lead is eye opening. Am I supposed to “shroud” the ball at address/ close rele club face? I always thought it should be square at address (?). Is this related to the notion that other instructors share of having the logo of your golf glove face the target line at impact? Basically, learning to manipulate the left hand ? Should my “feel” in my hands be left hand focused?

2. My worst clubs are my woods. By far. How do I apply the grass whip lesson to a ball sitting higher on a tee, Mike with driver? Do I try to cut the upper part of tee below ball? Confused on this….

Hey, this video was timed well in response to my question on the Eagle account. You are a magician. The snap release is another version of the sword slash and for that matter, the football throw, skipping a stone….etc. Different tasks to accomplish the same thing. In this video you clearly showed the elbow and wrist release action after the vertical position of the ball. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe mastering that simple maneuver allows you to compress the ball even at lower speeds/momentum. Something you and all professionals do extremely well. At times, I could compress the ball pretty good at full speed, but ask for a 3/4 shot… CLUNK! I am going to work this drill next indoor session.

Savvy’s distances are incredible. Some of it must come from her extension away from the body. Not the clubhead, but her hands. Tremendous width. To be young and flexible!

Hi Shawn

I am really loving all the ideas about how to swing the club. First time out this season, I really focused on sending my irons to target through an intermediate point, I didn’t duff one and they sort of went where they were supposed to – thank you so much.
I am still struggling to not hit at the ball with my driver. Any particular tips?

Also do you have any plans to come over to England and hold a golf clinic or two?

Keep up the great content

Phil B.

Great video! I used this in my practice today and my release got deeper and my effort went down. Hitting ball slightly tin but my distance increased and my strain was low.

This video has cleared up a lot for me. I’ve always played with a strong grip a few instructors tried to have me more neutral but would slice the ball off the planet and never made sense to me. One thing I’ve found recently that in my back swing If I feel like I bow my left wrist which has lead to some nice ball striking and amazingly long drivers and gained distance I thought I lost due to advancing age. Do you think that one swing thought is a bad one to have? It seems I have a better release when do it. If not an issue any recommendation how to ingrain it…or just keep practicing it?

I love your golf instruction. That said.. adding Savy has taken it to a new level. For whatever reason it is much better. I have a question about the late or deep release. The deeper the release, the more downward the attack angle, the farther the ball goes? I noticed that you were wanting her to have a more downward attack. (from a recent video with Savy)

A video suggestion: I watched the video on youtube with Mark and his divot. You had him lower his hands and then magically he took a divot. You will probably tell me to watch your PREDICT CONTACT video. But I would really appreciate a video about taking divots and all the tricks,inside dope, ANYTHING that would help a divot challenged person like me.

I live in upstate South Carolina. Anytime you are within a reasonable distance I would love to get a lesson from you. Please let me know.

So I played Super Bowl Sunday and shot 74 and was feeling pretty good about my swing. I have been watching you latest videos w/ Savy and have been practicing heaving the club in the backswing. I watched my swing at a Golftec today( no lessons there, just use for video) and was shocked how much less my turn was in the backswing than I thought. I re-watched the backswing series with Dr. Moody and best downswing weight shift to re-educate myself. I practice PMD and throwing clubs quite a bit.Doubt is creeping in. I know you say that I am not defective, but , it sure looked like it today

I really appreciate these kinds of videos where others who are in learning mode have breakthroughs. When you are instructing in a video, you as the teacher have so many good reps in your system, that the example is well done and sometimes perfect. When people have breakthroughs, you can see how they get from their mediocre starting point to a light bulb moment. That path between so so and better is helpful to see.

For me, I see a video that you do and go and try it. I think I’m doing the same thing but in video when I look at myself, I can see I’m not. I sometimes struggle to figure out what I’m not doing or feeling that you are doing/feeling in the video.

When you shoe videos that use students implementing what you teach and they have breakthroughs, it helps me to see that it is not an identical mirror of what you are doing but their version of it that works for them. . Keep up the good work.

Really like this flow series. When hitting with hybrid and woods do you still close the face for a draw and open for a fade?

Hi Shawn and a belated happy New Year!

I am raising this question here as can only see one video on club fitting but this pertains specifically to the Driver.

I know that you will have tested umpteen different shaft flexes and weights from different manufacturers, so would welcome your thoughts as to whether in general a lighter shaft or a heavier shaft promotes a better feeling of the weight of the arm club. I realise that flex also enters the equation but was more interested in the weight aspect and if this has been a significant factor in your own decision making.

If you have already discussed this somewhere then please point me in the right direction. Much appreciated.

Very best wishes. Steve

Hurray!!! I should have watched this a thousand times first. You see, my perpetual motion drill was a disaster. Crazy inconsistent. Feet together. Foot behind nothing helped.

In this video you said the balance problem plagues many of us. I didn’t think I had a balance problem, but I did. Something you said here turned on a light bulb. Now that I’m ‘sitting’ on those arches, lo and behold, the club really does hit the ground in the same spot!

My body must have been wiggling all over the place trying to stay upright.

Hello Shawn,
Thanks for all the knowledge!! I am left handed and have huge issues with loading up on my left leg and not being able get back through the swing.
Any advice would help greatly!!

Thanks,

David

This and the kinetic chain may be the two lessons that gave me the ah-ha moment this offseason. I am so glad I joined your premium site…working on that tighter grip now.

Just had a couple of rounds of bowling and noticed my score jump up by about 20 per game. Thanks Shawn.

I hope I didn’t miss anything, but I don’t recall you mentioning ball position with this set up, just aim right or left of intermediate point, didn’t look like much forward or back , seemed to stay behind “door frame”
Is this correct, just open face a little more for fade. or are we still moving ball back or forward of center