hi Shawn….golf …yoga….meditation….very wonderful holistic approach…. that gives me so great pleasure for an elegant swing (over 50 sure and for me over 70 years old) thanks so much for this Shawn…I wish you and all your family( and wisdom in golf team), a merry Christmas and a happy new year 2020….kinds regards..JJL

Awesome, thank you Jean Jacques! And to you and your family as well!!
Shawn

Shawn, in the down the line view it looks like your stance is slightly closed. This was the draw setup. I try to align straight but aim right with ball slightly back for draw and align left to hit left with ball slightly forward for fade. I will review stances but have you revised what is optimal alignment for Fade/ Draw? Merry Christmas btw to you and the family.

So sidehill, below feet, you had a slightly open stance and side hill above feet, your stance was square to the target line, is that correct? Man, you sure make it look simple, great job! Thank again, Mike H. P.S. Received your response on my swing video and watched the videos you suggested, wow!!! Immediately went out to the “golf lab” and the feel and results were wonderful, even the sound was totally different( much louder)! Also, closing my eyes during the drills enhanced the feeling even deeper which made it easier to recall the feeling I wanted in my pre shot routine. Amazing! I’ve been playing 49 years and still learning. Great game and thanks so much for the knowledge and insight you have to offer. Merry Christmas to you and your’s.

Hey Shawn – your system is the best. Observation: I hit my irons very straight and far, but not always with the woods. Every once in a while though with the 3W and driver I will hit an absolute rocket, sometimes gaining 40 or even 50 yards over my average hit. I think it is the result of 1. full turn, 2. thinking only of the target. So, I know the power is in the body there somewhere, but have not figured out how to be consistent with it yet. I try to duplicate those feels/focus each time but have not been able to yet.

Merry Christmas Doctor Voodoo. Looking forward to the next in this series. Would like to see slomo videos that loop a few times.

Shawn, I’m a little foggy on .club face vs path of travel as it relates to fade vs draw. Is it causing the fade or draw strictly based on the point in the arc, ie. forward or back of center and club path, or are you closing the face at a different rate for fade vs draw? I notice you don’t mention anything about closing the face any different for a fade than a draw in the initial grip

Shawn, really loving these “Flow” video lessons. Really need these driver tips and demonstrations. I pause these during your swings to see more. Amazing to see how far your head stays back, as well as how your lead leg posts at a “backward slant”. Thanks for this driver series!

How do I reconcile the idea of right arm crashing into chest causing a collapse or being far enough from the ball in the football drill video vs. the right arm ‘connected’ to body as described in this video?

Shawn. Great video as always, but getting 111 mph with 30% effort is not obtainable for most golfers. I am 75 years old and am trying to get back the lost 60 yards of the past. I’m trying to go from a 75 mph swing to 85 mph. Do you think swinging at 30% is the right path? Having said that, the forward tees are nice. Ron

Point taken (again). When I can give it up to gravity and not try to guide and get stuck in the middle of the stance the kinetic chain is there. My feel is that of casting a backhand frisbee. Effortless swing. Nice kinetic flow and always through an intermediate point.

Hi Mr. Clement,

I enjoyed watching this lesson with Hal. I have found this very helpful. This past summer I found myself manipulating the club and found that I top shots and my shots go more to the right. I live in Minnesota and have access to indoor golf domes to practice. I have noticed in the last couple of weeks that the spray pattern has narrowed since I have focused on your teaching methods. Also, I have been practicing with my irons and find I have better outcome with the short irons than the long irons and just wondering if this is typical for a high handicap player like myself. I have been practicing throwing the club (not actually throwing it in the dome) to get the feel of having my energy be on the other side of the ball. Also have been working on feet together drill and one foot drill which has been helpful. Should a person focus on a couple of drills first and feeling really comfortable before moving on to additional drills? Thanks, Pat Baker

…As to Otto’s question, I only feel a tightening in the swing at the extremes of movement and only because at the apex of the backswing and followthrough I am no longer in a static neutral stance but in a dynamic windup and followthrough. This does not imply ‘resistance’ but a natural coil, levitation and release. like tossing skimmer stone or a frisbee.
…best of dozens of WIG concepts..using the blur to predict, using an intermediate point and waiting for gravity (timing) to let the ACU fall and allow time to ground the lead leg. ( OK also out of the way…out of the way and na na na na….na na na na)…JM.

Tried the feet together drill a while ago and never really got it. Revisited it this week and finally can feel how it works. I alternate feet together and feet apart to try and keep the same feel. I use it on the course as my practice swing to keep the feel of letting gravity do the work. It has changed my game. I’m a pusher and am always interfering with my kinetic change so this drill makes me stay centered and allow it to happen. If I don’t I fall over. Going to stay with this one!!!

I’ve recognized of late how important staying centered is to the whole deal….and how much I was Not staying centered. Something that has really helped me is to do the old Hogan/Nicklaus (and countless others’) trick of bending in the right knee a bit and really feeling the pressure on the inside of my right foot during the backswing. The other thing that’s helped is to stare down the ball with my left eye only (by turning my head a bit to the right) and really feel everything turn underneath until my left shoulder is under my chin. Doing this sets everything up so that I can then just focus on letting go and swinging fully out to the target.