Does it matter much if one slashes through the ball (aka bamboo shoot) with the side of the hands (karate chop like), or with the back and palm of one’s hands (Hogan and Nicklaus like)?
Well yes, for sure! It is all a matter of timing Mark! Before the awareness of the back of the hand compresses the ball, there was a chop! This is why we either whip through the stem of the dandelion or throw to the target while predicting the stem is in the way OR we compress through the door frame (which would equate more to the back of the hand with a more neutral grip at address)
Dear Shawn, I’m watching your video’s with great interest and learned a lot the past year. Thanks for that, I really appreciate the stuff you present. You made it very clear that the task a golfer has to execute is a very important part of the swing. A part of that task is seeing the target in your mind. There lays my problem, I’m not able to “see” the target in my mind which makes executing the task of sending the ball to a target very difficult. Is this a known problem or am I an exception to the rule? I help possible?
I’m new to the site and I love it…..Keeping centered against the ball in both directions along with good posture and the image of a slashing a sword……what a difference thru the bag!!! Can’t wait to work thru this site more…..2020 here we come!
Hey John! Never a conscious effort but for many, it requires a little bit of skill training and acquisition if you have never felt it before. If you have played ping pong, and use spin, and hockey or baseball, you have this already in spades! See “lead hand release” and “trail hand release” and “release fine tuning” videos on premium; super key!!
Happy New Year Shawn! Me and my golf buddy decided to try stack n tilt after a few bad rounds of Wisdom! WE ARE BACK! Just needed a refresher looksee! To make sure I stay with you I purchased a full year premium membership! You are stuck with me Buddy!😂😂😂
Welcome back William! We will get you to that next level of performance and JOY! I am right here for you guys and so is Savannah now too! We are having such a great time! Shawn
Yes, it does require some work. It certainly did for me. For me it was my left hand that wasn’t releasing and holding everything up. So before I swing I do a several sword slashes until I feel my left hand really snap over and release. Once I get that snap feeling, then I’m ready to hit balls. Then it’s just a matter of getting everything set up so that I can predict a good, free snap of the left hand. If my grip is off or my backswing plane is off I can “feel” it because I can predict that I cannot release my left hand through the ball. When everything is right, I can feel the snap before it happens. I encourage you to really over exaggerate it at first. Once you get it, you’ll realize that everything else just supports that release…grip, setup, distance to ball, swing arc plane. It’s all there to support the release through the ball to the target.
Hey Mark! Wow, how sweet is that! You really get it! I cannot add anything to what you just said and Wisdom has definitely entered your golf my friend! Congrats big time!
Shawn, been working on my driver plane. If I swing with a more upright plane, I feel that I can keep the ball from slicing or hooking much better than a flatter arc. That is, my misses are straighter. However, the release feels more complicated to achieve. That is, my grip and backswing have to match just right in order to get the proper release. Feels great once I get it…but it doesn’t come as naturally as a flatter arc. I’ve been trying out the extremes to see which I like better. A little Goldilocks if you will. Extreme upright, and then extreme flat. It’s really cool to play around with it. Then I try to find something right in the middle. Seem to get the best result in the middle. But it’s crazy how much the grip affects the release. It’s so crucial. I’m really trying to fine tune my prediction process because as we all know, we only get one shot at it on the course.
What you are in the process of doing with the driver and goldie locks is super healthy and will bear fruit!! Can’t wait to hear about the results! Shawn
ok thanks. looks like your grip is quite strong; as I said over at the recent Youtube video, I can’t seem to get a very strong grip to work with the driver or 3w yet. Perhaps it just requires more practice.
Remember how everyone is different there; you seem to be doing well with what you have! What matters is when you release in the direction you want the ball to start that the ball behaves in the air the way you wNt it to. Then if needed, you can make the adjustments.
well I am just taking note of the difference between irons and woods because very few can outhit me with irons, but I am just average with the woods., I haven’t been able to use my iron grip and setup with the woods. Of course with driver it is also teed up and forward in the stance, that is one key difference. Perhaps I should move the ball back in the stance like with the irons. I have noticed that some tour players are playing the ball back, esp. John Rahm.
Interesting how in the slo mos you can see the release happens the exact same way (how the hands release for the draw) – I’ve always had trouble ‘accepting’ that a release like that will still be able to fade the ball.
Also one thing I’ve taken from this video is when you said “and i wasn’t even trying” – which I take to mean you were swinging well within yourself or within your ‘3 of 10 level of effort’.
Exactly man, very good! This makes me happy as this was the desired effect of the video. The anatomy needs the same SELF PRESERVING RELEASE for either fade or draw.
I am in Florida from 19th to the 26th of January and have just 2 spots left on the morning of the Friday the 24th in Melbourne. Then we are in Palm Springs on March 3-4 and Phoenix on March 6-7.
Looking at South Carolina and Texas end of April-beginning May.
I am in Florida from 19th to the 26th of January and have just 2 spots left on the morning of the Friday the 24th in Melbourne. Then we are in Palm Springs on March 3-4 and Phoenix on March 6-7.
Looking at South Carolina and Texas end of April-beginning May.
Shawn
This series on chipping on slopes has been real gold! I can’t wait to get out to try the simple technique! I’ve been struggling with chipping lately, and I’m pretty sure the flaw you describe of focus on the ball is where the problem has been – and I’ve been thinking it was some technique I didn’t have quite right — I know, I’m not defective 🙂
I am going with what will allow me to deliver all the way. A great way to do this is to use goldie locks with the stance and plug it into the prediction of the release towards the direction you want to start the ball; very very effective! Hogan definitely had a good thing going with this!
Other than putting, is there any other shot/swing in golf in which this release doesn’t happen? Eg sand shots, chip shots. Or should I be feeling this release in some degree in all shots?
Any shot where you have activated and loaded the second pendulum; chips and putts are a no because there is no release and bunker shots are full swing fades and get a full release; it’s just that the face is much more open to activate the sole’s grind and bounce for spraying sand!
I keep hearing you say you are just a witness to the kinetic chain but I don’t think I’m there yet. I can easily do the lead hand/Trail hand drills with one hand. The slash the sword feeling with either hand is free and easy. It is when I put my hands together and try to get that same free/easy release where I think things break down. It feels like the hands are not working together correctly in that I don’t feel that release into my picture. I’ve reviewed the grip videos and I feel comfortable with them. I like the balanced re-hinge finish for target confirmation. It is just the release through the ball with both hands that I feel like I’m getting stuck. It is frustrating because know when doing other sports like baseball and tennis, the release for me is automatic whether I throw a ball or hit a ground stroke….but those are both one handed actions. Something happens when I put two hands together, it is just not as fluid or easy feeling and there is no zip to it. Any ideas?
Yes, baseball hitting! Use something heavier to release you fully like a baseball bat! You will no longer have a choice. Then plug the feel into the golf shots! This has worked so well for so many of my students!
OMG SC! I needed to see this video last week before my four days at Bandon Dunes. I played great the first two days by staying in the flow state then the snap hook tee shots appeared;. I even dropped kicked a couple a few. I could not figure out the cause and then you addressed it with this video ! In hindsight, I was getting quick and over exerting the downswing. I’m thinking about flow rhythm and the right elbow now. Is the correction also in the underarm football how ?
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