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.

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)?

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!

WOW!!!

Thank you Shawn……worth every penny

Hey happy new year!
On your release you really turn the club over (right hand over left)
Is this a concious effort or just happens naturally?

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!😂😂😂

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.