How much do you feel gravity in the transition to downswing. Is it just a split second of feeling the club naturally drop and then let energy and momentum gather as you work through the ball?

will be my intro practice tonight before full club shots at RHGC with Donna. So calming and freeing .
like the RBC sponsorship also. Cheers, J.

so, are you saying that the move for pitching is slightly different from the cutting grass move. seems to be much more wrist movement than the cutting the grass move?

Percy

Hi Shawn, firstly apologies for another post but I really could do with your help. Thanks to Wisdom in Golf I’m now compressing the ball much better than ever but it’s now my first winter golf in wet and muddy conditions with this swing. As a consequence I seem to be squelching the ball into the ground.

In the past prior to my WIG swing I would be playing my shots like a fairway bunker and clipping them off the wet / muddy surface. However I didnt want to revert to this approach if there is a more reliable WIG method, eg low sweeping and partially thinning. If you are playing off soaking vwet fairways for example what stick changes do you tend to go for. It’s difficult to goldilocks this out on the course. Last post I promise in 2019. Indebted to you as always. I haven’t thought about body parts since becoming a member of the dandelion club. Steve

Generally speaking. What is the difference in distance between a STRAIGHT draw and fade? Same question for the OVER draw and fade? For getting around obstacles ect?

Do you have video(s) describing shaft lean at address? Does it vary with different clubs and or different intents, I.E. fade vs draw, or high vs low trajectory?
Steve

I like this video to get the feeling of tilt. But my favorites are the external task videos. I use the fencing to get the width in my swing merged with throwing for releasing the club. Is that something you would agree with? Merging external tasks? Also, how do I incorporate taking divots into these tasks? Is there a divot only video?
I’ve asked other questions recently and appreciate your taking time to answer.

Shawn, Do you feel at any point in the downswing that you are pulling the arms and club through the ball? Avoiding that temptation is extremely difficult outside of a practice swing when striking a ball on the course. Do you feel that you imply any active effort whatsoever other than supporting the momentum created by the effect of gravity of your mass in motion down and through the ball?

Good morning from England Shawn! I’ve just joined as a thank you for your free YouTube videos that have put me on the right track over the last few months after 30 years playing off 5 without being able to hit the ball that well (I’m not joking, short game has always rescued me).

I think I wrote the comment “Amazeballs” on one of your YouTube vids and you enjoyed that! I hope you don’t mind me asking a few questions and I’ll probably send you a video at some point in the future.

I’m now hitting the ball pretty well and scoring level/under par every time I go out but being a perfectionist isn’t easy where golf is concerned is it LOL.

QUESTION
It’s the through impact whipping motion and the perpetual motion UP move with weight shift:
(I’m right handed in general and at golf)

If you set your wrist break/impact position and imagine you’re using the butt of the club to batter a door down with the up of perpetual motion then does it FEEL like you’re PULLING with your hands (weight left side, head behind ball, holding on to that release as long as possible)?

How much UP does one put in? I sometimes FEEL like I’m COMING UP MORE and/or putting MORE WEIGHT ON MY LEFT SIDE. The more I come up then the more I finish like Moe Norman but if I don’t come up as much then I finish exactly as you do. The more you come up makes the club go left faster so does that change strike/direction? Does it matter, is there a general rule in any of your videos that I may have missed?

Sorry for the long explanation, wanted to try to be clear about MY FEEL of what is happening.

Thanks,
Rob.

In the LEVELS video you discuss level of effort. Does too much effort inhibit the release and vice versa? What exactly goes wrong when you produce too much effort? Do you have a video about this subject?

Really enjoyed the video. I’ve used the one foot target for years but I’ve made the mistake of looking up at the target after I’ve taken my stance. This would sabotage my confidence in the correct line that I had seen from the back or behind view, which affected my swing and concentration. Now, no more second guessing. Thanks again, Mike H.

Shawn, your videos just released are superb, many thanks. One thing pertaining to “release and snap”. How do you accomplish this, without the dreaded “hit impulse”, that destroys an effortless swing. My best results come when I swing slow and smooth. (out of the way, out of the way) Maybe I am too old , 75, for the snap. By the way I am playing great this winter. Thanks again Ron

Shawn, Can I extend my subscription at the old rate still? It expires in March 2020.

Neal

Hi Shawn, I’m a righty golfer and I try to mirror your grip to a T but struggle with the right thumb placement. I knife the grip like you but at the top I feel tremendous strain. It might be because I cup my left wrist and the weight of the club moves to a position in between my thumb and index finger. When doing perpetual motion drill my thumb tends to slide on top of grip. Any advice?

Thanks,
Tom

Hi Shawn….I have a strong grip but at the top I have a tendency to get the club pointed at the ground (open).
I’m fighting to keep from pushing shots or fading when I’m setting up for a draw.
Today I worked to keep the club square or closed at the top with way better results. I remember watching a video over the summer where you discussed the club being open at the top even with a strong grip. I wanted to watch and it and hear your explanation of that. Or if this makes sense maybe you could explain it.
Am I on the right track or off the rails?
Thanks!