Tried this today and got very good results. Fastest swing speed I’ve had in a long time. Consistently hitting the sweet spot on the club face too. I had to set my driver down to 7.5* and it was still going quite high. I’m not really using the ground to the optimum and not making a very big hip turn yet but the results are consistently down the middle so it’s a step in the right direction. Thanks Shawn.

Is their a theory behind “get behind the ball” for draw vs just aligning the feet and path to right for draw. Not debating it works(I hit my 9 iron 150yds with get behind the ball this evening, 3 times so it wasn’t fluke and 9 is usually my 130-135 club) just wondering why it works?

Hi Shawn I got a lot from this video but I find I don’t get much lag (at all) what video and or drills should I work on? I can throw the club but I don’t seem to be able to transfer that to the golf swing on the course. Thanks I am learning so much from your lessons. Cheers

I really like your use of the volley ball to illustrate passing through to the target vs the impact bag. I created a very bad habit of stopping at the bottom due to the image of hitting the impact bag ( kind of jabbing at the golf ball) instead of sweeping through it. Very frustrating and produces poor results. This video is very helpful to. E. Thank you. Your videos are very helpful to the “feel” player. I very much dislike the instruction methods that make you think of a hundred parts enroute to the golf ball!!! Thank you.

I think I just grasp the concept of grass cutting and the dandelion after watching this video. I had watched your other youtube videos regarding this and I would focus on cutting grass at the ball which would cause me to be inconsistent and hit behind the ball but after watching the ball on the string and the arc I now understand that I need to start the grass cutting after clipping the dandelion stem. Is that correct?

When I stopped collapsing my right arm my strain level was able to drop too. Or maybe when my strain level dropped I didn’t feel the need to collapse my right arm. Either way it seems to work hand in hand.

Yup, good call. I’ll try to remember that for my next baddie.

Shawn
I put my ping 3 wood shaft in my ping g400 driver
43 in instead of 45+
Seems to make more consistent sweet spot contact
Opinion ?
David

Finally getting that alignment line on my ball to roll end over end and not scramble. Soooooo satisfying! Thanks for the tips, I think that PMD as part of my routine did the trick.

Shawn, you have more talent and a better touch than I will ever have. I would have chosen a lower loft club, perhaps 5 iron, and land short of the green and try to roll on. Am I crazy?

Did you choke down on your 9 iron as well as swing at a slightly slower pace than a full 9 iron?

Shawn, when you say `Trap the ball` do you mean keep your hands forward in order to de-loft the club?

Thank you Shawn, I was taught backswing finish positions, quarter,half and so on for distance control. I can see it is much better to use feel with target always in mind. The golf instruction world needs to get away from static club positions.
Love your work
Phillip

I watched all the grip videos and went to the range feeling pretty optimistic, but left disappointed in myself. I definitely felt powerful and was hitting good distance, but most of my shots were painful. I think they may have been hitting off the toe or hitting thin. I have raw spots all over both hands.

One issue I noticed is that I became incapable of producing a smooth, effortless swing. It just felt forced. The grip strength I needed to keep the club from shifting in my hands caused a lot of arm and wrist tension, which made it difficult to feel the weight of the club for that natural swing and wrist rotation.

I’m a fairly new golfer so I could be doing any number of silly things. I’d send a video but I have so much to think about that there isnt really an instinctive swing to correct. How I swing one day might be have totally different defects than on another day.

I was intending on watching grip videos, practicing, then going to posture, practicing etc… but now I’m wondering if I should just marathon all the fundamentals videos and hope something clicks.

Hi Shawn, new premium member but have seen many of your tapes in the past. When you chip or pitch is the leading edge of your club flat or toe up.