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  • From [email protected] on Bunker Shot Height

    Hello Shawn, I didn’t see you lowering the hands for the bunker shot. Do you recommend to keep the hands at regular level like for a standard shot?

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    • From Shawn Clement on Bunker Shot Height

      No need to lower the hands; at all; just focus on the task and set up to allow for the task to happen!

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  • From [email protected] on FALL FALL

    Good morning Shawn, 49 year golfer here single digit for most of that time. Was diagnosed with eye cancer
    about 10 years ago, treated with radiation, still have some vision in the right eye (formerly dominate eye). Resulted in complete devastation of my game (anything less than a full swing) as I have lost depth perception. As long as I could avoid have pitch shots, lobs or sand shots I could scrap it around in the high 70’s to low/mid 80’s. After a week or 2 of working on your content, letting the club fall, not driving the hips,
    focusing on the little patch of grass below the back of the ball with the good eye and following thru with the club going to the target, I had a very pleasing 10 fairway, 12 green 74 (almost shooting my age of 73) a couple of days ago.
    I am looking forward to even better play as I smooth out the rough edges of getting accustomed to your method of swinging the club. Thanks, Don

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    • From Shawn Clement on FALL FALL

      Very good! The brain is an amazing problem solving machine when you have the proper task in mind!
      Keep up the great work!

      Shawn

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  • From Neal Ward on SHORT STOP THROW-PERFECT FOR FULL WEDGES AND SHORT IRONS!

    Hi Shawn, I wonder if you could make a video that talks more about the golf squat. Seems I see people talking about it trying to perform the squat on your forum and I think there is some confusion. Isn’t the squat just more of an illusion? I mean when I look in the mirror and see myself shifing weight and turning in the dowswing it does look like a squat but that is just because of what your legs are doing. You don’t acually squat then turn do you? Seems so out of sync when you do that.

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  • From [email protected] on JAVELIN-FOOTBALL THROW

    Nice spiral! A lot of wisdom in this video, as usual. As someone who likes to watch good swings, I would like to see you post that 3 iron video in slo-mo with say 10 or 20 repeats back to back in FO and DTL separately. Same for the driver. There is a korean youtube channel that does that and its fun to watch.

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  • From [email protected] on JAVELIN-FOOTBALL THROW

    here’s a sample; have to turn the volume off because of the goofy audio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-wJI5eFiws

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  • From [email protected] on JAVELIN-FOOTBALL THROW

    Hi Shawn,

    The throw series has really helped my swing and I had the best range session yet this summer after practicing throwing clubs. I watched one of your latest Golf WRX videos on your YouTube channel about using a diagonal stance to help support the swing to get better dynamic draws and fades. That change is money and has enabled me to work the ball like never before. You mentioned in the video you were going to get into more detail on using that stance on the premium channel. Is that topic in the works soon? So looking forward to learning more about that. Thanks Shawn for getting it on the shelf where folks like me can reach it. It’s been so fun seeing the weekly improvement and enjoying as you say that “bliss on a stick” feeling.

    Dave

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    • From Shawn Clement on JAVELIN-FOOTBALL THROW

      Hey Dave! You bet! One more throw; the hammer throw, and then the diagonal series begins!
      Been having some incredible results with my students and can’t wait to bring it to you guys! ‘Shawn

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  • From [email protected] on JAVELIN-FOOTBALL THROW

    Hi Shawn, my question is about “throwing the club” or “ letting the club fall” . I’m getting really good results when I simply let the club fall and get out of the way. However when I think about throwing the club I put a bit more speed into it and get quite a bit more distance, but am not so consistent and even had a couple of unmentionables 😱. I’m a qualified tennis coach so it feels a bit like when I’m demonstrating a serve it goes in nicely but in a match it’s not going to produce any aces and I need to put a bit more oomph into it. Advice please.

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  • From [email protected] on JAVELIN-FOOTBALL THROW

    One thing I find most interesting with throwing in relation to the swing is that when I “throw” a draw it feels like I have to be trying to throw the club up into the clouds for it to release parallel to the ground. Otherwise a draw comes out very low and skips off the ground about 10 feet in front of me. Throwing a fade it seems much easier to get height on my throw. Not really sure why this is. Is it the “football” vs “javelin” release?

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    • From Shawn Clement on JAVELIN-FOOTBALL THROW

      It is just the way you PERCEIVE the way you need to stay with it; sounds like you are coming around to the proper feel! Shawn

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    • From [email protected] on JAVELIN-FOOTBALL THROW

      Went and practiced some more after watching one of the other throw the club videos. In that one you said, “Feel like the club is coming out of both your shoulders.”. With this in mind the throw to the target was much more distinct. My previous feel of having to “throw into the clouds” for a “draw” was gone and the perception was much more natural. Accuracy was much better too! Only one throw was more than a few feet off line.

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    • From Shawn Clement on JAVELIN-FOOTBALL THROW

      Yes sir! Way to go!
      Hammer throw should be a nice video confirmation for you on that one!
      Shawn

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  • From [email protected] on OPEN THE MACHINE ON THE GOLF COURSE

    I must be a slow learner because as much as I try to let it all go, on the course I tend to try to steer the ball. This was me yesterday, then I finally remembered this drill. I went from being even with my playing partners on drives to being 35 – 40 yards past them. And went from pull hooks to straight down the fairway. Even out driving their drivers with my 3 wood. I have to double-down on trusting this lesson, it works.

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  • From [email protected] on Ball Position & Distance to Ball

    Shawn, my ball position for irons is just inside my right heel (I’m right handed). I hit a straight ball most of the time. My ball position for driver is at my left arch. My iron distance is pretty good. However, my driver distance is not (200 yards). Any suggestions on how to get another 30-50 yards out of my anemic driver?

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  • From [email protected] on THROWING SERIES- PART 1

    when throwing clubs do I want to throw low or have some air in the throw or just think about the target ?

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    • From Shawn Clement on THROWING SERIES- PART 1

      Hey Rusty!
      1-you need a complete flight plan; where you want to start, how high it will crest and where you want to end. That is the target.
      2-you are throwing the club into the direction you want to start the ball; and on a height that fits the picture.
      Shawn

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  • From Neal Ward on JAVELIN-FOOTBALL THROW

    Hi Shawn, I posted this in the previous video. I’m not sure if you are still answering questions from there so I am reposting here. I wonder if you could make a video that talks more about the golf squat. Seems I see people talking about it trying to perform the squat on your forum and I think there is some confusion. Isn’t the squat just more of an illusion? I mean when I look in the mirror and see myself shifing weight and turning in the dowswing it does look like a squat but that is just because of what your legs are doing. You don’t acually squat then turn do you? Seems so out of sync when you do that.

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    • From Shawn Clement on JAVELIN-FOOTBALL THROW

      Hi Neal! I am here! Sometimes the odd one will fall through the cracks!
      The best series to watch on this is the “kinetic chain series” of videos on premium and then see “pumping the swing” and “kinetic chain engagement”
      The machine that is the “human Central Nervous system” functions at 40 Million bits of information per second and the kinetic chain is a gift to all present day humans courtesy of evolution and “the creator”
      Just give it the right task and a bit of awareness as to what feels best to perform the task and it will shine for you. When I am at my best performance for accuracy and distance, I feel a nice squat-grounded feet-anchored release snap in the direction I want the ball to start. Blissful action!!

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  • From [email protected] on OPEN THE MACHINE ON THE GOLF COURSE

    Hi Shawn,

    Are you putting the ball on the tee? Or are you putting it right in front?
    Love this drill, can’t wait to get to the range to try it ou!

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  • From [email protected] on Consistency Series

    Hey Shawn,

    Sometimes when I really feel the catapult through I actually have a tendency to want to move my weight back to the trail leg (at least thats what it feels like) to balance the feeling of centrifugal force. Is that normal? I am doing this with no ball so I really shouldn’t be defaulting to anything. I love the idea of the catapult, but I don’t want to go backwards! (both literatlly and figuratively!)
    Thanks for any advice…

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    • From Shawn Clement on Consistency Series

      That depends! If you are used to swinging without an anchor, then you are going to feel like you are having back when is actual fact, you are not.
      When you hit a shot, and you keep the trail foot down to the end and HOLD THE FINISH, where is the majority of the weight? It should be 70-30 in favour of the lead side.

      If the majority of the weight is on the trail side, then there is a problem.

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    • From [email protected] on Consistency Series

      Thank you! man your stuff is sooo good! keep up the great work!

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  • From [email protected] on Backswing Tip

    Shawn, I play a very difficult Mountain coarse her in North Georgia. In 3 years playing twice a week NEVER broke 90. Today after purchasing your Eagle Program I shot an 83! On my way. i am 68 yrs old.

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    • From Shawn Clement on Backswing Tip

      Now there is a nice emphatic statement to break 90! Awesome stuff!
      You probably had some good pieces in place already and we just needed to nudge you over the line; and that 83 has a nice turbo attached to it!

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