When Throwing a club with a low trajectory, say waist high, I can do it flawlessly. I can vary the velocity, change the target, throw to the right for a draw, and in general release it consistently. When I I try to throw the club on a higher trajectory, say over 8-10 ft, I throw it wayyy too high and severely to the left (I’m right-handed)…I feel like I am target focused, but the other day, I threw a club up into a tree and got it stuck! (I can only imagine the look on the tree trimmers face when they get up there) Any advice on a likely culprit would be awesome!
Missed this comment! Sorry man!
Using an intermediate point for the throw is very key as well as keeping the strain level nice and low! The instant you start forcing the issue, bye bye accuracy!
Hey Kevin! Just noticed this one! So sorry I missed it! Are you using a solid intermediate point when you throw? Sometimes it is simply the strain amount used too.
Thanks Shawn! Yes I do believe I have a solid intermediate point, but I must say it is the thing that becomes the most elusive for me when my game begins to struggle. I have a hard time keeping focus and even picking an intermediate point sometimes. that being said, I think it’s likely strain level because I am thinking a bit more about the higher trajectory than I do about the waist high. I would say that’s probably exactly why pull a fair amount of shots too…gotta ingrain to RIBS it!
Thank you as always! This unstoppable momentum terminology has really locked it in for me recently, so keep it up!
When when you throw the club do you feel more emphasis on the front foot like best downswing weight shift and how do you mesh ” throwing ” with the feeling of heavy momentum
Hi Shawn, I still having trouble understanding what the feeling of compressing the ball. I tried the drill with the volleyball but I’m not sure what I should be feeling.
Another great video. I really love the slow mos.
Hey sorry to be harping on this, but some times ago you were super pumped about some work out program that Mu did set up for you, and said we would be soon hearing about that. It’s been not far from 7 or 8 month since, and unless I missed something, we haven’t heard anything… Any news on this?
Yes! Go to www.wisdomingolf.com and see the “fitness” page!
We are working on how we are going to get the word out and we will be shouting it out louder in the fall for the winter season!
Hi Neal!
If you look at the “club speed” video on premium, you will see just that yes; but you want to evolve into it and not think about it; just have a couple nice throwing sessions and be aware of it when throwing from shorter to longer distances.
Then you do the “predict contact” video and the “goldie locks series” videos and bring those throws without thinking to the range and apply the prediction process to them.
Would the blur work for distance to ball at address as well? I have noticed that my static address compared to dynamic impact position my hands move towards the ball due to centrifugal forces & causing some shanks and heel shots. Im thinking if I can see the blur it will tell me how far away I need to stand from the ball too!? Thanks for your thoughts on this
Yes!!!! That is exactly why we use this!! Good stuff Ant, get to it and have a blast!
Check out ball position and distance to ball videos which are one of the first on premium!
Shawn
I have found that soon after one tries throwing these objects their body learns the lesson and applies it to the golf swing if you visualize it correctly. Also I found the “prediction” process a key element. Thanks Doctor Voodoo!
Haha, Doc Voodoo!
Exactly, one must get out there and do these drills;
So many come to the academy in Quebec City and say yeah, I saw the video, but have not tried yet…then we do the action and drills and they go WHOA!! And then I show them on video and they go WHOA!
So get to your whoa today everyone!
Thanks for the post Mick10!
Hi Shawn, first of all I have been a premium subscriber for a couple of months now and I can say that the stronger grip and throwing the club has really made a big difference in my ball striking. My question is my bad swing with an iron usually results in a pull to the left. With the driver it is usually a snap hook on about every hole which is disastrous to my game. I just got home from a week in Traverse City, Mi and started a round with two snap hooks on the first two holes which resulted in two triple bogeys (ouch). So out of desperation I weakened my grip and started ripping my drives down the middle of the fairway. When I say weakened my grip I mean my left thumb is pretty much on top of the grip with no knuckles showing. Is there a video you can recommend that would help me understand the proper release of the driver with the strong grip. Would love to turn that snap hook into a nice predictable draw.
Sounds like you have found your grip! Not everyone is meant for it even if the majority of golfers I see need it badly! So, when you whip the club in the direction of the beginning of the flight plan, and you feel peak speed past the ball, you hit straight with the weaker grip and hook with the strong grip? The decision seems pretty easy to stay with weaker! See “predict contact” and “the goldie locks series” and base it on your action to target or task.
Gcbaldie I feel your pain, I have struggled with the same problem, mainly with the woods. Hope you have found the solution.
Shawn, would you say that sometimes the pull-hook is the result of turning the shoulders around on the DSW instead of having the right shoulder go under? Seems to me that your Throwing series combined with predicting the height of the shot provides a good solution in that it helps one focus on swinging up to the target instead of around, would you agree? I plan to test this tomorrow.
I watched all of your tilted spiral videos this morning and have been following all of the throw your club videos on both premium and golf wrx. Can you speak to how you marry these 2 series
You bet!
If you use a proper intermediate point when you throw, like in the “throw the club straight shawn clement” video on youtube, you will fall into a very natural tilt and stay very close to your brace on the lead side;
Imagine you skipping that stone through the turf (sole of club cutting grass) and how deeply through the ball and how wide open to the target this feel becomes.
Same positioning in the “doorframe” with the “hammer drill” video in premium.
This is the feel that “plugs into” your golf shots when delivering the feel through the task.
Become a samurai in the way you practice this and feel the association to your golf shots with each rep!
Hi Shawn
I like your Method of playing I am trying to play follow your instruction as it seems to make so much sense . But it’s not working for me yet. Having a bad spell at moment went for a lesson and they don’t like my strong Grip . I mention you and they say he can’t see your Grip or swing . I play off 10 but if you see my swing you would say how .
Ok, so what are you focused on when at address and ready to hit the shot? What is the last thing that goes through your mind at this point just before you swing?
Shawn
Thank you shawn
If you want no Clare on monitor put a black shade around it you can buy them in the shops then you don’t have to move your camera cheers dudley
Shawn, I’ve been watching your videos on and off for some time and I’ll admit that throwing to the target hadn’t done much for me – until now. Today on the course, things just clicked. I figured out how the club needed to be oriented to get to the target, and just like that, a ton of athleticism was unleashed on the golf couorse. I wasn’t perfect by any means, but I was having oodles of fun.
Now, to my question. Above you use the visualization of squeezing the ball against a wooden block, which is great for the irons. How does that change for the driver? Can you use a similar, though adjusted task that will help me visualize what I’m trying to accomplish with the club that is the bane of my existence?
Right on and congrats on the benchmark!
Driver through the doorframe is awesome! It is simply slightly on the upswing (visualise the nail pointing 5 degrees up) and use that ball on a string-hammer throw style to nail it through the frame and into the picture you want to send it into.
Shawn
Shawn,
An observation.
I could not find your video, but i think what i say will apply here.
You made a point prviously that the arm club unit weighs 20% of our body weight and if we get out on our toes we will be pulled off balance. Thats a problem I know well. I also know fat and thin, along with a malformed, not circular arc that requires push force to partially hit a servicable shot.
Well, in considering your teaching about counterbalance via the butt, it occured to me that the back is counterbalancing too. When i started to sense i was moving the swing with my back in both directions, well it was a revelation. Much more circular, much less fat or thin, much easier levitation, much simpleer to get out of the way, substantially more powerful contact.
Thank you for your amazingly organized and scientific approach. I have been a member for a week and you have already helped me fix several issues.
I had been pushing shots too frequently to the right with the longer clubs so I was watching this series with greater than normal interest. The football throw never clicked until I went out and threw one. I noticed that the inside of the right forearm is always pointing up in that throw. I now feel like that is what is happening during the backswing and through to impact. This has fixed so many things it has amazed me.
Sometimes I get the distance to ball just right but my posture is off and sometimes it’s the opposite when they are both right I flush it any drills or thoughts for getting both of those right I’m guessing the perpetual motion drill is one any others thanks
This is an important question! Thank you Cliff!
Without the “dynamic” posture, which is the one that will transmit the energy properly through the kinetic chain (see kinetic chain series), you would get some misfires that would affect distance to ball for sure;
Systematically when matching set up to flight plan, you would have picked an intermediate point, then set yourself up within it for stance and ball position; THEN COMES POSTURE, then distance to ball, then tweak club face and grip to match flight.
The acid test is the mental prediction of when you deliver your action in the direction you want to start the ball, it feels like the posture will support the action and the distance to ball and ball position jive nicely!
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