nothing to do with previous lesson but how fast should you swing?i have heard 50,60 up to 75%.i prefer 80 to 90% and usually have best results there.if i go slower it feels like i’m trying to manipulate and this causes some real doozie shots.i’d appreciate your comments.if you’ve covered this earlier,i’m a new member and havn’t seen it yet. russ

Shawn – the avatar shows your head is really steady (no swaying) during the swing. How do you do that? I frequently come out if my shot to see my target, or where the ball is going. This fault is manifested with ballflight way right (or left) with my driver. Thanks.
Bob

So as far as technique the bunker shot around the green and the flop shot around the green are the exact same?

Any advice for bunkers that have almost no sand? One of my home courses has horrible bunkers and it’s really easy to bounce the club into the ball and skull it.

In a traditional swing right handed is the right shoulder back about 4-6”?

Hi Shawn,
I can’t tell you how much I love your content, it’s so refreshing and really makes this game feel attainable!
That being said, I have a heck of a time feeling the draw. (I am a fader by nature).

When setting up for a draw (using an iron), I am currently aligning my stance with my end destination target. So, in your video, I would align my feet at the tree between the flags. I would then “get behind the ball” after moving it slightly back of center. This should make me feel like my club face is pointing toward the white flag to the right of the tree. Is this correct so far? If so, when I swing, am I feeling like I release to white flag? (when I try to feel this release, I generally end up shanking mightily. I think I am “pushing” my arms out to try and “release to the right”.) Do you have any great videos for specifically the draw takeaway and swing through?

P.S. If my above setup is correct, then the movie editors highlighted the white flag instead of the tree during your draw setup. (your feet are pointing to the tree, not the white flag).

Thanks again for all of your effort, the wisdom you share is just so great!

The Braced Tilt videos are some of your best. I normally have a tilt but I added more tilt today with the driver and got some phenomenal results, added quite a bit of distance. Had to loft the driver down because they were going so high but the extra carry was gratifying.

Shawn the ball position in the bunker and for the flop looks on your front instep. Is that correct?

Same position for chips?

TIA

Gordon

Very helpful as always Shawn.
However on some occasions when I open the face I get an unmentionable. Can you say what I need to focus on more to avoid this most frustrating of outcomes please? Or refer me to another video. Thanks again. Regards. Ian

Shawn pole in or out? also should I aim for the hole or in front of it?

thanks

Shawn, very new premium member and love all your videos and your explanations. I lost my left eye (I am right handed and right eye dominant) in a golfing accident (my own ball came back off a tree when I hit a driver off the deck trying to scoot the ball around it (I was very close to the tree). My depth perception has never recovered back to normal so I am always trying to find where to look with my good eye on various shots. On your greens side bunker shots, where do you focus? Lastly, I would encourage you to also incorporate some camera views from the bill of your cap so that we can see how much you are closing or opening the club at set up. Thank you!!

Hi Shawn,
Just curious if you personally see any difference in your distance or accuracy between thinking “let it fall” vs “throw the club with an effortless whip”. I had been using throw the club but I had a great range session thinking let if fall. Much more consistent flush contact with pulling back the effort level. It worked great with my irons but not so well with the driver as I had the tendency to “drop kick it” along ground before ball contact. Going back to “Throwing the club” with driver seemed to solve that. Does your focus or tasks and thought process change from club to club or day to day and do you see a significant difference in your distance from task to task?

Dave P

The fall, fall really works for me.
Shawn – I am finding if I add a little axtra ‘juice’ to the fall / fall I can hit it much further. By extra juice, I mean through the hitting zone/through the stem. Is this wrong? Should it just be gravity?
The other thing I find amazing is that if I tell myself I need a 9 iron to hit it 150 yds, that’s how far I will hit it. If I tell myself I hit my 9 iron 130 yds, that’s how far I will hit it. Obviously there will be a range of distances, but I really think the body reacts to the potential distance I have if I set it the task of hitting it further.

Hi Shawn,

A little background first; I own a whippy training aid and use it daily, I use a “Wally Armstrong” tempo trainer and swing it regularly. I mention this to let you know that I’m dedicated to the centrifugal motion one should use to institute a proper golf shot. Ok here comes the 64 thousand dollar question? Should one think about the motion of the club through the swing or just the target you are trying to send the ball to? Is the pause a proper position at the top of backswing? The pause sort of ready’s me for the downswing? My last thought on the way down is to start transferring weight onto my left leg and to stay with the ball until the club passes through it on the way to the target?? IM getting closer a repeatable swing but I have to get few more swing thoughts to reconciled. Love your channel and it really resonates with me!

Thanks, Duffer Dave

Really enjoyed the outro electronic bagpipes at the end.