Hi Shawn,
Good video for me. I can have an inconsistent strike. Bracing videos have helped me take a little divot after strike, but it feels like I am swinging downward. How do you take a divot if you are parallel to the ground enough to hit both tees? My miss is to take club inside, drop trail shoulder on downswing, then hit fat with swing to right field hoping to hit a draw. I think this video can help because it is a great illustration of what we are trying to do. Keep clipping that dandelion.
You are the best.
Thanks

Man am I glad to see this video. I am struggling with my irons shanking them left. I believe in large part as I am not swinging to the target. This routine should help with that as the second T becomes a point of emphasis. My friends keep telling that you are not to tilt on the irons. They also tell me to keep my centered over the ball. My response is my coach says otherwise yet I see them “hitting the ball” much better than I am. Shawn, I need to send you a clip of my head position. I remember you telling me that my head position allowed me to see with my binocular vision but closed my shoulders to the target.

Hi Shawn,

I appreciate your teaching style! I have learned a lot in a short amount of time. I have 1 very large problem though. No matter the task, I can’t stop defaulting to the ball. Help!!!

Shawn – I struggle keeping my weight inside my right foot during the backswing. Feet together drill helps with the feel, but I inevitably roll the back ankle when my feet are apart. I’m a tall golfer, and some folks tell me my stance is too narrow. The wider I stand, the less hip rotation I feel.

Shawn,

I tried the drill with my sand wedge and 7 iron. I started off missing the front T to the right. After, making an adjustment to my takeaway I would swing of over the 2nd T. I then used the perpetual motion drill cutting grass. I had to lower myself and boom I took out both T’s. I was able to transfer the skill at the driving range using “Throwing the clubs” as my task.

I think the lightbulb went on here! As someone who tends to overswing (past parallel even with short irons!) and high strain, the best I am usually able to feel my kinetic chain is an abrupt firing of my obliques but NOT from the ground up and legs below them. Less floating and more staying bolted and centered, correct?

Hi Shawn, I have tried the draw/fade tips and can now work the ball a lot better. I just have a question on course management. Would you try and draw/fade every full shot on the course or do you sometimes try and hit straight shots.

May I know what the differences between fade and power fade? Another question is do I open the club face or slightly closed the face?

On iron shots I close the face then grip the club. For chips and pitches, how do I grip the club since the face is slightly open at 10 degrees? Thanks!! I love your videos. I’ve realized I need to focus on my short game for improved scoring.

Hi Shawn,
After watching this video in addition to your advice on completing the turn, I finally feel like I could emulate your move when you stop at the top of the backswing and hit a ball from there (and I feel like I have much more control through the swing). Is there any benefit to doing this ‘stop at the top as a drill’ as a drill to really reinforce that sense of structure and balance in the whole swing?

I’m trying to create a consistent top of backswing that is repeatable and secure. I tend to over-swing which I believe has to do with sometimes over hinging my wrists. I’m right handed and have tried to have my right thumb be on the left side of the shaft (along for the ride) vs being on top. But the problem I run into is at the top of the swing the golf shaft doesn’t feel secure and will actually fall in between my index finger and my right thumb. To prevent this movement I feel better with my thumb on top of shaft. Can I work with this thumb position or do other fingers need to apply pressure? I can send a picture if needed.

Thanks,
Tom

Hello Shawn,

I have developed triceps tendonitis. I’m not certain but it may be from coming over the top. I cannot preform the first grip acid test with my lead arm without considerable pain. Do you have any advice?

Thanks,

Josh

These process videos are some of the absolute best videos to ‘push reset’ on your golf swing. They are golden. Thank you Shawn!

Your instruction has really helped my game which I am again grateful. My newest dilemma is not being able to draw or fade the ball on my approaches using the intermediary point and picture of my target. For example, I want to draw the ball left to right into the green (I’m right hand dom. swinging left handed and watched your back-hander WRX series… good stuff). I will set up per your instructions with the ball in the back of my stance, throwing the club over the left side of the IP, and the ball goes straight left, landing on the opposite side of the green from where I “pictured” it drawing to. Same is reversed when trying to hit a fade right to left. Ball more in front with a slightly more open grip. I feel like I am sending the club right of the IP, but it goes straight, toward the right side/edge of the green, instead of fading back to the left. My assumption is I need to adjust something: my grip, ball position, alignment, etc. Do you have any suggestions on which variables I should start adjusting and dialing in or is going to be trial and error? Thanks,

-Tony

P.S. On a side note, let’s say I’m using a 6 iron above. Should the draw and fade distance be fairly close, or is the expectation you lose considerable yardage hitting a fade?

as usual this makes perfect sense; and to get maximum velocity we need to see the blur because it shows us where our body naturally wants us to position ourselves. Brilliant.