Thanks Shawn
You must have read my mind. All too often I feel ” The water spilling out my left ear” at the top of backswing. I played yesterday and my task was feel the weight of the kettle bell while keeping the water in my ear with a rehinge delivery.
Shot 38 on the back. Can’t wait to work on the mile markers with the 2 tees.
Have a great weekend
Fred

Played on a public course and was joined by a nice older asian man who did not speak english fluently. He had a crazy swing but managed to get the ball going pretty good, though he took a few mulligans. He calls me over and says, “Just yoking – swing is like wife, second one always more beautiful”. LOL.

Hi Shawn! Another great video! I have been revisiting a few of your oldies but goodies, and another step in the right direction and key for me keeping my irons along the ground through the tees was that placement of my trail elbow in the setup like you discovered with the football analogy. It is such an improvement in the way I can gather the sword, feel the heft of my strike, and stay anchored behind the hit, which was always an issue for me.

I cannot get across the line and steeply chunk on the downswing with this element, and once it is set, I really can stay with my target beautifully into the finish. The 20-20 head position was also something that I had gotten away from in my setup and once I re-calibrated the head tilt and turn in my setup, my trail heel is finally staying on the ground past impact and my dispersion has really tightened up.

I shot my best 9 hole round of 41 on Thursday and started the back 9 on pace to break 80 for the first time in my life, but it was an afternoon round on a beautiful day and the course was full. Once we caught up to the foursomes in front of us, we unfortunately ran out of daylight so I cannot officially make that claim yet! My success story continues and it truly is just a reinforcing feeling that we have it right and that your instruction is the best out there hands down! Thank you again, I will send a swing video to you soon, just having too much fun playing right now and for the first time in my life, do not feel the need to “WORK” on my swing! Have a fantastic weekend!

I am not feeling the leverage you describe. I think the grip is solid, but seem to lose the hinge before impact, and have little to no release past the ball ( and no divot). What do you recommend ? Thank you.

Is Squeeze through the Door Frame the same as Cutting the Dandy Line Stem the same, but just a different way of viewing it? Thanks Bill.

Great video. Thanks much.

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.