This makes a lot of sense Thomas, and Hogan would concur immediately!!

Follow-up: After applying this “Golden Nugget” to my driver… I am thrilled with the improved results. In addition to utilizing this to the driver, I’ve also applied it to my longer clubs (my hybrids) with great results as well. I had previously fought an unwanted and inconsistent fade/slice on my 200 +/- shots. With this method they are pretty much flying toward my target. Yesterday I reached two Par 5s on my second shots and Birdied both of them.
Thanks Shawn!!!

This is what we call bliss!!! So happy for you!! The next round of golf cannot come fast enough now huh??😀👍😝

Yes! For the reasons right here in this video! The length of the driver has a swing that now pulls more away from you and you need to pre-deploy the arm-club unit away from yourself at address. Hogan had the wedge handle almost between the knees but looked like Moe Norman with the 3 wood!
So with this outward pull, you need support! In comes the diagonal stance or closed stance as you put it.
Set up dynamically, meaning you are getting ready to deliver an action with the driver through the tip of tee in the direction of the intermediate point and you feel that the feet are able to support you WELL PAST THE BALL.

Hi Shawn,

I’m a new subscriber and very excited about the great new potential your instruction is giving me. This driver nugget is particularly revolutionary to my confidence with the driver! I’m still developing a “target” mindset and not body positions. When I get it right I have picked up a 2club increase in distance across the board! When I get ball focused I either suffer a complete miss hit low left and fat or a big pull hook. Anyway, thanks so much for helping get much more enjoyment while I improve.

Mark

Right on Mark! This is exactly how it is supposed to work when evolving into a task!
Solid benchmarks to give the brain the right feel, sound and look so it knows where to go; you just give it clear tasks to accomplish! 😀👍

I have some good stuff coming for that! Shawn

I can’t wait. I have been struggling with this for years. When I feel the pressure under my front foot during the downswing my ball contact feels amazing. Swinging from the top not so much.

Why I can’t transition from the step drill or one foot drill to a normal swing is beyond me. Range is also considerably different than course as well. Mental I know.

Help!

p.s. Perhaps a midwest clinic would be in order!!!

Keep the strain level super low when throwing the club in the direction you want to start that ball and keep the velocity.
What task are you using on the golf course?
Shawn

If hitting the ball is your task, good luck!! 😝😜
Where do you want the ball to go and what is the task and the feel of the task to get it there;
Practice this on the range! Every shot to a destination with a specific flight plan!!
Here is the focus sequence you need to go through as your pre-flight check list!
1-pick an “end target” or a place you want to have the ball end up

2-pick a flight plan that fits your ability to get the ball there; please INCLUDE THE HEIGHT OF THE SHOT or peak trajectory before it falls back down towards the end target. Be clear about the option-if not, goldie-locks the options.

3-find an intermediate point that will set you up into that picture from behind-MASSIVELY IMPORTANT TO TRUST ONCE YOU PICK FOR YOU TO LINE UP AND TO DELIVER THE ACTION.

4-PREDICT CONTACT AND DIRECTION BEFORE YOU LET THE SWING GO.
so that when you let your action release itself to the target, you can predict that the ball position, the distance to the ball, the posture, and the grip-club face relationship will fit the flight when you let the swing track itself into the direction you want to start the ball.

Predictions video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQF5GjxzFs 

5-EXECUTION
set up done? Prediction of shot done? It is now OUT of YOUR CONTROL, just give control to gravity and let the weight of the ARMS AND CLUB OR WEIGHT OF SWING release itself in the direction you want to START the ball (ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERMEDIATE POINT YOU CHOSE). Look for the feel of that low effort and nice whipping velocity that unleashes that ball into that flight with freedom and trust. Abandon control to the task.


6- DID YOU LET IT? 
DID you stay with the feel of that release to that direction?  Or did you get distracted by “making sure” of a position or something else making noise or commotion around you?  How do you know for a fact that you stayed with it?
If you stayed with it:How was the strain level mentally and physically?
Was it hard or easy?
If you did not stay with it, something short circuited you and you were trying to do something else; what was that you were trying?  What were your concerns?

7-The most important stat in golf THAT TRUMPS ALL STATS is how many times (there are average 36 full swings on the golf course) were you able to stay with your shot all the way to the finish?  Can You CONFIRM WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT YOU felt the release of the club in the direction you wanted to start the ball?

IF YOU CANNOT CONFIRM THAT YOU STAYED WITH THE SHOT, YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME TRYING TO FIX YOUR SWING THAT IS NOT BROKEN;

You simply did not stay with the plan.

Hitting the ball 🙁

OK, VERY IMPORTANT COMMENT-QUESTION HERE!!
EVERYTHING YOU DO AT THE SET UP MUST MATCH YOUR TASK.
So at the end of the set up, you are ready to deliver your throw in the direction you want to start the ball and the predictions are that
1-ball contact will be solid because you have a great posture, ready to move into a throw
2-ball will start on the line you want it to because the ball position is proper to the shot
3-ball will curve in the air the way you want because the geip-club-face angle is proper for the shot
4-you will stay in balance easily because your distance to ball is allowing for full freedom of arm swing in front of you-under and through
See “predict contact” and “goldie locks series”

As for the pre-turn and tilt-GOLDIE LOCKS IT.
-This would be too much tilt-will scrape the ground behind the ball and go too far right
-This would be too little where I feel like the club will bury into the ground.
Enjoy!😀👍

Oohhh yes! You must have the ability to predict the shot’s outcome BASED ON YOU DELIVERING YOUR ACTION-TASK TO TARGET.
See our “predict contact” and “goldie locks series” of 4 videos
When you stay on task to target, this will keep your center steady; but if you are unaware that your center is moving (sternal notch) around, then you get disconnected from the delivery to target and then default to the ball.
See “video 4” of consistency series which is “mile markers for direction”; then “mile markers for balance” and “mile markers for contact”
All the best!! Shawn

Hi Asad! Yes!
You make the cutting of the grass A PREDICTION based on you THROWING THE CLUB in the direction you want to start the ball;
So, the question you ask is: when you throw the club into a nice release in this direction, do you feel low enough that the club will cut the grass on the way?
If the answer is yes, then you stay with the throw and release with ease and velocity; a nice full throw.
Then see what happens AFTER THE THROW and do not make sure or be careful.

Dear Shawn, someone advised that on my back swing, my lead knee should not rotate in beyond the ball. It should basically stay straight or at max turn upto the ball. This helps me some with contact, but wanted to check with you of that is something I should be thinking about.

Hi Asad!
That way of thinking is so massively ignorant and antiquated and is the reason Golf is in the state it is in today; PLEASE PLEASE IGNORE THAT PERSON. It is not their fault, they are just regurgitating something that too many teachers were jamming down golfers throats in the “BE CAREFUL-WATCH OUT- MAKE SURE’ era of golf these last 30 years.
Tell them to look at Matt Wolff, Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead, Bobby Jones, Bubba Watson, and so many other hall of fame GREAT PLAYERS AND BALL STRIKERS and then tell them to do their homework on anatomy and the evolution of human movement and motor skill learning.

This is why I always say: close the face a bit less for the fade; it should be no more than 2 degrees open THAN YOUR DRAW GRIP.

Welcome home!!
The videos you want to see are the “mile markers for balance” “mile markers for contact” and the 4th video in the consistency series called the “mile markers for direction”
Have a look at those and then see what develops when you practice this!
An oldie but goodie on my youtube channel-see “overswing and fast backswing shawn clement”

Yes, pretty much because we don’t want to have to lunge after it; simply aim more left and open the face a bit more; for a HIGHER FADE it can move up another half ball to a ball max.
Shawn

Not a problem at all! I have shown that to many students who have a little glitch in their chipping and the success rate is crazy high!!

😝👍