Hey Shawn. Great series.I have a short question. An early release with not much compression. At impact. What can be the main cause for an early release? And what is good task to get the hands more forward?

Hi Sebastian!
Have you ever tried to throw the club before? See the “club speed” video on premium; one of the earlier videos on the list. Then see “predict contact” because if you are worried about the contact with the ball, you cannot release to the target; and if you release to the ball, you loose all your lag right away!
Shawn

Just had a session with a student this afternoon; we were between targets and he was in a funk;
I changed a few things around so that we would be in front of one of my diamond shaped targets and we hit driver to the tip on the bottom of the target and he proceeded to deliver darts to an area that was 6 inches square; a dozen in a row; and the GC Quad was showing the tightest dispersion ever for him and the driver with tight draws that were withing 3 to 5 yards of center line at 280 yards.
MAGIC WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC TARGET THAT FITS.

Your work with the student knocking the ball 280 triggered another question. That is great distance. Was he fitted for that driver? I practiced a little bit indoors this year and found a groove. Recently, I hit my irons through the 3 rescue pretty good off the outdoor mats. Then I tested and confirmed that result indoors. I have yet to go outdoors for the ultimate test off the grass.
However, throughout this, I could NOT hit my driver at all. The club head speed was great but there was no distance and a chaotic shot dispersion. I seem to remember from another video that when this occurs there could be an ‘equipment issue’. Do I need a fitting? Or is it a swing issue? Both?

In the past I would tough it out and keep drilling for months until I developed ‘separate’ swings for my irons versus long woods. I guess that might explain my history of schizophrenic rounds where I would hit great drives and lousy irons one week and then vice versa the next week. Drove me nuts. Sorry to ramble, but we are at that critical beginning of a season so …. your thoughts would be appreciated.

I would definitely go check out some drivers and just try them at the store first and see if there are any drivers that feel better-look better-swing easier to you. Yes, often it is the equipment, especially if you are doing well with the rest of the clubs;

Now you remember the practice on the slopes?? When you have issues with short irons and wedges, go to ball below the feet shots and or practice cutting grass in that situation and Driver is ball above feet and don’t let the club brush the grass since the ball will be on a tee.

It also helps to swing something that is 60 inches long to go to the extreme; and then come back to the driver length;

Shawn

Hi Brian!
What you do is pick the flight plan and then the intermediate point to get your set up matching the flight plan. Then, with the height of the flight plan, you pick the ball position that will allow you to collect the ball on the way up and in the direction you want to start the ball; the shoulders, hips, knees are set up to allow you to deliver in the direction you want to start the ball, which for a draw would be to the right of the IP. So yes, the shoulders, hips and knees would be “pre-turned” to get your body ready to deliver to the right.
Shawn

Hi Jeff; glad you are enjoying the content;
The best way to go about things is when you see a task or analogy that resonates with you, that you would focus on that and get good with that in practice and then apply to the golf course;
You could start with an online lesson where you send me a swing from front view and down the line view and then we do a skype or facetime session for 30 minutes and I can see and tell you where you need to apply your efforts. That service is $59.95 (you will see it in the “lessons” page at www.wisdomingolf.com
If you come to Quebec city, the cost of a half day is $390.00 (3 hours) which is dirt cheap when you consider that other instructors like George Gankas are charging $400.00 per hour US. My students have absolutely loved coming over to our facility and city; just a super experience. Shawn

Thanks so much for returning my question so quickly!
I am all in and will send you videos of my swing.
What time frame do you have available to do an online lesson?
I also may well come up to see you.
Is there a rate for two or three day clinic and or lesson with you?
Thanks again so much!

Email me at [email protected], and we will find a spot for you;
The rates for full days are on my website in the lessons page; because the rate is so good and has not changed in so long, you can come to as many full or half days as you wish! 😀👍

Thank you very much; so glad you are getting the gist! 😀👍

Hi Ricardo!
That one is always dangerous to place any stock into; questions:
-What was your task-focus just before you swung?
-what were the circumstances that compelled that person to say you are lifting?

Shawn

Hi Jeremy!

Not necessarily; the key here is the direction and the height you want to start the ball on; then matching the “ball on a string” arc to this picture. Practice clipping tees with your arc and pay attention to the BOTTOM OF THE ARC when you are looking at your blur.
So in a practice swing, you would give the arm-club unit to gravity and see where the blur occurs and where the bottom of the blur is; you then adjust the tilt of the axis and create a blur that fits the intended picture. Then you bring the machine into where the tee is and match it to the top of the tee. THEN IT IS ABOUT MAKING THE BEST BALL ON A STRING YOU CAN, LA-DE-DA, THAT CONTINUES TO MATCH THE DIRECTION AND HEIGHT OF THIS PICTURE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

Let me know if this is clear;

Shawn

Hi Peter!
I kind of don’t want you to be thinking about that during the swing because of how our machine cannot interpret dynamic motion consciously as it happens very well. A good video for practicing weight shift propely is the “walking Drill” in premium.

However; just so you know:
Address: 60-40 distribution in favour of the left side (for right handers)
Backswing 70-30 in favour of the right side
Top of backswing: back to 60-40 in favour of left
Impact 70-30 in favour of left
Finish 90-10 in favour of left

This is where the flop shot comes in very handy Sandy! See the open faced chip and I have another one this coming week on premium with the flop in the Pre-motor cortex series.
Also, a few years back, I did a lesson with John; and we worked hard with the grass whip getting him to use momentum to ‘SAW THROUGH THE STEM TO THE LEFT OF THE TARGET FROM THE HEEL TO THE TOE.

So when doing with the driver, you are doing the same thing except slightly on the way up!
You will get there for sure.

Shawn

Correct!!!
Alignment to the left of end target and momentum to the left of end target.
You rock man!

As an ex rugby player who lifted a lot of weights in my time it was the bain of my life, Still i have trouble intermittently trouble with tennis elbow. Theraband flex bar works a treat. whenever i get a twinge i do a few twists on the bar, almost instant relief

Very good! Do you have a website or a youtube video link with the exercise?
Shawn

Hit shots on the rubber tees; hit air divots when going to the range; see my oldie but goodie “how to stop topping and take better divots” video on youtube

Hey Jeff!

For me:
Low shot: drive low through door frame or throw it low
High shot: zip through dandelion stem along the ground or flip a carrot peel up into the height you want to send it on. See which task work best for certain shots!

Awesome John! Thank you!
Talk soon; need to run a couple things by you! 👍😀

1-feet together drill-remember the purpose of it: knees and feet together-suction through arches at all times. Use the return of the butt to catapult the falling arms through the cut of grass to the target.

2-is she trying to keep her head down? You would be amazed at how deeply incrusted this bad boy can be!
We did this video Donna and I and I will re-do a nice acid test for it: after she takes her backswing, it should be easy to bring both legs together and have same knee flex but if her left knee jets out, it will be very difficult. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um4G4T_6UN8

Thank you very much for the link. That oldy but goody is gold. I thought I was centered when in fact I wasn’t turning my hips quite enough and ended up swaying a bit. This made it evident when bringing both feet back together. Now I have a whole new feel to get use to in my back swing.👍

Thanks again for all your great work!

I put an ax handle or a grass whip in her hands and she doesn’t do it. She understand the spine tilt and why.
Her left knee goes to far toward the ball

Oooooh yes; this is my area of absolute expertise!!
See the kinetic chain series videos in premium-HUGE
Then see the Throwing the club video on premium just below the kinetic chain series 1-7
Enjoy!!
BTW, we are already wired to achieve this and THINKING about how to move the hips first is a good way to SABOTAGE THE ACTION!!

Hey Joe! Get a clip on your phone from face on and down the line; edit the clip to just the swing in regular motion and email straight to [email protected]; best to do 1 at a time. Let me know your target and flight plan to target and what your task is to deliver to the target. Shawn