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  • From [email protected] on Kinetic Chain - Part 5

    Shawn, I am still waiting for a Bryson DeChambeau video that I can search for on your WIG Premium. Did see your discussion on YouTube where you say that he has to use a table tennis flip as he releases. As proof your video in the face on position, when your hands are at shoulder height in the follow through, shows the butt of your club pointing directly at me as you explain the flip he “has to do.” But a slow motion video of Byrson at the same position shows that the butt end of the club is still pointing almost toward the R side of his body, not 80 or so degrees away from his body pointing at me. as they would if he was using a table tennis back hand flip. It seems more to me that his hands are always in front of his body and his hinging is always directly in front of his torso, not swinging around his torso as with a table tennis flip. Love your teaching and videos — I am trying to combine all of your methods, as much as I can, with Bryson type swing. Your YouTube Video was great until you got into table tennis flip which I can not see in his swing. Thanks for all you have done for all of us duffers !

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    • From Shawn Clement on Kinetic Chain - Part 5

      The back hand top spin ping pong release os not a flip; I don’t like using the term flip at all because human anatomy requires a release or rotational momentum of the appendage. Bryson simply has more elasticity in his body than me and more velocity as well which allows for more extension and width in the direction he wants the ball to go; and depending on weather he is hitting a fade or draw, the release would be more or less deep past the ball;
      Try not to get caught up in the positions but more in the feel of this release; check out my “dominant lead hand shawn clement” video on youtube for more on that and “release fine tuning” on premium

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  • From Shawn Clement on Kinetic Chain - Part 5

    Because we don’t have your personnal credentials, you need to cancel this from your side; email us directly and we will be glad to help! Shawn

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  • From [email protected] on MySwing 3D Motion Capture

    great video on hip turn, I notice in practice and on launch monitor that when following your swing fundamentals that my shot quality , distance and power #’s are much greater when my L upper arm is somewhat married to my L upper pectoralis muscle. Given the task I want to perform, is this something you would advocate? Thanks in advance for your reply

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    • From Shawn Clement on MySwing 3D Motion Capture

      Hey Joe! This adduction is all part of the kinetic chain and is a natural part of the downswing; it happens in using an axe to chop a tree down too! The upper arm re-connects in the downswing as you perform your task of cutting grass or squeezing through the door frame to ‘LEVERAGE” through the upper and lower cores through the legs and through the feet and spikes against the ground to compress the ball forward towards the target.
      Can you feel the description I just made? 😀

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  • From John Young on The Grip

    Hi Shawn. For a person with small hands, would oversize grips be an advantage or a disadvantage?

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    • From Shawn Clement on The Grip

      You always want to perform the acid test for any grip and grip size;
      Lead hand on the club only and squeeze-see “stop destroying your golf glove shawn clement” on you tube
      See which size allows for the most secure feel; now if you have a hand injury or arthritis, that is another story!
      Shawn

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  • From Jukka Kymalainen on MySwing 3D Motion Capture

    This is why like Wisdom in golf. Like this hip turn video, everything makes sense 👍 Normally they talk just “right” positions and forget how human body is build.

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    • From Shawn Clement on MySwing 3D Motion Capture

      Awesome video huh?! 👍😀
      Thank you for the comment Jukka; important to confirm anatomy and the my swing system is terrific for this; Bryson DeChambeau is really loving it too! Shawn

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  • From Doug Wetzel on MySwing 3D Motion Capture

    Is there a “consumer friendly” version of the Swingvision out there? I’ve seen some great teaching sessions with a K-Vest training mode and could see the same for this.

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  • From Doug Wetzel on MySwing 3D Motion Capture

    Sorry, MySwing

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  • From Daniel Zarewcyh on Super Long Putt

    I often dub long putts by hitting the ground first. Very embarrassing. I suspect it’s because my left hand low grip promotes a downswing. Thoughts?

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    • From Shawn Clement on Super Long Putt

      You want to make sure the putter-arm unit is hanging from the shoulder sockets; ABOVE THE GROUND SLIGHTLY. As you swing back and through without stopping, it should feel as if you cannot brush the ground. Problem solved!😀👍

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  • From [email protected] on Kinetic Chain - Part 1

    Hi Shawn
    Sorry I cant see where to leave a question which may not be directly related to a particular video Do we simply email your support?
    Anyway, just to ask if there is any video where you go into detail on “the snap” to which you refer periodically?
    Thanks
    Regards
    Ian

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    • From Shawn Clement on Kinetic Chain - Part 1

      Hi Ian! Right here is fine! 👍😀
      See “lead hand release” “trail hand release” and “release fine tuning” as well as “throwing the club” and “grip and arm motion” video titles in premium;
      You tube would be “put some snap in your swing shawn clement” “throwing the club shawn clement”

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  • From [email protected] on Release Fine Tuning

    Extremely helpful as always Shawn!
    Am i correct in imaging that not releasing properly is a significant clubhead speed inhibitor?
    If so, by how much can that be?
    Thanks
    Regards
    Ian

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    • From Shawn Clement on Release Fine Tuning

      8 yards minimum!
      Just had a great session with a good player; once he used the weight of the sword to release himin the direction of flight; went from 145 8 irons to 155-160 8 irons!

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  • From julian clark on Braced Tilt

    Hi Shawn
    What do you think as a training aid , of the DST compressor? cheers

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    • From Shawn Clement on Braced Tilt

      Not a bad club! Ask though what it was designed for in the first place? To hit the ball better or release theough the stem to the target better?

      Shawn

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  • From Erik Pottorf on 2018 RQ On-Course Vlog

    Happy Gilmore drill for lead hand dominant players? Is there going to be a video? 🙂

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  • From [email protected] on How to Start the Swing

    Shawn– My dad was European so I grew up in the U.S. playing soccer not baseball. However, I saw a video where you talk about a baseball batter only raising the bat when he sees a pitch he likes. I am getting my best results acting like “the baseball batter that I never was”– I pause slightly at the top then unweight the arms and let the sword do the work. Thanks to you, I can play good golf knowing that I can completely finish the backswing and even pause at the top which is NOT what “everybody else” says about starting the downswing before finishing the backswing (that does not work for me because in a real game situation, I won’t even finish the backswing or if I do, I will then manipulate the club on the way down instead of using gravity and the sword). Hence the importance of my slight pause at the top like a baseball batter who sees a pitch he or she likes. Actually the slight pause is my trigger to unweight the arms and let gravity and the sword do their things. Where is that baseball batter video? (note: historically, in my 5 years playing golf, my tendency was never to finish the backswing. Thx, Paul

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  • From Gordon Thomas on Kinetic Chain - Part 1

    Shawn is it the arms that initiate the backswing and the torso responds by getting out of the way, or, is it the torso that initiates the movement and the arms follow? Same question for downswing.
    I have a sneaking feeling that you may have already answered my question earlier. LOL.

    cheers,

    Gordon

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    • From Shawn Clement on Kinetic Chain - Part 1

      Hi Gordon! LOL!!
      None of the above; when you use the weight of the ACU (arm-club unit) to perform a task, there is no THINKING about what part of the body to start with; see the “anti-manipulation” and the “over the ball” videos in premium and my favourite lumberjack drill in “sledge hammer lumberjack drill shawn clement” video on youtube; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvh-wqkgEYo and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N01tqVHNI8
      Enjoy!!

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  • From [email protected] on 2018 RQ On-Course Vlog

    Shawn , don’t you have any on course video with weather we can relate to up here in Da Frozen Tundra??? ;>)

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    • From Shawn Clement on 2018 RQ On-Course Vlog

      Haha, this is why we did them in advance!
      Spring training is coming though; beginning of March, we will have some nice sessions from the new Indoor Academy; everyone here is loving the winter sessions and we are already as busy as we are in Toronto!

      Savy and myself are on a new program in the gym, combined with indoor training here; very exciting!!
      Shawn

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