Hello Sufyan! I missed this comment completely! This is a great idea for a series big time!
stay tuned, we have just started on the golf course and will do one there!
Hi Shawn. Love the new website and happy I now get e mail with new videos. A suggestion. Can you create a detailed index of all the videos with an outline line of content so as to make it easier to re visit stuff. Perhaps number the videos? This could be on the site or e mailed to members if easier
The other improvement that can be done, is a tab where you have responded to any subscriber question. I learned a lot from questions posted other subscriber, so knowing where questions are posted/or where you have responded, will help us understand concepts better. There is no way to search the current discussion/open questions.
I’m a new member. I thought this teaching way, videos where the topic in broken down into
Smaller detailed formats was a great way to learn. After a couple weeks of review I’m am sure this is going to be a great way to improve with the insight and in depth explanations of the swing adapted by Mr. Clement and great golfers he has used to define the commonality of the legends.
Completing the backswing video is pure gold, Shawn. It’s amazing how far the ball goes with a backswing that is basically parallel to the ground (left arm). We are so used to seeing these huge perpendicular left arm backswings.
Shawn, would it be right to say, for starters, that the ball position would be the same for all irons, at the centre of you sternum ? So, an iron 5 would require the same position as a wedge? Thanks for the great videos and for making or keeping it simple.
Yes, however, please don’t try to place in the centre for a so called “straight shot” !😝
You play the ball slightly back of centre; more precisely the front of the ball touching centre for draw and the back of the ball touching the centre for the fade.
To play a straight shot intentionally would require a forced manipulation that would sap power and accuracy because it prevents you from allowing the club to release you completely!
You plan on starting the ball on a specific line that is safe and working it towards the flag or the part of the green or fairway you want to end on. The brain has no issues releasing to safety; and if the ball stays straight, you are safe, just not as close as you wanted. This way, you hit more fairways and greens and hit longer in the long run!
Thanks Shawn, now I finally know why my 5 irons fade! The ball is too much forward in my stance. Great advice, I’ll ask for some more in the next videos. 👌
Ok Shawn, if i understand well, your are saying let the club release, meaning there is no leading or trailing hand preference. Do I translate that right? Does it mean we just let the club go, and do not try to either pull with the leading hand or push with the trailing one? We just let go, execute the movement and the club does the rest. Did I get that right or do I need to adjust further? Thanks!
Interesting observation as I was working on my grip a little today. I had lost the feeling of being aware of my wrist hinge in the back swing over the course of this season and I think my grip may have been the short circuit and the reason for my higher strain level as well. As I was practicing in my basement today, I tried the 10 finger grip. I felt that this grip really allowed me to secure the club more than the overlap and I was able to think of my target while waiting for the feel of the club loading. My ball compression was also better and I really felt like I nutted the majority of my strikes. What could be the reason for this? Is it as simple as saying 10 fingers suits my anatomy more than the other grip types when I am throwing the club to the target? Hopefully I can get out on the course a couple more times before the snow! I will report back if I manage to try this out on the course.. getting cold out there! 🙁
Hi Dario! Just saw this comment, sorry I missed it!
Yes, it all hinges (pardon the pun) on your personal anatomy! Great on you for feeling this; you are probably getting better leverage in your hands; and this could be permanent or simply help the brain tie up some loose ends with the feel of things as to the efficiency;
You may stay with it or come back to overlap; does not matter! Enjoy the evolution!
Shawn
Hi Shawn – braced tilt is the key to your setup philosophy – but there is only one premium video on it? 🙂 I know there are a ton of videos on YouTube but i get lost in them. Beyond this video, which ones (and preferred order?) from YouTube should i review on braced tilt? This is my focus of winter study! Thanks! David
Best ones are the latest called:
“turn tilt swing shawn clement”
“tilted spiral part 4 shawn clement”
My series with Jukka is very good with this as well, and you will see some more coming up in Eagle;
The key is to find the task that allows you to find the tilt and understand why it fits the task; then do some goldie locks on the tilt and see what does not fit the task.
Then it is about the mile markers; are you staying with the task back and through or no?
Hi Shawn – you are probably going to laugh at this but i’m trying to confirm my feel of the ‘brace’ part and not so much the tilt. I find when i worry more about the target, the tilt takes care of itself. However, after reading Brandel Chamblee’s book “The Anatomy of Greatness” last winter (btw, i’m super excited to see that he and you align on almost all details because i loved that book and your videos – its rare to find golf instructors agree!) i realized that i was bracing on the wrong side. I was tending to kick my right knee in (for right hand golfer) vs. getting the left knee in on the turn. Once i switched sides on the knee kick in, i started seeing amazing results. The part that flew over my head all summer was the brace on the left side too. To me, it feels like you get the left knee kicked in, but the weight needs to be “locked in” on the left heel at address for stability. I tended to spin out a lot on the downswing which seems to indicate on enough weight was on the left side through impact…but was trying corroborate my theory! Thanks Shawn!
I think I’m in the same place as you DC. I’m going to try focusing on ‘getting the ground’ just before I start the downswing, but keeping that left knee ‘inside’ my body, rather than letting it ‘flare’ out. I think this what I’m seeing Shawn do – but it’s deceptive because it looks like the body is moving towards the target, but this happens well after contact, pulled by the momentum of the club.
Completing backswing video you talk how you can lift your left heel up. However, in fairway bunker shot you stay flat footed hole swing. So in normal swing you first plant your left foot, then flat footed swing and finally club momentun pull your right foot up to get full finish. Is this the difference beetween flat footed or “normal” swing?
Hi Jukka, yes; in the fairway bunker, because the ground is not as firm and secure as the fairway, it is more instinctive to stay flat footed throighout the motion; but we want to have a full range of motion for sure!
I am having a lot of trouble with your videos as they stop after about 2-3 minutes in fact this one stopped after 30 seconds so i have cancelled my subscription
I will send a screenshot to support
Also sent a video of my swing and got no analysis back which is what I thought i paid for
Sorry to hear that man, it sometimes happens when the internet is slow in your neck of the woods; ours is on the frits right now and we are supposed to have 50 MB per second!
Please forward your swing analysis again; these last few weeks have been crazy and we are just getting things to a normal state;
Shawn
Hi and thank you for asking. Yes i have stayed pretty much same technic. When season started i had repeatability problems. Now i try to feel more centered and anchored swing. When i did frisbee drill my body was releasing more and i change that to hammer drill to feel more centered and litel more hand release.. Now my swing feel pretty good and i have played rounds like 82 and record round was 78. So im getting better 🙂
Hi Shawn
As a new Eagle member you have cured the problems I was having with half shots, pitches and even chips going sideways. Love the fine tuning video which I practiced yesterday. One problem I was having was bottoming out before the ball. Having been a Rotary Swing member I remember the advice on what they called posting up on the lead (left) leg. This involves weight shift to the left then pushing hard against the ground. This seems to bottom the arc out and help with shifting the left hip. I have watched a lot of the videos on your site, have I missed out on this move or should I be doing something else ?
Thanks
John
PS
Love the humour such as Skully the skeleton.
Hi John! Good stuff, glad you are enjoying the content!
The reason why you don’t hear me harping on HOW TO SHIFT OR POST ON LEFT is because our system (human body-central nervous system) has this built in for free! We have incredible self preserving wires built right in.
See my “ club speed “ video which is a great session on throwing the club and perform the “walking and cutting grass drill” you will see a nice series on “off season training” and after the grip and posture videos around the 4th to 9th one, you will have some walking drills there that will ensure that you stay nicely centered through out the motion;
When you OVERDO weight shift, you send yourself out in front of the ball and dislodge your swing’s centre. This will cause a reaction to throw the club quickly atnthe ball so you don’t miss it!
See my “turn tilt swing shawn clement” video on the regular channel; we have a perfected one on premium;
We have some nice “mile markers for centering” coming in the new consistency series coming very soon!
Shawn
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