I understand ball on string waaay better now….. Hitting at the ball produces a weird half circle, through the ball produces the rest of the circle. …. omg im a slow learner lol
Shawn! After my initial comment wondering why the Driver was fuzzy, I remembered this video. I’m def trying to draw it with driver with a neutral to a tiny bit open stance.
It never donned on me that the ball further forward I have to take the diagonal stance. I am able to draw all of my clubs easily up to about my hybrid with the slightly open stance I’ve adopted. I’m going to test this stance the further up in my stance goes. Slighty for hybrid, a little more for 5W, the most for driver. I always feel like I’m reaching a bit to hit the draw with the driver and that brings in the snapper once in a while. Great stuff.
When you were over drawing the ball in the beginning you said “I can ease a little off my grip-club relationship”. What does that mean? I battle a hook with my release so please explain. Best.
Hi Orlando! Several factors! Without seeing your swing or understanding your golf past it can be a bit difficult to put my finger on it right away. But we have all the tools!
I have some great videos to explain this; the best start is to learn a good power fade to balance things out. See “fade fine tuning”
it will start off as pulls but the hook will dissipate as you take a dozen shots. Make sure you also see “how to match backswing to ball direction” and “backswing masterclass” to see if your backswing is on path and on plane.
the most important thing to diagnose is are you delivering a task into the target through an intermediate point or are you seeing a ball to hit and seeing a ball to hit hard with the driver! That one is big!! The “kinetic chain facilitation series” is fantastic for that.
Hey Shawn — question: When you do this nice takeaway — do you have the feeling that your arms are completely passive and just responding to the energy you derive from pushing off the ground in your turn? When things get away from me I tend to use the arms to heave the club up and this sets this off wrong and seems to lead to pull hooks or pushes. thanks!
To summarize my understanding of the Dual Pendulum (I was helping a friend with this concept)
Pendulum 1’s job is the takeaway
Pendulum 2’s job is the fold / hinge (automatic with enough momentum in the Pendulum 1 in the takeaway)
Pendulum 1 takes back over, when anchored to a target, height, and intermediate point, to the proper spot to then let gravity unload pendulum 2 in the proper direction with the proper low point for the task you are trying to achieve
The key for all of it is the intermediate point and target. Without that the system goes haywire and Pendulum 1 doesn’t know the correct spot to “plant” itself to allow Pendulum 2 to release. You need to be fully committed to the height, shape, and start direction and anchor the P2 release point to this spot.
It’s not your job or pendulum 1’s job to execute the task, it’s gravity and pendulum 2’s job. Pendulum 1 is just providing some momentum, or a running start if you will, to get more g forces into the inevitable release of P2. I feel it as I’m planting my hands into a specific location and then just allowing P2 to whip the club through the release into my picture. Driver the ball is slightly forward so i envision planting P2’s release point just behind the ball, for irons and wedges I’m planting P2 just slightly sooner, but I’m really just setting up gravity and momentum to do it’s thing where I want it to, but I’m not forcing gravity and momentum to do a single thing.
I’m the director of the movie, not the lead actor. The lead actor is P2, I’m just putting it in the best position to attain the outcome I am seeking.
I loved the video you did with Michael adding the ball speed and when he said “I feel out of control”. I’ve finally been feeling that in my swing and the ball is just rocketing on a rope!
not on any shot why? If this is for a bunker shot, please see all my bunker videos that will show you about TASK delivering to a landing spot and never trying to hit anything towards the ball.
I heard the sound of the club hitting the mat. I noticed that I do not have much ground interaction . When I focused on the club unit or the way I remember learning the lower case y and using momentum them my angle of attack resulted in turf interaction and better contact
see the “proper low point” video; you must predict and be clear on how the sole of the club will interact with the ground when you deliver your action through the ball and intermediate point.
You can, but you need to open the face slightly to keep the leading edge off the ground. Or you can take a knuckle off, you have a lot of options. Did you see the short game section of the “how to go from Weak to Strong grip” series?
Same vertical as Bubba, Justin Thomas, Chris Gotterup, And half the tour! So yes, you want to strive for this and the best explanation is from your very own anatomy in the “dual pendulum swing series” 1 to 4
I have been watching your videos for a long time and recently started to try some things which surprised me at how good it felt, I have decided to join your program today and I really am enjoying your content, I find that I will occasionally snap hook a shot, I think I know why but can you help ?
Hey Christopher!
what was the intent: hit the ball hard or let momentum release you into the direction of the flight through the ball and intermediate point?
When I let my arms fall, I seem for whatever reason, to go into early extension or my arms fall the wrong way, often out to the right, probably because of following other pros in the past, and the resulting shots are from problematic to disastrous. I do better when I let my trail elbow fall straight down. It helps me get my body out of the way while delaying the hit and improving direction. Is this variation or compensation okay or should I work harder getting both arms to fall from the top?
Because I’m getting more width and through the ball a bit better, my distance control is wild…. thankfully you showed in the beginning part the 60 max without hinge, thank you!
HI Shawn. You pointed me here to this video when i got my first online lesson with you a few years back. I have just revisited the recording you sent me back then and you mention an addendum “lead hand release in the back swing”
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