Great demonstration. I find myself in a similar situation often. I normally use a 6 iron to keep to ball below the branches. My question is: since the ball needs to be back in the stance a little, how do you hit a fade? Especially when you close the club face a little. I have trouble hitting a fade anyway, so I am very interested in your response. Thanks.
Hey Gavin! It always comes down to path and clubface; if the face is open to the path, you get the fade; the rest is to make sure you are aimed left enough to start the ball left of the trouble; choosing the height first with the flight plan will really help you set up properly and then it is about matching the backswing path to the direction you want to start the ball amd make the predictions based on that; so see “predict contact” video on premium
Thanks for the explanation. I really liked the flight plan video and that with the adjusted club face should really help. Unfortunately it is getting cold here in Minnesota so we might be done for the season.
Shawn have you ever had a student visualize cutting through the grass on the front side of the ball? I was having trouble as I was consistently hitting the big green ball before the small white one even though I was focusing on cutting the grass, peeling the carrot or squeezing through the door frame just behind the ball. For some reason shifting my focus on sending a peel of grass from just in front of the ball took the ball out of the back of my mind while thinking throwing the club to the target. By focusing on the sliver of grass in front of the ball it made me achieve flush contact much more consistently. Any thoughts on why that might be?
Also, have you ever had somebody achieve a better result with lag and release by thinking throw the hands at the target? This picture seemed to help me get the result easier for some reason. I was beginning to think I was defective until I modified my focus just a bit on the tasks. Just wondering if you find others that don’t get it right away and maybe have to modify the tasks to meet their individual mental picture. I sure enjoy watching your work. Many thanks for putting it on the shelf so folks like me can reach it!
Dave P
Hi Dave! Yes and yes!!
The thing is, when looking at the sliver behind the ball is simply a place to park the eyes; if you paek them in front of the ball or on the side and even some do fine with eyes on the ball; the key is to see what you are describing; the sliver of grass from the ball forward; like in the “golf is as easy as peeling carrots shawn clement” video on the regular channel; see where I place that strip…it is exactly where you describe it to be.
Now, what I am focused on, is the prediction that if I throw my club (you can throw your hands too! :)) in the direction I want the ball to start, is that carrot peel going to get thrown there too? Yes? Then you are now staying with the task of throwing the hands that way.
Hi Shawn,
I can also attest to what Dave experienced in his post above. I recently started to park my eyes in front of the ball this season and I find it so much easier to stay with my task of cutting grass. It really gets my focus off the ball and I have just been getting flush, in the screws contact with irons. My misses are also a lot better (a little bit of thin contact when distracted by the ball vs god awful chunk). I haven’t tried different eye placement with hybrids, woods and driver, yet but for irons, this has been money for me! Just another amazing discovery thanks to target focus! One step further down the rabbit hole for me! 🙂 God I love this game!
Great video once again, Shawn, especially as I continue to learn what bolted and centered feels like with the driver. I tend to end up in these spots off the tee in the meantime lol!
Oh man, I had the greatest breakthrough in feel with every club and especially the driver 2 weeks ago; I was able to combine the heavy snap into the height and flight I am releasing into with “poised ease” if you will; kind of the best wa.y to describe it but bottom line, the brain made more connections…second bottom line:
STAY THE COURSE EVERYONE!!!!
I know we need to use pull for downswing, but I need to clarify the power source comes from lead hand or dominant hand? If dominant hand, it starts from hand or elbow?
It is the lead leg planting that engages the kinetic chain and this is what pulls everything though!
See the kinetic chain series on premium; amazing series!
I thought i was strong using my right hand and thinking about the skipping stone accross water drill but thinking about using the right hand would probably break the kinetic chain
Hey Shawn, this may sound weird, but on iron shots I hit the ball 1st but my divots are like 2inches deep just passed the ball? I feel like I’m heaving the club in the backswing, getting the ground with my legs, then throwing to the mind picture! No distance loss but the greenskeeper can’t be happy!
Hey Randy!
Start thinking about the height you want to hit your shots on; I just did 2 videos; one on the regular channel and then the follow up for short game on premium;
See “best lesson I ever got from Moe Norman shawn clement”
Hi Shawn, I was doing a dumbbell workout today when I thought let me try to get a feel for throwing a sandbag. I was using a 20 lb dumbbell with one hand on each side. After a few tries I ended up going into perpetual motion, letting my body get out of the way as each arm swung through. Using the dumbbell I felt myself naturally squat, I can’t wait to go out tomorrow and simulate that while swinging a club!
Hello 👋
Before you I always play the same swing
Not a nightmare but « banal »
Now with the task the strategy the picture of the golf ball in the air …a tremendous pleasure…not always a success…but always a dream
Thank you 😊 Shawn for that
Jean-Jacques
Trevino lined up way left and has to push the ball to the target; much better than lining up way right and pulling across the body to go to the target;
So he lines up left and then plays the ball position in a way that would fit the flight of the target; Couples play the same way;
Thanks as always for the great video, although I like your swing much better than the Avatar’s! 🙂
When you are picking targets in the distance to line up on and fade or draw to, what amount of fade or draw, in the videos, are you generally trying for? I find that I tend to end up with a pretty large draw and it doesn’t really seem to start to the right most of the time, regardless of set up. I also find that I can not really get much fade any more without a very weak grip.
It depends a lot on the club and the shot at hand;
Are you able to confirm that you are releasing nice and fully through the ball and into the direction you want to start? Have you practiced including the height of the shot as well?
I feel like I stuggle with “feeling” the release in the direction I intend, especially on the draw…seems like it wants to start on the target line rather than to the right of it, even when I set up as suggested. On fades, I really have to open the clubface up to make that work.
I will say that since I watched this video I did try the interlocking grip again and I agree that the release feels much more unified and strong than it did before. Headed to the course/range now to give it another try.
Thank you for reponding!
Shawn I have been hitting the ball day for years. I’ve tried everything on the enternet. I would have never believed the problem was in my grip, but it was. Now that I have adopted the grip that you recommend…I am only hitting the ball day when I resort to my desperate extreme lifting of my lead shoulder which actually of course caused many topped shots as well as causing the c!ubhead to dive even further and deeper behind the ball. so as soon as I work through this bad habit I look forward to feeling compression on every shot! My a complaint, but just letting you know I origina!!y signed up for one month and since I knew it was nearing an end, I signed up for a year. I received a note that I did it wrong, that instead of signing up like a new subscriber, I should have just signed up to continue my current subscription. Perhaps it could be more clear how it can be done. Thanks! RC.
I should clarify that I thought ulnar deviation was the cause of hitting the ball fat, but now with a free arm swing it is an asset as long as I keep any trying to release through the ball absent and allow the left arm/hand action to release naturally after my hands have past through the door frame. Make sense Shawn?
Exactly right! When you don’t have a destination to send the ball, or you are concerned for ball contact, the swing comes to a screaching halt AT the ball;
Collect the ball to release it into the picture you planned is the key and yes, let the club release you in that direction!
Hey Shawn! Great video! Really clarifies the “feel” required for success. One question. One my takeaway, my arm shoulder turn is fine but the hips get lazy and don’t cooperate with the arms and shoulders therefore leaving a shot that is all arms – any practice methods to help the lazy hips on the takeaway?
I just wanted to let you know how simple you make this complicated game of golf, never before have I seen things explained the way you explain them, so easy to follow, keep up the good work sir!!
Thank you Martin! I am so happy you are enjoying the content and are able to apply to your game; thank you kindly for taking the time to comment!
Shawn
Dear Shawn, during a swing, are we supposed to mainly generate power from our lower body and use the upper body to simply ‘get out of the way ‘? Or should we use the upper body to generate swing speed as well? I notice that I add considerable swing speed when I use the upper body, but lose the control. In the other hand, my ball goes straighter when I use the lower body only to generate power.
The key is to use a task to bring the whole machine to action; cut a stem or throw the club to the target and predict you will cut the stem of the dandelion if you do! The brain commands the automated system at 12 million bits of information per second; the conscious mind is way-way-way-way toooo slowwww!!!!
See my “lumberjack or surgeon shawn clement” video and my “throw something shawn clement” video
Shawn
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