Sean,
I am hitting the ball better and more powerfully with these drills. One problem i am having is my ball is going on too low a trajectory on my longer irons even when the swing feels good the ball goes straight and i hit the sweet spot.
Shawn,
Have you looked at Mike Malaska Youtube posts? His “move” is to tip the club on the downswing to bring the club in an arch toward the ball with the hands inside the arch back to the address position. I think he is in agreement with most of what you teach with the exception of the initial move on the downswing. Your thoughts on this tipping of the club on the initial part of the downswing.
Saw that, yes; and really not a fan of that move unless you are so far inside, and you need to perform that a few times to right the ship; which would be for 1% of golfers…
So I’m pretty sure I’m a cronic collapser. I think I started doing it because I was trying to get the weight of the club to sit on my trail hands knuckle. Like a waiter carrying a tray. Ill have to remember to watch this video again in spring. Have to go into golf hibernation for the winter.
Hi Shawn, great reminder on the grip. Will make sure to check and correct if necessary.
Interestingly, you mentioned the position of your right elbow tends to fly off as you ‘collapse’ that way. Now you have it tightly tucked by your side as you complete the bs. I have the same problem.
My question is: Does this ‘tucked in’ position a function of a mechanical correction? Or you were able to correct this by matching your backswing to your intended task? Is it a mechanical thing or a feel thing?
Very good Sandy!
It is both a FEEL within the task;
Football drill videos in premium will show you the way and I combined this with hitting fades a bit more often;
Shawn
Shawn you should get off using Vimeo. The videos start off being fuzzy with auto. You have to then select the 1080 0r 720 to get clear plus you cannot do slow motion with them. When I watch on youtube they are almost always sharp.
Shawn,
Another great video – thanks! I was just curious about your opinion of the teaching of Chuck Quinton from Rotary Swing Golf. Do you find his teaching compatible with Wisdom in Golf?
Thanks in advance and your teaching has transformed my game completely!
Chuck is a very positional guy; he does not understand that we are Pinnochio without the strings;
If he looks at a swing, he will focus on “perceived defects in swing positions” that don’t fit what we see in tour players.
If we presented brain scans of images that pros have in their minds before they pull the trigger, they would be different than whatbwe see in people trying to hit specific positions.
Find a task that lights you up both mentally and physically and get good at that! The positions will come all by themselves!
Hi Shawn! Currently playing mizuno mp25 irons. I think since you are me and my buddies lifetime coach I wanna give Ping irons a try! Single handicap and love players iron look. Which Ping iron is on top of your faves??
Definitely worth trying the I-blade which will be the closest by far and the I-210 which is blade look-feel-performance but a bit more forgiving; not that you are going to need it coming from blades anyways! 😝👍
Hi Shawn,
Would you please share the placement of the logo for different ball flights? What is the best launch angle for maximum distance?
Thanks
Nakul
Depends on the player and the equipment being used!
Try and find a fitting center that uses GC Quad machines and who has a full fitting contingent like ‘true Spec”
Shawn
hello Shawn, I continue to struggle with my hundred yard shot. Do you recommend a certain degree wedge and bounce for around this yardage. I also would like your input on the bounce in Loft for chipping and sand shots. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Mike Dempsey
The best weapons to load up on are the following:
52 degree Ping SS wedge; Glide 2.0 stealth 12 degree bounce
56 degree ES wedge in 8 degree bounce 2.0 stealth
60 degree TS wedge in 6 degree bounce 2.0 stealth
All carbon steel with superb feel; great spin; perfect 60 degree for lob shots and tightly packed sand
The other 2 wedges are super in the fairway and rough; _lus the ES sand wedge is for deeper fluffy sand.
Hey Shawn, how do the Glide 2.0 compare to the Ping Glide previous generation? I see that the loft and bounce specs are the same between Glide and Glide 2.0 for the SS ES and TS wedge. I am looking for a second hand club but as a lefty, the 2.0s are not easy to find. Thanks! Dario
The TS is such a nice grind; have made so many career shots with that thing!
If you are able to get the 60 degree in TS (6 degrees bounce) the 56 degree in ES (8 degrees bounce) and the 52 degree in SS, you have yourself a gorgeous and effective arsenal for all shots around the greens.
Hi Shawn! Long time no talk! I just wanted to see if you had any updated recommendations on this. Looking to get some new (and improved) wedges. Thanks, and happy belated Canada day!
Shawn, Ilove this video and probably should watch it daily! While I diligently try to stay with and swing to my target, it’s more fuzzy on longer shots. Can I tie in the intermediate target to my awareness and focus of the release through/over while being aware it’s in the way to the target? Hard to describe but sometimes I swing and get solid contact when I am aware of and reacting to the intermediate target. “out there” but not Out There?!
I find that the weight distribution between my two feet affects the direction the putter travels in. Does this make sense? And any thoughts on how to approach that?
Hmm, had to think about that one; and the answer is WHY IS YOUR FOCUS THERE??
The machine of the brain-central nervous system works at 12 million bits of info per second, and when your conscious mind goes off and focuses on weight distribution, it sabotages the system;
What you got with what you are saying is a glimpse with one of your putts; Johnny Miller describes that as the swing thought of the day; only good for 24 hours…😝
Stay with the picture of the ball rolling into the hole; feel at address how you are in a good posture with nice balance and if you feel that you want to put more weight on one lag, because you feel you can perform the task better that way, then so be it! 👌👍
Great video. How does the set up and the blur relate to closing the club head for the draw and keeping it open for the fate? You didn’t mention that in the video. Do you use both the ball position back and a closed club head for the draw? How do these two relate?
Well, first make sure you see the “working the ball” videos on premium; very important and nice to have the split screen for these ones!
Because you have the ball forward of center and face less closed for fade, they cancel each other out (that is the plan) but the ball fades to the right so you need to aim left of target to fade back to the target. For draw, because the ball is back, and when you stay with the target with a more closed face, the head stays back and the club returns from an inside path and starts the ball right; the anchor of the head releases the club head and hands and arms and the ball returns to the end target.
The set up does everything; once you are done, you just keep your feel-action to the direction you want to start the ball and STAY WITH IT all the way with ease of mind and body.
Thanks, Shawn. I like what you suggested about the right elbow being a bit more vertical such that it will comfortably support the club at the top (the swing will be on plane by naturally). My question is that many coaches out there encourage people to flatten the swing path (not always explain why or what they are trying to achieve? Consistency? Speed?) but I don’t seem to recall you ever advocate such, is it mainly because the more upright swing is less harmful or more natural to the amateur’s body?
I have this question hanging on my head for quite some time now. I wish I know the answer.
By the way, right after you mentioned the flying right elbow, I started to realize that Bubba Watson is the extreme case of that. I thought I just wanted to point it out. For the record, the flying right elbow doesn’t work well for me at all.
As always, love the wisdom you teach and how you teach 🙏🏻
Hey Tristan!
Time to do a video on that; title:
“Why are teachers teaching to flatten out the swing”?
Because they see so much over the top;
WHY ARE WE SO MUCH OVER THE TOP?? BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO HIT THE BALL AS WE ABANDON THE TARGET SEARCHING FOR POSITIONS ON HOW NOT TO COME OVER THE TOP.
The dog has been chasing it’s tail on this forever and it is very tired!
So guys like George Gankas, although he teaches a proper full hip turn in the backsing, is still BADLY STUCK on positions in the downswing to combat this PERCEIVED DISEASE of over the top and too steep coming down.
Sorry about the bold words, I want other members to see this comment and to get confirmation pf what is out there;
Make sense?
Shawn
I love this comment Shawn and thank you Tristan for asking as I’ve wondered the same thing. I’d love to see a video Shawn on this topic, I’m sure it would hit home with a ton of people.
Shawn, I really like how you characterize this as the “perceived disease” (or perhaps a symptom of swinging at the ball). Thank you for helping me clearing this in my head! Look forward to watching that new video on your channel. All the best!
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