Help Shawn!! My left hand just after impact slides into my palm. I just watched the video and on practice swings my left hand Still wants to slide! I’ve tried letting the natural rotation take over with left hand flat at impact and roll but it wants to slip! Should I just duct tape my hands on the grip? Lol!

In the impact segment and I’ll describe my question from viewing the grass cutter portion. When your hands have reached your lead leg, the blade of the grass cutter is back at your trail leg, there is dramatic shaft lean.
How can your arms be swinging freely at high speed when at impact the hands have barely moved and the shaft lean has nearly disappesred? My trying to maintain shaft lean has caused me to hit the ball fat all these years!!

In the impact segment and I’ll describe my question from viewing the grass cutter portion. When your hands have reached your lead leg, the blade of the grass cutter is back at your trail leg, there is dramatic shaft lean.
How can your arms be swinging freely at high speed when at impact the hands have barely moved and the shaft lean has nearly disappesred? My trying to maintain shaft lean has caused me to hit the ball fat!

Sorry bout the double post. My Android literacy is on par with my swing literacy.

This video just might be the glue that holds my swing together. I have been implementing Shawn’s teachings regards the swing and I confess that my game actually regressed for a while. However what made me persevere was the occasional and then more consistent strike which was sweet and effortless with great distance, shape and trajectory.

I was aware that my position at the top did vary from time to time, hence a source of my inconsistency. Of course trying to work out where I should be only increased that inconsistency. Thinking of holding my trail elbow under my right pec and then turning back has introduced a stable and consistent position at the top for me and even though I have only tried this within the confines of my front room I am really looking forward to hitting the range tomorrow.

I have an important club competition this weekend and I am so looking forward to posting a good score and shutting a few playing partners up who have had a few sniggers at my expense whilst I’ve been going through the process of changing from hitting at the ball to sweeping through the ball and on to it’s target.

To anybody having second thoughts as to whether Shawn’s method of playing is worth sticking with, I’d say this; keep watching the videos and as you practice, little golden nuggets of advice and instruction will resonate with you and you’ll find that you are, all of a sudden improving and marvelling at how well you are sending the ball to your target.

Hi Shawn,

Very interesting to see it this way. I have to give it a try. You spoke of having it easier for other clubs because you have clearance and might get harder for wedges if you don’t adjust clearance enough.

Maybe this is also where single length irons will help because you only need one swing (one set up = one clearance).

Anyway, very interesting! Thanks for the insight. Beautiful as always.

Hi Shawn,

Interesting video. I’ve since checked out the football drill you mentioned. I also have that problem of collapsing the wrist at the top – is there a particular drill or tip I can do to correct this? This is one major flaw I want to remove from my swing.

Thanks!!

Shawn, you just said you rarely choke down on the club, is there a reason for that? I have always held on to the idea that if you choke down on a club it should have the flight of the club you’re using but the distance of one club less.. is that not true? Thanks

Hi Shawn, the same Finishing principle applies to Driver as well?
Thanks

Hey Shawn, great video. How do i use this and Goldilocks to stop a swing that’s too inside to out (shallow way too much in down swing)?
Thanks

Now Matt has a kind of Daniel Berger back swing :-). I used that trick of teeing a little lower with the driver and use the top of the grass as a reference point and it worked miracles, that day I did hit 80% of my fairways.

Hi Shawn. Do you find that people who have a backswing that is too “inside” tend to have a problem getting collapsed ?

Shawn, I came across this video today. It is highly representative of your teachings…just a different approach. I’d be interested to hear your comments on it (about the instructor and his methods, not necessarily about the author of the video per se).

Thanks as always!
JK

Shawn,
When you take your grip do you want to take it with the club upright (umbrella/clubhead in the air) or on the ground (clubhead on the ground)?
Also, do you align the clubface closed and then take the grip (turn the club face closed, take grip) OR have the club face square and take a strong grip (keep club face square, align hand to be closed)?
How you take the grip seem pretty important, because if I change the method of taking the grip, the consistency changes.

SHORT IRONS OK
HAVING PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER DISTANCE