Shawn, I’m surprised you even needed your lie angles flattened as IIRC you’re fairly tall and swing upright. Do you think getting lie angles changed is a big difference maker as far as feeling the swing and confidence behind the ball? At 5’7″, maybe it’s time I get those checked out from my “off the rack” set.
Shawn, you mention “dragging the club back” as an excellent “drill” and a fabulous way to hit shots…can this be incorporated into the on-course swing, rather than just a drill??
Hi Shawn. First off thanks for being the one simple voice of reason and sense in a virtual universe of constant white noise, quick fixes and overly complex voodoo. 10 years into the game now. I started with you, then tried to find my own way, was perpetually confused and am now back to you exclusively and ready to get it right once and for all. Quick question on this. My fear is that this swing thought might lead me to flipping or scooping at the ball. My thought process defaults to rolling the hands over (passing through square to target at midpoint…hopefully…by some miracle of timing) through impact. What video or drill re-enforces the correct lead/trail feeling and interaction for correct release.
Hi kh! I can’t believe I missed this comment; thank you for leaving it!
the videos you want to watch are “lead hand release”, “trail hand release”, “release fine tuning” and “snap release polish” as well as “turbo charge lead and trail hand release”
keep me posted on your progress!
Hi Shawn. I was wondering if you have seen the new Aug 2018 Golf Digest where Stan Utley has written an article on putting? I don’t normally get into Golf Digests’ “tips”. But I really thought of you on this one. Check it out. He is using MOMENTUM and GRAVITY in the putting stroke. Something he never mentioned in his earlier books. Would love to hear what you think of this technique. Thanks Doug D.
Hi Shawn, the transition is best shown on your YouTube video `Best Downswing Weight shift`. Any chance of reviewing this video for the premium channel.
Regards, les
I am interested in this Center of Gravity, or the sternal notch. I was watching on Youtube one of your videos about spiral tilt and taking a divot. I am having problems taking a divot, but your videos helped me understand, I think and I am trying to verify with you.
If the sternal notch represents where your low point in the swing is, then aligning it just in front of the golf ball, this will allow you to drop the arms in the downswing (swinging freely) to hit the golf ball first, then the soil and allow you to take the divot consistently. Is that correct?
Then, when you want to hit a draw, you position the ball just back of center, your notch is now behind the ball and won’t this cause you to not take a divot? Help, I am confused!
Draw will still have sternal notch in front of ball; always want the low point of swing in front of ball on the target side for all golf balls off the grass; only with Driver would you have it on the way up!
Not trying to make more work for you Matt, but it would be great if you could include a little more detailed description of the videos intended key items, and when Shawn refers to a previous video for reference, a hot link to that video to view in advance. Thank you in advance and now get back to pounding balls at your intended target😊
I am having trouble drawing the ball. Instead, I tend to hit the ball right – sometimes 10 to 20 degrees. After setup, I slightly rotate to get my head behind the ball – irons. So I am hitting in the direction that my shoulders are aligned. Not at all sure what I am doing wrong. Should My back swing be away from my – more in line with my feet.
See 2 very important videos on youtube called “dominant lead hand shawn clement” and “how to use your lead side shawn clement”. It will explain a lot!
Shawn
I really enjoy doing the first of these two drills and feel like it has helped me immensely at finding the center of the club face. However, squeezing the ball through the door frame tends to lead me astray. I think the door frame analogy accidentally makes me focus on the ball and I end up somehow moving a bit closer to the ball in the process of trying to squeeze it through (wedge shanks…yikes!). Is this common when attempting to do this drill and what are your thoughts on how I can avoid the tendency to shank with the wedges? Thanks and all the best! – Chris
Hi Chris! Dang, I must have missed this from the junk email box! So sorry you had to go through that! Wedge shanks are quite common; if your swing is too flat or arms are too behind you, it will not bode well for the shorter clubs. This is why single length clubs is getting more popular. You want to practice the “ball below feet” video to get the extreme version and do a lot of PMD swing cutting grass and letting the arms rise more in the backswing with the shorter clubs. They should feel more vertical. Shawn
Hello Shawn,
Awesome content. About fine tuning the arm motion. If the flight path is draw or fade, does the arm path and plane get flatter or steeper, respectively, or is it always the same? Or is the ball position and the degree of the turning in of the golf club take care of working these two flight paths?
Garth from Green Bay,
Go Pack Go!
I would not look at it that way at all as the human brain is terrible at body part positioning; however, with proper references, it can tell you if it can accomplish the task from where it is!
See “how to match the backswing to the shot shawn clement”
Keith from Bend Or here…. I recall from a previous session that you discuss ‘reverse’ lag in the back swing. I recently found this sensation and it has helped so much with syncing. My guess is lagging the clubhead in the take-away sets my wrists/ hands a little sooner as opposed to wrists cocking last in the BS.
Thoughts ?
Hey Keith!
Like in the perpetual motion drill, the release into the backswing will make it feel as if your wrists set early; the key is to LET THEM set whereever they want to and make the biggest yet most strain free backswing that matches the direction you want the ball to start on; Shawn
Great video. Since in the golf swing the right arm collapses and the left arm stays relatively straight, Isn’t the left arm (Right hand golfer) the arm falling with gravity? In other words, does the left arm pull the right arm?
No, I would not look at it that way; they both fall past the body as the body glides out of the way; always think about them as one solid piece; THE ARM-CLUB UNIT.
just wanna to say a big THANKS for all you do, been watching your vids and practicing all summer. played in a tourney this past weekend and shot 78-74 with 6 birdies over the weekend. birdied 18 sunday , 510yd par 5 with water in front and right , driver 3 hybrid to win the calcutta. you have transformed my game dude!!!
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