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Great question; in my case, yes, however, only after I changed from interlocking grip to overlapping grip as a junior; and in my experience, if the backhander or lead hand dominant person is not behind the ball enough, it makes it much harder to release…

In a pitch or flop, I feel the arms fall through the stem along the ground past my body towards the direction I want the ball to start; so arms falling towards something means body has to grab the ground with the lean foot and turn out of the way for you.
Full swing would be “throw the club on that side of the intermediate point” which would correspond to the direction you want to start the ball on; which would load the body’s kinetic chain more assertively.

Hi Gordon, no not each index finger at all! If you listen again, you will hear me say fingers against the index and the left hand agains the index (only the right index)
See the full grip video on this to clear that up; this one is like a little revew to emphasize Donna’s grip size she should have.

Wide in the direction of the intermediate point forces everything up;

Got a video for that!

Enjoy!

Oh, and here is the most recent video on that!

What is your focus in the bunker? What are you getting ready to do at address?

Shawn

My focus is on moving my knees towards one another and trying to stay back.

I have a hard time aiming behind the ball as my instincts have me lunge at it. Therefore, I wind up putting it about 3 inches ahead instead of 1/2 inch.

I still sometimes hit it first or deflect into it. I suspect I’m not getting out of the way on the backswing or forward swing, which may result int my wrists collapsing and the lunar ball.

Man, that is the last thing you want to focus on! Always focus on using the weight of the arms and club to spray a jet or divot of sand onto the green where you want to land the ball; eyes on the sand about an inch behind the ball AND THE FOCUS IS TO USE THE SOLE OF THE CLUB TO SPRAY SAND and thats it! Never think about body parts; only sand in the direction you want it to go and the distance you want to land it on the green.

Thank you. I’m going to give it a go. This is a great video. Thank you for all of your awesome work.

Very close!

Should have been a little bit more specific but should the backswing and wrist hinge look the same .

How is your grass cutting in both directions?
Shawn

Thx for the reply. I think I’ve finally found the issue. I went back to grass cutting after reading your reply and my grass cutting is good. It’s when there is a ball in the way that there is an issue. I think My brain don’t thrust that the club face will square up in time. So my trail hand takes over and tries to guide it while my lead hand tries to cut grass. Problem is, my brain just doesn’t want to let go and see what happens; thus it will never learn to trust it. I do you get out of that loop?

Bingo…..as long as the ball is the primary target for the brain the blackout occurs and the swing trust is lost. Even practicing on the Randy etc maybe 50% to 75% momentum with arm club unit but on the course I found less than 10% of swings stayed in focus as the dominant right hand took over with the head tilting and dropping and then …..you know what!

Would you recommend that I take a weaker grip with my trail hand? So having my life line more on top of my thumb then on the side of it?

Do some cutting through tees and then through golf balls on the tees; feel that you are performing the same through the balls and that you are simply letting the arc-ball on a string- cut through the tees and that it does not switch to hitting golf balls; if it does, use whiffle balls and then golf balls;
Shawn

If you look at the heel of Tony Finau, he keeps it on the ground way past impact; keeping his feet solidly on the ground which keeps him more centered; because Dustin has a much more closed face, he must turn much more and leave his anchor earlier; I just re-tweeted a swing from Finau Yesterday actually! 😀👍

Interesting that you can do it bothways. When i try more centered swing my right heel stays on the ground but im not finishing anymore… well more practice needed 😌

This is what Savannah is working on right now; makes a huge difference in her ball striking and initial ball flight direction!

I just watched Savannah 3D analysis. Cool stuff! I keep on working also 👍

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Yes, for the draw; aim where you want to end and release where you want to start; the ball position needs to be in a spot where you will catch the ball on the way up and in the direction you want to start the ball; so ball position simply needs to match the flight plan and allow you to LET THE CLUB AND ARMS TRACK THE ARC IN THAT DIRECTION; the operative word being LET. 😀👍