Hi Shawn, is the purpose of the pre-deployment acid test to see if the distance to ball is correct and confirmation that you’ll be hitting the center of the club face? When actually swinging, all this should happen naturally without me doing anything because of gravity?
Yes, just like in the “arc-blur unstoppable momentum series”
Gravity tracks the arc-you see where it passes and where the low point is; you bring to the ball and let the arc track through ball and intermediate point; not your job to find the ball EVER.
Hi Shawn,
I had watched your ‘knife the grip’ video previously and perhaps misinterpreted the right index pressure point as something you would feel through the downswing — but from the hammer swing here — it appears that you would not feel pressure in the right index finger almost until the hands are past the ball and release is happening? ( and maybe this was what Hogan was referring to – when wishing for 3 right hands).
Am I seeing this right (hammer) or is it different because you are just demoing the release with the hammer? in a manner different than a golf club due to hammer face vs club face orientation.
Very hard to stay focused on that during the swing; the grip is much more of a set up and forget about during the swing so you can stay on task; so if your task is cut through stem or compress through doorframe, then you grip the club with this in mind and feel that the grip would allow you to perform that task; then forget it and stay on task into the target using momentum.
Hi Shawn. I am fairly new to your program but have watched a bit of your YouTube channel, which brought me to here. It’s not even been a week yet, so I am still learning to navigate the site. One thing I have always struggled with was letting the club set before I started the downswing, leading to OTT, and not generating power from the ground up. The PMD has really helped me feel the weight of the club as gravity takes it downwards. I’ve got a lot more work to do before this is “grooved” but happy nonetheless.
As a newbie to your program, where do you suggest I start. I started with Core Videos, but at the beginning you mention go to “task” videos, so I watched those. I would like to understand the full process, especially release. Is there a series I should start and progress with? I also suspect I’m not wide enough with my backswing, but only a video will tell.
Hi Brad! Welcome!
to get a solid grasp of the engagement of the kinetic chain, start with the “throwing the club” video and the “throwing series” and then see “trail hand release” and “important release update” so once you throw the club into a nice snap release, you simply need to predict what needs to be in the way with “the goldilocks series” and finally the “target confirmation series”
then let me know how you are doing!
Very helpful! Thank you. As a 40+ empty nester, I practice a lot, so having this direction is very nice. I’m sure you’ll be hearing from me when I hit the wall.
Hi John! The front of the ball touches the centre of stance for draw and the back of the ball touches centre on fade; that’s it! Unless you want a lower draw or a higher draw which would be about a half ball farther back or forward of that.
The swing analogy is perfect. I’ve always struggled to add more velocity without adding more strain. This will help. Can’t wait for the height videos per our YT chat.
This lesson had a couple of eye opening points: 1: Letting the club release me at the follow through. I had been manually releasing the club or not releasing at all, which would explain the constant slicing. 2: Your demonstration of the club face at “45 degrees” and the positioning of the body where it squares up to the intermediate target. I have been struggling to find the in to out path and this seems to help.
One thing I think I have been struggling with is letting the club do the work. I have been having lower back pain this season and I suspect it might be due to my interpretation of generating power from the ground where I am pulling the hips around towards the target line and attempting to keep the trail shoulder back. I am trying to do the squat move and standing up maneuver in the PMD, but it’s a going to be a process to ingrain. My lower back still gets a little tender, but I feel it more on the way through now as the momentum carries my “hand/club unit” through.
While I am committed to this methodology, I feel like this season might be a little rough as it always is with a swing change. My commitment comes from the idea of eliminating all of the manipulations that come to mind when I swing a club I am not confident in. I really want the mindset I have when I swing my trusty 6i. I just line up the shot and go.
Hey Sean, great video instruction as always. Questions, I noticed you said your eyes are looking at blades of grass/grass clippings in front of the ball with your iron’s what about the driver? Are you looking at the back of the lower part of the ball?
Eyes are on the tee! We are using the “blur of club” and “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” (see the driver video on that) to flick the tee into a summersault over the IP
see also “stick your finish despite the ball” series! 😀👍
Hey John! Sorry, they are no longer in business; but the name changed because of Tupperware, and it became “Forward grips” see if that works; Mr David Blois had sold the company to another entity in Toronto so you may be able to find one! Let me know!
When I throw the club I feel I can keep my right arm bent and throw to the target. When there is a ball I cannot stop my right arm extending fully at the ball as I feel I will go over the top of the ball and not collect it. Do I just need to bend my knees more to make sure I collect the ball?
This is exactly what will happen if you let it! Start by “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series #6” and feel what the body needs to do to keep whipping divots into the bushes!
Another helpful series. I practice a lot in my living room with foam balls and a mat. Ball position is one that I can really get a feel for as I hit the jackets hanging on the back of the door as I target left, right and center. I will have to wait to get to the range to Goldilocks the club face and see the ball flight, although I have been making adjustments to the face based on the direction the ball leaves after impact. The question I have is; for posture and levels and distance to the ball, am I wrong to determine those with my PMD before and during my address to the ball? I have been setting my distance to the ball by standing a little taller over the ball and observing the blur?
Great question Brad!! Some of my students when doing the PMD are mot engaging the kinetic chain enough into the direction they want the grass clippings to go (see “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” especially #6) and because they stay tall, the club tends to pass too close to the body and the distance to ball is compromised. So “goldilocks” to the rescue! When you gage that distance to ball, you are feeling “momentum already there before you start the swing” (great video series) and you are determining and predicting if your distance to ball will allow the arms and club to swing past you freely without you feeling the need to reach out (too far from ball) or hang on or stand up or jump out of the way (too close to the ball)
It is really magic feeling like you can’t miss when standing over the ball; just amazing; and you are looking with “interest curiosity” as to how close that shot will get to the hole or centre of fairway. Stay on it! 😀👍
Hi again! Starting to feel the set at the top, with nice firm grip. Figured this out from a video where you say take away to match the direction of the swing/to match direction. What videos to help me deal with this wonderful feeling? Because I’m STILL releasing at the ball.
Hey Krista! We go back to the club throwing; when you throw the club through the arc-blur into the direction you want to start the ball, and don’t let go, you should feel that big snap at the end of the shoulder sockets which forces the lead arm to fold down and under the trail arm extending into that re-hinge. Polish this feel and then use the “target confirmation series” and the “predict contact” videos to put the ball in the way of that snap created by momentum and the G-forces of the swing!
Great video. I was using this one too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJCrEooDs2s (THE FULL BODY WAGGLE TO START THE GOLF SWING). But .. The longer I’m over the ball, the more I struggle to stay on task and keep those “position” thoughts out of my head. How do we balance the time to do the waggle with the longer time over that ball? Keeping my ADHD in check 🙂
Hey Paul! Good question! This is practice in the routine; Sergio had to redo his whole routine at one point; the best one is
1-flight plan
2-intermediate point
3-set up matches picture; how do you know? Well, the prediction process is based on you letting momentum pass you by and into the direction of flight; so once you confirm that your ball position, your distance to ball, your grip club relationship and your ball first contact are in order, the question is:
4-WHERE IS MY MOMENTUM?
see “momentum already there before you start the swing” series as the final act of each routine!
A+ for the Momentum Series.. I’ve found that practicing my pre-shot routine in solitude is worlds apart from an actual game—where there are more distractions and human obstacles on the tee box.. ☹
One follow-up, when practicing, I am focusing more on mechanics and balance, not 100% on target because I have to fix things like not swaying in the backswing, see NAIL THE CRITICAL FIRST 2 FEET OF YOUR BACKSWING, working my way through the clubs. Then, when playing, focus on my task and target, forging the mechanics, and wait for it to just come together on its own?? Will this ever happen.. does this approach make sense? It is just taking way too long for me.. ☹
Hey Paul! You mean foregoing the mechanics; yes! Staying with the target is another way to ensure that the proper mechanics will eventually come! Such as “match backswing to ball direction” and “blur of club” and “arc-blur unstoppable momentum series” where we constantly come back to hey, there is a flight plan that needs to be stayed with; then there is an intermediate point that is required to help us set up to that flight plan and then the set up matches us LETTING MOMENTUM DELIVER OUR TASK INTO THAT FLIGHT PLAN. When we stay with that, we are making the equivalent of that dart throw; and when you focus on throwing a dart to the bull’s eye an hour a day for 2 weeks, you get 15% better at the bull’s eye and closer to the bull’s eye for the rest of the misses. SAME APPLIES TO THE GOLF SWING; best way to ruin this is to start “making sure” and overdo the mechanics.
The videos of task, matching backswing to ball direction, super slow-super-wide super relaxed etc are for understanding and feel relating to the task when momentum is being used front and centre; you can apply these to the practice swing-then you deliver the momentum to the picture when the ball is there and throw the dart.
Great stuff.. Thanks!! By the way, have you noticed more online instructors adopting your concepts and methods? I wouldn’t say they’re stealing, but they should definitely give you some credit.
Yes, that is a great thing! Means there will be less suffering and more people staying in the game! I have seen many of them use my stuff; and yes, it definitely would be nice of them to give me a nudge once in a while for sure! 😝😀👍
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