See this is what confuses me. In this video you are swinging the arms in an across the body swing but in other videos you swing the arms up and down. Which is it? My take is you don’t stand and let your arm fall to the side. That is not the way the arms move. You place your arms in front of you and let them fall. This is the way they should move or am I wrong? Confusing video.
Sometimes you need to watch a video a couple times to get the gist; the ones on youtube this one coordinates with is the same title; see part 2 as well from above view!
Shawn
This is really sinking in now Shawn. Here’s by dilemma…left versus right side. If I focus on whipping the club through with my left side…it’s a slashing of the sword feeling. But if I focus on the right side, I feel a very powerful baseball swing. Which is it that you feel?
Woohoo, yessir! You are getting there!
This is a great question!
When performing a task, your conscious mind will get some fleeting moments of feel during the action; sometimes the sword, sometimes the baseball swing;
THEY ARE BOTH AWESOME TASKS! Some situations may call for the sword feel and some others the baseball feel; have fun with both for sure.
Johnny Miller used to use visuals of other great players around him to deliver certain shots; Lee Trevino for low fades and Jack Nicklaus for high ones; the image translates into feel and feel through the task.
Enjoy!
When you are keeping your centre of gravity between the arches of your feet should you be focusing on keeping the sternal notch (centre of swing ) in front of the ball so you get compression then divot after the ball ? Or mainly just focus on keeping your centre of gravity between the arches of your feet ?
You are using the ground to keep you centered so that you can stay on the task of cutting through the dandelion stem or compress through the door frame with ease and nice velocity.
All for the task!😀👍
I prefer the “predict contact” videos on premium; also see “downhill shots” and “uphill shots” as well as the “wood planing video”. Find a task that will do the job without thinking and over trying;
Shawn
Just looking for a clarification on the release of the throw . When you throw clubs indoors it’s at specific targets that are around waist to chest high. (This is usually where I feel the release in the throwing the club and my golf swing )When you went out doors to throw the club the first one was at that height but when you went to throw father the release seemed much higher . In the golf swing when using the task of creating more Clubhead speed(throwing club farther ) will the release feel higher ?
I agree! Throwing the club HIGH made all the difference. My issue is casting / losing lag / going at the ball. These swing flaws let me throw clubs waist high just fine. But when I throw the club HIGH, my contact, speed and lag feels much better. This video explains it in great detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RzBIPstPg8. Thanks Shawn!
My shot making has improved since I started concentrating on throwing the club to my target.
The way I express it is “the golf swing is a throwing motion”.
Just for clarification..if I use a strong left hand grip with 2 or 3 knuckles, should I still close the face at address…or is this something I have to experiment with to find what works for me to throw it to the target.
My other issue is I can use your method to fade a driver or iron easily. However, I just can’t seem to get the draw going even though I close the face and play a little back.
Hi Elio! The key is to stay all the way through the tip of the tee into a nice full release towards the direction you want to start the ball and then SEE HOW THE BALL FLIES; then make an adjustment after you see 3 shots with the same pattern!
Hi Shawn, I recently been playing a course with thick fairway rough and found myself with poor contact with the ball as the rough grabbed my club. Do you have any suggestions for this type of shot? Thanks, Larry De Biasio
You bet! You must predict how the ball will come out before you hit the shot! Run the different scenarios in your mind until you find a club you can predict will get through the dandelion stem and have the ball come out!
How does Goldielocks work with the side vision? You always say not to trust your side vision, but then getting the right “feel” on putts with it (regular shots as well).
This is what is cool; as long as your brain receives a reference that is FOR SURE NOT FITTING, IT NOW HAS A BREAD CRUM TRAIL AND WILL FIND IT’S WAY!
Bring it back gradually until the feel of too far to one side sits now on the line you want to start the ball;
Shawn
Hi Shawn, what about for draw/fade? I ve got hope in this drill it seems to work better for me eventhough it’s a bit tricky cause eyes are on the grass and the focus is more on my hands.
This drill is more for the visual and the understanding of what happens coming into impact. For the draw and fade, see “working the ball” and then “draw fine tuning” and “fade fine tuning”
Shawn,
A couple of observations from an old Army guy. I went through the 1.0 and some of the other videos and was amazed at how much sense it makes. My golf buddies would say I am a bit of a “not normal” swing seeker. With your swing system, I am wondering if they are normal. Ha! I have been doing some of the drills for about 4 days or so, I took it to the course for the first time today. Shot an 80 on a course I normally shoot 84-88. Scoring wasn’t an issue as I put myself in a couple of bad spots and paid the price for that. I noticed a couple of things, 1-my back was not sore in the least after 18 holes, where it would normally. 2- the contact was flush on the numbers on about 95% of my swings, compared to my old swing at around 60%. Setting up the right picture was the one area I struggled with and for a few of my poor swings I noticed i reverted back to my old swing. I can’t thank you enough, golf was fun today and I suspect will be fun for the foreseeable future! Thank you a million times over! great Vlog! would have liked to see what you ended up with but 3 holes was great none the less. Cheers from Texas!
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