Your videos and golf insight have really improved my overall golf game getting me down to a 4 instead of an 8 hcp
Question, at impact I take a shalow dovot, what is the thought process, drill or what is precenting me to really hit down and take a normal dollar bill dovot and hold the angle until you cutting the grass after the divot ?
Great stuff! This one is pretty easy! It is all about predictions or task:
See the “predict solid contact and direction shawn clement” video and the “golf is as easy as peeling carrots shawn clement” video;
On premium, we have these as well; see “predict contact” and “through the ball” part 1-2 where we spray water to target!
Hello Shawn, it looks like the ball is in front of your left toe for the fade On th driver is this correct or should the ball be inside your frame?
Ps: loving your work i’ve abandoned the RotarySwing in favour of your methods and I must say that it’s been a revelation. I’ve been practicing hard for 2 years and dont feel like the input is reflected by the output, however after adopting your principals in relation to cutting the grass rather than hitting at the ball and having a clear task with and start and end has instantly provided benefit. It freed my swing and massively increased club head speed. Do you provide online lessons if so after a few more weeks of practice i’ll send you some swings. Thanks Michael Green from Kent, England
Hi Michael! Thank you for the great comment and welcome to your last stop where now you get to have fun evolving and enjoying the progress in your process! Yes, we do have a terrific “skype” or “FaceTime” or “messenger” live video lesson program; see my “instruction” page on my main website at www.wisdomingolf.com
We will be offering a nice monthly program for that when I get to my new perch in Quebec City!
Shawn
Yes, it’s another great drill 🤔
Don’t forget, Shawn is a genius golf teacher, you must visit the web site :
Wisdom in golf. Before, I hit my 6 iron 165 y. Now, I hit the same 6 iron 190 y. If you don’t beleave me, try it, you will see. Thanks Shawn
I’ve just watched your rhythm training for the third of fourth time, and I know it is helping me. I would ask the five iron rhythm is it equal for the five wood?
If possible I would like to see a super slow motion swing with the hands through the hitting area. I am having problems with my back hand RUSHING or over powering my front hand, which obviously spoils the shot. Any suggestions And training tips to correct us would be appreciated
Jeez man, just saw this post; so sorry but sometimes the system sends the comment or question to my junk box, so please email me directly if I have not answered withing 2 days!
This here is a focus issue, NOT A DEFECTIVE BODY PART ISSUE!!
Here is my focus sequence first; your priority is to now go get a task that will get you a feel of a release, or speed well past the ball so you know the difference between what you described as AT THE BALL and THROUGH THE BALL TO THE PICTURE.
If you get ahead of the shot, you will have to hurry up and release quickly to not miss the ball, very frustrating feeling that I remember oh so well a couple decades ago; HATE THAT RUSHED FEEL!!!!
See our “Stay behind the ball” videos on youtube and also the first video in the “consistency series” right here in premium. Then throw some clubs like in our “Club speed” video here in premium but be safe! See also “throw the club straight shawn clement” on youtube
Then see our videos about “the release” And finally “predict contact”
All the best and Happy New Year!
I’ve been hitting the ball to high as well which decreases distance in comparison to my fellow routine playing partners. Any thoughts on how to improve shot trajetory to gain distance/roll out?
First you need to choose the height you want to hit the shot on! Second, to get all the way through the shot, you need a grip club relationship that is CLOSED ENOUGH at address to allow you to get through to the target!! Please see “through the ball vs atbthe ball shawn clement” on youtube and then back here for many videos that are CORE to getting all the way through the ball, like the first video of the “consistency series training”
Hi Shawn
I am new to Wisdom in Golf and a Eagle Member. I am having trouble finding a task that I can have consistent success. This is my thought process on the course. Stand behind the ball and picture a shot with a definitive shot shape. See where I want the ball to start and finish. Choose an intermediate point and match my set up to the shot I have pictured. Predict solid contact ball grass ground. Now the tricky part do I cut grass, throw the club, use the battering ram, use the sword, hammer the nail through the door frame ect… Do I use one task for the entire round or alternate for different shots. Sometimes when I hit several bad shots in a row I switch tasks to a new one. then when it fails I switch again.
Thanks for your videos I know I will eventually get it.
Fred
Hey Fred! You need to find a task that resonates with you on the range; and the plug in has to come with a prediction of “when I cut the stem in that direction, the sole of the club will sown like this through this turf and the feel off this lie will be thumpy or loose through the taller grass, or breezy through the dry grass or the flyer lie in the first cut etc…
What will it feel like, sound like and look like when you whip through to the target?
Shawn
I think I understand
The task is the action used to whip the club to the target and the prediction is the cutting of the grass in that direction with the sole of the club for solid contact.
Thanks for your fast response.
In the short time I have been practicing the Wisdom in Golf swing I have hit some very powerful and accurate shots but have not been able to put together a complete round. I am very inconsistent. Don’t get me wrong I am very inconsistent no matter what instructional method I use hence my 16 handicap. I would like to get it down below a 10. Hopefully with your help and we can get there.
Thanks again
Here is what is going into my book; to be consistent at golf, you need to be very consistent with this sequence:
1-pick an “end target” or a place you want to have the ball end up
2-pick a flight plan that fits your ability to get the ball there
3-find an intermediate point that will set you up into that picture-so that when you let the weight of the club release you to the target, you can predict that the ball position, the distance to the ball, the posture, and the grip-club face relationship will fit the flight when you let the club track itself into the direction you want to start the ball.
Predictions video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQF5GjxzFs
4-set up done? Prediction of shot done? It is now OUT of YOUR CONTROL, just give control to gravity and let the weight of the ACU release itself in the direction you want to start the ball. Look for the feel of that low effort and nice whipping velocity that unleashes that ball into that flight with freedom and abandon!
5-DID YOU LET IT? DID you stay with the feel of that release to that direction? Or did you get distracted by “making sure” of a position or something else making noise around you?
If you stayed with it: how was the direction? how was the contact? How was the balance? How was the strain level?
If you did not stay with it, something short circuited you and you were trying to do something else; what was that you were trying? What were your concerns?
6-The most important stat in golf is how many times (there are average 36 full swings on the golf course) were you able to stay with your shot all the way to the finish? Can You CONFIRM WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT YOU felt the release of the club in the direction you wanted to start the ball?
Thank you for the check list for consistency. I played 9 this morning before work. When I preformed the check list and made a nice throw of the club into a low effort high velocity release to the target, with the prediction of cutting the dandelion stem I got amazing resusts! When I couldn’t verify the throw and prediction the resusts were less desirable but the misses were “better misses” I will continue to work on the principals you have outline for me in your previous post.
Thanks again for sharing your outstanding teaching philosophy.
Colin is almost there,..some of his setup and swings look really good then he lapses into his comfort feel and goes back to his old ways…keep up the good tuition shawn, youll get him there..cant wait for the next video!
Nice videos. Never get tired of watching the basics. Can see Colin sneaking weight to the front at address, not so of course with the walking swing. Seems so easy to get “paralyzed” over the ball in a static posture that seems ok but in fact sabotages the dynamic act of swinging to the target with nice tempo and effortless balanced swing. Thanks Matt and Sensei Shawn.
Hi Shawn
I’m just a little confused! I watched your video in Wisdom in Golf 1.0 where you talk about club face being open or closed to the arc Vs the target line. In other videos when you refer to open or close the club face a little, generally do you mean in relation to the arc or the target line?
Thanks and I am enjoying your videos immensely.
Marian
I have been working on my grip of late (thanks Shawn for the superb instruction), and there appears to be a sweet spot for the thumb of the left hand, just off center to the right where the left hand develops maximum grip. If I move the thumb slightly to the left to make it absolutely in line with the club shaft it makes coupling with the right hand feel unnaturally twisted for the right forearm and plays havoc with the entire swing. Whilst it is only a ~ 1/4″ or slightly more in displacement depending on your hand size and its structure, I found it had a huge impact on the hand path and club path on my ZEPP swing monitor (particularly the setting of the right hand in coupling with the left and the importance of the pointer finger pad joint where it meets the hand). Had I not discovered this site, I’d still be tinkering with my swing trying to work out why it has been unstable… not anymore. As always, thanks Shawn for your sublime instructional approach in adult education. You rock!
Hello Shawn
After watching the Grip Videos and testing the results with my ZEPP swing monitor, I am amazed at the immediate improvement in both hand plane and club plane. Changing from a ‘tight’ interlocking grip, to the overlocking (Vardon) grip immediately improved my swing control via my left hand. I suspect this has been brought about by a greater contribution to club control by the pointer of the left hand which is now on the shaft and reinforced by the pinky of the right hand. I also suspect that the joint pad of the right pointer where it joins the hand is now correctly aligned with the target. It appears these changes have increased stability in two directions – one down the shaft (left hand), and the other in line with the target (right hand pointer knuckle). Your remarkable instruction has also opened my eyes to the importance of the left hand in directional control in the swing. I now view the back of my left hand as emulating the club face, or very close to it depending on the club. This has been cathartic to a degree… you have explained what is happening and why. As an aspiring golfer who wants to excel at the skills of the game (not winning – just enjoying matching my skill with the course) you have provided both the foundation for developing these complex skills and the steps to achieve excellence. This really is ‘The Full Monty’ in golf instruction. Again Shawn – you ROCK!
Thank you for the check list for consistency. I played 9 this morning before work. When I preformed the check list and made a nice throw of the club into a low effort high velocity release to the target, with the prediction of cutting the dandelion stem I got amazing resusts! When I couldn’t verify the throw and prediction the resusts were less desirable but the misses were “better misses” I will continue to work on the principals you have outline for me in your previous post.
Thanks again for sharing your outstanding teaching philosophy.
Is the Dandelion stem under the equator or inder the bottom of the ball? Since I’m striking ball, grass, ground I’m thinking the Dandelion stem is under the equator.
Where ever it needs to be for you to get a nice strike! Mine is ground level in the centre of the ball; you will notice that the face of the club needs to hit the ball before the leading edge gets the stem!
Use a door frame and see for yourself! 👍😀
Then mine is at ground level too. And, aha! The club face strikes the back of the ball before the leading edge cuts the stem at ground level; keeping the ball, grass, ground intact. Excellent! Thanks!!
Each time I watch one of your videos Shawn I am humbled and enriched. I’ve been struggling with a slice issue with my driver. My hand plane and club plane are 0 to negative so I’m not coming over the top. However, in doing slow swing movement practice I ensured that my club head was square to the target line, but when I complete the backswing to impact my body was partially turned and you guessed it… my club face was open by 12-20 degrees through the impact area. I had toyed with closing the club face at setup but thought that was a work around for ‘my problem’ and had discarded it. Closing the clubface slightly appears obvious now I’ve watched your video. How my posture and club face are at impact for a clean straight shot down the target line must influence my club at address unless I can dynamically change it with a slight arm rotation in the downswing prior to impact. I need to analyse this some more.
Again, great stuff Shawn.
As you can see from part 1 of this page; you need to CLOSE THE FACE and to your brain and your mind it will seem extreme; but on video it will look very tame! TAKE THE PLUNGE!!!!!
Oh Obi Wan… it worked!!!! What I set up at address (whilst somewhat twisted and bracing in an athletic stance to the target line, which feels more natural than 90 degrees square) presents at impact 😊 When I saw you adjust you stance and the club it made sense… and explained so many concerns I had. Just enlightening- thanks again Shawn. The biggest boost I am getting from your work is in my confidence in what I am doing.
Have been practicing your short game method…Was having trouble letting it fall…I found that with a very, very light grip and hovering the clubhead a little for chips and short pitches it seems to help me feel the weight of the clubhead. Does this make sense to you ?
I know that you teach a much firmer grip for full shots .
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