Another great drill. I will be using this analogy with one of my female students tomorrow because she loses posture in follow through. Shawn thanks again for giving us some great stuff.
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Nicklaus and many other of the classic players Brandel shows in his book all cocked their head to the right at address or as they start the backswing. You advocate the opposite I believe. (I am a right handed player). If I understand you correctly, the head should be tilted with the right ear lower than the left. Am I interpreting this correctly ?
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Hi Al! It is all about task; notice how the head is positioned when hammering a nail into a door frame? See Rory’s head coming into impact; this is where we start! See “head position and lag shawn clement” onnthe regular channel; then see “tilt acid test shawn clement”
Thank you for the kind words!
Shawn
Before I read your reply, I had a MAJOR epiphany. I have a pitching station in my back yard. When I forced myself to use the momentum of the arm/club unit (and focusing on the target/goal versus the process and positions), it just clicked! I was always paralyzed by swing thoughts because I wasn’t thinking correctly. The mark on my wedge was the size of a dime with no mishits and no position thoughts. Now I need to transition this to a bigger swing. You are the best golf teacher on the planet!
For a fade you play the ball forward of center and aim left (where you want the ball to start) with a less closed club face.
For a draw you play ball back of center but keep your stance straight on the target line, close the club face more then the fade and turn you behind the ball (shoulders) and release to the target.
What about fairway woods, hybrids, and drivers.
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Exactly! Aim where you want the ball to end, adjust ball position to where you want to release the shot and allow the club to release you in that direction!
Hi Mr. Wilson! Welcome to the club! The hybrids and woods have a wider head and the ball will,need to be more forward on all counts; just a hair forward of centre for draw and between centre and front instep for fades; Driver even more as the ball is on the tee; we have this information in the “fairway woods” and “driver” videos on premium;
Shawn
Hey Shawn, I recently hit some fades using the Flightscope and my club face was slightly closed at impact. I move the ball forward in my stance, open the club face so it is less closed, and line up left of target. Any thoughts on why my club face is closed at impact, or what I can do to change that? Just open it more at address? Something else? Thanks Shawn!
Always confirm if your release was at the ball or well through the ball; if you can confirm that it was well through and still not fading and the contact was nicely compressed, then yes, opennthe face a bit more;
Shawn
As my swing has improved and no more over the top, I am finding it extremely difficult to fade the ball more than 3-4 yards with 7 iron and less (even going feet together and trying different clubface/ball position combos). It’s a good problem to have except with a right pin and a right to left wind.
I remember on your youtube channel at TXG your shafts were causing you difficulty fading. I ask because I have the same shafts and swing speed so I’m trying to determine if the issue could be equipment or if it’s just due to the higher lofts (my 7 iron is 35 degrees) causing less spin axis when open.
So do I have to open up a 5 iron to hit a bubba fade or is it possible with a shorter iron? 😛
The TXG episode was an isolated incident; I do better with better targets out there and was still strugling with the lack of targets in that screen! Best is to do some goldie locks and go to the extremes; and yes, the higher the loft the tougher it is to fade!
Funny follow-up to this comment; my technique wasn’t the problem at all! Ian at TXG recently fit me through the bag and we found that I had outgrown my s300s and they were releasing too soon, plus got everything 2 degree flat. Now I’m back to being able to hit all kinds of fades!
Well, if you chose your intermediate point from behind, and you THINK you are going straight over when you are beside the ball, I can garantee one of 2 things are happening:
1-your alignment is not left enough
2-your backswing is too much inside
Both are very common because they are born from a subconscious “reconfirming” of the situation with side vision.
Solution for either one or both?
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I AM A RIGHTED HANDED GOLFER. WITH A STRONG LEFT HAND GRIP I FIND THAT I HAVE TO HAVE THE LEFT THUMB AT LEAST A LITTLE TO THE SIDE OF THE HANDLE. IF I TRY TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT DOWN I CAN’T A COUPLE OF KNUCKLES TO SHOW.
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Exactly! That is how I teach it! Thumb has to be slightly to the side; see “stop destroying your golf glove shawn clement” and “grip acid test shawn clement”
Does a stronger grip promote forearm rotation, tried a stronger grip just pushing the club back and getting out of the way, my swing feels super simple now, it feels like I can’t miss
I had a pitch session with the local pro yesterday (group session for the team(s) playing in the danish league).
Unfortunately I dont know the training plan ahead of schedule so usually I review your videos after our weekly practice sessions.
One of the things he talked about on the pitch shots was the importance of rotating and keeping the hinge all the way through, not allowing any kind of release since it would close the face of the club.
Another important thing was swinging slightly from outside to inside.
Trying to hold the hinge through impact wasnt very comfortable, it didnt feel natural at all and gave alot of strain in the wrists. I understand the risk of getting a closed clubface at impact, but I guess that is just a result of releasing at the ball, not towards the target.
That there is a classic example of what is wrong with today’s golf coaching and instruction; you are exactly right in feeling how wrong this is. Have you seen the flop shot video? I cut through a dandelion stem softly. Have you seen the video with the wood shavings? Or the carrot peel video? If you shave wood along the ground with a nice quick zippy whip and stay a bit longer along the ground, you will have your “holding of the wrists”
Ask the pro on what everyday task he could relate this action to; it will make him think! Tell him about Gabriele Wulf’s research for the last 20 years on human motor skill learning and how insanely bad we are at body part positioning.
Love this! Been hitting balls in my shed with a canvas to catch balls. I showed my golf partner this video because I was hitting the ball sweet! He said my head bobs up and down like yours in the video and that I should keep it level at all times! Puring the ball but now Im confused?
Been practicing relentlessly your method of chip/pitch. It makes total sense to me..I have been playing a long time and over the years developed a flip motion and as a result I am still hitting behind and sometimes thin. Not sure how to break this habit…HELP !
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