Hi Shawn,I have a problem with alignment with position of my feet,if I take 3 or 4 practice swings to find out where the club is bottoming out.,I usually make good contact with the ball.I was taught if the club bottoms out 4 to 5 inches in front of the ball then I will make good contact .Is this a good thought?I also seem to want to accelerate though the ball harder at impact..Am I on the right or wrong path..any suggestions will be helpful.thanks Jim
I love watching the overhead views shawn..you can clearly see your whipping technique, especially with your right arm…It all makes complete sense in your other videos when you explain the whip needed to increase the club head speed..thanks once again for a most informative golf instruction shawn.
Wow my chipping was really poor as I’m a high HCper but this seems to work well ( on the carpet ) looking forward to watching the other videos on chipping . When I open the club my ball seems to go right so I’ll stay neutral till I watch some more vids 😁
Good stuff!
Make sure what you look at at address is the little sliver of grass between leading edge of club and ball and what the mind sees is the leading edge cutting through the stem of the dandelion in the direction of the intermediate point. Never let the ball become the focus and never try to put the ball on the face.
Keep at it! 🙂
The latest consistency series videos are all about that; also look at the “club speed” video in premium which is all about throwing the club! Different version of the same catapult; and use the feet together drill to getbthe full feel of it!
Brilliant series , the catapult has helped me no end . I find the practice swing over my ball is absolutely fantastic was struggling with the draw and that has fixed it . Any chance of some “lefty” videos the series with your daughter and videos with Matt are great for me as a “lefty” . And I know you can play both , very little lefty instruction out there ! We have to switch everything about to suit
Congrats on the new gig Shawn. Thanks for the great video (#10). Put it to the test today with my new driver. Whoohoo! Hitting some great drives. The Long Irons are a different story but I’ll keep working on that. Thanks again.
It happens sometimes when the internet is a bit slow; it just needs time to load; leave it for a bit and then come back to it in a few minutes and it should be good!
I enjoyed your section number five. I would suggest to improve our learning you do a better close-up to show what you are teaching the student. You did a great job with instruction concerning the grip and the fingers but we did not Learn as much because it was too distant Ross to see Well.
Great feedback! Thank you and will keep this in mind for our next one; we have another student lesson on deck with one of my MD students; so the one after will need to be more close up!
After many years trying different teachers, corrections, etc.. With your teaching and your tips, during the last three months I obtained an incredible advance in my impacts, distances, accuracy and flights, with my wedges, irons and hybrids.
With the wood 3 I gained confidence that is a lot, because was my worst club in the bag and now, I known that I can hit a fade o draw with this. But with the wood 3 and the driver I can’t feel as with my irons and hybrids the catapult effect/feeling, promoting this the use of the force and ending in poor strokes, and losing the focus of the task.
Could you give me any tip or any specific video to improve the catapult effect/feeling with the wood and driver?
Hi Tony!
Driver and woods are longer clubs and will require more outward pull away from the body; are you giving yourself enough space at address? Hands should be farther away from your thighs for sure with the woods!
Wow Shawn, this series, especially the catapult analogy, has been eye opening for me! I watched a video of my swing from this past summer filmed down the line, and despite making decent contact and a good divot, my trail foot was lifting wayyyyyyyyy before i hit the ball. This to me is an indication, and even confirmation, that I am defaulting to the ball more often than not and losing a TON of leverage and speed because I am losing the anchor of my swing!
Is the catapult the best drill to ingrain the feel of being anchored to the ground and to keep the trail foot on the ground until after impact? A huge light-bulb just went off when I was watching your trail foot. It does not lift until well after impact and I could now see the leverage and “pop” you create from this anchor. Just a wow moment for me right now! Is it spring yet?! Thank you Shawn for your amazing instruction as always!
Hey Dario! Good stuff!
Feet together, uphill shots, ball below feet, fairway bunker practice-all great for this!
Of you are indoors, feet together training is your best bet. Always catapult without strain to a specific target and fade or draw! If you hit 7 irons 150, then feet together 100 is the feel. The key is feeling the arms get pulled through by the kinetic chain and not push of shove with arms OR RIGHT SIDE!
Have fun!
Awesome! Thank you Shawn. Another light bulb! I actually noticed that fairway bunkers are some of my best shots of the day. All makes sense to me now, the stable platform of locking into the sand keeps me anchored and I was doing this without even thinking! Fantastic stuff!
Using this technique I find it helpful if I pick an intermediate point 6 inches in front of the ball and concentrate on swinging the club head over that, this distracts my mind from thinking about impact between club head and ball. Is that approach sound? Thanks
Hi Julian, I was doing this as well, but I think this is not as good as focusing on the place you want the ball to land (the target – the goal). If I’m correct, using the spot 6 inches in front of the ball should only be used to align yourself. After that, you should only be target focused or else you bring in unnecessary thoughts. If you were to toss me a ball, would you focus on a spot on the ground to accomplish that? You would only focus on my hand (target) and you already know how to do that.
I have found this video very helpful with my body/arm swing. This video helps me understand better that the shoulders “rock” a little. I have struggled with a very flat shoulder turn which was causing me take away issues. When I feel my left shoulder go down a little as opposed to around, I get a much better chipping, pitching, and full swing motion.
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