Hello Shawn. First I want to thank you for your generosity. By that I mean that after my first year with you I was surprised to find that the Wisdom in Golf 1.0 series had been added to my account. The series has helped me a lot. Thank you.
So, I have struggled greatly with the driver, really struggled. Awesome fades. When I was younger I swear my driver shots would go 200 yards down range and 200 yards into the woods. I did a lot heavy weights back then. 🙂 Seriously though. With your system I have gotten rid of the slice for the most part. Recently, I purchased a new driver and have been pleasantly surprised that I am hitting many very good shots with the driver that carry 250 yards with a good roll out. So to me 10 to 20 yards roll out puts me in very good shape as long as it is in on the short grass. Anyway, what does this have to do with the one-leg-drill? Today I hit a bucket of balls. I hit several nice 7 irons and then switched off to the driver (it was yelling at me) and after 6 or 8 good drives I went back to the 7 iron and proceeded to hit fat shots. Now at my age (almost 64) that is not a pleasant experience when you hit one after the other (the earth don’t move so good). OK. The one-leg-drill – when I hit balls from the one-leg-drill, I hit beautiful golf shots that go a really long ways and look so good in the air and most of the time have a slight draw. Then when I go back to two legs, I hit fat. Question – how do I transition from the on-leg to the two-leg and hit that same lovely draw with lots of distance? Sorry it took so long to get to it.:)
Absolutely brilliant been a fan since I started playing 6 months ago . Payed a fortune in lessons with a local pro that got me manipulating everything and getting nowhere fast . Ditched him and started to watch your videos again . Massive improvement instantly . Keep up the good work
Hi Shawn, watching you hit stingers at The Florida Club was a lot of fun.
Do you have any rules of thumb for hitting more extreme shots? That is, if Im trying to hit a big fade or hook do I just open or close the face and move the ball more forward or back? Do I need to club up or down a few clubs? Id think this could only be done to a small degree.
Sometimes hitting traditional shots on the range gets a little boring, maybe one day we can get a video on hitting the slice and hook.
Good question! It all starts with where do you want to start and where do you want to end the shot; then use goldie locks to find your set up through the prediction process; and yes, good idea for a video and I will note it down right now for our next shoot!
Thanks, Shawn. Cutting the dandelion stem, throwing the club, compressing into the doorframe, skipping stone and hockey shot all work for me. Then I see a video about the elbow, and thinking I’m missing something, I try to bring the elbow past the ball! Thanks for the feedback.
Just an extra measure of delivering through the shot; you are talking about the football drill correct?
This is mostly set up confirmation and then stay with one of the tasks you mentioned in your comment! Shawn
You are the only one teacher I introduce to my son and my friends. One question needs your hep to clarify:
What’s the line for the takeway? Will it follow the target line(straight) or shoulder line which will be slightly opened after braced tilt? If shoulder line, that means the backswing will be slightly inside, right?
Hi Chien Chien!
Backswing should always match the direction of the shot! Please see “stay with your shot shawn clement” on the regular channel and then see “working the ball” on premium! Always choose a ball flight; fade or draw; then match the backswing to it!
Shawn I’m leaving for tampa in January do you have any instructors who teach Wisdom in Golf every time i get some tips by others it seems to screw up my game and have to go back to your videos to correct Thanks Nick
Hi Bill! LOL; did you notice I was playing and putting LEFT HANDED?
My left handed putting stroke is like Jordan Speith’s, cross handed, as I feel that my dominant hand works better with my non-dominent hand this way;
Same fundamentals though; arm-putter unit in balance under my shoulder sockets and riding their own arc;
Shawn
Thank you, Mr. Chairman for the prompt response.
At the risk of sounding like I think I INVENTED it, I’ve been putting cross-handed since the mid-EIGHTIES?
I’m beginning to get the hang of this Eagle-Premium stuff?
I will be at the Alico Family Golf Centre on Monday January 22 and Sunday morning January 28
One spot left in the morning and 2 in the afternoon for the 22nd and 2 spots remain for the 28th in the morning; email me at [email protected] to confirm and I will get you final details;
Shawn
Shawn – Great video on ball position relative to shot shape. I think it’s something commonly overlooked. I really like to play open hips, closed shoulders with the ball position back of center. It tends to help me keep a nice draw. If i get the ball position too forward i tend to over draw everything to the left. Defaulting to “inside left heel” ball position has messed me up far too many times to count!
Right on David! Ball position is HUGE
Make sure you see the “predictions” video and keep that ball position “predicted” as part of the release to target together with distance to ball, grip and club face angle and level of posture for how much turf you need to shave for the shot at hand!
I also notice if I dont turn my head right (i’m right handed) far enough – almost chin to right shoulder – with longer clubs i tend to get really hooky too. I think that’s because it allows for a full shoulder turn, and for longer clubs you need more turn/time to get everything flowing in desired directions, right?
That makes sense if you feel the need to help it and strain too much when you don’t do and don’t finish the backswing; do a goldie locks on it to feel what would be too much (you would be too far back and out of balance on the right foot) or too little which would not allow you to finish the backswing;
Just right allows you to finish the backswing in balance and feel that you can get through the ball with ease!
Shawn
Ah ha! After rewatching the Complete the Backswing video I think I have a clue why the head turn is important (at least in my home made swing lol) – the head turn tricks me into turning and gathering. As you pointed out in the video if you don’t gather you don’t have any ability to whip the club through impact. For me with a pretty strong grip and open hips I get hooky when this lack of gather happens. Thanks for jogging my brain on “why” this works 🙂
I’m a premium member and all of the premium videos are freezing–––without exception. I sometimes have to wait 2 to 3 minutes for a video to reboot. This has never happened with your public/ YouTube videos. Can you please troubleshoot this for me. I have a Mac with plenty of memory and processing capacity.
Just wanted to give you feedback about the freezing issue just in case others are experiencing the same problem. If you are using Safari, go to preferences>advanced>select Show Develop in Menu>Develop>Clear Caches. Once I did that and then set to a lower resolution (720). No more freezing. Worked like a charm.
Our apologies for the trouble streaming videos. Please try clicking the ‘gear’ icon in the video player and lowering the resolution of the video. This should allow the video to play back smoothly. YouTube’s video player does this automatically which is why you didn’t encounter this issue when the premium channel was through YouTube.
Just recently had a breakthrough with actually completing my backswing and what that actually feels like. Basically if I get that full turn and complete backswing mile marker I pretty much kill the ball with good direction with all clubs. The problem is when I need a half or 3/4 club/swing and I don’t get that full turn sensation or marker in my mind. End up trying to manufacturing some how and taking big fatty divots, because I’m reverse tilting I feel. How can I complete my backswing on non-full swings?
Keep the full range of motion but cut through the stem or throw the club to the target in a SOFTER TONE!
When you get to wedge shots; always feel like you are cutting through the stem of the dandelion ALONG THE GROUND; use the Goldie locks method to dial in the distance control; she is the bomb!!
Shawn
I hit the occasional block to the right and was struggling to understand why. I think this explains it. I know I have a tendency to lift up so now I know how to correct this on the course. Brilliant.
just watched the last consistency series video. Very helpful video to provide a process framework for me. Being able to practice with mile markers “fades” away the old bad habits and bad focus. The GCQuad is an excellent tool. A lot of teachers use video but seems to be more about position than process. Thanks Shawn.
Have you done the on the course videos you mention here re course strategy and landing zones?
When using this technique I can often mess it up and get either a thin strike or a shank. Assume the shank is cos I’m too close, and the thin is my weight going on to back foot (or wrists breaking down)?
One last thing, I often seem to miss left of my target. Any ideas??
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