~2:50 – 2:55 was an ah-ha magic moment for me!

After watching the three Grip videos I went to the driving range yesterday to practice some gentle shots with a 7 iron. Most, if not, all shots were going to the right or slicing to the right. As I got towards the end of the bucket of balls, I decided just to turn the Club face in at setup. This immediately corrected the issue and the balls went dead straight, but I’m concerned that this would not be a good practice. In your view, would this be an acceptable way for me to set up and practice?

Just watched the video IMPORTANT GRIP UPDATE, I think it answers my previous question below. I just need to consciously make sure body position is lined up to enable release to the target. Back to the driving range. …

Hi Shawn. I have figured out the “task” pretty well – for me it’s either throwing the club in intended direction, or slinging/slashing. What I struggle with is a consistent low point. I am aware of the goldilocks principle – swing above the ball to miss it, top it, thin it, flush it. For me, it seems like I need to hover the club way above the height of the ball in order to hit a flush shot. Anything lower means a fat shot because I am contacting the ground behind the ball, even BEFORE my low point. But when it works well, the shots are bloody great. The hard part is knowing consistently how high to hover my club above the ground, especially as I switch between irons. Any tips? If it helps, I usually play a draw with my ball slightly back of centre. Appreciate it and thanks for the awesome channel!

Task is everything! It’s so easy to default to the ball though under pressure or simply going ‘vacant’ at the top of the swing.

Shawn I have a nugget to share and would love to hear your thoughts.

After struggling to consistently stay on task (which we’ve discussed in our sessions) I’ve realised that it’s literally looking at the ball is causing my issue.

Solution. I’m setting up normally with my shot (based on my flight plan of course), and then before I start my swing I pick a spot 3-4 inches in front of the ball (which lines up with my intermediate point) and literally stay looking at that spot right through the shot.

I’m literally leaving it all up to my swing and … man it’s a great feeling hitting great shot after shot so easily!!

Same with chipping.. it’s so liberating allowing it to track without manipulating it!

You have to trust it though!!!!

Hi Shawn!

Doing this drill again and realized my grip, especially on lead hand, is actually firmly attached! Just like you said in all those great grip videos. FINALLY I can feel what you mean!!!!

This axe drill plane feels more up and out from my body compared to my hit-the-ball plane.

I’ve known my grip is suspect since the day I watched your grip videos but I could not for the life of me figure it out…… Old “swing” dying a slow death.

Hey Shawn! I realize this video is a few years old now, but I see in your latest videos you have both feet coming up off the ground. In the video you mention to stay grounded. I’ve been trying to get that feeling of my lead foot coming up on my backswing to get more swing speed with DR (currently 105 but want more! lol) using the perpetual motion drills but it still feels unnatural while swinging with a ball. Trying to untrain myself and still needs some work.

My question is if it’s okay to lift your lead foot in the backswing using a diagonal stance and any tips on how I can achieve this. It feels so forced and awkward when I’m hitting a ball

Thanks in advance coach!

Hey coach! Is it the camera angle or are both Sav and Mu lining up the ball well within their lead foot? I tried this and couldn’t hit up on the ball enough and the ball is dying in the air

Out of the Way , Out of the Way , simple reset to simplify the swing .Works every time .

Cannot wait for anti pull series!!!

LOVE IT! Thank you 🙂

Hey Shawn, in the downswing it seems my arms are really outracing my chest and my trail arm is outracing my lead arm. Any tips to improve this?

Hey coach, I’ve been watching all your videos and working on my swing in the garage. I can’t seem to cast the videos to my tv in the garage. I googled it and it says it may be turned off by the creator. Is there a reason why it’s turned off? I’d like to practice the drills off the tv rather than my tiny phone. YouTube works great but maybe it’s because the Vimeo videos are behind a paywall? That’s the only thing I can think of lol

Hi Shawn,
so my question is regarding the woods and driver . My grip is strong with face slightly closed , All my Irons are consistently going in the direction of my intended target .(Great problem to have ! ) however this grip does not result in good contact & ball flight with the woods and driver ( mostly low over drawn shot shape ), so to correct this i do not close the face during grip and the ball flight and direction is on target consistently , so does this tell me to use 2 different grips ? or am i missing something in my swing when hitting the woods ?

I’ve always struggled w the backswing in your method Shawn. I ended up sort of using a diff backswing then releasing over the IP w momentum.

The feel of oily shoulders was what I was missing. Thanks for another gem.

I’m now feeling like the legs just start the back and the downswing. Envisioning that I’m in my follow through already, “watching” the club come back and just allowing my body to react to that is an incredibly freeing feeling.

When I look at my first swing I sent you and look at my current swing it’s night and day. So much more freedom. Still can get out of sequence sometimes but as long as I start from the ground up it all clicks!