The video list you sent is great, I’m already seeing improvement in my swing. I’m a bit confused with these swing feelings. You say we should be feeling the release at 4 and 8 (after swinging through vertical) but when you’re demonstrating, it’s clear that you’re really starting to put force into the swing at 8 and 4, that is, well before vertical rather than after. When I do that, the release is at 6. I know “feel isn’t real” but it seems like I’m missing something important.

Hi Shawn,
Great series! Things seem to be clicking this offseason. I still suffer from the two way miss you referenced in this video so wanted to delve more into that. Tried searching “pulling shots left” you mentioned but results bar blank. Would the video you referenced have a different name?
Thank you and congradulations to Mu!

I’m finally starting to get the swing pattern. Some careful study and practice of these swing feelings is helping it come together. I think I’ve been trying to hold on to the lag too long which actually led to the opposite happening in my swing so I wasn’t getting any of those whipping through feelings.

Hey Shawn! I started doing this recently (3 handicap) and it’s really improved my game. I was tired of the right miss and it completely cured that problem.
I’m about 3 or 4 weeks into this grip change now and I am hooking the ball off the face of the earth and can no longer hit my irons high… any advice for me ?? I’ve tried the Goldilocks rule but I can’t even open my face slightly anymore without it slicing. I can’t seem to find the happy middle ground again!

Thanks in advance from Oregon

Ok , I think I answered my own question. It’s the extreme side tilt combined with the club loft and strong grip that requires the hands forward to make flush impact. I’ve been swinging with a much more vertical spine. That leads to a chain of reaction that forces me to have a vertical shaft at impact and a neutral grip or I end up hooking terribly. I have to practice emulating your body position at setup and the very strong grip in order to get the impact position you’re training.

Hello Shawn, when I do this drill I feel a flat shoulder turn and my head is moving away from the target, is it the correct feeling ? And then I have to fall toward the target while my back is still facing it?
The feeling is different from my actual swing and it makes me realise that my shoulder turn is usually incomplete

Thanks for your answer ! Benjamin

Hey Shawn I have a set of Superspeed weighted training sticks for overspeed training I bought many years ago but never used yet. I was thinking about doing their level 1 overspeed training program but wanted to know if I would do it it in a WIG friendly way. I was thinking about doing it with a target in mind and intermediate point etc…But I don’t want to sabatoage my tempo and timing of my current swing. What are your thoughts on this kind of overspeed training system for WIG?

I feel like I can do these dynamic drills well. My body flows and everything is comfortable. Do you have a video for people like me who are “ball bound”? As soon as I put a ball down, even trying to replicate all these feelings, I get stuck and my body turn always stops at the ball. I simply can’t overcome that.

Just found this video. I’ll try this to get myself “unstuck”. Thanks for putting together all these vids. They’re invaluable.

Hey Shawn. I have really been focusing on intermediate target over the last month. I feel like lately I have not been releasing correctly, especially the driver. Hitting high pushes. So I started focusing on the release of my hands and wrists. Now it seems I am getting scoopy and hitting my irons to high and shorter. Where have I missed the release. I am a former college baseball player, so my tendency is to over swing and spin out with my body. Thanks!

Shawn,
So I had a fun range session at Top Golf today since the snow has everywhere I play closed. I think I finally figured out a disconnect I’ve been having. I am using the battering ram task as it really seems to light up my kinetic chain. I’m visualizing a pane of glass behind the ball and imagine I have my left cheek lightly pressed against it and I have to keep it there while I perform my battering ram task. I take an effortless full backswing getting as much range of motion as I can without strain and then imagine using the weight of my arms and club to battering ram the butt end of the club through the pane of glass, sending broken glass shards right of my IP to my target. Keeping the cheek gently held against the pane through the task really has led to very consistent ball striking eliminating swaying backward or coming forward. Today I had a lightbulb moment doing this as I realized my grip wasn’t strong enough. I really closed down the face to the point when I hold the club straight out from me it appears almost 70 degrees closed (with irons). I then rotated my arms to make the club appear square to slightly open behind the ball at address. I found this set up looks a lot more like Mu’s with the hands in front of the ball at address, 4 knuckles left hand point up and palm of right hand facing up. I found this pre set of the hands gave me much better wrist hinge. The results of this were mind blowing. I immediately started compressing the ball so much better. Using this set up and task I was hitting my PW 160+ yards and one 9 iron went 180…I hit my 4 hybrid 270 on one which blew me away. Unfortunately they have the very short rubber tees so I wasn’t able to hit my driver as normal with nice high tee but even using the “fairway finder” set up and lower tee, with the ball more center of the stance I still had multiple drives rolling out 310+. I always thought I had a strong enough grip until today I realized like in one of the videos where you mentioned your grip is getting stronger as you think more about going deep to the target. Can’t wait to get to a range where I can tee it up and see how for my driver might carry now. One of my ball speed readings with the driver indicated 170mph. Maybe with a Pro V1x instead of a detuned Top Golf ball I will be able to finally carry the ball 300yds. That’s the goal. I sure have gotten so much following you, Sav and Mu over the years. Hopefully this year is my big breakthrough year to get consistent breaking 80 and shooting high to mid-70s and even maybe scare par. On the Top Golf Simulator of playing St Andrews the other day I played the back tees and shot a 73…so things are definitely getting better! One quick question, I am hitting the latest version of Wishon’s single length irons, the EQ1-NX, lob wedge to 4 hybrid all in 8 iron length. I have long arms for my anatomy so I think that is why I don’t see huge distance drop offs with my longer irons. I remember several years ago you did a comparison of the Wishon Sterling Irons and the Cobra single length product. Would be very interested to hear your thoughts on the latest version of them. Any chance you could do another comparison at some point?

Respectfully,
Dave Pike

Thanks Shawn! I watched posture yesterday and this video today. For some reason, the braced tilt light bulb went off for me watching this today…I just finished practicing and playing at a virtual golf place…I’ll need to get out and work on this as soon as possible. thanks for your excellent teaching and positive attitude!!

Shawn, I have seen this for myself, as I’m sure you have…where my eyes focus, so goes the clubhead. If I focus on the top of the ball, thin hit or top. Focus behind the ball, fat shot. The intermediate point is gold for sure, but I have found that once I’m set up after zeroing in on my intermediate point, I look once to make sure the clubface is set according to what I’m trying to accomplish, and then I’m laser focused on about 6 or 8 inches between the front of my ball and my roughly one foot of intermediate point as I take the club back and swing through. The fear factor is that your club face will go right over the ball and bottom out on the spot you focused on leaving you with a whiff or a top strike. What I’ve found is that, if I make a proper swing, the clubhead makes excellent contact with the ball and my focus brings the clubhead path right through where I’m looking. Basically I’m not looking at the ball whatsoever, but the results are quite opposite of what one might expect, a pure strike sending the ball pretty much along the point you focused in on. I have done the same thing with my putting stroke, finding my intermediate point, or start line, focusing on about two or three balls past my ball along my start line, and making sure the putter head travels through that spot after impact. Again, phenomenal results with the ball rolling down the desired line. The only exception is hitting driver and I focus on about 3 balls or so before my teed up ball, but in line with my selected intermediate point. Years of opposite aiming practice bring the fear of completely messing up the strike right to your brain because you feel you have to stare at the ball. Once it clicks that the clubhead will actually impact, for the most part, where your eyes are focused and you relax and just swing through, you realize you can now fine tune your targets, not just try to hit toward the general area and hope for a decent result.

Shawn — SUCH great stuff!!

I’m curious about the release on the pitch and fairway bunker shots. It appears on the video you are not releasing the pitch shot fully (as you would with a normal approach shot). Is there a way to tell, sense or feel what is too much release — and what is not enough when dealing with these 40-70 yard pitches? I believe my tendency is to release fully — which leads to inconsistency.

Hi Shawn, I’m confused are we supposed to incorporate this fall feeling into what you talked about with the back and forth release practice in part 1 and sending/releasing the grass clippings to the target, and PMD or is this mainly for the squeeze the ball into the door frame task? If it’s for the sending the grass clippings as well can you explain how i’m supposed to incorporate this feeling without thinking about it? When I’m doing the back and forth release drill and send the grass clippings in part 1 or PMD I don’t think or feel about letting the arms fall past a certain point which will then release the club. I just do these without thinking and feeling.
Also, for a more general commentary, in future videos can you explain which feels go with which tasks or if a certain feel (i.e. letting the arms fall) is supposed to go with all tasks.