I’m a beginner (less than one year) struggling most with thin/topped shots, pulls to the left, and feeling tense/tight when swinging (swing thoughts, overthinking)
Which videos would you most recommend to remedy those issues?
Hello Colm! Good stuff! Please see the “Task 2.0 series” and then see “alignment reload” and “blur of club” and the “arc-blur unstoppable momentum series. We also have a fantastic “beginner series” which is not the typical series that you may have seen in the past! Looking forward to your feedback!
Hey Shawn. This is likely the most important video for skill acquisition. Just knowing you don’t have to be in “perfect positions” clears the mind for improvement towards the task!
I don’t think that one was hers; it was a pair of individual scientists; but the one she did for golf digest where the brain scans for the amateur who was “thinking mechanics on putting” which showed big reg chaotic blotches in the left brain vs the pro who was “target and feet focus” which showed calm and “synchronized” the (word she prefers instead of the zone)
Hi shawn, someone pointed out my shoulders face way left at setup. When I see you you are closed but your shoulders dont look closed like mine do.
Why I ask is my consistency is lacking , lots of pushes that don’t come back or pulls. Happens more with drivers or FWs.
Your shoulders will be more turned at the top of the backswing right? There will Always someone making comments about body parts in this game. What is the flight plan, then match the set up, make your predictions, deliver your momentum into the direction you want to start the ball, observe. Pay special attention to the goldilocks series and ask yourself: When I deliver my task with momentum into the direction it feels like it wants to go, will the ball start that way and curve in the air the way I want it to? Then you must STAY WITH IT. Then you get to learn. If 3 of them started right and you felt the momentum went that way, and it stayed straight, then you either have to aim the whole structure more left or close the face more and confirm you are feeling a nice full release! Please don’t listen to the untrained eye btw…
Hi shawn, to be honest, I think they maybe right. It started with trying to bump towards target like sav does, but I started to stand too much over my front leg, with weight all over the foot. In an endeavor to be more on the inside of the foot, I turn a little inwards along with the bump. So now my whole body is closed and I am drawing everything. Will send you my this months video.
So its not my swing, I have confused myself in the setup itself.
Have started watching all the basic videos again, braced tilt, bolted and centered, over the ball etc.
The best remedy for this is the walking drill Baba; get really good at that and then take it to the kinetic chain facilitation series. When on one leg drill, the weight is on the inside of the lead foot, not on top. When both feet are on the ground, both legs MUST SHARE SUPPORT OF THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY OF THE BODY. See also “feet together back to feet apart”
Loved the video Shawn. Is there a routine video that one can follow. If I get an hour everyday, and I want to hit darts with my irons, I still end up practicing my pitch shots and chips and hit a few iron shots.
If I want really improve with my irons, should I be just hitting Irons for a few weeks? 15% improvement would be a dream come true.
My favorite series is the “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” for irons and we have a special series coming out next week that will run the winter for off season training with the best neurological information in the world; the most accelerated program for golf ever designed! Can’t wait to bring it to you guys!!
Hi Shawn,
Super relaxed, super slow , super wide, is it for practice or permanent (actually playing golf).
What you hit at around 10 mins “too much effort”, is exactly my irons, woods, and driver misses… Ditto! Thought it was ball position or face, now thinking it could be straining and effort!
Could easily be that Baba! Too much Effort and strain rob you of timing and that affects direction and distance. Took me a long time to realize this for myself!
I am playing catch up on watching these videos. It has been very informative to see you take Eli through all the clubs with your program. I felt like I was right there with Eli getting the benefit of first hand guidance. My biggest take away was how simple it is to take your brain away from the task. When you said even thinking about hitting a straight shot is a manipulation, a light bulb finally came on!! I had the best day with the driver ever while trusting your set up instructions and then just letting it go. This old lumber jack no longer has the range of motion that your young lumber jack Eli has, but the guidance is still pure gold! Smiling all the way to the clubhouse! Thanks Shawn!!
Have I figured something out or not – I’m starting to use my body to bring the club around, almost like I’m not doing anything with my arms/hands, until I get down to the ball, then I can accelerate and throw out to my target. It’s more or less how it feels, I want to say something I’ve heard before – passive hands. Anywho, It’s a weird feeling, like if I try to do it, I release excitedly at the ball, if I let the club fall and whip through, it feels amazing but there’s a massive timing situation that is new to me, I’ve been struggling to reproduce this swing once there’s a ball there as well, lol. Hello to you, Sav and Mu.
Hey Krista! Yes, this is what it feels like when you let the kinetic chain come through; the key is let the arms fall past you into a nice release (passive) into the direction you want to start the ball. You saw “important release update” right? That feel is what you want to allow past the intermediate point when the arms pass you by; use the PMD to feel the release in both directions and you will start to feel that the squat of the legs and hip turn engage and pull the arms and club through into that snap release out there.
Good morning. Your instructions are excellent. I just started learning golf in August 2023. I have studied many other YouTube training programs. They are all excellent. However, yours have enabled me to understand and feel what I’m trying to accomplish in greater detail. Interestingly, the information/guidance I receive from others on the course is not as dynamic. They are very impressed with my improvements and have stopped sharing their experience. Thank you for that. My drives are between 200 and 250 yds now and the irons continue to outperform each previous days effort. This adds a task of guessing how much further the irons will perform each time. I look forward to doing so much better. Thank you.
Big smile right here on my face Charles! Thank you! Being able to evolve with clarity is massive in this game; keep your channel tuned right here and stay on this roller coaster! 😀👍👌💪
Hey Shawn. Looking forward to following you on this journey. I checked out Andrew Huberman briefly on motor learning. He talks about error focus to speed up learning. My thoughts on this would be to focus on what needs to “better ” for the next repetition, grass clippings more towards the target!
More focus on what I need to do better vs. what I am doing incorrectly.
Here is how we do this: THE GOLDILOCKS SERIES!
You intentionally set up incorrectly, the brain identifies that it is incorrect, you execute and CONFIRM THAT IT IS INCORRECT; THUS MAKING IT ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!! Then you do one correctly and the brain gets flooded with dopamine to seal the deal.
Then when you do nothing at the end of the session, your brain replays backwards and tosses out the crap and keeps the gold and away we go!
Hi Shawn, could grip size play a factor in “crimping” with the lead hand? I have standard size grips and I find it difficult to crimp with the lead hand. Vs crimping the handle of a baseball bat feels more comfortable.
After experimenting I think i tend to hold it too much in the fingers? Not allowing the heel pad to sit on top properly. When I have the heel pad on top it feels like the handle is more in the palm. Still maintaining a 90 degree between shaft and forearm. I’m thinking an online lesson will help clear up some questions lol.
Hi, Shawn. This video looks like a great routine. I’m looking forward to giving it a go.
Here’s my current question (reflection) — and I don’t even know if it’s the right question: In one phrase: how to build shot-by-shot consistency? Especially when I’m not a Moe Norman, out there for 7 or 8 hours a day.
Just finished 3rd season. Overall, my swing is better than the previous season; not appreciably in distance, but having the result of a given swing more often match intention. But scores didn’t budge this past season. On most holes, there’s almost always some mis-hit — which will appear at any point, tee to green, even if the previous shot was perfectly done. And of course the blow-up holes, with a series of mis-hits. Sure — adapt and re-set for the next shot. But, before the point of impact, a set-up and swing that results in a mis-hit doesn’t feel any different than a set-up and swing with a good result. (Golfers: undying optimists. We will take that next shot.) How to build shot-by-shot consistency in the “open loop” context on the course? Compare a best ball round. A group might shoot close to par, even if, as individuals, they are usually bogey or bogey-plus. How does one become one’s own best ball partner? Thanks.
Ahh yes, reminds me of when Mu and several other new students were developing; and what I can say is that there is an “overnight success” that happens when the brain has enough of the pieces; so we try to apply more closed loop in the training and more open loop in the performance. HOWEVER, ROUTINE IN OPEN LOOP IS KING!
1-proper option of flight plan that will not cause you to release towards trouble or place you in a position where you feel the need to be perfect to get there. Take a couple practice swings to secure the task and feel you are about to use in that shot; opportunity for some pmd closed loop applications
1-refocus on flight plan then,
2-find intermediate point
3-set up to match flight plan-feel capable and comfortable over the ball
4-what will it feel like when momentum releases me through this arc-blur into that direction? Ahhh yeah…about like this…
5-no judging, see what happened and the brain will already know what is missing; find the ball, do this again
on range and on course and in backyard practice with whiffle balls, whatever, all 5 are must go throughs otherwise you open the door to the brain asking, ARE YOU SURE? Then that shot is pretty much pooched…😝
With teeing the ball up, how much higher should the ball be compared to the club resting on the ground? Are there some tees out there that you recommend? Also any tees you recommend for the driving range?
Sure! At least half the ball above the top of the clubhead to catch on the way up and see “driver for accuracy” for another option if you have issues with pop ups. Range tee’s off grass are best with low friction plastic or with a claw and a tornado tee.
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