Yesterday I really felt my target side of my body in my swing (not a manipulation, just a ‘whole body working as one’, on task sensation. It was all going really well. I felt free to throw the club consistently.
I could also feel all my energy leaks. I was feeling my early extension for the first time, even though I was still making a complete throw and getting the ball to my targets.

I’ve been trying to be more patient with myself to grow my swing with your system, but I am still quite curious why my throws are still what could be called early release. With my new growth in understanding my swing, what might be my next focus? keep throwing or something more specific? With gratitude.

“Flight plan”
Hi Shawn,
On helping a fellow team mate I talked to him about the Flight plan, I mentioned picturing the – direction, trajectory, curve. And I have never seen an immediate improvement in someone the way this 9 Handicapper had.

Then I realized even I am so bogged down with the tilt, IP, throwing the club towards target etc. I never take a flight plan. Yes, I do take the general direction (never specific) or where on the tee box do I need to place the ball or behind which divot but never more than that.

Started with 2 bogeys and a Par. After telling my team mate I too started figuring the system for myself. Decided to practice what I had preached.

Did not do it for all shots, but every shot that was crucial like 3 wood under a tree, a 5 wood over trees, 8 iron over a huge tree to a tiny green with a fade 165 yards…
I shot my best round on the newly opened greens (we had been playing temporary greens over the monsoon season). 4 over par! From the Blues!
Terrible greens slow as a snail with a crutch.

Its amazing how people are so oblivious to the way you teach the game.

We have a league coming up 21 teams, based on handicaps am playing off on my genuine handicap of 12. That’s before the Shawn System. Thank you for the pure joy you made me feel yesterday. A lot’s coming together as I write.

1. While I Write might as well ask you :- Should I do this (flight plan) with every single shot hence forth, driver to irons to hybrids to wedges to the putter?
2. Do you do this on every shot or only when a little more concentration is required?
3. Direction, trajectory and curvature = Flight plan or have I missed something?

Thank you,
Baba

I’ve been more of an out to in swing, and my draws ar small or don’t come back. I got a little confused on which would work best for my type of swing in this video

Great video, Shawn! Would letting your right arm fall to the target be a good task?

What’s the general rule of thumb for how far your hands should extend out from your body with the driver? Sometimes I feel like I’m really reaching for it.

Hi Shawn
Need help with my setup, am a wee bit confused even though I am playing very good golf:-

During setup I sometimes stand like savy ( 12’40”) where I feel more than 55% of my weight on the inside arch of my Trail foot, I then tilt , head goes back and I do a bump with my lead hip towards target to get braced and I swing, with this I do have a tendency to go left or sometimes catch it a bit heavy.
OR
During Setup I stand over my lead leg hip over knee over ankle, with almost 70% weight on lead arch and use my trail foot inside arch like a brace, then I Tilt , in this setup I do not bump towards target as I already feel braced. In my swing my weight goes to the inside arch of the trail a lot more during take away. In this shot I hit it cleaner. You saw my video and felt I was staying too much on top of left leg and getting ahead of the ball in downswing. Although the second setup gives me better contact. Distance is same, could be that I had got used to the 75% being in front, much like the down slope swing setup.

in minute 8.50 you say “heave the arms’ if you want to go further. To heave has to be done with the legs . Right? The basic of my swing motor is throwing. Is that correct?

Great video again. I played some great golf today and kept hitting the driver just out of centre towards the heel.

Man they were still flying, but if I’d have caught the centre!

Perfect video for this! Will put this into practice before playing tomorrow.

Shawn, whether it is shaving grass clippings or cutting a dandelion stem or sending wood shavings to target, is it only for beginners and intermediate level player for understanding the concept of target and through the ball? Or is its something you or Sav or an advanced player keep in mind for every shot that you play? In other words is that how one has to think from hence forth on every single shot on the course?

great lesson

Hi Shawn I’m struggling to draw my driver. The only time I can do it is if I really manipulate my release, and feel like I’m releasing at the ball. I feel like this is wrong, but maybe I’m releasing too late normally.

Hi Shawn,
for the fade, if the IP is aimed at the flag, I setup slight left of IP and I swing left of the ip ( which is more or less where I am setup anyway), but there is a 15 yard diff in the ball carry between the fade and the draw ( draw going longer). Any insights, where I could be wrong, you all tend to hit the same carry distance between the draw and fade.

Was wondering which video should I post this, feel this the right one.
Playing really well past few weeks, but today I completely lost it. Worst was I tried everything slowing down the take away ( which was the key to my Tee offs) , throw my club, dandelion stem, but I just wasn’t feeling “right” when standing over the ball.
I hit it right, I hit it heavy, I used 11 on 10 force , everything I have been trying to get rid off.

Over the ball if I predicted I would feel either am gonna get stuck in the ground, when adjusted it felt I wont be able to throw the club through the ball. Specially the draw. On the takeaway I was thinking of the weight on my inner arch or is my back turned enough to the target. Still shot an 80 but the only club where I come onto and feel I can sit back and let it happen is the Driver.

Maybe its the setup where I had been struggling with all my clubs and sorted the driver and 3w, I realized I was setting up first and then placing the club, all I did was place the club first and then adjusted the body accordingly.

Its been 3 days with the irons and finally thought I shall take this to you.

I seem to only chunk the long irons but fine with the woods and short irons any thoughts, also I bend at the hips and knees but not sure if I’m doin too much of one and not the othe vice versa

Hey Shawn! Just to clarify with the draw. In your other draw videos I understood that you align your feet parallel to the IP and target, then “throw” the club to the right of the IP. In this video it appears that when you go 3 degrees more to the right, you actually adjust your feet. Seems obvious to me since that’s the logical way to get the blur going the proper direction. Is this correct or is it just the illusion of the camera angle? Thank you!