Not a fan of that one; it is too incomplete; see the “width of stance and finish position” video as well as the “stick your finish despite the ball series”
Another great video. Im 70 years of age took tons of lessons. I was a position player and focused on hitting the ball. Hey that’s what I was taught. I almost gave up golf do to poor performance and the joints were getting sore. Watched your YouTube channel and the number one take away that changed golf for me was throw the club to the target, not hit the ball. After practicing throwing the club and it took awhile when I put a ball down it took awhile to keep from defaulting to hitting the ball and the body stalling. Then it started working the aw ha moment happen when the club flew to the target and the body automatically, without effort or feeling any resistance it started working. Sure wish I would have discovered/known this when I was younger. Golf is now a fun game and I can now be competitive with my peers.Keep up the good work.
I believe my releasing at the ball is a huge factor in my current (and past) wrist/thumb injuries, I can really see it when you showed that part in the video….. No matter how hard I try, I very rarely get this through the ball, towards the target, release.
What do you recommend for an online lesson set up – I want to “take you” to my driving range…….. I’m thinking of getting an ipad, stand, and a mic…. would that work?
Hey Krista! Yes, a phone, a set of head phones for the phone which has the mic built in and an inexpensive tripod with a phone clip to hold the phone in place and move around to face on or down the line at will; works amazing for lessons and it is 95% like being there with me. Our online lesson program has been wildly successful and has exceeded all my expectations!
I’m struggling with using momentum with ease but then not getting the “ velocity “ I need to hit the clubs stock distance. I sense I’ll need a little extra “ manipulation “
Shawn,
Great meeting you this week. Is a good task “pull the arc back and then pull the arc forward” then aim that left or right of the IP?
It really drives home and automates all the drills we did w the deep hand release feel. I also REALLY feel the hip swivel.
Basically the feel I have is my right hip yanks my right shoulder back which heaves the ACU, then simply my left hip does the same. I feel like my body is starting the arc-blur, not my arms or mind. It just happens.
Pull arc blur back w right side, sling it at the target w the left side. Does that make sense as a task? Because holy moly this feels incredible!
I never focused or saw the blur and now realized I was still not task focused enough and the manipulations would really be blown out of proportion when there was a little pressure or my eye didn’t love the line.
This feel of the arms are totally shut off and only the kinetic chain is on is so liberating. Just to clarify, for draw I want to see the blur over the ball then pass the right edge of the IP, for fade I want to see the blur pass over the left edge of the ball and then left of the IP correct?
One question on picking a target. I’ve been consistently hitting the shot shape but it’s been starting at my intended target and curving away. Is should I (for me) place the IP in between the ball and my start line as a fix for this?
Over the ball in both cases; and then use the IP to deliver the flow of momentum in the direction you want to start the ball and if you feel that the release was deep enough past the ball and it is not fading, then your grip and club face is too strong.
I’m having trouble understanding the elephant walk concept vs skipping a stone or throwing to the target.. With the elephant walk I feel like my moment wants to move in the direction of the ball where as skipping a stone / throwing towards the target I have a shift towards the target. Now with the shift towards the target it also feels difficult to elephant walk that way too 😵💫
Shawn, on one of your Youtube videos “Is your golf underpowered??
This grip will add 15 to 30 Yards to your shots”, Savannah was demonstrating her “strong grip” with her trail hand under her lead hand at address. It appeared that she started with a neutral grip and a closed clubface and then rotated her forearms at address to what appears to set the clubface square at address. My question is by starting with her strong grip and what appears to be square clubface at address , will the clubface not rotate too open dynamically speaking. Anotherwords, my understanding from your other videos is that starting with a neutral grip and a closed clubface will end up with a square clubface dynamically during the swing. Can you clear up my confusion on proper grip and clubface position at address? Thanks
Hey Dan! They both work the same way and they are one in the same; you can either address the ball square with strong grip; or with neutral and closed face or anywhere in between; we have posted a video called “important grip update” that will clear this up even more; let me know when you see it!
Thanks Shawn. Your clarification response was very helpful to understand the proper grip, orientation of the forearm bones, and clubface orientation. I also watched your “important grip update” video that you suggested which also helped. I have been using the neutral grip and a closed clubface but the one thing that I was missing and that became much clearer was the need to tilt my body to get behind the ball,which squares the clubface at address, and aligns the 2 bones in my forearms to position me fo deliver a powerful strike. I just returned from the range and experienced better direction control and more distance .
On course and in comps, I find I start the kinetic chain too early (rushing to hit the ball) and that leads to some ordinary results. If I take the time to let the wrist hinge naturally and fully, the ball striking is so much better. My task is clipping the stem or the tee for driver, but even if I stick to the task, if I rush to the downswing that little bit earlier the shot goes pear-shaped. To help stop this “rush”, should I try another task or do you have a video on this “transition” sequence I should consider?
In the “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” you are walking and sending divots into the direction of target and you can’t rush that puppy! Another video that I just revived on youtube that will be posted today is the “lag waggle into the backswing shawn clement” and it makes you wait all the way; really cool feeling!
Hi Shawn. Have been following you for some time. I am making better contact, which brings it’s own problems. I have been overshooting the greens, then went to where I was consistently coming up short. If the green is elevated, how do you adjust your club selection to compensate for the rise? Or for the drop too.
Hi Judy! Goldilocks is your best friend when it comes to that and where the trouble is will confirm; hard for me to see every situation from here and most often, every situation is unique. Ask what club would you use to carry over the green and what club you would use to lay up in front of the green and the one in between would be pretty good!
As for overshooting, you were probably with a stronger grip releasing through the ball and then the grip got weaker and you started releasing at the ball and got shorter; that is very much the general reason by far! So get back to “important grip update” and the first 2 or 3 videos in the “consistency series” and feel what we do in “momentum already there before you swing” series.
I am really struggling to understand what is the meaning of Width in a back swing? Every time I try to do my version I try and stretch my arc outwards away from me to the max, then it gets tough getting back.
the turn that we do to lift the door is the actual feel of the golf turn? I am nowhere near it. Been doing the feet closed drill and I do feel its making me pivot more. This is a whole different feel.
How often does one have to repeat a drill like this if I want to understand it the way gym trainers explain sets.
Did you try the drill? You can do it with a simple wall behind you; place the outside of your right foot right up against the base of the wall and then lift your forearms up to your shoulders palm facing forward and turn until your hands are flat on the wall and you can extend them all the way up. The backswing portion of the “lead hand release” video is awesome for that as well.
yes, using a window (didn’t have a garage door), the turn is a way way more than my turn, just asking the feeling doing the drill when arms are extended and I am turned is that what the actual swing feels like or we are talking excess here to get an idea of the feel.
hi shawn,
you don’t have to explain anything to anyone. The kind of practical videos with reasoning no one out there truly does it like you do.
I am a decent player and you have taken me to different heights and from watching videos.
Keep doing what you do!
Shawn, am I correct or incorrect in my perception that the body rotation (getting out of the way) is what swings the weight of the arm/ club unit.? It seems that it is more than just letting the weight of the arms/club unit fall during the swing. Could you clarify this for me.Thanks
CORRECT!!! See “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series”!! When you let the arms fall PAST YOU AND TOWARDS THE TARGET, the brain has to go to the ground and get the body out of the way, CAUSING A REFLEX ACTION THAT IS UNSTOPPABLE. See “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” too!!
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