Shawn, looks like your club is open to target set up vs square or closed

Can’t tell you how important this was for me. Because of the forward ball position and “want” to really hit the driver hard, my head would turn instantly on the downswing causing my body to stop and a horrible smother hook to occur. Once I held my tilted/turned head in place, the ball went where I wanted it and my distance increased dramatically. My mates were always 30m (33 yards) further than me (for 20 years!), now I am 5m further than them! Thanks Shawn!!

Hi Shawn. I have a 10 finger grip and I’ve had the odd “short circuit”. Is it because the hands aren’t as close together? It seems the short circuit happens with the right hand padding over the left hand thumb. I am loathe to change to another grip style but if I have to I will. Any thoughts or tips?

Hi Shawn. After decades of trying to keep my left foot down in the backswing I have found it hard to break out of that and it continues to plague me. Today, out of frustration in wanting a better body turn, I simply, after my “knee kick in”, started the backswing by raising my left heel away from the target. I use the sledge hammer drill most of the time and by doing this heel lift, I found I had a much bigger body turn and it improved my kinetic chain so much because I was able to really plant that heel. I was crushing it so much better. Are there any problems or red flags with this approach that you could envisage down the track? Could it cause a “short circuit”?

This was a stance ( right foot back) which I was advised to use for the slice. Never ever thought it can be part of the swing permanently.

With that said I have spent 3 days on a range, keeping an object as my intermediate point, setting a target and pushing my glutes / hams down ( as you asked me to flex more), my take on the swing along with this was a game changer for me.

The fact that with diagonal stance combined with IP (the two have to go hand in hand as I found out the hard way) along with the setup which is tilted, “EVERYTHING” that one is taught and the swing thoughts of arm movement, wrist position, weight shifting, hips clearing, elbows, hinge, follow through, is no longer a thought or a concern. It just simplifies the swing and gets results!

Few concerns:-

• Is the diagonal for pitching also? It was perfect for ALL full shots.
• My misses were high and majestic but right of target, instead of changing the swing I would close the face a bit which resulted in draws (borderline hooks).

shawn how do u use an intermediate point out on the course

Hi shawn, confused about hand position at address, after the setup the hands should be forward, slightly forward, just hanging towards ball or hanging just behind as in club head slightly ahead of the hands?

Hi shawn,
I have always had the tendency to take the club back inside during takeaway. I just tend to rotate my forearms early.
Have done so many drill, what helped was either an early hinge or feeling of rotating my lead forearms counter clock wise during takeaway.
With the swing I have learnt from you, somehow takeaway does not feel like a hinderance anymore,
But on pitching an early hinge
or
the feeling of taking the club back straight back from the driver to a wedge being in the position (tilt etc.) with diagonal stance, I feel is more consistent or am I missing something?

Hi Shawn,
How important is the pause at the top before transition towards down swing?
I tried it few years ago seeing Matsuyama pausing but with me standing the traditional way, would send the ball left with my over the top or out to in swing.
I tried pausing now with the “Clement” swing, some excellent results but as its new not consistent. Is it worth pursuing the pause, as one learns from experience that you repeat it enough times you will get better at it.
Thanks

hi shawn,
do we decide the distances say 40 yards vs 60 yards, feel and practice or is there a method taking the club to 9 o clock for 40y and maybe 10 o clock for 60y?

Shawn can we use the diagonal setup for pitching too? Or is slightly open stance preferable?

hi Shawn, been asking too many questions, but its the excitement of an effortless change in my game. Having said “effortless”, is there a video in which you talk about what is it you mean by effortless. We all want to hit a driver miles but what is the difference in hitting it far with effort vs effortlessly, for example many times in videos you mentioned : effort 3 on 10, What would a 7 on 10 in effort look like, will it go further?

Hi Shawn,
Crazy discovery about equipment I experienced recently.

I swing my driver between 100 and 105 mph, had stiff shafts the UST helium and an Evenflow on my 917d2 and ping 410.

All my life I have hit slices to about 235- 240 yard carry. A retired army officer asked me to try an Inesis Driver 12 degrees with a recoil es 440 f1 ( ladies shaft) which wasn’t suiting him.

I had just discovered the Swing you teach, the target oriented swing using the tilt, combined with the Intermediate Point and finally the diagonal stance. 

With the new swing I was hitting my drivers pretty straight with my fair share of pulls ( my effort on a driver is like a 8 on 10) to around 255 carry.

I was shocked how well I hit the 12 degree with the ladies shaft. Infact I borrowed it for 3 days. Not a single pull, straight or a slight fade to 255 -260 yard carry.

Had a long conversation with a fitter on the phone on how I can do no wrong with this driver. Last week at one of the top course which even Els and Tiger said had rather unforgiving tight fairways at the Delhi golf Club, I hit 6 out of the 7 fairways in the 9 I played. 

Have bought 2 of these and sold my 917 and the ping 410 I had.

Still trying to figure out what happened, 47 gms shaft, the 12 degree head , the weak shaft, no idea. Trying to get hold of another shaft and put a 9 degree head in it to see what happens, will I gain some distance?

First time in my 25 years of playing I am discovering a fact that with your swing and this driver I will hit long and I will be in play.

Hi Shawn,
In this video you mention that the more you improve on the release, the less you have to close the face and less strong your grip needs to be. This inherently makes sense and I have been having a sneaking suspicion that I gravely need to work on my release. What I have noticed is that I will notice more of the release when I reduce my effort which tends to be a bit more enthusiastic in the follow through where I do notice a bit of strain in most of my shots unless I deliberately decrease effort.

However, in your awareness video, I remember you mentioning that when one of your students became aware of the turn in his feet and tried to manipulate it, he continued to have the problem because he wasn’t focused on the task. My question is, is this the same situation with the release? If I try to focus more on my release to be more aware of it, would I lose focus on the target? Do you have a video that can help me understand this a little bit better for the release? Thanks!

hey Shawn, I ve got a problem with feet together on my clubs above 8 iron, everything 8 and below seems to be fine. any ideas?
thx , mark