I frequently miss the ball entirely when I tee it up high.I end up hitting the tee.Hovering,moving ball position forward flight plan technique,arc blur have not helped solve this issue.What videos should I view next?Thanks.
hey Mark!
modified! Because of the up and down! Feet together, one leg; uphill, downhill, ball below feet, ball above feet, kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series (walking drill sending divots) they do the securing of the posture dynamically. The “head and hip swivel” video is a great update!
This is my huge gap in learning and any additional wisdom you can provide would be great..
My long standing issue from conventional teaching is releasing early and coming out of the shot.
Any additional thoughts on staying down along the ground…. I’m just not connecting the dots with see the blur, creating arc with intermediate point…. a little lost……
I think I’m staying along the ground with my sledgehammer swing, but it’s not translating to the club… when I try to apply, I get topped drives, and wicked inconsistent contact on other clubs such as massive hooks and short. Thanks for reading!
our next series on premium is going to be epic! Staying with the CONNECTION to the G forces of the swing throughout the entire swing! You are going to love it!!
Hi Shawn. This may be my problem. I hit shorter clubs more consistently and my driver is very inconsistent. I feel like I have to manipulate the driver during the swing to hit the ball. I definitely don’t feel that I am cramped to the ball but I generally use PMD at set up. Could I be doing the PMD wrong?
means you don’t have enough backswing gathered and you feel the need to help the shot; but it also starts with the what your final thought is before you begin the swing.
here is my routine written down and pay attention to #1 and to #9
Here is the Pre-shot routine’s non negotiable items
1-Best option for shot
2 rules: 1-Release into safe direction; never release towards trouble and draw or fade away from trouble; this puts unnecessary tension in the system with the “you better make sure you do this or that to not go there”
2-No strain required to execute your shot; understand that you have 2 general yardages per club; one for the flush shot and one for the good miss about 12 yards short of the flush shot. The good miss happens 82% of the time and the flush shot 18% of the time. This helps determine what club to use based on where the best place to miss will be.
2-Once the shot option is chosen, confirm the flight plan-what line do you want to start the ball and what line do you want to end? (include roll out)
3-Choose intermediate point; can be straight on or slightly off line, as long as it’s easy to see and well into your peripheral vision (6 to 12 inches in front of ball only)
4-Confirm alignment of momentum-get ready to see the blur of the path of the club and match it to the ball and intermediate point and prepare to make the ball a PRECISE INTERSECTION on the way through the IP into the flight plan! See the low point of this arc blur, which is about an inch in front of the ball with all clubs except the driver.
5-Confirm ball position matches the flight plan and the direction you want to start the ball.
6-Confirm distance to ball and see that when you let momentum ride through the blur through ball and IP that you don’t feel the need to reach out from being too far or hold on from being too close and you can let it ride
7-Confirm Grip club relation; see that you know it will curve the way you want to in the air once you allow the momentum to release you through the arc-blur into the flight plan through ball and IP
8-Confirm levels and low point with relaxed and engaged legs; legs are ready to heave the arms and club into the backswing that would match the direction of the flight plan; and feels like you are ready to allow that solid dose of momentum to ride through the arc-blur through the ball, the low point of the swing and IP into that flight plan
9-Ready?
When over the ball, See the arc-blur already moving through ball and intermediate point through this low point. You are feeling the arms and club already tracking the arc through the ball and intermediate point into a nice release snap and the body already gliding out of the way of these tracking arms. What does that feel like again? Oh yeah, about like this! This is the glue that holds EVERYTHING together is the letting the swing stay with the direction of flight and fully witness momentum taking care of that for you.
hey shawn:
i recently asked a question on a video that i don’t know the of.
anyway the question is when completing backswing i have habit of pulling down with arms( no good), so how do u train to not do that.i.e. letting ur arms drop down to waste high
thx, mark
Hey Mark! Man, I thought I answered that! Our specialty!
1-confirm you have enough backswing to use momentum; see “unstoppable momentum series”
2-what are you getting ready to do at address? Kill it? Of let momentum swing through with ease? See “pre motor cortex series”
3-we have another series coming on G forces; will be a doozie! We film this weekend!
Shawn
Hey Sean, I’ve been really enjoying your content on Wisdom in Golf, it’s made a big difference in how I think about the game.
At 3:36, you talked about maintaining the “ capital letter Y” in the putting stroke. When you mention that, does it imply that the shaft of most putters should NOT have a slight forward lean at address, rather be perfectly vertical?
Just wanted to make sure I’m understanding and applying that concept correctly. Thanks again for all the great insights!
does not have to be exact; simply feel the weight of the arm-putter unit hanging from the shoulder sockets as a solid unit. Both arms swing from the shoulder sockets or head of humerus. They are reunited by the sternal notch and feels like the momentum of this unit falls through the stroke into the picture of the ball rolling into the hole at the speed you want to see it roll in and the side it needs to roll into the hole. See more of the putting videos, the answers will come! Like flow state putting video…
Hi Shawn, I am playing the golf of my life at 70. Distances are fairly good specially when I am now playing from the “Senior” tee boxes. Like I mentioned in your latest video on youtube, I do not go up in my super slow super wide back swing. Maybe I do not feel the G forces also but in the down swing through to the target I am getting to feel the G forces as well as speed and finish quite nicely. You think I need to tweek anything to be able to throw further? Thanks.
Right on Mohanjit! A true veteran of Wisdom in Golf!
the latest video of this week is quite amazing for what you are looking for. Just like a race car coming through a deep turn, he is patient as the G forces grow without loosing grip and then is beautifully positioned for that sling shot effect down the straightaway.
Goldilocks the intensity through the backswing where too much momentum you feel the need to put the brakes on and the lower body no longer wants to turn and has to brace because it has to come back to the target and the other is too slow and you stall out. A nice FRICTIONLESS FLOW TO GET THROUGH THE CURVE and then let momentum get through the ball AND IP, which will engage the Kinetic chain with more momentum and the less friction you have, the more the speed will show up.
Coach,
I really liked the feel from the video with Sav and Mu on “Anchoring the Stretch Release” from the PMD driver series.
Does that feel of the lead leg throwing the head back apply to all shots? I’ve even found success with a mini version of it in chips and putts. I’m able to stay with my blur MUCH longer as opposed to seeing the blur just before the ball then losing it / and losing my IP because of my tendency to turn towards the target.
My head tends to drift forward on all shots, when you were discussing Moe’s quote of “watch my head go back” and it didn’t move, I am having the exact same experience.
This whole video is for me…. Turning with intention. I can feel and sometimes see action past the ball…. this is new for me and very exciting. Getting closer to through the ball.
Good stuff! We have a nice lesson this week on Youtube with a female PGA professional in Calgary from my week with the Alberta PGA! All about the THROUGH!
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