So I’ve been closing the face like this for a while now and I play a draw. But 30% of the time I’ll hit a bad push cut that starts right and then spins further right. Especially with longer clubs. You said something to Mu in this video about the left hand getting on top of the club which negated how closed the face was. I do this too because I thought we were supposed to in order to get those bones in the forearm stacked going through the ball. Should I instead be looking to have the back of my left hand facing the target at impact? (with the closed face)

Thank you for the in depth Video analysis. To be honest never expected it to be so detailed, thank you.
Your direction brought me to this series.
What I find after doing some of the tasks:-

1. My understanding of the kinetic change is the sequence being automatically managed by pulling the trail side by the front side using momentum and rotation. Like pulling a string on a manual generator to start it.
2. to do so one has to be behind (not over which i have done for the past 25 years), head tilted to deliver the swipe.
3. being over the ball made my 5 iron feel heavy and “Unwieldy”, being behind every thing calms down and powerful.

My problem was although i struck the ball and then the ground , but took very deep divots.

hi

1. The best chips I have hit are with a slight wrist hinge or slight break in the wrists, in the videos above I could not see that, your arms are very straight or do you have a slight break?
2. By putting the ball position more to the trail foot’s toe , will that make me stay back with a slight tilt of the head like in irons?
3. You have an open stance, which I do so means I am ok on that part.
4. Do I need to have knee flex in setting up for chips too ?( which in the my analysis you said I have very little)

I am seeing an improvement in every swing I am taking.

This is great. In you video analysis of my swing you mentioned :- “need much more knee flex at address to allow the legs to engage! “.

In the above video at 00:45 you mention about being still over ball ( I see myself in that posture) , and by engaging legs / more knee flex would that be the the feeling of heaving the sand bag which can happen with the muscles you mentioned engaged, am I right there?

Question about the Intermediate point:- When you say left edge or right edge of the intermediate point, are you thinking of club path or ball path should go over the IP?

hi Shawn, so you Do not keep your eyes on the ball, but on the grass between IP and the ball? Should I do that or is that your personal choice?

As I have to work on knee flex, the part about bending over from hips, when you said “tail bone goes up in the air”, is my aaah moment, which makes my glutes and quads pressure to my arches is automatic.

How much to close the club face ? I have started doing that and i then use the waggle and the blur to see how the club face is before impact. Is that the best way?

So So Good, for someone who could never hit a draw , this is gold!

In a video I heard you mention, that many end up aiming straight and I am one of those. As all my life I struggled with over the top, ball position way forward of center, always hoping to get good contact (target was never even an option for me) my shot would be aiming straight and I went through my share of slices with the long clubs and got great at chipping as I was never on the green. When I came across your videos on how a closed face squares up and tilted behind the ball like a lumber jack, and more recently moved my ball position back not quite center yet as 25 years of muscle memory I have suddenly stopped thinking about getting good contact, it just happens now. At this stage does every shot I hit, do I try and shape it (fade or draw) instead of straight?

Shawn, is there an alternative training aid that I can use other than pulling the bull rope that will help to activate the lower body and right leg to get the body out of the way and make a complete backswing? Or is there one of your training videos focused on the same subject? Thanks

1. Shawn, I am totally lost when I try to hit out of a greenside bunker. I have gone to the sand bunker at my practice facility and have attempted to hit about 100 balls out of the bunker each of the last 2 nights with frustrating results. No 2 shots have the same result, one barely gets out of the bunker and the next shot flies the green 40 yards!! I have tried to follow your lesson with Venky about bunker shots and also closely watched your Greenside Bunkers video. No luck.I have tried to mimic my chip shot swing and a softer version of my full swing, no luck here either. Any suggestions about the typical faults that golfers such as I usually experience?

Do the same as the fade with dandelion stem; picture the sole of the club sawing through the stem of the dandelion which is in the sand below the ball and use momentum to perform this task!

Two things. I’m noting that when Munashe opens his hand after gripping the handle of the bat that the handle runs perpendicular to the hand and closer to the thumb (almost center of the palm) than I’m used to holding my grip, is that right? I was taught to wrap the fingers first and then the palm which if gripped this way and hand opened would have the club running slightly diagonal from the first knuckle of the index finger to the base of the pinky. Also, I too like Munashe have meat hooks and my thumb protrudes slightly out of my v of the right hand when gripping the club in the manner the video has. Is that correct?

Shawn, I understand the Battering Ram drill but don’t understand “Jack Knife” implication in the title of this video? Maybe I just don’t understand what a Jack Knife is ?? Could you explain? Thanks