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  • From amarjot Bedi on MOMENTUM ALREADY THERE BEFORE YOU LET IT GO | PART 5: DRIVER

    Thank you for such Quick answers to the questions. Am here as directed.
    Shawn two questions:-

    1. I notice the ball position is up front almost near your left big toe. I used to keep it there but since seeing other videos of Sav and you, I had got my ball position back a bit, more on the inside heel.
    2. Alignment question:- Hitting the Fade or draw. Do I stand setup to the Ball- Intermediate Point – Target and then hit left of the IP for fade and Right of IP for draw ? Or Setup / stand left or right of the IP and hit there for fade or draw?
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  • From Matt Hunt on PRE-MOTOR CORTEX AND GOLDIELOCKS-GREAT COMBO!

    Hi Shawn, sorry you keep mentioning “goldielocks” I don’t know what you mean?

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  • From Mike Young on PREPARE TO LET GO WITH IRONS

    Shawn, unrelated question but what glove with black palm do you use

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  • From Matthew Costello on Chipping

    This is the single best chipping video on the Internet. Bravo.

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  • From Noah Roet on Head Position and Turn

    This has been so important to me. The one challenge I now have is slowing down the start of the downswing. After many years of just firing from the top, I’ve found that if I slow the start of the downswing I can make that “throw” to the target and I crunch the ball. Shawn, what drills do you recommend to help slow the start of the downswing and let gravity take control?

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  • From Noah Roet on Throwing the Club

    Hi Shawn. I reckon you ought to do a “detox” series because honestly most of your fantastic drills are the complete opposite of what many of us have been experiencing over decades and it really takes some time to “shed” those old habits. Eg – the most difficult moves to “allow” for me – allowing the head to bob up and down, allowing the hips to rotate fully whilst allowing heal to rise if necessary, not firing the right side, freeing the arms to swing “unconnected”, slowing transition. When I do these things with a target focus, I’m pasting the ball, but there was so much resistance and old habits to overcome first.

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    • From Shawn Clement on Throwing the Club

      Good description! Detox! 😂😝
      again, a great series, “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” has all the elements listed above; let me know how you do with it!

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  • From Gene Czaplinsky on SPINNING THROUGH THE BALL!

    Shawn–Could you please direct me to the best video(s) for shallowing the club.

    You are such a devoted teacher and I truly appreciate your gift and methodology for teaching this wonderful game. Thank you.

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    • From Shawn Clement on SPINNING THROUGH THE BALL!

      You bet Gene! Best way to do that is to throw the club! See “throw the club” and “the throwing series”

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    • From Gene Czaplinsky on SPINNING THROUGH THE BALL!

      Shawn, unfortunately I live in a condo in Los Angeles and there isn’t anywhere nearby where I can safely throw a golf club. Is there any other video or technique you would suggest? Thanks again.

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    • From Shawn Clement on SPINNING THROUGH THE BALL!

      Yes! See “trail hand release” and “turbo charge trail hand release” then “lead hand release”, “release fine tuning” and “snap release polish” which is the lasso drill which will shallow the club exactly right for whatever club you have

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    • From Gene Czaplinsky on SPINNING THROUGH THE BALL!

      Thank you. Much appreciated.

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  • From James MacRae on PREPARE TO LET GO WITH IRONS

    Hi I’m new to golf only been playing a month im not a complete begginer but I’m still a novice so i was just wondering is there anywhere I need to start or do I just consume as much knowledge as possible? Cheers thanks

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    • From Shawn Clement on PREPARE TO LET GO WITH IRONS

      You bet James! Please start with the beginner series and then do all the “task” videos; just search “task” on the site and also go to the “wisdom in Golf 1.0” in the “list of videos by date” section at the bottom; that series started this all! 😀👍

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  • From [email protected] on STEP DRILL SERIES-KINETIC CHAIN KICK START!

    Timely series. I was just watching a recap of the Senior US Open today and the lack of rear foot thrusting was the first thing I noticed. There wasn’t one player that I saw that thrusted at the ball. Then after that video finished YouTube auto played the 1982 US Open, the same thing, not nearly as much thrusting as todays players.

    I’m going to have to try this drill, I remember it from your early days on YouTube but I haven’t tried it since then, I definitely have a small thrust but have great contact and direction when I work on keeping that foot down on the range.

    Good to see you’re nearing 100%, Shawn.

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  • From Lenny Stevens on CRITICAL FIRST 2 FEET OF THE BACKSWING-DRAW

    Hi Shawn I’m struggling to draw the ball. When I have an in to out path my club face isn’t closing enough to make it draw, and when I close the club face more my attack angel increases for some reason and I still end up hitting a push. Im out of idea’s of how I can go about fixing this. My straight fades and fades I can do pretty good. (I have a Garmin r10 launch monitor)

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    • From Shawn Clement on CRITICAL FIRST 2 FEET OF THE BACKSWING-DRAW

      Hey Lenny! This means that your release is sputtering! See”trail hand release”, trail hand release in the backswing to make sure you are completing it, then more backswing “lead hand release assurance” and “lead hand release” and then the golden nugget: “important release update”
      this will make a big difference!

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  • From Frank Zoff on Blur of the Club

    hey Shawn, been trying to use this approach but from time to time I am hitting snap hooks. Like off the planet snap hooks with irons and woods. Any tips to minimize the risk of this happening. I think my arms tend to outrun my downswing when this happens.

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    • From Shawn Clement on Blur of the Club

      Hey Frank! Sorry for the late reply;
      1-you need to confirm that you are delivering through the ball with “target confirmation series”
      2-ennemies number 1 and 2 to your swing are EFFORT AND CONTROL
      See “momentum already there before you start the swing
      3-if you are still hooking, and you have confirmed that your strain is low and you have released through to the target, then your grip-club relationship is too strong.
      another check point is “how to match backswing to ball direction”
      4-See “fade fine tuning”and practice your fades regularly to keep the swing in balance

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  • From Mark Sewell on Troubleshooting

    Shawn i’m a senior golfer in my 70s I have been following wisdom in golf since the early days I recently became a premium member . I changed my grip a Savanna’s type and started to hit the ball a lot farther .but still trying to figure out club face relationships did ball go a little left because of ( default to ball ,moving my axis forward , ball position, eyes not on ball ,blur didn’t match the blur I wanted) the list goes on . I don’t hit a lot of range balls but I play golf usually about 5 or 6 days a week I had a few nines this year where I was under par but mostly shoot in the low 80’s to high 70’s .one day I can close driver 45 degrees and hit nice drives the next day not so nice . Driver I use pound nail into door frame (works for awhile then time to change analogy) throw club battering ram. Don’t let your arms hit you on the way back don’t let your arms hit you on the way going forward rehinge in the direction you want the ball to go ,that lists goes on . Now that I have premium channel I will watch a video on unstoppable momentum then the next thing I know I have stoppable momentum where before I felt like I had effortless speed out in front of the ball. I know the bowstring has to go back before the arrow goes forward but some of this stuff gets old I know this sounds negative but is this all part of my golf evolution

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    • From Shawn Clement on Troubleshooting

      You are definitely going to the right series! You want to confirm that you are using a nice dose of momentum to deliver into your flight plans; also see “momentum already there before the swing starts” series

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  • From Matt Hunt on WEIGHT SHIFT WITH SAVY

    Hi Shawn, love the momentum ideas and the walking drill. Just a question I find that if I stand at address to long (for me a few seconds is too long) I get a bit stuck and lose that momentum feeling! So in essence I have to waggle above the ball and then place behind and start in one movement! Any thoughts?

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    • From Shawn Clement on WEIGHT SHIFT WITH SAVY

      Yes! See “momentum already there before you start the swing” series! 😀👍
      also see “unstoppable momentum series”

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  • From Arthur Carvajal on CLARITY SERIES- CHIP AND PITCH WITH ELI

    Once again Shawn a great video. Since I have used you as my coach, I have used the intermediate point when I practice and play. But for some reason never thought of using it for chipping. So thanks for that tip. Also for some reason not using low point for chipping. Again, thanks for the kick in the pants!!!! I heard you mention opening up the face when chipping. Did I hear that correctly? OK, my biggest problem with chipping may be solved with the intermediate and low-point tips. But, when I chip my ball doesn’t release. It tends to check up. And when I try to chip it close to the hole it goes way past the hole. Will an open face help it release? Or will the low point facilitate that? Or both? Or something else help me?

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    • From Shawn Clement on CLARITY SERIES- CHIP AND PITCH WITH ELI

      It’s just slightly open so that the leading edge does not dig; especially in bermuda grass; then it’s just a matter of choosing where YOU WANT THE BALL TO LAND and how much you want it to roll; nine iron chipping will roll much farther than a lob wedge chip.

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  • From Dan Santucci on Head Position and Turn

    Once I successfully implemented your feet together chipping instructions, carrying that instruction into my backswing turn especially your tidbit of instruction about immediately turning back the pelvis, hips and rib cage same as in the feet together chip shot has significantly helped my backswing and backswing takeaway waggle and eliminated my tendency to sway in the backswing.I keep electronic WORD document notes about my favorite premium channel videos and I have to keep changing/updating them because every time I rewatch them I pickup another significant point that I missed originally. Your videos are packed with insights into the swing. Thanks

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