What I find difficult with chipping, is to know wich part of the body is in the way,: in fact my back is less turned, also we notice that you show an alignement at the left of the target wich is supposed to give more rooms for the arms. Usually we are supposed to fall trough the parts of the body that are in the way right?
Hi Shawn,
I actually tied three of my long irons together to have a heavy club and have the feeling of a sledge hammer. Didn’t bring me much success yet.
However, I tried this weekend the grass whiping task, and for the first time i think i ‘ve got some task that I can reproduce and work on!
What is great about this task is that you can do it for real and you can actually see the grass that is being cut.
I was starting doing with chipping, trying to do the walking drill at the same time. I noticed that my chest had to be more bend toward the ground so that I can walk better.
Because when my chest is to much upward and my knees are very bend at the same time then all my weight is on my heels and I can’t walk.
Then I imagined that I have to grass whip all day long and my sternal notch began to follow my club head to make the swing easier.
Now I try to figure out wich thing I can change to make the task easier. One thing I tried today was to start the cut more with the toe of the grasswhip,
this led me to think that my chest could be more upward, more than I tought, also I can see a better arc and feel the target in my back better than before.
I’ve noticed that que quality of my contacts depends on if I am able to cut in the other direction just after hitting the ball.
Questions:do my eyes have to be before the ball for chipping or could they be after the ball?
For chipping at the downswing the cut start just under the ball and continues to cut grass after the ball, what about when I cut in the other direction, where is the start of the cut?
question: I’ve seen that for chipping you advice to stay on the right foot. Then is it still ok to do the walking drill staying on one foot?
Other thing that I want to share: I’ve tried the task to throw a hammer for chipping, I had a backswing with a feeling of moving my arms upward and a downswing rather around me than downward, meaning that my downswing was not the mirror of my backswing. I’ve obserced more solid contact like this.
Weight on the lead foot; never trail foot; don’t know where you saw this?? And be careful of how you are interpreting your backswing and downswing with the chipping motion; see “how to match backswing to ball direction”
Hey Shawn,
Wouldn’t your point on not pre-turning when trying to hit a fade also apply to the driver setup and the fact that the ball position is forward so you’re already behind the ball? Thx
Chipping seems to be the same arm club movement as a putt. Is this right? If so would it be appropriate to use my putter grip to chip? FYI I do not use the claw grip for putting,
Is it fair to say feeling the right foot anchored as long as possible and feeling like the club releases that foot is a good way to stay in posture Shawn? I tend to let that heel up early into a little EE at times.
Yes, especially feel the left hip come back and away from the target while keeping the squat and then letting the release snap the head up and into the finish. You don’t want to feel a loss of posture and a hang back.
Hey Shawn,
After having watched your New Favorite Drill a thought occurred to me about focusing on a task. As the hands lead the club head through impact, today on the range I focused on that, delivering the handle of the club over the intermediate point towards the target. My hybrid results were markedly better as I’d been battling snap hooks in recent weeks. In your opinion is this task too much about body position ( insuring the hands lead the club head through impact) or could this be a task worth focusing on in future practice session? Thx
Hey Shawn,
With this driver setup for accuracy and the ball teed lower, you’re saying the swing path should be more sweeping like a fairway wood or hybrid with a light tap on the ground at the bottom of the arc? Thx
Hey Shawn!
You continue to engrain many of the same aspects of your approach to teaching the golf swing across many of your videos, which I think is terrific. They should overlap a little bit. I liked the term “Heavy Momentum” used in this video. It registered with me because I like to feel the weight of the clubhead throughout the entirety of my swing. These are the small nuggets golfers need to hear in a variety of ways because we all interpret the process and the task a little bit differently. All the best!
Just watched your YouTube video posted 2 days ago “Perfect 337 yard next level golf swing release” and really liked the adding of left hand to sword drill/lasso drill. I can truly feel everything you have spoken of regarding release feel when I do that.
Hey Shawn, Today I was watching your The Move video from 5 years ago on you tube and have a question. In this video you mention Henrik Stenson and how at setup he has more weight on his trail leg Are you advocating this to aid in engaging the kinetic chain at the transition in your actual swing or just as part of a drill to practice to engrain a certain feel. Thx
Hey James! sorry I missed this one! If I do that next time, email me direct to let me know! 😀👍
For those who struggle getting into that pocket of stability into the backswing; to get the ground properly to set up the backswing as if their kinetic chain was already in motion; see “super slow-super relaxed-super wide backswing series” that will create the same kind of awareness!
Shawn,
Wonderful video. This obviously has a lot to do with timing of the “snap”
You refer to the slash towards the target.
Can you speak to the timing of WHEN the snap takes place during slash? Is it at impact? Or just before or just after the impact?
To me it would seem that it should take place at impact…hence the timing.
Hi Bob! This is the beauty of what we do; IT IS NOT YOUR JOB TO TIME IT!! Your job is to let momentum release you! Please see “lead hand release”, “trail hand release”, “release fine tuning” and “snap release polish” and then “turbo charge lead and trail hand release” Feel what I am talking about with the sword and hammer in the lead and trail hand release videos and feel how gravity RELEASES YOU THROUGH AND OUT TO TARGET.
Then see “throw the club” and the “throwing series” and then finally “target confirmation series” and “stick your finish despite the ball” series
Shawn, Can you confirm it is the sole of the driver that you picture sending the tip of the tee into your picture or the sweet spot clipping the tee tip. Thanks!
Thanks for clarifying that for me so promptly Shawn! Is there any shot in WIG that the hands do not come through first? I remember prior to becoming a member of your site I stumbled on a feel on the range with my driver that when I sensed the butt of the club coming throgh toward the target on the downswing I hit the ball much better. Then I became a premium member and voila there is your battering ram video that is exactly the sensation I felt when I stumbled on it back in the day! I would appreciate if you would advise if there are any exceptions on specialty shots etc where battering ram does not apply? Thanks so much!
That would be chipping and putting…😝
see “shawn’s new favourite drill” which is a jackknife-battering ram drill; I play often with this drill with every club and absolutely pummel it effortlessly!
Wow! That is not what my release feels like. Great tip about using the sword drill on the course to reinforce. I did it at the range this afternoon. Best I struck my irons in a while.
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