Hi Declan! Tilt mile markers and “contact mile markers” as well as “head and hip swivel”

Yes, the grip is the most important fundamental for sure; and the darn thing is the worst taught out there because of the way they try to show you where to put the grip in your hands instead of starting with the PURPOSE of the thing. The club is a bone that you want to wrap your portable ligaments, tendons and muscles called the hands around it and feel that your end result is a complete “arm-club unit” that is secure and locked in. Then when you do the PMD drill, you feel that the release is reacting to the weight of the club and it’s “releasing you” away from the target in the backswing and towards the target on the through swing. The only time the grip shifts is if you have an off centre hit on the face which will cause it to get dislodged. Send me pics of the grip when you think you have it!

Thank you so much for the response Shawn. It encouraged me to go to the range.
I would like to report my findings.
I asked myself where my trail hand was coming apart and when, which was at the top of my swing. Then I asked myself, how do I need to turn so that I can easily maintain my trail hand grip.
From this I discovered that I needed to turn better.
And then my lead heal came off the ground, and I was in a state of “OH!” and “AH-HA!”
Much thanks again

BOOM!! Savy just started allowing the heel to come off the ground and went to 117 MPH yesterday! Nice job Krista! You are barking up the right tree! 👍😀

Fantastic! Yes, because the head staying behind the ball, because you are staying with the direction you want to start the ball, will anchor this release and cause it to occur in a much tighter window for tighter dispersion and more centred ball contact; IT ALL GOES TOGETHER!! 💪👌👊😀

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Exactly! See “lead hand release in the backswing” for more on this!

I would go to the “perpetual motion drill series” and feel that release into a snap hinge and levitation up the rib cage in both directions.

Yes, the technology for shot tracers is finally here; so no worries for future videos!
my flights have jot changed for decades; so what you see today is basically what you would have seen in my older videos.

Now, for intermediate points, set up next to the ball and do 4 or 5 perpetual motion drill swings and set a scuff mark in the turf next to the ball; then back away and look at where the arc-scuff mark is pointing and use that as a reference! Completely legal!! 😀👊👌👍

Shawn, if I understand you the scuff mark would then be on the side of the ball rather than front? Maybe I wasn’t clear on my question, but once I’m off the tee box and out in the fairway or more likely the rough, lol, and can’t move the ball that is where I am having trouble identifying an intermediary point in front of the ball.

Correct, no problem being on the side as long as you see the line it is going on; then you can match THE BLUR OF CLUB and the FLOW OF MOMENTUM according to that line. After you make the nice long scuff (practice this! Your swing will thank you for it!) If the line is a bit left, then adjust the blur of your momentum a bit more right or vice versa. All you need is a reference and the brain figures out the rest. It just has to be in your peripheral vision. See “blur of club”, “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” and “how to match backswing to ball direction” videos in here.

Completely by design of the human anatomy and it’s intimate relationship with Gravity! We were born to do this for every sport and every discipline! Chipping just miniaturises it but does not snuff it out!

Hey Jake!
yes, see “backswing levitation’ and “garage door drill” as well as “lead hand release in the backswing” which is big!

When you see “grip and arm motion”, you will notice this hinging action is the same for hammering, fishing, football throwing, tennis serving and much more! WE ARE BUILT TO MOVE LIKE THIS. You don’t find it weird that the teaching industry shows you a weak or neutral grip, then you slice, then you need to make the back of the hand go flat or bow to square the face? DO YOU DO ANY OF THAT IN BASEBALL HITTING? You would lose your wrists to the orthopaedic surgeon! 😝😝

and the choir sings! 👍💪🫶👌

Still can’t quite maintain the elbow space consistently. 2 out of 3 swings. Do you think ensuring the clearance is primarily a posture and distance to ball issue? Is that would I would focus on those 2 to ensure the space for the trail elbow?

Ok, so consider that the 2 ennemies of your swing are EFFORT and MANIPULATION. Have you ruled those out? At address, you have already existing momentum taking you through your task into the flight plan?

I understand Shawn but if my set up doesn’t have room for my trail elbow the kinetic chain is broken from the start my target focus is good I now think it’s keeping my chest up and maintaining sandbagging tossing posture. Sometimes I just don’t bring the machine to the ball. I get in good posture but by the time I swing I’ve changed. Will keep at it. Wish I could feel good posture better. Any suggestions thanks

Combine football drill with “Kinetic chain facilitation series” (walking and sending divots to target) this will solidify your dynamic posture!

Hi Shawn – I’ve realized I’ve got a strange problem in my swing. I use my kinetic chain perfectly but I’m an old college tennis player so my shoulders and arms swing around hence the need for more room all the time. It’s like a mental block right as the club falls down towards the ball the right shoulder goes around not down. I tell myself swing to the target but the shoulders still move around. My body is rotating beautifully but the arms/shoulders are going around. If the ball was waist high it would be perfect but alas it’s on the ground. Any videos to try to get the sense that the arms go up and down. Thanks

See “alignment reload” as this is a side vision issue; then see “blur of club” and the “arc blur unstoppable momentum series”
DO NOT SWING STRAIGHT AT THE TARGET; swing through the arc blur to the right of the IP i to the direction you want to start the ball; which is not the end target.

Everyone is different for sure! You have an ace in the hole with “club throwing” so stick with that and apply the prediction process of “predict contact” and the “goldie locks series” and then all the release videos. So when you use a nice dose of momentum to throw the club into a nice snap in the direction you want to start the ball with the prediction that the ball is perfectly in the way of this throw, then you can stay on that task and enjoy it!

This means you are out of position and getting ahead of the ball in the downswing; which means you are abandoning your focus. When this happens, it’s like the ball goes way back on the stance and you have to hurry up and hit the ball before you miss it! See “tilt mile markers” and “contact mile markers” to feel what its like to stay with your task!