Hi Shawn!

New member of the channel. Ive been following you for about 4 month now in yourube. Ive noticed substantial improvement to my game. Need help with consistency with my draw especially with the driver.

Ball flight setup is a draw. stance. Clubhead Sometimes 45 degrees closed but when over hooking reduce to 25 degrees. My usual ball flight is a Pull or Pull Fade or Pull slice. Its hits fairways but not exactly the ball flight I want.

Sometime i try to fix it with my backswing. When i follow right of the intermediate point its still pulls to left If i take backwing farther in it draws sometimes but i loose consistency and more prone to snap hook and fat shots.

Hope you can give me advice and some videos to correct this.

Thank you.

Hi Shawn, you mention in the beginning of this video the Pre Motor Cortex series. However, I have tried going thru your videos by section and have not been able to find it? Would you be able to provide a link at all?

Hi Shawn
This video/series was what I needed. I was on the verge of giving up on this swing because I kept hitting a extremely low pull hook or completely blocked it to the right.

Previously I seemed to have this notion that I must not use the hands to release. So I used to have a neutral grip, bowed wrist and turned my body to square up the face. Although I had some success with this swing, because I am a weekend golfer, I had some consistency issues, especially when my body felt stiff. Having said that, this notion definitely prevented me from properly executing the swing that you preach. I seemed to have so much tension in the wrist which led to me dragging the handle across the body (i.e. chicken wing) causing a massive slice. Another issue I had from my previous golf notion was that when I wanted to send it further, I seemed to bow the wrist just before starting the down swing, causing a pull/hook.

Fortunately I watched this series last Sunday morning, before going to play in the afternoon. I was able to relax and slow down the swing and properly clear the body so that the arms could naturally release (with a little help from the hands/wrists). I was so surprised that on my first attempt I bombed my drive on the fairway with less effort. I was able to replicate the swing (although on a few occasions, the previous notion sometimes messed with the task at hand) throughout the round.

However, I have a question. Although I am hitting the ball about the same distance, if not a little bit longer, with less effort, I want to hit it further. I get that we need to use 1-2 effort out of 10 but how can I add more speed, hence distance, without over exerting/straining the swing motion?

I know it’s a long comment but I was excited about this new swing that I wanted to share my experience.

So after working through bolted and centered and other videos per your recommendation during a swing analysis I came to a conclusion that I would like some input on. At rest or walking, I have been accustomed to having the weight on the outside portion of my feet. This carried over into my golf setup. When I consciously suction my arches in my stance, there is some slight tension in my legs which I tried to avoid in order to be completely relaxed. This also prevents me from rolling my trail foot in backswing and seems to aid in proper weight transfer. Does this sound correct? I’m not sure I’ve seen this specific fault touched up on in any of your other videos. If so could you direct me to what faults having the weight on the outsides of your feet would cause in the golf swing.

Hey Shawn!
Love this one and I just watched everything I could locate regarding the grass whip, yesterday (yes, I am buying one!). I began practicing this indoors using a wedge and my strike pad. I’m beginning to see a pattern where I am now striking the pad in about the same location forwards and backwards while ALSO noticing the blur. Very powerful to engrain direction. I also am emulating your swing as much as possible, using my legs more and also getting more proficient at snapping the club “out there”. The term “snapping the club” seems to strike a chord with me because, though I may never snap the club AT the ball (in my mind) but I do sometimes throw the club towards the ball rather than “out there”. Terrific stuff!
[MarkG_603].

Hey Shawn!
I changed from interlock to overlap about 15 years ago. Now that I am snapping that club head out there, towards my target… I am now testing the interlock again. So far, it seems to allow me a more secure grip without actually tightening my grip force… if that makes sense. Great stuff, my man!!

Shawn, could you explain if there is a different focus downrange needed for a draw or fade shot compared to a standard straight shot.i.e. I really have benefitted from focusing out toward the ultimate target when making a standard shot. However, should the focus for a fade shot be out toward the ultimate target (vs at the ball) or out left of the ultimate target down range?

Hey Shawn,

Been watching your videos for a while now and trying to apply your concepts. Recently just got a Rapsodo to see what kind of errors I’m making, and while I’m sure there are many things someone with as much experience as you can see, there are some quite prominent errors that are even palpable to me when I review the swing. One of them being an overextension in my backswing which I think relates to this video.

I will attach a photo, but I can clearly see that in my backswing when I’m reviewing it, it looks like I am trying to extend upwards. I do not think this is efficient because I believe I am wasting energy and momentum in two different ways: by manipulating to overextend and having to correct said overextension by “pushing the club” back on plane. I’m not sure if all this makes sense, but if it does and you can direct me to a video so that I can conceptualize a solution to correct this, I would greatly appreciate it!

Shawn, This is fascinating and also probably my biggest problem. Every time I submit a video, I struggle to think of what my task was. I often try to force the task into all my swing thoughts. It’s ironic because task is how I learned how to ski e.g. my friend said, “Think of trying to skid a bike.” and wham, I was able to slalim and stop. Unfortunately, my engineer brain kicks in with the thousands of hours of technique videos. Maybe someday I’ll be able to trust it…

Thanks for everything,
Ron

Hello Shawn, I`m new to Wisdom in Golf but have been trying to implement your methods into my swing for several weeks now. Lately I’ve been fighting a snap hook with my driver and hybrids. Today while watching your videos on the grip I believe(HOPING) I found the problem. At setup are you advocating a closed face with a neutral grip which becomes a dynamic strong grip and square club face upon rotating the forearms and establishing a side tilt with my upper body during setup?

At the end of my chip swing I feel a small movement in the wrist.

Shawn, would you take the same approach for fades? My tendency is to overdraw and I work on the fade. Should I open the face and release to the left of IP until I see a ball start right and move right then back off from there?

is Niemann going to have back issues as well due to this swing? i get back spasms just watching him swing

Sean, I am having a heck of a time turning my driver over. I have my intermediate line and target and either pull hook, or push. Any of the many videos you recommend starting with? Center face contact. Thank you.

Should this rhytmic stroke include “levitation” in transition from backstroke to forward stroke?