I am watching your trail hand. Sir, are you swinging with the palm up with trail hand?

Finally! I’m starting to stop focusing on the how and now focusing on the what. What I want the club to do; which is performing a chosen task. Also, now I am comfortable enough to “let it fall” because I’m pumping my swing with my legs. My arms are now tension free as I post my trail leg in the backswing and then my lead leg in the forward swing. Repetition, repetition, repetition; I had to follow along with you, Sav, and Mu and put the work in so I could change my neural patterns. I realize I have a long road ahead of me, but it is the right road.

Hey Shawn,

Very interesting video, I am now conscious that my ‘shoulders are not turned’ enough! This is surely one of the reason why I have difficulties to feel the target in my back. I know that when I feel the target in my back my shots are suddenly becoming very good. Feeling the target in my back is really the main thing i am focusing on and is really a key of success for me.

question: (I know this question is a bit technical, but it’s just to get some tip to feel at ease at address position) Do you have an angle between your club and your left arm at address position (see the image attached)?

thanks,
Seb

At six minutes fifteen seconds in or so, you say, “you have to treat a level lie as a slight downhill lie, always.” An interesting observation to contemplate. Some of my best struck 5 irons have been on uphill lies. Time to start practicing those downhill lies.

I am a ‘returning member’ and want to renew my training however I have an issue to resolve since returning in Dec ’22 in that my membership page says I have a ‘problem with one of my memberships’. I am paid up on the annual rate and the ‘monthly rate’ is not needed anymore, but it will not ‘cancel’. The member web page is blocked somehow…

The old membership is the only ‘problem’ I can see.

Need your help to resolve. Thanks, Lindsay

Hey Shawn, when you close the grip the “extreme” amount in this video, are you tilting the body only to square the club face at address? Or, are you rotating the forearm and tilting the body?

Also, during the extreme/45 degree closed hits is the club face square to the Arc Line or is it pretty closed in terms of the arc line. Thanks!

Hi Shawn, in the anatomy of greatness it seems to suggest we want a little palm to go along with the fingers. –“In placing the left hand on the club, the grip should run diagonally from the lower part of the palm, specifically right on the thickest crease in your palm, known as the Line of Heart, across the top joint of your middle two fingers and lay on the middle joint of your index finger”–. It goes on further –“Holding the club too much in the fingers is the better mistake, as at least one’s mobility in the cocking and uncocking of the wrists will not be hindered. However, not enough of the left hand touches the club, so the tendency is to grip too tightly. The combination of a tight grip without enough connection points to the club will not support the blow of impact consistently. The blend of having the club partly in the palm and partly in the fingers maintains control with the greatest amount of freedom and instinctively the right amount of pressure”–

This has confused me a bit. The umbrella approach fees most natural to me which seems mostly fingers. Any thoughts on the anatomy of greatness text?

Hey Shawn, my father in law is in the Cape Coral, FL area and looking for an instructor. Know anyone in that area I can get him linked up with?

Hey Shawn, I am struggling with hitting pull shots about 50% of the time. I notice this only happens when I rush or don’t fully complete my backswing to try and get more power in the backswing. I’ve tried to slow down but can’t seem to break this bad habbit and have it still feel powerful and zippy in the backswing. Any advice on how to overcome this?

After watching this – I gained 20-25 yards on my 7 iron. But my driver is still stuck at 220 yards total. – Must watch the driver series again 🙂

Very much like the forearms rotating at 2:02 in video. Hardest thing for me has been to stop thinking of “positions” when I am executing my golf swing; well that and not straining. Any free your mind/stop straining videos?

Shawn I noticed your lead arm forms a straight line with the club at address. Is this important?

Hi Shawn,

Appreciate all your videos ove the years. My iron play has improved but still frustrated with Driver. I wish I had the success that dlpikester has. I try to have to same thoughts and actions (knife the grip, closed face, slow and wide, effortless, staying behind door frame, over an intermidiate point) that seems to work of with irons, and even three wood as of late, but with driver I either hit a powerful low straight pull to left or high right of target that tails farther right. Niether shot would be in play. Even with a strong grip the 1out of 10 drives I hit on my target line tails like a fade. Any suggestions?

Thanks Shawn – I need to try the idea of sawing through with the face closed – toe to heel…I get that with a fade (heel to toe – I do that with the driver) but use cutting like a knife square to the direction of my throw with the irons. I love how I get a new nugget every time I listen! But my question is this; I have to think of the end of kinetic chain (elbows, wrists/handle, club face) as a unit and throwing that whole thing (as opposed to just the club) in the direction I want to throw grass, it helps with the football toss feel. If I maintain a good connected feel to the ground through my back swing, it seems to work well….but before I get too far down the way with that, is there a flaw with that feel? Tom

Shawn, I am new to your site and absolutely love your method.I recently tore a couple of intercostal muscles in my ribs and decided then I had to try a different approach to golf. I have been going through the lessons and it hasbeen hit or miss. I was on the range today in 31 degree German weather and decided to slow my swing down and found that the feeling of throwing the club helped my swing. I was not getting a proper release. Funny thing happened, I thought because it was cold I was only hitting my 7 iron 150 yards and was confused because I was makex basted solid contact and on target with my midpoint target. Then I looked at my club and found out it was my 9 iron. I really love and appreciate this wonderful and effortless swing. I think my problem was not letting go for the release and was cighting the gravity pull. What are your thoughts and I do think throwing the club towards my target was finally my aha moment. Amazing and thanks for all your wisdom! You’re great!