Very timely with our convo on the pod! Thanks again for having me, really enjoyed talking golf with you all!

So awesome to hear conversations with your students Shawn!!!!

Hi Shawn, before asking my question, I just want to introduce myself, as this is my very first post. My name is Pedro Osorio. I got turned to you by coming across a video of yours about Grip – “The most important video you’ll watch about grip” or something close to that. That video just really clicked for me in terms of pure rationale. I just recently signed up to your membership and have watched your videos up to this point. This has been a fantastic perspective on how to view Golf. I am so excited to apply this knowledge and continue learning from you. I started playing golf 9 months ago. I have been grinding pretty hard, and have been very frustrated with my lack of progress but more importantly, how it has felt in my body. A friend turned me to George Gankas, and his membership service. I have learned a lot of “information” and George, as well as the coaches under him are very knowledgeable. The attention to detail has been great but also overwhelming. As much as I have learned “details” about the golf swing it has never felt great in my body. I’ve probably sent in around 35 videos with feedback up to this point and although progress has been had, it has never felt “right” (I am 40 years old, have always been very athletic, played multiple sports growing up at a very high level, and had a professional soccer career for ten years before now coaching soccer professionally. I have coached at the NCAA Div I and II levels for 10 years.) I have always been very instinctual with how my body learns athletic skills and the way I have been going at it for 9 months always felt like I was fighting what my body naturally wants to do. The first thing that was asked of me was to neutralize my grip and bow my wrist. From the get-go that has felt extremely difficult for my body accomplish. Although, now I have been able to adjust and hit some good shots, even the good ones don’t feel right, I don’t feel the harmony that my body feels with other athletic skills. When you talk about the golf swing and the way the body is built and the hinging of the wrists, and how it mirrors how you would hold a hammer and hockey stick and so on.., this all just feels so right on how my body wants to move. I know there are many different ways to do so something right but this is certainly the perspective that I have been searching for.

As for my for my question, just to be clear, you put the ball center for all irons, whether long or short? 9 iron to 4 irion? and what about wedges, same?

Huge feeling breakthrough yesterday…. while warming up on the 1st tee, I feel from top of swing a “falling-then-whipping-though” swing…. so cool! Makes so much sense now in terms of swing path and throwing the club…. I can’t wait to keep working on this. Thank you Shawn!

Hi Shawn, I couldn’t tell, for the fade, did you close the trail leg as you put the ball up in your stance. Or did you turn your aim left, kept both hips open, but it looked like your trail hip was closed due to camera angle? thanks

Thank you for recommending this! I had a similar flow state practice Sunday that was very rewarding and satisfying.

Going to deep dive on this coach!

Hi Shawn,
I am unable to find the “arc-blur series” anywhere .Also would love to see a “blur” video with overhead or drone views. Where can I find these ? Thanks

So I watched this series last night and I’m a little unsure of what I am to take away from it. Are you advocating that we swing this deliberately slow or are we just supposed to to realize that we are not supposed to exert force into the swing?

I do 3 sets of 15, 8lb sledge hammer swings as part of my swing speed training. Helps with brace feeling, tempo, use of legs… also I think it helps me do ‘cut the grass’ task way better…… helps with tracking arc on non-dominant side too.

The child on the swing hitting the ball chipping analogy is simplistic genius.I’m in awe of your ability to reach through your students swing hurdles with concise easy to understand solutions

I used two gloves so I may miss the feeling of support between right index finger and right thump so I am using only one left hand glove now . Will this structure help getting the correct backswing at top also ?

A ball on a String will help me to have a correct elevated backswing like yours Shawn . Brilliant !

Both right handed and left handed swings are beautiful ! Nice pars – it is so nice to watch you play on course to learn.

I am so glad I stumbled upon this Shawn! The head essentially is a counterweight to the release at the target?

This is gold coach! The more i focus on the area after the ball and confirming I experience that part of the swing, the better the contact gets. Predicting contact is super important for me!

Whats the best way to feel this in the short game? When I have a second pendulum I have my job of getting the second pendulum in position to cut through for me, what’s your favorite task to experience this on chips and pitch shots?