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  • From Roger Blinn on SUPER SLOW SUPER EASY SUPER WIDE SERIES #1

    For over 50 years of playing golf wrong (from the top down) How can I focus on getting the hip turn doing the backswing part. when I think full shoulder turn I hardly move the hips. I’m talking on the golf course playing. The range I don’t have this problem

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  • From Bruce Shanks on SUPER SLOW SUPER EASY SUPER WIDE SERIES #1

    Hi Shawn, I noticed you’re not as braced on your lead side as you used to be in your older golf swing. What is your weight distribution at address now? Thanks for all you do for the game.

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    • From Shawn Clement on SUPER SLOW SUPER EASY SUPER WIDE SERIES #1

      You are welcome Bruce! Thank you for the question and for being here!
      60/40 in favour of the left side; I am getting ready to move into the backswing from the follow through at address; see “kinetic chain series” and kinetic chain facilitation series (# 6 is my favourite!) as well as “perpetual motion drill series”
      You want to be thinking dynamically at address!

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  • From [email protected] on SUPER SLOW SUPER EASY SUPER WIDE SERIES #1

    Really like the simple idea of left arm fall right arm fall. Brilliant! When trying this out it seems to result in a lot of shots near the toe of the club when I fall and release toward the target. Not getting a lot of distance but I believe it is because I’m not hitting center of the club face. Any suggestions?

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    • From Shawn Clement on SUPER SLOW SUPER EASY SUPER WIDE SERIES #1

      See “blur of club” to make sure you know where the club is passing first; then see “arc-blur unstoppable momentum series.

      If the toe shots persist, to let the arms fall past you and towards the backswing and then the same towards the target, you must use the legs! See “feet together back to feet apart” and “pump up the swing volume”

      it is the squat in the downswing in both directions that allows you to follow the ground and get the solid strike; if you stay too tall and are too careful with the legs, you won’t reach the ball and toe them.

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    • From [email protected] on SUPER SLOW SUPER EASY SUPER WIDE SERIES #1

      The only way I could get this to somewhat work is to really ‘step’ into the lead leg a lot earlier than I had previously to get the arc to bottom out in front of the ball. Otherwise the arm fall didn’t really fall past me. It certainly took the toe shot out of the equation but it was almost like I had to get to the lead leg while the back swing was sort of finishing and like levitating. Then the momentum of ACU falling now fell past me. Does that sound right? There is still some calibration around my squat but I wanted to make sure I have the right feeling before spending too much time on this. Thank you.

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    • From Shawn Clement on SUPER SLOW SUPER EASY SUPER WIDE SERIES #1

      That is exactly how it should be perceived! In the Kinetic chain facilitation series, when walking and sending divots to target, you will feel that. This is what most perceive from Hogan’s swing! 👍👍

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  • From keita MARVILLE on FEET TOGETHER BACK TO FEET APART

    Mr clement I’m am trying to commit to this squat/pump to turbo charge the heaving of the club but getting so frustrated as I find I’m forcing or manufacturing the dip/squat/throw. Doesn’t feel as natural or automatic as I watch when you do it esp when I get that knee turned in. I find I’m at the top of the backswing saying to myself, “time to squat!”

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    • From Shawn Clement on FEET TOGETHER BACK TO FEET APART

      YOU CANNOT THINK YOUR WAY THROUGH THIS!
      Have you tossed a few heavy 4 pound hammers or even long handled 6 pound sledge hammers around the backyard yet? Even a 5 to 10 pound kettle bell works wonders! Your body reacts brilliantly to weight out of pure self preservation. Then use the perpetual motion drill series to blend the feel into the swing and let the task of sending grass clippings of divot peels into the picture activate the legs for you!

      See these:
      -turbo charge lead hand release
      -turbo charge trail hand release
      -kinetic chain facilitation series (#6 is my favourite!)

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  • From James Gellein on BALL ABOVE FEET AND BALL BELOW FEET LESSON

    I think that I will build that for off-season practice (snow country). Any guess as to the angle/degrees? Thank you.

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  • From Dan Santucci on Draw fine tuning

    I am somewhat confused about working the ball instructions for fades and draws. Could you explain the recommended stance/swing path, ball position, and lastly clubface orientation at address for both a fade and the draw shot. thanks

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    • From Shawn Clement on Draw fine tuning

      Hi Dan, when you see the “working the ball” video, the draw will be this:
      -take dead aim
      -play ball back of centre
      -release to the right of intermediate point

      fade:
      -aim left of target
      -play ball forward of centre
      -swing left of target where you are aimed

      no manipulations, no steering, just task that way with a nice whipping momentum.
      ball position is the secret!
      Shawn

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    • From amarjot Bedi on Draw fine tuning

      brilliant!

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  • From [email protected] on SUPER SLOW SUPER EASY SUPER WIDE SERIES #1

    Shawn,
    very good video. I am 74 yr old, 7 handcap, trying to get a bit more distance. I feel I need more and faster hip rotation in order to improve clubhead speed. Can you or Mu recommend stretching or other exercises to improve hip rotation/clubhead speed.
    thanks, Percy

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    • From Shawn Clement on SUPER SLOW SUPER EASY SUPER WIDE SERIES #1

      Hi Percy! Ok, if you do that you will ABSOLUTELY SABOTAGE YOUR GOLF SWING!!
      See “kinetic chain facilitation series” and watch my favourite #6 where we deliver divot peels into the trees while walking; the lead leg really digs into the ground and uses it to CLEAR THE HIPS AND ENGAGE THE KINETIC CHAIN WITHOUT THINKING; so it you want faster, send the divot peels farther! 👍👌💪

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  • From Michael Gallagher on Lesson with Craig

    Awesome lesson !!
    Couple of questions
    – when i play a draw i use a closed stance so i aim right of my intermediate point. I close my face but do I still need to have the ball in the back of my stance or is center okay ?
    -when i play a fade i use a open stance so i aim left of intermediate point. I open the face alittle but i still need to have the ball in the front of my stance or is center okay ?

    This lesson really hit home for me. I am focusing more on what shot i am hitting (draw and fade) and it really has taken my mind off hitting the ball and focus on the task and shot and im hitting the ball great even my misses are okay.

    But I still feel like i am still using to much effort. Any videos to help with less effort in your swing ?

    Awesome videos Shawn !!

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    • From Shawn Clement on Lesson with Craig

      Hey Michael! 2 ways ro do the fades and draws; if you want something closer to your way of drawing the ball please see the “diagonal stance series” and then see “working the ball” video for something closer to the way you fade the ball. Then see “fade fine tuning” and “draw fine tuning” to broaden your horizons with it!
      as for the effort, please see “using the weight in your swing-axe drill with Savy” as well as the “unstoppable momentum series” Enjoy!

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  • From Michael Gallagher on PATH BLUR DRIVER HIGH AND LOW FADE AND DRAW

    Hey Shawn when hitting a draw with the driver do you close the club as you would when doing a draw for a iron ? Also same with fade for a driver would you open the face slightly as you would when fading a iron ?

    Thanks love the videos

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    • From Shawn Clement on PATH BLUR DRIVER HIGH AND LOW FADE AND DRAW

      Hey Michael! Not necessarily! Some of my students need to close more with driver and some need to close less; depends on so many factors! Always go with “goldie locks” based on delivering your task in the direction you want to start the ball with ease and velocity. Like sending the tip of the tee tumbling over the intermediate point with the bottom groove of the driver head.

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  • From Michael Gallagher on SUPER SLOW WIDE-RELAXED CHIP AND PITCH

    Hey Shawn,

    For chip and pitch shots do you have your weight mainly on your left side ? I was always under the impression when you hit wedges your weight should mainly be on your left side.

    Thanks for all the great content !

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    • From Shawn Clement on SUPER SLOW WIDE-RELAXED CHIP AND PITCH

      Yes, even in the full swing, the weight is braced against the leading side (left side for the right handed player) to feel like we are braced against the target already and getting ready to facilitate the initiation of the kinetic chain in the through swing. See “kinetic chain series” and see the ones we did for chips and pitches!

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  • From Tom Rodgers on SUPER SLOW WIDE-RELAXED CHIP AND PITCH

    Great session. Couple of questions: first, what wedge are you using for these shots? Second, course conditions really seem to impact me negatively with the wedges from teh fairway in front of greens. Specifically, when we have really wet conditions, I cannot seem to hit a normal shot We get wet conditions a lot down here in NC. Club just seems to slide under the ball and it goes nowhere. Thanks in advance.

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    • From Shawn Clement on SUPER SLOW WIDE-RELAXED CHIP AND PITCH

      This is where you can use the “predict contact” video and use that to predict a slightly thin contact where the sole of club just grazes the grass and does not get the leading edge caught in the wet ground.

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  • From Sébastien EBALARD on Top 3 Tasks

    Hey Shawn,
    A quick message to share a new task that I am working on. I have seen a video of you on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptoyPmIaaHQ) showing that elbow must comes first in the downswing. Then I asked myself what is the easiest task for me to reproduce instinctively that mouvement. I have then inventend my own new task. I imagine that my right hand is wet with water or some random liquid that i want to remove from my hand. Then to remove it, I have to whip my hand in the air. And I have observed that to have more efficiency doing this I had to use my elbow not only my wirst. Now I whip my hand in the direction of the target to remove the water and I can reproduce instinctively the mouvement of the downswing with the elbow coming first :).
    Seb

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  • From Lance Dirk on Braced Tilt

    I’ve used this set up for years after seeing it in your DVD in like ’08-’09. It was how I was always the longer hitter of my group. Bad part is every time I would try and get touch up lessons from local pros they always wanted to deconstruct my posture and get me standing vertical, because that was the traditional teaching method of the time. Still love and use this posture because it makes the most sense rather than throw the club out on the backswing and pull it back in the slot on the down swing. Too many moving parts.

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    • From Shawn Clement on Braced Tilt

      Hi Lance! Good comment!
      Yes, there is a huge difference between “dynamic” and “static” teaching and performing. The first thing I did when I came to this game was question the purpose behind things when I heard them. Does this have to do with someone’s opinion based on an assumption or will this help me deliver a ball to a target over and over again without hurting me.

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  • From Michael Gallagher on DIAGONAL SERIES PART 4-DRIVER!

    Hey shawn,

    In regards to a fade with the driver. It seems that its more a square stance. But do you still aim to the left of target and open the face slightly ?

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    • From Shawn Clement on DIAGONAL SERIES PART 4-DRIVER!

      It is not a square stance; that is the illusion; it is still a closed stance aiming left where the ball position is what makes the shot work. Face is very individual; some need it more open and some actually need it more closed for fades.

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  • From Tom Catanzarite on Throwing the Club

    Love the feel. Question after viewing biomechanics experts there seems to be a difference of opinions when to release the club throwing or if one is using a hammer or kettle bell. Seems three targets 1 several feet in front along the target line. 2 Horizontal parallel to target line 3 extremely left as if over the lead shoulder.
    Thoughts?

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    • From Shawn Clement on Throwing the Club

      NEITHER ONE TOM!!! This is the sickness that surrounds golf!! THE TARGET DETERMINES WHEN YOU LET GO!! The conscious mind works at 40 bits per second and the built in self preserving system works at 40 million bits per second. The conscious mind chooses and then witnesses the machine delivering to the target.

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    • From Tom Catanzarite on Throwing the Club

      Thxs Shawn, understand the reply, so if I want the ball to go high over a bunker I release high, low runner release low my task determines .
      Enjoying the channel

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    • From Shawn Clement on Throwing the Club

      Exactly!👌👍👊😀

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