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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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  • From Lance Dirk on Arm Swing vs Body Turn

    Been watching your videos for years and new to the premium channel so maybe you’ll cover it later but; how high do I take the backswing? The club feels weightless and I have good flexibility so I’m not really sure where to stop going up. Too far up causes more distance for the arm club unit to travel which opens up more room for error. Where’s the sweet spot?

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    • From Shawn Clement on Arm Swing vs Body Turn

      Hey Lance! If I were to line up 100 golfers and tell them to bring the club back 3/4 in the backswing, you would see all colours of the rainbow because nobody can see what they are doing when they are doing it and this is the insanity of the teaching industry.

      The purpose of the backswing is to gather enough momentum to feel like you can whip the club easily in the direction you want the ball to start; the latest videos we just posted about the “super slow-super relaxed-super wide backswing would be ideal for you because as you come up super slow, you can monitor if you have enough to whip through in the other direction. This is first thing.

      Then you simply turn your attention to the “what does it feel like when I whip the club powerfully and easily that way through my intermediate point? Oh yeah, about like this…and the brain will get you exactly the backswing you need for that task. YOU CAN’T MAKE ANY ERRORS, the “be careful” and “watch out” you “keep your margins for error low” is all BUFFALO BAGELS.

      YOU ARE PINOCCHIO WITHOUT THE STRINGS AND A PERFECT LEARNING AND ADAPTING MACHINE. See “pre-motor cortex series” to show you how to hone this amazing talent!

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  • From Philip Kwasinski on PUMP UP THE VOLUME!

    How much weight do you suggest for kettle ball drill?

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    • From Shawn Clement on PUMP UP THE VOLUME!

      Hi Philip! 10 pounds is a good number!

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    • From Philip Kwasinski on PUMP UP THE VOLUME!

      Thanks, used these concepts yesterday and shot a personal best 40 which is 5 over par at my favorite 9 hole course Winter Park in Winter Park Florida with 21 putts

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    • From Shawn Clement on PUMP UP THE VOLUME!

      We love that course! We have played it a couple times Sav and I; pre-covid, when we came down to the golf show in 2019! Sav made the recovery shot of her life and one of the greatest up and downs ever from a sandy lie to the right of the par 3 8th I believe over a huge swale and 4 feet from the flag and made the tough breaking putt! Really cool golf course that everyone should play!

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  • From Gene Czaplinsky on SENIOR SERIES PART 2- HEAVE INTO POWER!

    Never had weight transfer explained so clearly and beautifully. I have been so inconsistent, looking for the magic key. Using gravity this way is irrefutable. A platform to work from. Thank you so much, Shawn.

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  • From Matthew Veal on Backswing Series

    Part 5 is on putting – I had a terrible putting round today. I could feel something was off. I had a buddy take a look at my putting stroke from behind the line and he said I was taking it away outside the line. He videoed me as well to confirm. This was causing me to cut across the ball, almost an unintentional putt fade setup. Any typical reasons for an outside takeaway with the putter?

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    • From Shawn Clement on Backswing Series

      Hey Matthew! This is what you want to see: https://wisdomingolfpremium.com/putting-stroke-distance-control/
      1-if you try to stroke it straight, you can easily mess your stroke up and take it too outside
      2-if you are too close to the ball, you will naturally take it outside
      3-if you try to find the hole and you interfere with natural momentum, you will mess things up!

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  • From [email protected] on GRIP LEVERAGE- OFF SEASON TRAINING (1)

    I’m starting to work on my left handed swing as well. Do you recommend the Basics series to start building from scratch? It obviously feels completely fishy but I like the challenge!

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    • From Shawn Clement on GRIP LEVERAGE- OFF SEASON TRAINING (1)

      The grip, the grip part 2, the important grip update are the core; then comes all the release videos; the throwing series, then the predict contact and the goldie locks series and the one you just started right here! 👍👌😀

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  • From Matt Davis on Staying on Task - Full Swing

    Hi Shawn. Help!!! So frustrating I can’t stay on task on the course. Going ‘brain dead’ at the top of the swing and just allowing myself to be distracted by swing thoughts on course. Practicing well and can seem to effortlessly stay on task with great results, but on course I seem to get this disconnect with my plan and delivery.
    So incredibly frustrating!!

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    • From Shawn Clement on Staying on Task - Full Swing

      Hey Matt! No worries my man, all part of the journey! Have you seen “target confirmation series” and “stick your finish despite the ball” series? Are you practicing the full routine on every shot on the driving range?
      -flight plan-then intermediate point-then set up to match task into that picture-confirm set up matches-then pre-motor cortex activation with the feel you are going to use to deliver the task and then WITNESS THE WHOLE THING?

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