Hi Greg! This could be good news where you are finally getting through the ball; as you get deeper through the ball, your face will open up more. See the first video in the “consistency series”, then see “important grip update” and “draw fine tuning”
The second thing you want to acquire if you don’t have it is the full ALLOWING of the release of the anatomy and club face. See “lead hand release”, ‘trail hand release”, “release fine tuning” and “snap release polish”
Mu as an example went from slices off the planet to a very closed face and very strong grip to evolve to a strong grip and almost square face once he developed the release and now just came back from a personal best 397 yard drive at the PLDA competition in Utah which got him into the afternoon finals!

Thanks for reply Shawn. I have been watching and working on recommendations. Things are starting to click. 397 yard drive is incredible. Congrats to Mu.

Best

Great Stuff Greg! 👍👌👊

Darn it! Really? Sometimes I go on a tangent and can’t find the breadcrumbs back…🙄
You saw the kitchen knife correct? You saw the way we hold a golf ball when you want to throw it? So with the use of the knife in mind, place the face of the club towards the ground, (use any iron) and take the index finger of the trail hand and push the face into the ground; feeling that stretch in the knuckle of the index; or do the doorframe drill like in the “hammer drill” video and apply the same pressure against a ball against a door frame to stretch it. Make sure you also see “important grip update” video

Hi Jason! You are definitely misunderstanding! Don’t ever try to connect the arm pits to the rib cage! See this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZCyLM8Q8ww
and this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMjyyDlVPTg and this one and this one is a real beauty! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9fmj6ke1-g
enjoy!

When doing PMD drill, do you see the blur in both directions during all backswings and follow throughs?

I do see the blur during backswings and follow throughs of the pmd. I only seem to lose sight of my intended path, briefly, at the top of the backswing once I introduce a ball. Could this be a product of overswinging?

Could be; but since you are not defective, we need to revert back to what was going through your mind just before you started the swing and were you in a state where you had to make sure you hit it hard and solid to get there?

My initial swing thought is to throw the club backwards in a direction that will match where I want to send the ball over the intermediate point. I’m also focused on being centered because I struggled with sliding back in the backswing.

Ok, now it makes sense; you want to be focused on delivering your task into the direction you want to start the ball and stick the finish; you are going to use momentum to get you through all of it. The only way the brain gets to use momentum is to have enough backswing in the direction that fits where it will deliver the momentum on the way through. It is the horse before the cart. Easy to get lost in the backswing when there is no purpose other than make a backswing.

Haha! No! This is a “straight draw set up”
because the lob wedge will not move in the air, because too much loft, then you line up left of the hole and release towards the hole with the ball back of centre and draw it back to the left of the hole; the ball stays straight 80% of the time and will draw a yard or two otherwise.
very cool shot, lots of fun!

Thanks Brian! Glad you are enjoying these! 👍👌😀

Range of motion is king! Have you done some club throwing yet? Like serious club throwing?

Hey Jason! Darn! Sorry I missed this one! Just answered Robert and saw this.
OK, what you want to always gauge these questions with is your task towards the target. In the 2020-21 off season training series, we talk about leverage in the posture and this forward posture with lower hands is what ALLOWS YOU TO GET DEEPER THROUGH THE BALL and not stand up tall and swing AT THE BALL with no leverage. Then you want to see “kinetic chain facilitation series” to really feel the ground use delivering the task!

Head comes up with right shoulder into finish BIG TIME!! And no, not too nit picky at all! Good observation and would need context of video to understand the head staying down longer; which is NOT what you want; what you want is to simply stay with the direction of the arc-blur.

Hey Jamison! This is the reason why we don’t think about where the sternal notch is anymore; because we suck at body parts! HOWEVER, when you step into the shot to perform the draw, the key is that you feel that the momentum will deliver to the right of the IP WITHOUT FORCING IT THERE, AND the low point feels like it is in front of the ball. Then you have optimal positioning of the body parts! See “predict contact” and “the goldie locks series”

Hey Matthew!
please see “important grip update” video which will tend to this comment completely!! Enjoy!

See “using the weight in your swing-axe drill with Savy” and learn how to hit shots that way; also “shawn’s new favourite drill” is excellent for that. Then see “pumping up the swing volume”

When on course, it is easy to get tight and careful and your backswing then does not gather enough momentum to get through the ball with ease; see “open up the machine on course”, the “pre-motor cortex series” and the “unstoppable momentum series” to lock in on the feel BEFORE YOU TAKE THE SWING.

Hi Jonathan! Use the comment section right here to ask anything you want!! What are the things you are struggling with in your game and I will point you to the videos that will help big time; I am your personal Valet just like at a fancy hotel! Come on, give it a try!