Shawn – since I’ve been grooving a draw with every club, I find it hard to hit a fade any more. In this video, I understand alignment to the left and swing path to the left, but I’m not sure if you are still aiming the face of the club towards the target or holding off a bit at contact to impart a left to right spin. I’m trying to hit that high baby-fade that will sit down quietly. Thank you!
Hi Rob! See “fade fine tuning” video; it has a lot of great info to help; you can’t go about it thinking statically at address; you aim left and whip the momentum with ease left with the ball a hair forward of centre; then adjust face and grip until you get the flight you need and make sure you pick the height of the shot too!
I still don’t understand! After I build the machine and I’m standing over the ball, the ball will not move because the putter will not move unless I move it. How do I move the putter? Do I move it with my hands, arms, shoulders, lats, abs, hips, legs, feet,…? I’ve spent decades trying to create momentum with the same inconsistent results.
Hey Tyrone!
you don’t do any of the above; you simply react. If I were to stand in front of you and ask you to toss a ball into my right hand, would you need to think about what to move first? NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!!
You see the ball roll into the hole at the speed that you would like it to go in with and let momentum roll the ball into that picture; give yourself a rhythmic tone to say out loud while doing it like the doorbell ring: “ding—dong”!
see the ball roll in, eyes back to ball, ding—dong” and your in!
Been in a slump recently and my body is starting to ache. While surfing and looking for some answers regarding the swing I found YOU. I am intrigued, terrified and hopeful all at the same time.
After watching a couple of hours on YouTube I decided that the best thing to do was to sign up and I can already see the value in that.
However for someone like me that is trying to start this journey, do you have a roadmap? What videos would you recommend watching and learning first? I know you have a whole section on fundamentals, but where to start there?
Anyway. Off-season is starting here in Iceland so I’ll have all winter to practice. Lets get started.
Hi Bragi! Awesome! You are in the right place my man!
start with the “beginner series” to get a good taste of where it all starts; then move to the “senior series” which is a great overview of how a human machine should be moving to stay alive and well without a medical team of surgeons and chiropractors and physio therapists.
then see the musts:
all the “task” videos to see which ones resonate with you
all the “release” videos-this is a major part of effortless power with no injuries
then settle the grip that allows you to release and see about throwing some clubs before the snow comes with the “throw the club” video; another must and right of passage for golfers.
You can then use one of the 2 “off season training” series to get you through the winter and ready for spring. If you are in a pinch, please send me a clip of your swing face on and down the line and I will point you to something more specific to you. Send to my email at [email protected] and this goes for all who reads this comment! 👌👍Let’s go!
I went to the range and tried spinning the tees, as the cutting the dandelion stem didn’t work well for me with driver. Spinning tees worked a little better, but still not ready for prime time. I tried focusing on a single dimple, and thought about slinging the dimple to the right of my IP. This worked really well for me, but I am nervous that in a round or competitive situation, is driving a dimple through the right edge of my IP the same as hitting at the ball? I am not thinking about the ball when laser focused on the single dimple, so I am blurring out the ball from focus. I even found focusing on a dimple just below the equator at about 6:30 (if noon were my target) helped me hit high draws, and a dimple at the equator at 6:30 led to a medium height draw. I hope you think this is okay.
I think that is brilliant!!! Way to go man!
it is like the door frame drill when we are squeezing the ball into the direction we want it to start; you have my blessing and you would have Jammie’s blessing as he has shown this to a couple of his tour professionals who have recently won a mini tour event by 14 shots with rounds of 61-63-63 which you are completely not supposed to do! And the nerve of him saying he left 5 shots on the table on the 61!!
Shawn, Love your instruction. I am accelerating fast in improvement. One thing that keeps happening when I am not completely focused on is I believe my right arm is chicken winging and I get this big outside in hit that goes far but pulled way to my left. I’m right handed. What’s A good trick to get that right elbow tucked.
Hi Greg!
remember that you are never defective; what was the focus on the shot you pulled left?
see this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZCyLM8Q8ww and then see “blur of club” and the “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” and all other “arc blur” videos with those words in the title. The golf swing should never be tucked but by the same token, it should not be collapsed either so you can see our very latest video from this week of part 3 leverage G-force for width!
Hi Justin!
because you are playing the ball forward of centre for the fade, you are already behind the ball and you don’t want to pre-turn or need to pre-turn. Just brace against the left side of the target and use momentum to whip the club that way.
Ok thanks Shawn for clearing that up for me, finally got to go out and play a round since the lesson, we have a drivable par 4 that’s 274, always was about 30 yards short with driver, hit 3 wood and was pin high left of green, still managed to get par, still having a little trouble getting my hands to cross and release, kind of looks similar to Jordan Speiths swing in a way, but I’m definitely liking the swing technique.
Hey I thought I heard in one of the YouTube videos that in premium there was a special section for Seniors (senior swing etc). I cant find anything directly but if there is please advise. Thanks
Shawn, My driver, was the last cub In my bag I chose to focus more on.
I would either hit it mid 250 or shank it. No consistent control direction. However I was getting longer even got to 275 in my quest for 300 yds.
I started from scratch with my driver and Now my driver set up and feel is similar to my irons. I can feel the weight of the unit
My consistency has gone up and I can start the ball pretty much where I want now.
I can also feel the G-Force of driver now.
However my distance is spot on 230 now rarely 250. 205 – 210 through the air. But consiteant. 8/10 I can hit now good. Will the distance come back. It try to swing harder I can’t feel the weight of the driver so I swing slower I guess.
If I hit straight and 250 that’s great, but if I can get to 300yds, that would be nice too lol.
I feel like my 4iron is more easy aggressive swing because I can feel the force more
You bet! Have you done some throwing with longer clubs yet? An old steel shafted 3 wood is great if you can find one at a garage sale or at a used sporting goods store or flea market! See the “throwing series” and see the one for the driver and combine the blur of club video to the throwing video and throw through the arc-blur over the IP into the direction you want to start the ball or use the arc blur to send the tip of tee into that direction!
I know you mention that the club always bottoms out at the center of your body. But when focusing on cutting grass before you hit your shot do you focus on the grass infront of the ball on behind ? Or is it based off the shot such as a fade or draw ? Such for a draw focusing on the grass infront of the ball, fade behind the ball and for straight shot i guess small strip behind ball.
Hi Michael! See “kinetic chain facilitation series” and in #6 you will realize that the grass comes out from centre forward without thinking; you could keep your eyes on the grass in front of the ball for that task and if you prefer to send the dandelion stem instead like in “task update” video, then keep your eyes on the grass between the ball and club; but the task and focus is to send the stem out to target and to do that, the ball will have to meet the face first naturally!
I think this an area I need to work on is my release on loner clubs. Excellent video. For some reason, my brain might think I will miss the ball with the longer clubs. I looked at video of my swing and I do this best with my short irons and worst with driver!!!
See the “Throwing series” where we throw all different lengths of objects; Driver is like a hammer throw in track and field and mid to long irons like an upside down javelin throw. Use the “blur of club” to confirm where the club is passing when you throw like in the”predict contact” and the “goldie locks series” and then apply with “stick your finish despite the ball” series.
Go ahead and have a club repair person cut it down to a 7 iron length; it works very well at that length! The black one was a special limited edition whip Ed had and sent us…
Thank you for the swing analysis. I notice I will have good practice swings and when I put a ball down I do default to the ball. In my mind I know what to do but I have difficulty executing. I will take what you mentioned to the driving range and practice to improve. Thanks again.
Let us know how you do Pat! The 4 first videos of the latest off season training series really do a great job at getting the feel and In your next video analysis, I would like you to send me the same view but instead of a golf ball in the way, have just a tee in the ground that you are cutting through.
Morning Shawn , I understand the string grip. My question , as I make ball contact is the right palm as a righted handed golfer face up? This position seems correct with both bones lining up in the direction of my target .
Logically, yes but for a fraction of a second as the weight of the club will release the anatomy like in the “release” videos; you want this to happen past the ball and into the direction you want to start the ball and not at the ball; but if the grip is too strong, you will feel the need to prevent it from releasing and you don’t want that. For many, they will go hard strong and closed face and then as they get better at the release, they need to back off the strength of the grip…
I am so guilty of what Pat does. I just ran down stairs and play with getting my hands through before the hinge releases. Wow, if I can do this, it is going to change my swing significantly. Thanks! And thanks to Pat!
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