I’m having an issue right after contact where my left knee flexes down prior to extension. If I consciously think about it while swinging, I can fix it, but for whatever reason, it isn’t coming naturally to me. Any tips?
I just joined premium. I was working on my chipping after watching some of the videos. The image of pounding a nail into a doorframe really resonated w/me. I got my head behind the ball in the set up. Great image!
Slightly yes! Because of the direction of the swing and the ball position; fade has the release naturally held off a bit longer and creates more width and draw releases a bit more emphatically.
Hi Shawn. As you can see I’m walking down some old paths. I so appreciate the basics and chipping last round was a problem. Especially at the edge of the green. Shots are a bit anxious and too firm and bunker strikes are inconsistent.
Sometimes I neglect the intermediate point( my bad) but watching your swing the effortless cantilevered swing is missing. Matching swing and strike confidence is missing. I can put in the time since I tore my left rotator cuff and full swings are limited. Ortho opinion imminent.
My patience in delivering the acu with driver and irons is much improved. Less ball as target. Any thoughts on getting the same with chips?
Hey Jeremy! Try placing the eyes on the grass in front of the ball and deliver the clippings into the direction you want the ball to start; we will be doing a nice series on this soon!
I started applying the let the club release you. The sound and compression is unreal. After hitting six or seven shots the gold ball deformed. see pic guess I doing it right.
hi shawn, my top of the backswing is very flat while i see yours rather steep . is there a trick or exercise how i can get my backswing less flat? regards, ernst
Hi Ernst! This area has been the most misunderstood in the game and Jack Nicklaus almost got us on track but video and fear mongering about control set us in a different path for 35 years. See “using the weight in your swing-Axe drill with Savy and practice this drill and hit shots with it! Then see “backswing levitation” and the “kinetic chain facilitation series” as well as the “unstoppable momentum series” and “perpetual motion drill series”
i m at least 3 years member and i have seen all the clips you mention. I have no physical problems. today i have practiced with the drills and videos you have mentioned and i still have the same problem. So two things are possible 1. i just don t understand it or 2. there is information missing. As you say this is the most misunderstood aspect in the game. An opportunity for progress for many students.
Well, I think it’s time we do a 1-1 lesson together and see what is missing in your understanding; you can send me a face on and sown the line of a 7 iron swing in regular motion and we can then set up an appointment to get together with a skype or facetime or zoom call and if you are able to do it on a driving range or a backyard net that would be a bonus but not necessary.
Long story short, I’m so glad to be back watching your channel and striking the ball reasonably well. I got derailed with all of the content on the Internet and watched my game plummet this year. I actually got to the point I didn’t want to play anymore because nothing felt right. So here I am rebuilding…and I can already feel my ball striking getting better just with throwing the club again and now working on my grip.
I watching the first 3 grip videos and am trying to slowly fix my grip. It’s a VERY difficult thing to change. I’m struggling with two things. If I try to feel the pressure on my pointer finger as you suggest with “knife the grip”, my clubhead speed seems to drop and I become ball-focused. If I return to throwing the club, I lose knife finger pressure but my trail hand comes off the club with only my fingers remaining. Basically the palm of my trail hand no longer is connected with my lead hand.
Is this common and/or do you have any recommendations? I’m striking the ball pretty darn solid with this grip so I’ve committed to it. But I’m having to basically take chip and pitch sized shots to keep my hands connected. Anything bigger and it all comes apart.
I just watched this video on your recommendation from my other post in the grip videos and OMG what a huge revelation! I don’t feel restricted at all anymore…I just didn’t have the right concept! If anyone reads this…PLEASE don’t cheat yourself and just assume you know how this feels from watching the video. Really go grab a hammer, a club, and follow along to feel this. You won’t regret it.
Thanks again Shawn…going to go redo the exercises in this video a bunch more times and work on the game 🙂 Great video!
It’s the worn grips that are the first concern; get those done first; then see “stop destroying your golf glove shawn clement” on youtube; and then “grip and grip part 2” and then really important, all the release videos” here on premium. When both grip and release work well, there are NO BLISTERS. 👍👌
Hi Shawn – hope all is well. Revisiting all the old videos to work on my grip and swing mechanics (using the old drills). One question I had – I wanted to upgrade from my starter clubs and get fitted for new clubs. My fear is twofold – since my swing isn’t fully baked, is it a waste of time to get fitted now and secondly once the club fitter sees my grip (it will be non-traditional to that person) I’m worried that the fitter will try to change up my grip and all the swing mechanics I’m working on. Should I wait until my swing is fairly consistent, or is it okay to get fitted now? Thanks for your input!
Hey Kenny!
the way to get fit is simple: try a 7 iron from each brand in your category which sounds like it would be a Callaway Rogue or Taylor Made 790 or Stealth, or a Ping i525 or other equivalent model or brand (Titleist t-300 is also very nice!) and try them in a shaft flex and weight that suits you. stiff flex if you hit 8 iron or less at 150 and regular flex if you hit 7 iron or more at 150yards. Heavier shaft at 120 grams nd lighter shaft at 85 grams; steel shaft is fine unless you need vibration dampening. Then see the “ping 2020 fitting chart” to find lie angle and shaft length. Hit 5 shots each and feel and see which one you hit best through process of elimination. This will get you something that is 99% proper and will allow you to evolve as a golfer.
For this (and throwing the club videos) do you think practicing by throwing a ball (or something else) down your target line in a side arm/under arm kind of throw would help get the right feeling?
I’d love to go and throw clubs but live in a city, so not many places to do it – however, I can throw a mean sock at the wall anytime!
2nd Flip’s comment, excellent series. #6 nails my issue almost like you made it just for me. I agree with Flip, this series is an excellent summary of many of the videos but now within one series. Well done.
Hi Shaun, Is it the body that swings the arms by using the ground? Really enjoy the videos but still unertain so I’m trying to get the basics right. Kind regards, Eric
Hi Eric! Yes, we are using the weight of the arms and club to deliver our task in the direction we want to start the ball; see “kinetic chain facilitation series” and “kinetic chain series” as well as “backswing levitation” and “using the weight in your swing-axe drill with Savy”
Hi Shawn. I am right eye dominant which seems to be hindering my efforts to get the proper head tilt and get a view of the back of the ball. You are saving my game. Love the site. Appreciate any help with this issue.
I know exactly what that feels like from my lefty swing as I am left eye dominant; see 2 videos: “alignment reload” which applies to either or dominant eye, and the “hammer drill” video, where you are going to take a household hammer and set up in a doorframe, parallel to it, and get ready to deliver a fake blow to the door latch. How are your eyes lines up now? About 30 degrees to the right; but the hammer is still going through the door latch in a direction parallel to the door! Then see “blur of club” and “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” and use the arc blur to deliver and not the PERCEPTION OF WHERE YOU THINK YOU ARE LINED UP FROM THE EYES POINT OF VIEW because they have been COMPROMISED.
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