Thinking about this grip, Shawn and have a question. In other videos, you mention that the trail index finger that knifes the grip helps put pressure on the back of the ball. But, with this grip, it seems like that doesn’t happen because at impact with the hands forward, that right hand is more under the club. Am I thinking about this correctly?
I’ve watched all the task videos and really working on implementing them in my game – testing out which ones work best for me.
Is there a list of tasks anywhere? Particularly for driver, I’m a little stuck.
I’ve got:
Off The Ground:
Peeling the carrot
Skimming the wood
Spinning the tee
Cutting the dandelion/grass
Peeling the carrot / skimming the wood works great for me and I like it since I can pretty much use it on every shot right through to chips and pitches
Driver/Woods Off The Tee:
Clipping the top of the tee
Spinning the tee (except that it’s angled upwards)
Hey Mich; like I showed you in the swing analysis; use the feet together drill WITH NO SPLITTING KNEES keeping those legs tidy to support your centre of gravity and keep the legs in a position to ENGAGE THE KINETIC CHAIN. Feet together and knees together performing the task that resonates best with you and give it time to evolve! This is simple survival stuff that you are already good at and we need to clean the clutter of all the other positional body part junk dancing around in your mind. Do this feet together with Driver too; When you get good at this, you will hit 90% of your distances easily and have a consistency factor through the roof and be a 5 handicap feet together.
Swing analysis was superb! Listened to it 3x already and already watched all the videos you suggested haha. My swing when I make those adjustments feels way ‘shorter’ than before if that makes sense? But in that manner, it feels like it would be more consistent…
The CNS responds very well to how high you want to go; never lift sand!! You are spraying sand with momentum always. Get really good at that first and then focus on spraying in different heights.
Shawn, I ‘ve been a premium member for about a year now. I ‘m 5 months post rotator and torn bicep surgery, so just getting to the game. Anyway have deceided that you are my sensei. So my question has to deal with the grip. I rotate the face 45* closed do I place it behind the ball square or do I “hood ” the the club?
Right on Thomas! The answer is either one or a little of both! So have fun figuring it out as it all comes down to when you deliver the task in the direction you want the ball to start and which one facilitates this action from the start.
I just want to thank you. I’ve been playing with a neutral grip for over 15 years and had an average handicap of 22. During that time I only managed to break into the 80s once. After switching to the stronger grip, which gave me 20 additional yards on each iron, and using your chipping techniques, I’ve had major improvements! My last three rounds were; 88, 87, and an 86. That 86 would’ve been better if it didn’t take me three strokes to get out of one bunker. The ball was plugged. Question is this, once in awhile I’ll have shots that start online correctly, but will end up missing dramatically to the left (I’m a righty). What suggestion or video would you recommend?
Hi Rich! Great stuff! You will realize that you are not defective and can trace your errant shots to your focus just prior to hitting the shot; so brush up on your routine with the “process series” and then see “pre-motor cortex series” and then see “target confirmation series” to make sure you are staying with the shot. If you are staying with it, and getting through the ball on your shots with the peak speed towards the target past the ball, then you want to schedule a video analysis with me and I will point you in the right direction.
keep up the great work! Shawn
Hi Shawn, greetings from Chile. I am left hand player who feels more the release with the lead arm (the right arm in my case). When I do the Sword drill you mentioned in the video, I can feel the shaft aligned with my forearm (with the Ulna bone of my right arm), that helps me to feel very easy the takeaway/backswing of the sword. So I try to emulate that feel (forearm aligned to the shaft) when I put the club in the correct manner. Is that feeling ok?. Then in the downswing, I feel my forearm comeback (rotate) to the initial position when I am throwing the shaft/club to the objective. Please let me know if I am in the right way.
Hi Jose; it seams like you are on the right track; the main thing you want to be aware of is when you throw the club in the direction you want to start the ball, that you feel the release past the ball and into that direction and when that occurs, the ball is flying the way you want it to.
Yessir!
1-amazing technology from all the manufacturers-shaft-club head-as well as golf ball!
2-angle of attack created by proper task and tilt
3-because we have a great angle of attack, we can keep loft way down and benefit from 7 and 8 degrees of loft
Hi Jeffrey! This is an important option for narrow fairways, windy conditions, swirling winds or simply hitting more fairways. Not everyone is able to deliver up through the ball with a positive angle of attack at first and using the ground as a training aid to stay along the ground is a tremendous stepping stone to achieve this later.
Thanks for the reply. I have always had trouble with hitting up, with 1 instructor suggesting ball 3/4 above clubhead and ball positioned at left toe or even more forward. This looks like an easier swing thought to master, plus this suggestion will help with driver off the deck shots not being so very different. Thanks!
BTW, pls tell Sav and Mu that I so admire their swings, graceful yet powerful! Being 69 I wish I could swing like them. I will keep watching videos and hoping!
Using this technique, would I also be thinking of throwing the club more like a mid-long iron, i.e. football throw, versus the javelin throw normally used with driver?
Thanks for your reply Shawn, I love your kinetic chain approach to the golf swing, you’ve helped me improve my swing quite a bit in the two years that I’ve been watching your videos. Generally, I’ve always had more reliable drives teeing the ball lower and tend to use that method unless I have a significant following wind. Teeing the ball up, foo often I block it out right with it fading even farther right. I think maybe I over swing. lose focus, layoff with my hands…something bad. I’m just an aging, senior, bogey golfer struggling to hit drives longer than 230 yards anymore. But I still love trying. Thanks.
Did you see the “use the weight of kettle bell through door” video? Please do this with either a kettle bell or a 4 pound hammer and use perpetual motion to apply it. You will feel an incredible sensation of centring where you cannot get in front or sway off of it and you can apply this feel to all shots including the hitting up on the driver. INCLUDE THE “STICKING THE FINISH” in this so your brain can find it’s way to keep the body in balance throughout so you don’t blow out of it early!👍
When I match the takeaway to the club path direction I feel like the clubface stays pointing at the ball and the line past the intermediate point. At the top of the backswing it still “feels” like the clubface is still pointing at the ball so I can cut grass past the intermediate. Sound correct? Just for understanding this allows the club face to stay perpendicular to the swing arc?
With a strong grip it does feel like that yes! You could compare it to the “hammer drill” where you physically take a hammer and position yourself to drive into a door frame. A really solid ball striker by the name of Ryan Fox from New Zealand who is on the verge of winning on the DP World tour does exactly this as well as Brendan Steel, Paul Azinger and many more and of course Savy. This will feel less rotational through the ball. My anatomy needs and has more rotation which will feel different and looks and feels more like the “lead hand release” and “trail hand release” videos. Keep me posted to your progress!
Hey shawn i struggle with alignment. My coach pointed out that my body is too open and thats why i duck hook long irons and woods (my path is waaay too in to out), but to me the “feel” is i’m swinging over the intermediate point, towards the target line. Do you have any alignment drills/ exercises so i can get the feel of throwing to the target with my body correctly aligned at setup? Should i set an alignment rod over my feet?
If your path is too in to out, you are not supporting the downswing properly and you simply want to practice your fades with the “fade fine tuning” video
Per your swing analysis, I’ve been looking at and working on posture today. I was still struggling to keep my head behind the ball/behind the hit. I searched for “head position” and came upon this. What I realized is that for years…and I mean YEARS…I’ve been tilting my head 20* to the right w/o the 20* turn. So, essentially, at setup, I was taking my right ear toward my right shoulder. In this position, the backswing caused my head to move back on top of the ball almost immediately. Been working on some rehearsal takeaways this evening with this 20/20 position, and it does help keep me behind the ball, however, the muscles in my eyes are really strained now. Like, they are fighting to keep my eyes from doing what they’ve naturally been allowed to do for years now. I hope I can retrain myself. I am going to post a picture here of my new posture/setup ASAP to hopefully get some brief feeback.
Right on Phil! When you see it from the “hammer through the doorframe’s perspective it will relax the eyes because they are still trying to go AT THE BALL. Set up to a doorframe with a hammer and see how NATURAL the gaze becomes as you are now on the proper task!
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