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Every time I straighten my trail leg on the back swing, the golf coach indicated I was coming out of posture by doing that! Isn’t she wrong on that, it does appear that you do that, but hard to tell with pants on. When I do the whip drill, my trail leg straightens up every time. I’m i doing something wrong by doing that?
I like to have a draw as my bread and butter shot. To encourage the right action, I take my 4×4 that I bought like yours and rotate it slightly clockwise (10 deg) and drive the nail accordingly. am I going down a dark alley that will backfire down the road ?
Yes, that works! Well done!
Feel that you can really squeeze through with heft and momentum!
Hi Shawn, I’ve been trying to work on the feet together drill for some time now. Some reason, I’m unable to contact the ground consistently and most of the time the club does not even touch the ground at all. I’m not quite sure what’s causing me to “miss” the ground and even when I do get contact, it doesn’t always hit the same spot. Especially when going backwards, it is totally inconsistent. Any advice? Thanks!
See this video; an oldie but goodie!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV-fWzcc9Vw
Shawn
Shawn, the idea of the club face seeming so closed, but when you “hammer through” the face is square to the ball has really worked for me for my irons. The last few rounds I’m flying through the green because of extra yardage, which is nice problem to have. But I have that same thought for my driver and 3 – wood and I’m really fighting a hook with both those clubs. I was wondering if you have any thoughts about why that mental and setup change for irons is working so well, but not for the driver. Thanks!
Some woods are more draw biased and have a club face that LOOKS MORE OPEN THAN IT REALLY IS! So people tend to close the face more than the irons by mistake.
Just close enough so that when you release in the direction you want to start the ball, that it flies the way you want it to.
Shawn
Shawn, is there a guideline for picking the intermediate aiming point when on the course? Sometime it is hard to find a good intermediate point. Is there a too close, too far, “goldilocks” way to help select one that makes it easier to stay focused on it or one that won’t adversely affect the swing?
Steve
Sometimes it is better to start next to the ball and pick one; then step back and see what side of that IP you want to deliver towards for the shot you have; sometimes you have one behind the ball!
If not; try to find the next nearest point in front of you like a fairway bunker or small tree…
Quick question, on the range when I can put an intermediate point on the ground (tee, ball), or stick and alignment rod in the ground a few feet in front of me, I have a very easy time hitting both fades and draws around the intermediate point or around the alignment stick. The issue is when I get on the course. When I stand behind the ball I can pickout a blade of grass or something, but when I address the ball I can’t seem to find the spot and feel a bit lost when setting up. That said if there is a divot, or leaf or something obvious I can hit it exactly like the alignment rod is in front of me.
Any advice for this issue when there isn’t an obvious intermediate point?
Thanks!
2 suggestions: and congrats on achieving success with your system!
1- See my answer to Steve Harvey
2-take a practice swing placing the ball between you and the target and take a couple of healthy divots and let them fly over the ball and in front of the ball; now you have a legal way to find an obvious intermediate point.
Hey Shawn,
Sometimes when I really feel the catapult through I actually have a tendency to want to move my weight back to the trail leg (at least thats what it feels like) to balance the feeling of centrifugal force. Is that normal? I am doing this with no ball so I really shouldn’t be defaulting to anything. I love the idea of the catapult, but I don’t want to go backwards! (both literatlly and figuratively!)
Thanks for any advice…
That depends! If you are used to swinging without an anchor, then you are going to feel like you are having back when is actual fact, you are not.
When you hit a shot, and you keep the trail foot down to the end and HOLD THE FINISH, where is the majority of the weight? It should be 70-30 in favour of the lead side.
If the majority of the weight is on the trail side, then there is a problem.
Thank you! man your stuff is sooo good! keep up the great work!