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Hitting driver has always been fun, your driver series got me started but it seems I can only get a fade out of it – even with a draw biased driver, regardless of how much I change my setup and aim over the intermediate point…
TBH – a straight fade is pretty much the end result with all of my clubs, it’s getting reliable as my “stock shot” but for the life of me – I can’t get the ball to go right and come back – ever….
Only left and back…. Granted, that’s better control than I had three years ago and I am actually OK with not being able to hit a draw now, I can still lower my handicap this season, but that’s not going to carry me forever…
Thoughts I can chew on?
Well yeah! 😀
The key to being able to hit the draw is to go to a DEEP hook and see, feel and hear the difference with the ball flight and compression. So CLOSE THE FACE a solid 45 degrees more than what you have now (and I am telling you that 90% of my students DON’T GO ANYWHERE NEAR where they should go when doing this and typically fidget right out of it just before they pull the trigger.
When you close it this much, It will feel VERY DIFFERENT in your hands; it will feel UNBALANCED; PLEASE PROCEED ANYWAYS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU APPLY YOUR NICE WHIP THROUGH THE INTERMEDIATE POINT.
Once you see the ball curving HARD left, then you will have another benchmark and reference for the brain; it will go “OH, so that is a hook!” And after doing a few of those, your brain can now say: “when I let the club release me to the right of the intermediate point, the ball will come back! If you are NOT SURE OR CANNOT PREDICT THAT THE BALL WILL COME BACK TO TARGET, THEN HOW IN THE WORLD WILL YOU EVER BE ABLE TO RELEASE TO THE RIGHT??
Now go snap a few and get back to us! 😀👍
Got it! Will give it a shot next time I am standing over a ball!
Gracias!
GRACIAS Amigo!
The snow melted and was at the range today – it turns out I CAN hit a baby draw!
Well, I hit a few anyway and that was more than the NONE I was able to hit before and the guy there said it will be a little easier with the balls I play compared to their range balls (super soft, like 50 and single core for limited flight)
Awesome Bill! Thank you for the feedback and keep massaging it in there!
Shawn
Hi Shawn
Would you recommend a slightly closed stance for the longer irons similar to the driver ???
You easily could I would say up to the 5 iron!
Shawn, I struggle and am off balance with my driver at the end of my swing, , if I alter my stance, and move the back foot back slightly this should make my swing more stable?
Always alter your stance in relation to the support you will need when you swing or whip the club in the direction you want the ball to start; also see the kinetic chain series on premium; because if you are trying to be careful and hit the ball with the driver, you short circuit the kinetic chain and a loss of balance os imminent.
Shawn
Hi Shawn,
This may be a “Golden Nugget” for me – Thanks!
I watched the video the first time and tried it the other day at the driving range and course with little success. I immediately knew that I had missed something – and I had. I watched the video a few more times and picked up that from a traditional square stance you appear to move your lead foot about 1/2 shoe closer to the ball or target line and slightly flared. At the same time – moving your rear foot 1/2 shoe away from the ball or target line and slightly flared. Please confirm this observation to “fine tune” a clarity confirmation to cement my confidence to imbed this new stance into my game.
What a difference! I previously experienced issues with a “conventional square stance” with higher velocity swings – I felt out of balance and slightly out of control. With this nugget, I feel more in control, balanced and free to swing away. It’s also helped me with my Hybrids as well – gaining distance and accuracy with all of my longer clubs.
It help me achieve one of my better rounds today:
SCORECARD: GIR% 61, FIR% 86 / ROUND MILESTONES: DB Free, 3-Putt Free, 70’s Round
As Always… Thank you,
Jack Moore
Yes, that is the way to do it;
It always starts with the flight plan and the the intermediate point to guide your set up into that flight plan and while you are “getting ready to deliver your task into that flight plan” AND NOT getting ready to hit the ball, you feel where the platform needs to be to ALLOW you to stay with your task.
You just experienced your way of staying with it! Congrats!
Shawn
Thanks for the stance confirmation; I am now fully confident that I got it, and will imbed this nugget into my game. As you know I’ve been following your WIG techniques for a number or years and it has improved every aspect of my game, helped me to lower my scores and handicap, and to have more fun.
This slightly closed stance certainly helps my mind’s eye to see the flight plan directly over my intermediate point more comfortably with my rehearsal swings. As you mentioned in the video, I find it an easier and more effective method to draw my tee shots with this stance.
It’s a great feeling to watch a properly executed ball in flight that matches the flight plan that we form in our mind. It literally makes me smile and sometimes even laugh out loud. I sometimes say… Thanks Shawn!
As always, Thanks for what you do…
Jack Moore
Hey Shawn,
Thanks for the driver nugget tried the new alignment it worked for a moment and I always seem to slip back into old habits. So much that I have to work with my 3 wood off the tee for 220 to 250 my driver is always the adventure as you noticed when I was with you at DeBell lol thanks so much for everything!
Good; keep plugging;
The fade could Still be the best option for the driver, have you tried it?
Shawn
Thanks I will have an awesome day!
Does this mean that, compared to a 9 iron, one would be less open when hitting a fade with driver?
Hi Philip!
I am now going to go with the flow; Hogan still used the diagonal stance when hitting fades with driver;
It’s like the one leg drill when hitting a fade; but for me, the penny dropped as I continued down the path of this:
1-picture
2-set up matches
3-feel of the delivery
4-observation
And in my observations, there was something about the draw with the driver that just did not feel right. So I stayed with the fades as my go to shot and hit the driver draw when it felt like I needed to use it or felt like it was going well.
It’s going to be a different season now for sure!! because I FEEL that this was the missing piece and then the conscious mind saw the logic and sealed the deal. Such a sweet challenge this game; what a thrill!
Shawn