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with the feet together the first few shots after selecting a target always start left / pulls. Then I default to taking an IP and it just becomes clean and true.
Having a slight problem with my divots, no complaints in the ball striking, but divots are huge may strike oil one of these days. With feet together its brushing the grass , with tilt and feed apart ball first but deep divots! Any video on this.
Yes, always being task oriented, use the “2 tee drill perpetual motion drill” and send 2 tees about 4 inches apart in the direction you want to start the ball. The 2 tees would represent your divot; if you go too deep, you miss the 2nd tee too much under.
Hi Shawn, feet together has become so easy. Was at the range today doing the 2 tee drill. Are they to be spun like the you tube video where they are laid flat or are they pushed in Standing? Was able to spin them and get both easily.
Did the perpetual motion with the divots. Felt my arms being pulled towards the target like a stretch. Problem that’s persisting is that if I raise my lead foot, hit behind or very deep divots. But after the Perpetual motion and my normal swing Hit 130y target with a pw , excellent results.
You had commented on how my arms wraps around my chest during bk-swing and I have been noticing you have such freedom and space between your lead arm and chest during the top of your backswing, while my lead arm is across my chest through my shoulder with hardly any gap. I know this is not ideal, but just cant get it away.
You can let the lead foot roll inward a bit as a nice compromise. The rest will evolve nicely; just give it time.
Man you are patient with student like myself… Thank you.
Mr clement I’m am trying to commit to this squat/pump to turbo charge the heaving of the club but getting so frustrated as I find I’m forcing or manufacturing the dip/squat/throw. Doesn’t feel as natural or automatic as I watch when you do it esp when I get that knee turned in. I find I’m at the top of the backswing saying to myself, “time to squat!”
YOU CANNOT THINK YOUR WAY THROUGH THIS!
Have you tossed a few heavy 4 pound hammers or even long handled 6 pound sledge hammers around the backyard yet? Even a 5 to 10 pound kettle bell works wonders! Your body reacts brilliantly to weight out of pure self preservation. Then use the perpetual motion drill series to blend the feel into the swing and let the task of sending grass clippings of divot peels into the picture activate the legs for you!
See these:
-turbo charge lead hand release
-turbo charge trail hand release
-kinetic chain facilitation series (#6 is my favourite!)
My first question as a member so I’m going to make it count!
Short version of question: how long does it take to ingrain the feet together/one foot drills into your swing?
Long version: I have a huge problem with early extension – lifting my right foot off the ground before impact. I think it comes from years of playing competitive tennis when younger due to my forehand technique. Comes out WAY more on the course (under stress) than on the range. My range game is 70s, course still 80s. And it can DESTROY a hole – shanks, 10 yard duffs – the worst. Any shot too – chips, pitches – and it seems to be a bigger problem with shorter irons right now than the longer clubs.
Before hitting I try the feet together and perpetual motion as a pre-shot warm up to get the feeling (also a hybrid I call ‘flat feet’ where I have feet apart but focused on keeping the right foot down).
Other than just putting in the reps, any other thoughts, feels, pre-shot warm-ups or things I should be working on to try and improve/prevent this right foot up?
Obviously it leads to me focussing it on during the swing too (rather than target, int point) which CAN help but long term isn’t a solution…
This video is a good one and see the “stop pushing with the right side” video too; it will introduce you to the double overlap grip and continue to deepen your understanding of how to use the legs to turbo charge the swing of the arms without de-centralizing your centre.
stick to easy tasks in a specific direction; after you are done with this one; see “kinetic chain facilitation series” and check out #6 which is my favourite.
That’s great, I will try out the double overlap this week!
Another random follow up question: do you ever use impact bags to get your students used to the feel of hitting through the ball and into the target, rather than at the ball?
Never impact bag; use a volley ball to direct the compression TOWARDS a target. Shawn
So obvious that you cannot “reroute” a sledge hammer at starting of the downswing especially feet together. Good stuff to practice and incorporate in my practice sessions to get rid of this “rerouting”. Thanks Shawn and will let you know the progress…
EXACTLY!!👍😀👌💪
Shawn – I was at the range today doing feet together, feet apart with the driver…It helped me when I kept the driver positioned toward the center of my stance vs addressing right at the ball (off my left foot). It helped me to visualize the “slash the bamboo stem”. Any harm in keeping the club 4-5 inches behind the ball on the tee at address? Any reason why the result would be better there vs addressed right behind the ball?
Haha, you are kidding right? This is what we teach all day! See our original driver videos at the bottom of the list of “videos by date” and in the original Wisdom in Golf 1.0 series. Great on you for figuring that one out on your own! Very impressed!!👍😀💪👌