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Shawn, your method and the way you present your points of view are great. Thoroughly enjoy.
My question is about the swing: do I need to lower my left shoulder in the back swing and then lowering the right shoulder in the down swing??. The reason for this question is that if I don’t do the lowering of the shoulder in the back swing it feels uncomfortable and cannot go as wide nor as high as I want to.
Thank you so much!!
Thank you Maggie!
Thinking of using your shoulders in the swing is not necessary; there is a saying I use all the time that states that we are already “Pinocchio without the strings”. See the video called “anti-manipulation” and “the genius of Gabriele Wulf” on our list of videos right here in premium.
This is just another thing you will not need to worry about in the future. The question will be “what do you need to focus on to accomplish the shot at hand?”
Shawn, Do you feel at any point in the downswing that you are pulling the arms and club through the ball? Avoiding that temptation is extremely difficult outside of a practice swing when striking a ball on the course. Do you feel that you imply any active effort whatsoever other than supporting the momentum created by the effect of gravity of your mass in motion down and through the ball?
What is so cool about the human machine is that the kinetic chain, once engaged, cannot be stopped. Take a look at the « kinetic chain series » on premium and the Fall-Fall video and it will really respond to this question
Thanks for your answer. the only reason I asked the question was because it felt higher and wider and felt less strain on my back and arms and shoulder when I lowered the left shoulder, but I will follow your advise and I am sure I will get much better. Again THANK YOU!!
No worries, maybe as opposed to what you were doing before, which means it will most likely continue to do that since the brain constantly seeks the path of least resistance when performing tasks like cutting grass with a nice whipping action with your club towards a target.
Shawn
so, are you saying that the move for pitching is slightly different from the cutting grass move. seems to be much more wrist movement than the cutting the grass move?
Percy
See the following videos:
‘Chipping”
‘Pitching”
“long pitch shots”
‘Kinetic chain series part 1-7”
Shawn
will be my intro practice tonight before full club shots at RHGC with Donna. So calming and freeing .
like the RBC sponsorship also. Cheers, J.
Right on Jeremy! Say hello to Donna!
How much do you feel gravity in the transition to downswing. Is it just a split second of feeling the club naturally drop and then let energy and momentum gather as you work through the ball?
Hey Andy!
Imagine doing just like a sledge hammer; the arms and hammer fall down an arc around the sternal notch along the ground and back up the other side; see “anti manipulation” video on premium…