Shawn, I like this video, especially the pulling down of the door. Also, “letting the club release you to the target”. All sounds good, but for someone who had forever, ‘manipulated the club in the downswing, it is not so easy! Do the arms in the downswing truly ‘just fall” due to gravity? I am having difficulty in not tensing up to initiate the downswing, which ends up manipulating the club and I have a tendency to pull the ball to the left.

I know that you are to allow the arms to swing freely, I get that, but how is the best way to not feel like you need to tense up and force the arms down? When I reach to pull the garage door down, I naturally tense up to initiate that action. One of your videos on YouTube showed you thrusting the club up and when it hit its peak, it was like you paused and then let the arms fall freely, like assisting a child on a swing set and you pushed them at that point. I understand all of that, but what can I do to stop this tension in the transition and release to the target?

One last tip that you shared, I am anxious to try was the focus on the grass between the sole of the club and the ball during the back swing and then cut the dandelion stem. Hoping that by changing my focus on that may release this tension in the transition. Any comment would be helpful.