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Hi Shawn, thanks for the lesson! I wanted to understand how much I should squat? I feel I need to get quite low to feel my glutes and quads engage, but that makes the club really flat and my 7 iron is resting on the heel instead of the sole on setup. I also feel better engagement with the kinetic chain when I squat at address instead of squatting down in the backswing – wanted to hear your thoughts on this as my instructor is trying to get me more upright with my knees and lean more with the spine to be over the ball – I feel quite weak this way and the swing becomes arms only.
Ok, so let’s look at the purpose and functionality of address: You are down in the squat so you can heave the Arm-Club unit into the backswing as in the “using the weight in your swing, axe drill with Savy” see that video and hit some shots with it feet together and feet apart; you can check out “feet together back to feet apart” video too as it is very relevant to your situation!😀👍
Hi Shawn and team! I’ve been working on this drill and so far I’ve discovered that I am still occasionally not feeling the weight of the club at the top of the backswing. This drill really points that flaw out and it’s really the largest and longest swing flaw I’ve had. Just wanted to express my appreciation and note that I’m learning.
As for my question; my feet are not staying locked to the ground at follow through. The toe of my lead foot will point outward and the heel of my trail foot will come up slightly. Do you feel this is the result of something I’m doing incorrectly in this drill or am I overthinking it?
Hey Brad! For the first item; you can’t feel the weight of the club or the arms at the top of the backswing because this is when the arm-club unit is WEIGHTLESS; the arm-club unit has folded and the hinge is almost complete by then; you will feel the weight of the club as it gets caught by the kinetic chain in the transition and then really feel it when it releases your arm anatomy into the direction of flight just past the intermediate point. See the “throwing the club” video and when you throw the club and don’t let go, you get a nice emphatic snap in that anatomical release.
As for the feet; it will not be always perfect; as you are not used to the action and are always in a state of learning; a great video to combine this with is the “feet together back to feet apart” video where we dig into the ground forces that help you contain the feet together as there needs to be a nice up and down flow to it to keep you centred; you will see this in #6 of this series too! Keep it up! 😀👍
Hi Shawn, been doing this drill for a month. Revisited it as somehow the one leg drill didnt work out that’s gonna be another post on another video.
As for this drill I almost want to NOT go back to feet apart. 165 carry head wind with my 7 iron dead center of the green again and again.
Doing it so well! How does it help in the real world /in the golf swing? Can hit my driver to my wedge with feet together , people on the range have started telling me to adopt this as my golf swing!
There isn’t another teacher like you on this planet atleast…. 🙂 Thank you.
Great stuff and yes, you can play a relatively flat course feet together and shoot par; no problem! If you have a very hilly golf course, it is not as effective. “ Feet together back to feet apart” video is next!
Hi Shawn, I’ve found this drill so helpful, it has been part of my pre- shot routine just now. I honestly can’t tell you how well I struck the ball and the carry distance has gained some 20+ yards with less effort – however I just need to dial in my yardage again as I’ve air mailed 3 greens today and gone from looking like a birdie chance to a double bogey on all 3 aaaaaahhhhggg!
Those problems are a bit more fun to deal with! 😝👍🫶
Shawn. I practised the legs together today at the range of a mat. I hit a few well, not your length at 74 years, but I also hit some fat. Is this likely to be because I am still hitting at the ball rather than out into the picture. Advice would be most welcome.
Remember, the goal is to use the returning of the butt to catapult the arms and club PAST YOU and out into the picture! If you look down, and you see a ball to hit, you are setting up for fat, top, shank, pull, loss of power, swinging with arms only, no finish etc…
You need to SEE-FEEL-HEAR a whoosh towards the target with the fastest point of the swing out in the direction of the target and well past the ball when looking down at the ball.
see “pre-motor cortex series” and “target confirmation series” and combine those with feet together.