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HI Shawn,
Thanks for all your teaching.
How to do find your Intermediate point when you are on the course ( with no tee) ?
How far ahead of the ball should the IP be?
Hey John! See “alignment reload” video
Hi Shawn,
Usually if i am stopping my backswing, my brain tends to try to know where are my arms positionned in my backswing. And then the swing results in loosing focus and poor contacts.
When I think of the tasks like cutting grass or hammer a nail, my brain will automatically try to know where my arms are positionned in the backswing and usually the result is no good. Whereas, when I don’t think of my backswing I increase my chance at least by 2 to have a better contacts. Point is I don’t really know how to keep my brain/mind busy during the backswing so that I don’t have to think of the position of my body parts. I’ve tried to mentally draw a static blade (the blade of the grass whip) just before the ball for exemple.
So Can you tell exactly what are you thinking during the swing, especially during the backswing?
Thanks
Seb
You often hear me verbalise out loud what I am doing in the videos; that is exactly what I am doing and you notice how the chain of thought always comes back to TASK OUT THERE? So, it the task is throw the club with a solid dose of momentum with the prediction that the blades of grass in front of the ball will get swept over the intermediate point, I am already feeling this momentum leading me into the throw in that direction and I let my backswing REACT TO THIS. Let your brain take care of the backswing in response to this focus.
The time to focus on having enough backswing is in the practice swings where there you can make sure you get enough backswing to get a big dose of momentum to get a big whoosh through to the target with ease. The brain will then eventually get 2+2 and give you what you need in the shot itself when you focus on paragraph 1.
I can understand now that having good contacts is more brain exercices rather than technique. Based on your videos and answers, I think that the brain should focus on a combination of a feeling and image. I did this exercise lastly: doing chip shots with an intermediate point and try to see the sledge hammer hitting the intermediate point. Then I realize my backswing was starting in reference of that intermediate point, and also that my backswing needed less energy to be done. I had some quite good contacts (not the crisp contact that I am looking for yet but I think I have some progress). Some of the shots where taking divots before the ball, I don’t know really why. I am trying different position of the intermediate point. Is it right to hit the intermediate point (maybe the intermediate point is to far to be hitten)?
I remembered also some peace of advice on one video that Savy told to Mo: “you need to feel that you’re already in motion”. So I think It may faciltate my backswing and the dose of momentum.
Having my eyes near the ball and think about someting that is after the ball is quite difficult. So I also try to have my eyes like10cm before the ball.
Just 2 cm in front of the ball is fine; 10 is too much! Ball position is the issue with so many golfers when it comes to chipping; make sure you see the “chipping” video. It is very complete!
Shawn. Followed you a long time. Stopped playing two years. Now 84 yes 84 and TYRING to come into game again. Few back issues so do you have ant empathetic suggestion and / or adjustments to your program I might consider. Shorter swing and so forth
Hi Len! Welcome back! Now as far as the swing goes with us, what is important to know is that we always use momentum to deliver through the ball and intermediate points and into the direction we want to start the ball. Series to look into for you are the “senior series” and the “diagonal stance series” which would help you with range of motion in the backswing. Keep us posted! Shawn