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Shawn,
As I continue to progress I think I’m making some improvements. I still want to see my clubhead speed get back to pre-injury levels.
Is it somewhat common to need to vary how much the face is closed at address by club? For example, I seem to be over hooking my irons and driver isn’t drawing quite as much as I’d expect. If so, what is the reason or mistake in task that is causing this? Wouldn’t we ideally like to have the same face orientation at address with all clubs to allow the same swing to happen with all clubs.
In an ideal world, yes, but the woods are very different from irons in so many ways that affect the outcome!
1-Woods faces are round not flat like irons
2-COG on woods not in the same place
3-BIG draw bias on some manufacturers woods
4-graphite kick point and torque different from iron steel shafts
ALWAYS DO THIS:
Release the action in the direction you want to start the ball and confirm that the release was well hrough the ball and out into the picture
Observe ball flight
Adjust grip or club face or a bit of both until you get the desired flavour in the flight!
Shawn
Hi Shawn. I want to make an important observation (for me and maybe those trying to repeat your moves in the downswing) about your motion in this video. Specifically, the downswing part. For me this is critical. I’ve watched ALL your videos. I’ve slowed the slow motion down to the frames! On every video of your downswing to include the ones from this video, you begin AND FINISH the “squat” down, WHILE YOUR CHEST, PELVIS, ARM-CLUB UNIT are still facing backwards or away from the target.! Hence your famous video on Utube of 10+ years ago “Best Downswing Weight Shift” and your comment in that video that, “the weight shift in the downswing happens from “behind you.” No more important words have ever been said in golf instruction IMHO. If people watching this current video are going to get the ground as their chest is “facing” the ball, they are swinging “in front” of themselves and that old video addresses that too. They are “late”. Very late. I know you don’t necessarily break down the swing into frames but to me it helps reveal how these moves feel. Once accomplished correctly it’s not something I need to think about in the swing. While not really the subject of this video, as folks out there are trying to emulate your moves, they might find this observation helpful. Doug D. (6 hdcp have played golf for 50 years.)
Hey Doug! Thank you for taking the time to write down your experience and feedback; it will no doubt help clear things up with many! Having different ways to drive home the content is very important and I really appreciate you chiming in! 👍😀🤛💪
Hi Doug, great comment and totally agree with you. How do you manage to get frame by frame? I have also attempted this but without success. We still can’t play or practise at the club, maybe changing soon here in the U.K. Have a great season and stay safe. Barry
Start with the “feet together drill” to feel the swivel of the butt towards the target; then start stepping into “the walking drill”. Both videos are right here in detail on premium.
Thanks Sean, I use both those great drills. I asked the question because this is how my brain works when I’m trying to learn something new, I learn faster when I can analyse the video in real frame by frame. I realise that your frame by frame is unique to you. You recently said that you wish you had Sav’s swing. Yes it looks different but of course it’s not about the look, we are all physiologically different. Take care. Barry
Hi Barry. Well I can’t do frame by frame either but I get the same effect if, during the slow motion Video, I click play and stop very quickly. I just keep doing that in looking at Shawn’s motion. Ha. It’s good enough to see what’s going on there. Doug
Cheers, that’s what I also do.
Hey Doug – thank you SO MUCH for this post! It’s the missing link that ties together the perpetual motion, kettlebell, weighted ax, elephant walk, etc. drills. I’ve practiced them all and achieved great consistency, but low club-head speeds and 230 yard drives involving high effort. Your visualization really helped me start the kinetic chain correctly. To be honest, it’s a bit uncomfortable to keep my shoulders pointed away from the target while I’m squatting, but it works – I’m hitting my drives 280 yards with ZERO effort, with a MASSIVE whip of the club, powered only by gravity. Yay! Thanks for this forum, Shawn!
Glad that helped. Has always been a key for me though I’m sure people may not think of it in the same way.
Thanks for the observation, DougD and dogfishbird. I’ve been stuck at the 230 yard drive with lots of effort and strain and wear and tear on my body for way too many years.
The walk and cut grass drill, sending divots in the direction of the intended ball flight (Kinetic Chain Facilitation #6) has given me a number of feels for the swing that are novel to me, including the one you note: a squat with back to the target.
I’ll find out soon if I can successfully start to translate these new feels into 280 yard drives :-).
I have been wondering this too. When I squat my chest is facing the ball. Thoughts?
What is the last thing to go through your mind just before you swing?
Hey Shawn!
Great video. I want to ask, the ideal golf shot will be on target and right distance. And we get this from square face and flush contact.
When I play, I try to keep my lead wrist flat at the top of the swing as I feel this makes the hands more “quiet” and gives me a better chance for flush contact.
When I do the PWD – I can’t help but feel my wrist cupping at the top.
Should I then do the PWD and keep the wrist consciously flat at the top?
Thanks!
No, feel how natural that wrist hinge is when doing PMD?? Same for grass whipping, axe swinging, baseball swinging, fishing, sword slashing, you name it!! The flat wrist at the top is FAKE CONTROL.
The key after the full load os the full release in the direction you want to start the ball so “lead hand release” and “trail hand release” and next week we use PMD to dial that in so get versed nicely on it this week! 😉😎
Thanks Shawn. Keep up the good work. I can’t believe how Munashe improved in such a short period.
He is making us look great huh! ? 😀👍🤛🏾💪🔥
Towards the end of video, you told one (Mo?) that the grip was getting less strong due to improvements from recent drills. Question – does Sav use a very strong grip or does it just look that way on the video?
Yes, Munashe, Mu for short, has been improving his “abandoning to gravity” and his release is getting more efficient. The grip should have a little bit of ebb and flow to it as you react to the ball flight after a nice deep release towards the target.
Savy does not, like most women, have the same muscular density as men, and especially Mu so she simply stays with her very strong grip which suits her so well! We still have to tweak the intensity of it depending on the shot, it is simply on a different part of the scale.
Thanks Shawn. I try to check out the visual tips from the three of you.
If I hit a ball with an iron on a tee, do i think more like hitting up like a driver or not?
No, not at all like a driver; the tee height on an iron is almost flush with the ground and the purpose is to give you the perfect lie in the fairway; so you would prepare to collect and release through the dandelion stem exactly the same way as a regular iron shot.