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1- Got it…throw the whole club. And the release? out to the target also then? Do you release more down into the ground for irons and more up into the air for driver?
2- yes, Goldie locks is so amazing. It’s helped me get an awareness of my clubface like no other method. and it’s terrific for putting pace. it’s so accurate. I look like a genius on the greens when I remember to goldilocks the pace.
Always release in the direction you want to start the ball; never into the ground. With driver, same but choose the height and create a window in the sky to release into. My favourite is 2 tree lines up and over the intermediate point.
You mentioned two tree lines up for Driver is there any reference height point you use for irons? Btw, the two tree lines up works great for me also!
Hey Mark!
Yes, with the irons you bet! With the short irons and wedges in windy conditions, seeking lower than usual is great and for mid to long irons when carry distance is important, the 2 tree lines are essential.
I get a little mixed up with feelings of what I’m sending to the target. Am I sending my hands, the shaft or the clubhead to the target in my acid test?
Also, what would be great to combine with this drill, is the extremes. Like you have always taught us, the human brain learns faster when given extremes. So acid test with extreme closed face and the swing. Then same with extreme open face and swing. And then find the happy medium. Same with the trajectories. High, low, middle.
Yeah man!
1-Throw the WHOLE CLUB in the direction you want to START THE BALL
2-GOLDIE LOCKS IS THE BOMB!!👍😀
It’s interesting, in that ‘pre-deploy’ or ‘acid test’ position, it feels like I would have to smother the ball or smash it into the ground in order to ‘hit’ the ball….which, I think is EXACTLY what is wrong with my brain. It is so easy for me to get focused on hitting the ball and everything bad that comes with that thought. Now, I’ll say, this is most pronounced with the driver. I feel like with my other clubs, I have gotten myself to a spot where I am focused on throwing and sending the ball to the target and am hitting the ball better than I ever have.
So, what other videos can I look at to really drive this home for me with a driver vs. say even a fairway wood? I routinely hit my 4 wood 250 carry, can fade or draw it on command thinking about sending the ball to the target. However, driver…I just feel like my brain is wired incorrectly. Do I just keep at it with this drill?
Hey Sean! Get your eyes on the tee and send the tee tip into the direction you want to send the ball; that takes the eyes off the ball and gives you the task of sending the tee tumbling through the air into the direction you want to start the ball.
See the “task update” video👍👍
Went and hit 30 or so balls with the driver on the range after watching this again. I added one other little thing to the setup, and put a 3rd tee about 10 yards ahead and really just focused on hitting 2 or 3 tees along the path I wanted it to start (just right of the tees, as was feeling a draw). Between each hit, I would do an acid test, and kind of goldilocks feel. Often times, I really found I felt like I was probably standing too close to the ball, and move back maybe not even an inch. The interesting thing I found from a feel perspective is that that acid test, really makes me be patient and let my arms fall. I can’t have a successful acid test without my arms falling. So, my best driver hits, came shortly after I would really clip the tee nice and send the tee out around the 10 yard 3rd tee out there.
Lastly, after 2 or 3 tee hits, I would hit one ball. I would really think about just clipping the tee, and re-enacting what I just did. Send the tee in the direction I wanted, really see it flying out there nice. And, other than a couple pull/draws, I had some real nice contact, high, slight draw, center of the face shots. The pull/draws I could totally feel myself trying to hit the ball and lost focus on the task at hand. I was only hitting the ball 250-260 (95-100mph swing speed), but, the ones that really went, felt completely effortless.
I get that feeling a lot with my irons these days (hitting my 7 iron 175 carry) and feel like I really understand where to apply force to really sling the ball out there. I wasn’t quite feeling confident enough to do that yet with the driver, but, hoping a few more practice sessions like that will build the confidence and give myself the freedom to sling it. So hard to unwire this desire to ‘control’ the driver and be free!!! 😀
One last question – the ‘task update’ video, which is that? When I search task update, I see the task update 2 short game?
Solid! And the video name is “update on task-send dandelion stem to target”
Hey Shawn, I’ve been going back to the grass cutting task as my go to task but I don’t really feel that position of collecting and releasing like in this video. How can I get that feel while still using the grass cutting as my task?
Of course! We are cutting the grass in a sawing motion from heel to toe through the ball; do this with as closed a club face as possible to have the desired flight! 😀👍
Just closing the face will get me the loaded sledgehammer arms feel with collecting and sending?
Almost; this will allow you to get into a position to deliver deep through the stem and out into the picture; you need to right amount of tilt for that. See “tilt mile markers” video! 👍👌
Can you close the face of the driver at address and swing it that way to get a draw like happens with my iron play? How much does tilt effect the closing of the driver face?
Great drill Shawn and fantastic execution of it by you and Sav! After some practice my swing never looked so good 🙂 Need to practice the longer woods though. As our course does not require much shots with those clubs, they are the weak part of my game… When going back to a “normal” swing, I had a better feel for maintaining space for my trail arm/elbow, getting a better lag :).
yes sir! Getting more depth in the release into the picture feels really good; something VERY MUCH WORTH nurturing! 😀👍