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What’s the little move you do at 3.14 is it a pre turn
Thanks
Mike
Hey Michael! It is a “get ready to hammer through the doorframe move” or a “get ready to cut through the dandelion stem move” to get the arms in the right place to perform the task; always think task and let the body react to the task.
Excellent thanks Shawn… I’ve joined a few sites but you’re the only that genuinely seems to understand it or at least explain what you’re doing properly
Great to hear Michael, thank you for the feedback! 👍😀
It appears that your club is very “open” at the top of your swing. Is that true?
if so, you must have a lot of wrist/hand action at impact to square the clubface?
Hey Mark! Yes, my release pattern is 45 years old and one of the most efficient you will find; similar to Matt Wolff-except my grip as you can see is much stronger than his. I just have very limber wrists and it is just the way they hinge.
Hi Shawn ,
Hope you’re well. Looking forward to your next visit to Palm Springs.
I incorporated this drill into my new “waggle” during play. I simply setup and then hinge back my wrists to confirm my setup and take a waggle with my “axe”. I used it during my last round and I’ve never drove the ball better. I’ve seen a few tour players doing something similar. Now I think I understand what and why they are doing. Thinking of Justin Thomas and Ricky Fowler.
Right on Mark! That is awesome! And yes, great observation with Thomas and Fowler; also reminds me of Mike Weir in his prime!
Hi Shawn,
U are definitely filling in my quest to understand the swing. 👍 and thank you
I tried this drill and here are my findings for u to comment on:
1) I call this drill the windup. The right elbow stays in front and the turn / heave coordinates the body parts all as one unit: the legs/ right hip catapults back, the shoulders turn in unison with the legs/ hips, the weight shift is a centred pelvic turn around as the arm / club unit rotates back. All comes as a freebie from this drill!
2) what I found though is the arm lfolding/cocking has already been completed with the presetting of the arms club. What I felt that I lost was: the arm levitation part with right elbow being more glued to the body., and the arm /club unit momentum tracking back lost the feeling as it was more of a windup of tension rather than a
Am i missing something as I felt the throwing part of the arm/club unit was lost and dominated by the unwinding of the body parts from tension buildup from this drill. That is
I guess the throwing of the club with my right elbow leading looses it’s momentum motion feeling:
Comments appreciated
Dave
The “gluing the right elbow to the chest is a big fat red flag Dave; you did not get that one from me! See “connection shawn clement” videos on youtube for that one. As for the rest, see “using the weight in your swing-axe drill with savy” then “backswing levitation”, then “kinetic chain engagement series” and “the throwing series”
Thank you. Will follow your advice
I did not mean glueing but more the right elbow in front pec … re à la Hogan … if that makes sense
Though does this drill produce more of a tension based windup?
Maybe it is my hogan right elbow being too dominant
Dave
That tension based windup has been the single most misinformed theory that has put too many golfers under the knife and snuffed out too many promising careers. Should have never existed in the first place had the teachers of the day done their homework on anatomy. When the #1 teacher in the US is telling you to resist with the hips in the backswing and points to the top of his pelvis and cannot even tell the difference, you know there is a problem. See “lower body in the backswing shawn clement” on youtube and let me know.
Hi Shawn
Been on vacation to Dallas and just got back a week ago. No golf until this week.
Here are my findings:
Your lower body in the backswing highlighted my dominated right elbow. It was adding more tension to the turn which u commented is a big red flag. In reflection it brought me Knudsen thought on the headless machine. A machine like iron Byron does not add tension to the torque of the body or shaft. As u stated, Your new favorite drill presets everything and allows one to just wind up. What I found though is the drill has plusses and minuses in a positive sense. I found for myself that the preset of club shaft, wrists etc drops the feeling of clubhead momentum in the backswing.
The drill stops any fanning of the right forearm relative to the backswing.
It syncs the lower and upper body turn. Right elbow makes it’s nice circle relative to the lower body/upper body turn.
I find the first eight inches of the turn is a good feeling indicator for me. When I start the lower leg rotation, I have to gently feel the right shoulder turning / participating with the lower leg / hips, and the arm club units being pulled by this body action. Hogan’s right elbow position, for me brings home the squaring of it/ clubface to the target line relative to my body. I am experimenting with the right elbow relative to shoulder / pelvis / feet alignment. You are giving me the investigatory directions in the quest to refine the swing. A fun quest to infinity😊
Maybe too much thought on my part but your teachings are giving me better indicators/sensors/thought nuggets to work on.
Again thank you for your insights.
I hope my ramblings are not too far off on your wisdoms. My perceptions from your teachings is giving me a deeper awareness to simplify my swing.
Dave
Right on Dave! That is the goal! AHA MOMENTS THAT BRING SIMPLIFICATION AND AWARENESS TO THE IMPORTANCE AND EASE OF TASK. 😀👍
Hey Shawn – this drill is unbelievable with my irons however with the hybrid and driver I cannot make good contact and the rhythm is way off and very quick which I cannot correct. Any thoughts on why this issues with the longer clubs with this drill? – thanks
Hey Brian! Just means one of the fundamentals for contact or direction os a bit off with the woods; we will have something for you on that next week! 👍😀
Thank’s for the drill Shawn . It seems in this recent drill version that you are not closing the face of your club in any of the shots . Please clarify .
FYI I saw an interview on Golf Channel with Bernhard Langer discussing how he had changed his grip over the years and that he uses a neutral grip but what I found interesting as well he installs his grips to allign with the amount he wants them to be closed or opened.
That is funny! I would call Langer’s grip a bit less strong but neutral is a big stretch! 😝😝
as for mine, it is about the feel that when I release fully in the direction I want the ball to start, it feels like it will do in the air what I want it to do. Everyone’s release has different levels of efficiency and mine has been in practice for the last 45 years! 😎