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Shawn, I noticed that on your long shots you head backs away from the ball line about 4-5″ on the backswing and then stays on that plane throughout the rest of the swing. You have been doing this a long time. I assume that it is just your body saying “This is what we have to do to deliver that object to a target.” It seems unique to you, yet you get amazing distance with little effort. I gave it a try and found that the ball just melted on the club face (when I didn’t top it). What is going on? Is it simply the further you are out on a radius the faster you go? Forget about it and just deliver to a target?
Hey Jon!
You mean the up and down part? My head may turn a little extra in the backswing too but yes; I am locked into my task and my system is doing what it needs to do to keep me in the task. You should see Francesco Molinari rehearsing his practice swings now; backswing up, letting the heel come up, HUGE SQUAT DOWN, throw to target. Then hits a couple shots to his target.
We are so wired for success here, so you can go ahead and perform this in the practice swing, get the feel of that kinetic chain (see the kinetic chain series right here in premium) and when you get to the ball, you think ok, I am going to use that throw to that direction and when I do, it feels like the low point of my swing is in place to collect the ball solidly, the grip and face feels like it will collect and release on target with the curvature I need and the ball position is also perfect for the shot and I am low enough to stay through 2 balls or 2 tees on the way.
The backswing simply reacts to this command; don’t think about what body part you are going to place back there; you can go slowly enough to confirm that the backswing will allow you to whip effortlessly in the direction you want to send the ball though; once confirmed, it’s oh yeah, that snap that way!
Hey Shawn, thanks once again for fantastic tuition.
My draws are becoming a little too exaggerated and I’m struggling to shape the fade. Is that a grip strength thing or a swing plane thing, do you think? I went through a great period just a few weeks ago and these days everything just seems too big to control.
Thanks again
Ok, great question!
First, confirm that your release is through and not at the ball; did you feel the arms get pulled to the target;
Second, does the backswing fit; see “mile markers for direction” or on youtube, see “does your backswing match your target”; if your backswing is too across the line or a little collapsed, you will get loose.
Third-Then check grip.
Shawn
Thanks Shawn, makes sense. I think you’re on the money with number 1. I’m still struggling a little with my right hand being a little over active during impact, it’s just how I used to think about it before; that I had to flip over at impact to time that compression… So glad I found your channel on YouTube that led me here!
Interestingly, something clicked just last night regarding keeping that right elbow closer to the body on the downswing… Feeling a little “cramped”. I felt such a better sensation of whip and my hands calmed down too. I think the pieces are starting to come together. I’ll get there eventually!
Q
You bet! For the elbow, grab a household hammer and get into a door frame; pretend you are hammering a nail just above knee height, horizontally through the door frame; feel the position of the right arm as you do that; then put both hands on the hammer and do the same thing. You now have the feel and look of the downswing through the ball without thinking about the elbow!
Keep it up!
Shawn
Really cool stuff Shawn. I often forget about the deflection feel when it comes to my woods.
Like the way you stare down the back of the ball with your left eye and then just turn your shoulders around your head. A little pause and then whamo! Slash the sword with the intent of skipping the club off the turf while again keeping your head in the same position and rotating your shoulders back around.
Hi Mark! Thank you for the great comment!
That stare is the brain locked into the task and the feel of the task and in the stare is the resolve to complete the task with ease both mentally and physically.
The glyde around the head is the result of practice with mile markers; remember the “toss vs place” video on youtube? That is when the mile markers came-being able to confirm that the takeaway-top of backswing and sling through were attached to the target.
When I think back on how all this developed, it really is astonishing. What a great journey we are on right now; teaching and playing are so much fun!
So happy I found your website. In one (or more) of your videos, you taught us that the human brain is built for adaptation, not for repetition. Can one conclude from this thas all the rubbish we learned in the past regarding “positions of the body parts” and all the endless and faulty practice repetitions easily can be forgotten? In fact, unlearning isn’t necessary?
Thanks
Hans from the Netherlands
CORRECT!!!! YOU ARE FREE!!!! 😀👍😀👍
We are amazing machines and we are so far from being defective! It is all about the focus and the task you hold in the mind during the shot; and to know that you cannot ever repeat the same way is so great to grasp!!
Enjoy your freedom and rest assured, you can forget about “MAKING SURE” you hit your positions or else…disaster; this is a “FEAR MONGERING TECHNIQUE” to scare you into something…
Loved the videos I find them great and tell everybody even the pros at the golf course hope they are joining up and my game is improving out of sight and as soon as lose that picture in my mind I lose the shot and find a tree ha ha
Cheers and thank you.
Awesome Dudley! Thank you!
Shawn