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So my issue is what is that trigger to start my swing,
look at Matt Wolff and you can see what his trigger is 🙂
even in you swing Shawn you have a sight movement forward,
I have a problem that when I have tried that slight movement forward I touch my ball and it moves. So I’ve tried at address to have my club slightly back from the ball I usually hit ground first
Ok, good, I have seen this before many times and your solution is exactly what I saw in the video and in the “using the weight in your swing-axe drill with Savy” video. Start with:
“I feel the weight of the Arms and Club already pulling on my shoulder sockets towards the target at address-and I am getting ready to feel this experience past the ball and in the direction I want the ball to start” AND SEE how YOUR SYSTEM reacts to this command. Some will tap the feet, some will pump the legs (Tom Kite in the video) and some will do what I do (Mu has adopted that one and is swinging so much better too)
let us know what you come up with! 😀👍
Ah! very good timing that video. Couple of weeks ago, I went to see the french golf whisperer (Ed Montaz), and boy, it was worth 6 month of lessons with my pro back home. But back on the course I have actually been struggling with starting my swing, I have that fraction of second where I think “I’m all setup, I have my intermediate point, the picture of shot, what do I do now?”. It seems that I just need to find a way of already be in motion. Will give that a try.
Fantastic Vincent! Enjoy the process! 😀👍
Great video. Especially the drone views. It really demonstrated the COMPLETE release of the club and how your head position stays behind the ball – but is allowed to move. My problem ( one of many ) is that I have trouble COMPLETELY releasing the club. Whether it be from my injuries, bad habits, or laziness I tend have the club stop just as it gets to my lead shoulder and it obviously reduces my distance. Fantastic job – keep up the heat work
Hey John! In the “target confirmation series” we talk about how the release feel, that snap of the trail hand over the lead hand in the direction you want to start the ball, that release feel is what you want to confirm you felt first and then backtrack the mind back to “how did I do with contact and direction?” So it’s 1-yes I felt the full snap where the G-forces of the club released me in the direction I wanted to start the ball and then 2-how was contact?
You are either in an attacking frame of mind or a determined “cool mad” state or in a flow state to accomplish this.
I try so hard to be super still before I move to the backswing. I’m going to try some of these ideas to see if I can loosen up and get more flow. I can’t believe how amazing Mu’s movement patterns have become, he giving such a great Demo. Of course, Sav is a great demo model too but since she’s your daughter I expect no less. Nice outfit on MU, he and Sav are my favorite power couple now.
This will help you big time! Stillness in the body is the enemy of flow; stillness in the mind however is welcome!👍😀
Hi Shawn, This was an interesting video. It seems there were a few different pieces munged together. I don’t understand how you can initiate the coil of the kinetic chain without a stable point (attachment to the ground) so I suspect that there are a number of ways that people discuss initiating the swing but it really all starts with the planting of the rear heel. This is the same in all sports I suspect…throwing a ball requires the foot plant to start. The question I have is around order of execution. If I need to plant to initiate the coil of the kinetic chain and my ankle and hip are the only sources of rotation then it would seem that the heel plants and the hip begins to turn. That would provide the initial momentum to start the drawing back of the club without it being either a conscious movement or something I try to muscle through. Thoughts? It seems pretty clear that is how you swing so consistently.
Exactly! We have talked about how the golf swing is a dual kinetic chain and I wanted to bring back the importance of “getting ready to use the weight of the ACU (Arm and Club Unit)” to deliver the task. Loved Johnny Miller’s Heavy Momentum action and the timing of Jack’s and Gary Player’s swings which all respect how we engage that kinetic chain and mot sabotage it through manipulations to meet a ball. The videos that complement this one are “using the weight in the swing-axe drill with Savy” “throw the club” “pumping up the swing”,the “kinetic chain series”, the “Throwing series” and the “hammer drill” to name just a few.