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Shawn, where do you aim your club face for a draw and a fade? Are you aiming at the target where you want the ball to end up or are aiming down the line you want your ball to start on?
Hi Greg! Haha, this is the old way of thinking STATICALLY about it. If you see the first video in the consistency series, you will see that the look of the face at address is nothing like what it looks like at impact where it is way more open than at address WHEN DELIVERING THE BALL TO YOUR TARGET. See “the goldie locks series” for the grip and club face portion and the “fade fine tuning” and “draw fine tuning”
Hi Shawn,
I am new member. I have been playing for over 20 years (12 HCL) and have gone through several swing changes. For the past several years, I have been working through Clay Ballard’s method where he teaches forearm rotation in the backswing, the right palm pointing to the sky, a bowed wrist at the top, a tucked elbow coming down. This will produced a very laid off club just before the downswing. Clay’s method seams to work as long as there is rotation to square the face. However, I was never able to master all the movements. And I very inconsistent with direction and power. Hence, I am here.
I seems your swing is very steep and not shallow at all. Is this by design? I have seen various pro swings (via V1 Golf) were it appears (on the down swing) that the shaft is parallel with the forearm. According to Clay, this is the ideal position. I am not seeing that in your swing. Please explain.
Hi Gregg, and welcome!
if you look at our “task trumps everything” and “top 3 tasks” videos, you will realize we are already Pinocchio without the strings and don’t need to THINK about all these positions to accomplish the swing. You can master a task but you can’t master a hornet’s nest of swing positions. This has been scientifically proven over and over again in sport science and many teachers have missed the boat.
Now the shallowing of the club HAPPENS, when you deliver the club towards the target; if you want to stay steep, just deliver towards the ball! 😝 See “throw the club” and “the throwing series” as well as the “grass whip training” videos and for the squaring of the club face, see the first few videos of the “consistency series” and “draw fine tuning” and the “goldie locks series”
Take your time as you will get a lot of AHA moments along the way; Enjoy!
Hi Shawn
Is the intermediate point a direct line between the ball and the pin or does it depend on shot you are making.
Hi Dave! Sorry for the delay; the website is not sending me the email notifications;
as for the IP, not necessarily; you find anything close to the target and use it to create your shot’s flight plan: say you want to draw and the IP is a bit right; you line up left edge of it and release over the IP to match the shot starting right and coming back to the target. Make sense?
This has been the golden nugget for me! I tend to come across the line with my back swing, so lo and behold, I also struggle with fades. Now I know why! Thanks Shawn
Right on Cory! Knowing how to match backswing to flight plan is a biggie! 😀👍
Hi Shawn, I’ve heard you mention many times “do you feel at the top like you have access to the direction you want to start the ball…”…my question is, from “where” as in where on the body, am I feeling? Am I trying to determine if my lead arm can swing in the direction I want to start (as you did with the javeline?) Am I feeling it from my waiste? My trail hand?
Any insight would be helpful…thanks as always for everything! Every time I try something else, I always end up back with WIG because you just got it! and It’s clear you put in sooo much effort to help us understand! you are appreciated!
Hey Kevin! Found your post finally! Sorry for the delay! If you see “throw the club” video, when you go to the top of the backswing and stop, you want to feel like you can throw the club in the direction you want to start the ball; and this is a full body feel, not an individual body part thing at all!