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My achilles heel seems to be that at transition (as I’m trying to use the ground) I got from ok tilt to way over tilting to the right (as a right hander).
I’m in task, my shot is picked out, I’m essentially all good until BAM!, over tilt and then I have no chance of having the ball fly over my intermediate point with heavy manipulation. Most of the time, it’s fats, toes shots or sweeping hooks.
Help me obi wan.
Ok; question:
What do you see at address when looking down at the ball? What is your task or what is the last thing that goes through your mind just before you swing?
My focus at address is on my intermediate point.
My task is to send the ball over my intermediate point (small adjustments if I’m shaping a particular shot).
The last thing that goes through my mind is “Send the ball over the intermediate point”
Ok, here we go!
The task is what is missing! You need to see clearly how that ball os going to get up in the air; are you using cutting the stem of the dandelion or grass (see grass whip training video) or driving through the door frame (see hammer drill video) or whipping the wood shavings that way (see Top 3 tasks and task cybervision videos) and lastly “throwing the club” and “predict contact” videos which will help perfect further.
The way you deliver the task will greatly affect your tilt through the ball!
Then comes: with what feel are you delivering the task with? See a very important series called “pre-motor cortex” series which deals with getting the right frame of mind around the perfect feel for the delivery of that task.
Do we need as much tilt for chipping as well?
No, chipping has a set up that allows the arms and hands to hang in front of the club head. There is no change in the amount of lag which is much less than the full swing because the second pendulum unit does not load. Don’t worry so much about the tilt; focus on the task of shaving grass with the weight of the ACU along the ground towards the intermediate point around the sternal notch. Shawn
I like this video to get the feeling of tilt. But my favorites are the external task videos. I use the fencing to get the width in my swing merged with throwing for releasing the club. Is that something you would agree with? Merging external tasks? Also, how do I incorporate taking divots into these tasks? Is there a divot only video?
I’ve asked other questions recently and appreciate your taking time to answer.
Yes!! Very good!! Merging is what the brain does best! Next you want to include a prediction of contact with the sole of club to ground by watching « predict contact » and « the goldie locks series »
I can do this wonderful drill all day long(Or hit with on one leg)……….but the minute I try to take a swing feet apart things fall apart?
I have some good stuff coming for that! Shawn
I can’t wait. I have been struggling with this for years. When I feel the pressure under my front foot during the downswing my ball contact feels amazing. Swinging from the top not so much.
Why I can’t transition from the step drill or one foot drill to a normal swing is beyond me. Range is also considerably different than course as well. Mental I know.
Help!
p.s. Perhaps a midwest clinic would be in order!!!
Keep the strain level super low when throwing the club in the direction you want to start that ball and keep the velocity.
What task are you using on the golf course?
Shawn
Hitting the ball 🙁
If hitting the ball is your task, good luck!! 😝😜
Where do you want the ball to go and what is the task and the feel of the task to get it there;
Practice this on the range! Every shot to a destination with a specific flight plan!!
Here is the focus sequence you need to go through as your pre-flight check list!
1-pick an “end target” or a place you want to have the ball end up
2-pick a flight plan that fits your ability to get the ball there; please INCLUDE THE HEIGHT OF THE SHOT or peak trajectory before it falls back down towards the end target. Be clear about the option-if not, goldie-locks the options.
3-find an intermediate point that will set you up into that picture from behind-MASSIVELY IMPORTANT TO TRUST ONCE YOU PICK FOR YOU TO LINE UP AND TO DELIVER THE ACTION.
4-PREDICT CONTACT AND DIRECTION BEFORE YOU LET THE SWING GO.
so that when you let your action release itself to the target, you can predict that the ball position, the distance to the ball, the posture, and the grip-club face relationship will fit the flight when you let the swing track itself into the direction you want to start the ball.
Predictions video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQF5GjxzFs
5-EXECUTION
set up done? Prediction of shot done? It is now OUT of YOUR CONTROL, just give control to gravity and let the weight of the ARMS AND CLUB OR WEIGHT OF SWING release itself in the direction you want to START the ball (ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERMEDIATE POINT YOU CHOSE). Look for the feel of that low effort and nice whipping velocity that unleashes that ball into that flight with freedom and trust. Abandon control to the task.
6- DID YOU LET IT?
DID you stay with the feel of that release to that direction? Or did you get distracted by “making sure” of a position or something else making noise or commotion around you? How do you know for a fact that you stayed with it?
If you stayed with it:How was the strain level mentally and physically?
Was it hard or easy?
If you did not stay with it, something short circuited you and you were trying to do something else; what was that you were trying? What were your concerns?
7-The most important stat in golf THAT TRUMPS ALL STATS is how many times (there are average 36 full swings on the golf course) were you able to stay with your shot all the way to the finish? Can You CONFIRM WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT YOU felt the release of the club in the direction you wanted to start the ball?
IF YOU CANNOT CONFIRM THAT YOU STAYED WITH THE SHOT, YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME TRYING TO FIX YOUR SWING THAT IS NOT BROKEN;
You simply did not stay with the plan.
Another great fundamental. Looking forward to trying this. It took me a little while to incorporate your instructions but I must say I have never hit the ball so solid as now and my consistency is improving which is important to me (and why I dropped other swing methods).