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Hi Shawn. I’ve been a pupil for a while now and appreciate your training method. I’ve heard you address my issue on a video somewhere…Sorry to be redundant. But…. Why do I contact the ball so much better when i hit fades as opposed to draws????
Fades are a bit more natural because of our side vision tendencies as humans. See the “Alignment reboot” video on premium I put out towards the top of the list; works very well to get you going.
Then see “fade fine tuning“ and “draw fine tuning”
Finally, if you are set up for the draw and you are in a nice position to release out to the right of the intermediate point but don’t feel that the ball will curve back to the left, how are you ever going to get that done? Impossible to let it go if you feel that way; so see “lead hand release” and “trail hand release” and release fine tuning videos. And how closed should the face be? See the first video on the “consistency series” and really take that one to heart as so many of my students don’t close the face enough because of the initial “weird” feeling it gives-but when we persevere, the results are 15 to 30 yards longer and the squeeze they get through the ball is ABSOLUTE BLISS. 😀👍
Hey Shawn,
I haven’t been able to move the ball to the left with my driver at all . I would like to send you a video of my swing. Hopefully you can get me back on track. For the past few months I have been playing some of my best golf ever, but I’m starting to Shank the ball again.
Sure thing Carlo! Send me a video at [email protected]
3 second clip from down the line and face on with a 7 iron; make sure you have an intermediate point that is easily visible. Shawn.
Shawn, I think I have full understanding on how to work the ball now, except for one question; when you FADE the ball, during the setup do you get “behind the ball” like you do when you DRAW the ball?
Thank you, Ron.
P.S. Your methods support the feels I have when I hit a great shot.
Good stuff!
And no, not like in the draw because in the fade, you are already behind the ball since it is already slightly forward of center. When you play the ball back of center for the draw, you then need to get a bit more behind it. Shawn
Shawn, excellent video, I wish I would have viewed it first. Just one more questions; When you look down at the clubface at setup, is it actually hooded for a draw and hooded less for a fade? Thanks Ron
There ya go! And yes, it Can Look that way; if the grip is neutral-if the grip is strong, it can look little closed for draw and square for fade;
Can be with face-can be with grip-can be a bit of both…what matters is when you release into the direction you want to start the ball, that the ball curves in the air the way you want it to or has at least that flavour.
Hi Shawn, can you possibly tell me what to look out for if I find myself pull hooking the ball? The draw became my go-to shot and has produced some incredible results, but recently, I find myself pull hooking anything from wedges through 3 wood. I am also having a difficult time fading the ball at the moment and sometimes produce the same pull hook when attempting to fade the ball which usually costs me a great round.
Contact is often spot on with these pull hooks and compression feels excellent. I was thinking about easing off on the club face a little but I have a very weird feel in my wrist hinge when I try that. I will try to get one on camera for you this week on the course. Thank you as always, dropped my average score by 5 this season mostly thanks to your short game instruction! Gotta get myself out of trouble often with these hooks! lol 😀
That tells me that your backswing AND downswing don’t match the direction you want to start the ball AND OR the club face at the beginning is too strong-closed;
See “the 4th video on the “consistency series” as well as the video that pertains to grip and club face on the “goldie locks series”
Shawn
Thank you Shawn, will revisit those videos now!
Shawn, I have cavity back irons. Should I still be able to fade/draw ball like in your instructional videos?
You bet Rob! Absolutely!! Everyone can do it to varying degrees; so much fun!
Thank you. Have been following you quite awhile. I just note that I have been able to work ball just need to close a little more with draw then thought I should.
Awesome! 👍😀
This just puzzles me. My ball direction is left about 20 yards at 175′ with no curve. So I am to assume that my face and path are the same degree to the left? Compression is awesome just left. My best ball striking was a little left with a slight fade, but something has changed so the this pattern of flight is gone. My grip is much stronger now do I need to rethink that?
Hey Craig; it sounds like the grip-club face relationship is just a bit too strong or a bit too closed; do a goldie locks with it! See “goldie locks series” and check out the session that pertains to the grip;
Shawn