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This might be one of the best golf instructional videos I've ever seen. The 1/1000 no spin comment hit me like a hammer. I've spent 30 years fighting to get to "positions" and hit the ball straight only to finally realize that the human body simply doesn't respond to position based swings. I've been struggling with pulls and pull hooks for over two years now. It started with toe hits and while they are still there, the pulls are killing me. Thank you Shawn for adding clarity and common sense to the never ending quest to master the swing.
After watching several of your videos I’m convinced that it’s more about your calm mindset Shawn. You seem to have the demeanor that doesn’t panic when a poor shot is struck, and your mind calmly moves to figuring/solving the problem. So many of us panic when we strike a terrible shot and don’t understand how to correct. I think a video on your mindset (how to calm down and pull yourself out of the abyss, if you will) is actually Part 1.
The example at 9:35s is so painfully accurate of the compounding mistakes I have made in the past as an amateur golfer self diagnosing my swing "faults". Everyone needs to hear that example before attempting to correct their swing!!
There's a TON of details in this video. I had to watch this one a 2nd time and I'm glad I did. Pulling the a shot, for me, is when I come out of my tilt. Maintaining proper tilt has been engrained thanks to your instructions. But knowing the reason why it occurs is a big deal for me, so thank you for explaining these details. Tweaking the face angle from watching the ball flight, absolutely. This is simply dialing in for our individual machine. Still happily a premium member!
Thanks Shawn. Great explanation of club path and club face control. I am a premium member and am working my through the videos. This one resonates with me. Dreaded left pull is very frustrating. Probably reinforced because a successful finish has the player facing the target 90 degrees from the original alignment. Gotta stay with the club path task over the ball and intermediate target. A work in process.
As a premium channel member, I was aware of most of the content of this video dealing with hitting a draw shot. What I didn’t pick up on previously was your explanation here about having your shoulders, hips oriented to the right of the intermediate point. I have been trying to hit through the ball to the right of the intermediate point with my body oriented Square to the target line.
As a huge fan of the late great Mike Austin/Mike Dunaway teaching, one thing I always admired about your swing is it is from the ground up. I found out about a year ago I’ve been swinging for fifty years the wrong way (from the top down instead of bottom up) I have several of your DVDS with dust in the closet. Guess I’ll take another peak 😂
Brilliant, just brilliant! You've helped me bring back real feel into my swing by eliminating the doubt of where/why/when was my next pull left going to be. Thank you for sharing your know-how, it is greatly appreciated.
I've been playing for over 40 years. Came across one of your videos last week and they just resonated with me. Was able to go to the range today and try some of your swing thoughts. Best bucket of balls I've hit in years. On average I was hitting my irons 20 yards further. The most interesting part is that my misses were not nearly as off target. I'm looking forward to my next round of golf. Thanks!
Shawn, absolutely love your videos. You are a wizard of an instructor! The way you explain each step and make it relatable to us mere mortals is a step above the rest. Bravo! 👏
I just found your you tube station and find your instruction very helpful. I look forward to trying this on the range. I do pull straight left at times and will try your fix. Thanks!
It is so nice that I can come home from a frustrating evening on the range, type in my problem, and receive a solution. Thank you. I am sure it’s on the premium channel but typed it in here and found it immediately.
I still revert back to the wrong way every now and again and I miss left. As soon as I do I know what I’ve done wrong and the rest of me round is great. Finally got to scratch after 39 years of playing. Thanks Shawn 👍🏻👏
Shawn, I found you by accident looking on TH-cam ( as I always do ) to help me with some of the problems with my game. Never heard of you before but you have to be one of the best in actually explaining Good techniques and keeping it simple! Your videos have helped my game tremendously. Too bad I’m in Vancouver, I’d definitely come see you for lessons! Keep up the good work
Thank you. That's exactly what's happened to my drives over the past few games. Drove me nuts yesterday with all the pull shots left. Now I've got something to work on to get my drives back in the fairway.
Merci M. Clement pour vos contributions généreuses au bénéfice des passionnés du golf. Je dois avoir écouté des dizaines d'heures de vos excellentes vidéos, et je les recommandes à chaque occasion pertinente qui se présente. En particulier, celui-ci tombe à pique. J'ai récemment abandonné un swing à la Moe Norman ou à la Bryson DeChambeau pour retourner à un swing plus régulier. Mais pour fonctionner, je dois non seulement avoir une prise très forte, je dois aussi fermer le club en plus. Or, avec le «lie» du bâton qui qui ne repose pas bien sur le sol, et avec un débalancement dans la swing que ça me procure, je n'y arrivais pas. Puis, j'ai eu une idée : si j'avance mes mains vers l'avant, je peux fermer la tête du bâton tout en maintenant la face du baton en direction de ma cible. J'ai l'effet secondaire désirable d'être encouragé à maintenir le «lag» dans ma swing... Que pensez-vous de ce genre d'ajustement - il est inspiré de vos instructions, sans que c'en fusse une. NB : il semble que vous ayez déjà enseigner à l'Île des Sœurs alors que j'habitais Verdun. Dommage que je vous aies manqué. :)
Great video! I had my ah ha moment with this last weekend thinking about your kettle bell practice. One thing I had to do was stick an alignment stick in the ground in front of me and make sure I shot it on the opposite side.
Thank you. I have been saying my face must be too closed and I have made a mess of myself. Going back to this set up and going to work the range tomorrow.
Thanks a lot Sean...Another outstanding lesson. 👍🏻 Always fun to listen to. I like how you weave your intellect in... Birds and fish have eyes on the side, to avoid predators👏
My two main issues with irons are (a) hooking/pulling left and (b) hitting fat. The more I really emphasize taking a divot after the ball, the more compression i get, but also the more I hook. I find that if I move the ball back just right of center, I immediately get rid of the fat shots and the ball flight straightens out. In fact, having the ball back in my stance for 6 iron - through wedge, i get really straight shots with solid compression. This seems to follow the advice you're giving - keep the ball back of center. Conceptually I understand why moving the ball back helps with fat shots, but I'm not really sure why that also straightens out my ball path. Anyway, here's the issue: every article, youtube instructor, or coach instructing on the fat shot issue, says to put the ball back in your stance. Apparently, it's a good band aid but not a good long-term fixt. My question is why does the consensus appear to be to avoid moving the ball back as way of fixing fat shots? You're the first person I've seen to suggest moving the ball back of center.
Great video Shawn, exactly the issue I've been having. Hitting the ball a country mile with my irons but 20 yards left. I'd just started going down the "weaker grip/aim right and pull it left" rabbithole like you described so you posted this just in time!
Excellent video, as usual. Esp. the 10 minute mark. For years I have used your strong grip to get incredible distance and accuracy with the irons. But early experiments with the woods had me pulling with the strong grip so I have been using a less-strong grip with inconsistent results, e.g. sometimes a 250 yard drive, sometimes 300 or 310. Once 357! But inconsistent. So yesterday at the range I tried the strong grip with driver again and it has started to work. I will keep testing this, I think its the answer.
well I tried the stronger grip again today, and could not get it to work with the driver consistently. What worked better was your idea to focus on a high target.
Keep delivering with ease well through the ball and towards the target! then use the “predict solid contact and direction shawn clement” video to fine tune how strong the driver needs to be; some students need stronger grips with the woods and some need less; depends on the equipment!
I started moving the short and mid irons back in my stance a little bit to stop the pull shots. It's helping. I'll revisit this tutorial again to try to understand it better because I think it may help.
@@golflessons Quick followup. Might my lack of hinging, or lag, also be causing/part of the problem? When I feel things are right, I can hit it with feet of my target, right over a par 3 flag today.
Took this to the range and crushed 4 irons with a draw. Consciously snapping the wrists through impact was key as well. The ball rockets off the club face. Thanks Shawn!👍
Shawn, great video. I have been lowering my scores, gaining much more yardage. I just have to align better so I don’t pull the ball. This video is fantastic. Keep it up.
I have battled with pulls in the past except my misses were more like 5 yards left. It drove me crazy trying to figure out a solution. I weaken my grip a sure enough that draw turned into a fade.A fade is something that I never want to experience again. My feet , knees , hips and shoulders have always been parallel to my intended target line. When I tried aligning more out to the right that 5 yard draw turned into a 10 yard draw. Its impressive on how the brain automatically compensates for small changes. It was only after studying hours of video and looking at swing path and face angle that I figured out. Sometimes the solution is smaller than you can imagine and like many other things start at setup. In my case it was the trail arm at setup. I noticed a very straight trail arm at address which pushed my shoulders slightly open at address. This produced a straight down the line 0° swing path. This is not a desirable swing path when the face angle is slightly closed. When I added a small amount of bend in the trail elbow at address it was like magic. The swing path was 2° in to out and the ball repeatedably ended up drawing on target. The logical part of the brain was at war with the central nervous system. Set up at address straighten that trail arm then add some bend and repeat this straightening and bending . Notice how this directly affects your shoulder alignment at address. This not only affects my shoulder alignment but directly determines swing path. So yes I can most definitely relate to this video. Thank yinz
I actually felt this for once. If I pull which is about 75% of attempted draws I can feel myself not swing to the right. I hit the most beautiful fade but I get in my own head. Can carry the fade 265-270 and find the fairway every time. But I always think back to the 3 times out of 1000 I hit a perfect draw and was 300 plus. I’m an 18 handicap, got it down at one time to a 9.8. I’ve even played 2 rounds at the time of the 9.8 that solidified that I have scratch golf in me. A 1 over and a 2 over. Everything just happened was hitting 5-6 17 degree wood off the deck 220. Since that club has became a stroke gainer hit it 50 yards. Off the tee instead of sticking to the trusted fade I’m hitting it off the trees. Then I’m 3 putting. Start the round with a par or birdie because I get up hit the fade. 337 par 4 I’m inside 60 yards, boot I’m on in 2 9-10 times. 2nd hole disaster. Really no way of hitting the fade tight fairway tee box setup basically down the right side have to hit a draw that starts straight. Bang off the trees to the left 100 yards off tee box. 409 yard hole, pull the 5-6 wood 50 yards in front of me, or if I pull an iron still 2 more shots at best to get there. I’m on average double bogey. 3rd hole par 3 water surround hole. Went to a hybrid pw was a 5-6 on the hole now knocked it down to par or a 4. Par 5 next I’m good par or bogey. I just have the 3 holes that call for a draw that really wreck my card
Great video Shawn. This is exactly where I am and the "games" that I'm playing to try and correct them. My club face is only a degree or two closed, or generally square, but I'm drawing and it's also slight left. BTW, phenomenal picture quality!
Wanna say thanks my brother for addressing my biggest swing flaw. Just as you described I'm that guy totally disappointed in a shot I had complete confidence was going to the target but instead 30 yards straight left of the green under a tree in the bark dust behind a protruding root from the tree . Double for sure maybe even a six. Happens so much I've been practicing the recovery shot in anticipation of needing to scramble and stand on the tee box totally confused on what and why and how to fix it. Appreciate what you do and how you do it. Can't wait to eliminate this miss
Once again you are a mind reader Shawn! :) Just got home from a round of golf where I had good focus/success with "throwing the club". Lots of good shots, but almost most of them pretty straight left when I tried to play my stock shot (slight fade). Started to adjust my grip, but realized that was not the culprit... :)
Hi from England, Shawn. A great video on something I'm struggling with at the moment, pulling my irons off the tee left. It's infuriating! Keep up the great content.
This is a great video for that! For more details, see our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and see “alignment reload”, “blur of club” and “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” as well as “working the ball” and “draw fine tuning” videos
Hi Shawn, very useful video. My miss tends to be left and this analysis helps a lot. I’m thinking throwing the club as I’m playing right now and I don’t think I’ve ever hit the ball more solidly. Please keep the tutorials coming. Simon
@@tacticaltruth8118 try th-cam.com/video/Si7J8WRAtNE/w-d-xo.html for a start. One of Shawn’s key messages to help engage the body in delivering the club down the path of the target is throwing the club in the direction of the target. You’ll need to watch it to get the idea.
So I have had this problem at times (about a 20-30 degree straight pull). I was told by two different pros that it was; hips not rotating open before the upper body (used the tether ball wind/unwind) analogy. The other said it was club face! Much like a push (opposite of a pull) is an open club face.
BOTH CRAP!! 1-can you put your hand in the fire and swear you delivered through the ball and to the right of the intermediate point? What was the last thing going through your mind before you swung? 2-if your target is the ball, your hips will quit at impact and the hands will release too soon; if you release into the direction you want to start the ball, then your hips will continue all the way through until the club catches the hands well past the ball; IT IS INSANE WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT; AS IT YOU WERE FRIGGIN DEFECTIVE!! At our school, YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG! You are simply a product of your focus!
Great video Shawn. I am a premium channel subscriber and their is some golf gold on there. I tried for a while with the stronger grip but I was pull hooking my shots so I reverted to a neutral grip and am back to pulling shorter irons and slicing longer clubs (because I come over the top). I need to get back to the range and try again until my brain resets!!
2 range sessions and now have the consistent pull draw. A few more and my brain should reset and allow me to swing to the right making it a lovely baby draw.
OMG. Now starting toward target with a little draw, but feels like I am throwing the club 45 degrees to the right. Have had to close the face by so much. At first pull hooks then it all fell into place! Looking forward to my medal and long drive comp tomorrow. If you were British Shawn I would try and get the Queen to Knight you!!! 🤣🤣
@@peter2qg great sequence of comments here Peter! Just awesome! Thank you for taking the time to journal and posting it here; JUST SUPER!! Keep up the great work!
It kind of sounds like the inverse to the second part is true too. If you were slicing the ball, and suddenly you fixed your slice with pulled left shots all day, then you fixed your face but not your path.
Exactly! This is why face is first and you need to get some hooking going, then youy brain can say say hey, if you swing to the right, IT WILL COME BACK FOR YOU. If you can’t predict it will come back, you can’t swing right!!
Just what i needed 🤩. Been strugeling with pulling it left for the second season in a row now. I had started second guessing the glosed grip for power, due to me pulling everything left. When i hit it indoors with a launch monitor, the pulling gets worse. Hopping for this to be my fix.
@@TheSveinung582 there you go my man!! Too much homework went into this and your success is inevitable as the anatomy of your body and physics are undeniable! 😀👍👌💪👊
@@tacticaltruth8118 i got behind the ball at the address (7:01). I was alreddy doing the other tips. I still have to focus on where i want to hit the ball.
Got down to a 6 handicap. Last couple rounds has been missed gir. Chip and a putt has been my best friend haven’t been over a 2 putt so I guess the practice with that is a blessing that I’ve been getting but shot 81 on 18 and 41 on 9 yesterday. I think I hit 3 gir. Brought my handicap up from a 5.8. But I was pulling everything off the ground and pushing everything off the tee. Driver was on the stink but 5 wood was going 240 off the tee dead straight. But I’d be 130-150 consistently but couldn’t hit the green to save my life
I got very excited by the title because this is my exact problem. I have watched this video twice and it makes sense. However, while it is understandable it is not actionable. Are you suggesting to close the club face at address and use a strong grip or what? Thanks.
If you are pulling straight left; with no curve left; line up the way I show you, play the ball back of centre, feel like you are going to release 30 yards right of the target, let it go there and stay with that blur in that direction all the way to the finish. See what the ball does; if it stays right, then make the grip stronger or close the face or a bit of both as they are one of the same in dynamic motion. See also “hit a honkin’ draw to hit straight shawn clement”
@@golflessons Thank you for the reply and quick recap. Yes, for me, pulling straight left (with no curve) about 15-20 yards. I will try to put the ball in the back of the stance and see if I can utilize the blur to aim my shots. Curious if you have tried the Hogan stance (left foot stationary but right root adjusting based on club) and how that might impact ball flight. Thanks again.
Shawn your videos have really helped my game. Thanks! My 10 year old nephew is looking to learn golf. Do you have anything on how to start teaching kids golf?
See all my beginner videos! We have a great beginner series on our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and then see all our task videos to perfect that!
so what about if your absolutely blasting it with driver and its going dead straight/no curve about 30 yards left? since the ball is up in the stance, should I just move it back a little and do the blur test to make sure the club is going straight or to the right?
This is a great follow up to the video on closing the face before gripping the club. That video has helped me tremendously, except for when I don't swing enough to the right and yank it dead left. I'm going to try to visualize "swinging to the second baseman" and try to be more consistent in getting that feel. That helps when I remember to do it. Haha Another great video, brother! 👊
This video inspired a 3 part series on our premium channel called “pulling and slicing series” See “alignment reload” (key video for this one) and then expand with “blur of club”, and “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” Wisdom in golf premium.com
We have a nice video to gauge this called “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement” and on our premium channel it’s called the “goldilocks series” with the grip and club face relationship.
Once again, I really like how you simplify the whole process. Great job, Shawn! Gosh, I wish you were in the southern USA. Do you normally strengthen both hands on the club? I use a strong left hand with a weak right, so as to prevent me from using my right hand/shoulder to dominate the downswing.
Some need to do this and this year’s US open winner does exactly that and it really depends on the structure of the shoulders at the front of the rib cage and most are NOT SYMMETRICAL!
@@golflessons Probably at ball. Lower half stalls and the hands race to square it up. Rarely hit blocks just constantly over draw. And the odd left going left...and turning hard left 😁 I'm a PGA Member so have a reasonable idea. If my timings out I'm in strife...
@@lukejackson1933 ok, now we are getting somewhere! If you have not tried throwing clubs yet, you are missing out big time. See “throw the club straight shawn clement” and all my club throwing videos, there are about 5 of them. You will probably throw the club dead left (like 90 degrees left) when you start, so make sure there are no breakables that way! Once you start throwing on target, then see “predict solid contact and direction” and the “how to put the ball in the way of your swing shawn clement” video. HUGE!!
@@golflessons Indeed I'm a big fan of Jackie Burke and club tossing. I generally use it for over the top players. To show them just how far off their feel can be. I never thought a guy coming at it from 2 to 6deg inside out could benefit from it. But I'm never to old to learn new stuff. Thanks heaps. ❤️
Similar, however, ball position is different because of the tee height and the width of the club head; you want to see “driver speed and smash shawn clement”
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Thank you thank you. Played after, practicing for 3 weeks. One of the best iron striking I have done in my entire life. As I see this video, I was able to start the ball at the "red flag" but like the shots in the video above they ended up left of the red flag. Although I was left, I was pin high and way way longer (7i -175 yards). I was hitting slices for the past 20 years. Thank you. This is huge for me. Where I lost out was - yardages, wasn't hitting my wedges close, couldn't fade the ball. I will ask you a question though, by end of the round as I was able to predict so I started aiming right of my flag, but the draw immediately stopped. Ball went absolutely straight with no distance loss. Was I was pulling the it when I went straight at the target?
Shawn , You are always inline with your right wrist , never bent , with a little cup in the left wrist at the top of the backswing . Is this the correct position to be in to attack the target ?
Shawn I have the opposite feel. When I have feet square and everything else closed, my club path actually feels over the top when I swing to target. When I look on video though it is shallow very interesting
See my videos on shallowing and over the top! Your anatomy is designed for it WHEN YOU SWING TO TARGET. Swing to ball and over the top is necessary; swing to target and gone!
Great video lesson Shawn! I am struggling with my long irons slicing so I’m going to see if I can apply this technique to my practice session today. Thanks for all you do! Cheers!
I am working on Neutral grip strong face with the grass whip, because the blade is so large, you can really see how your face and swing angle work together. It’s a great training aid I purchased from wisdom in golf.
I am about to reach a whole new level in the game of golf and that is thanks to you Shawn!we are talking from hacking the ball all over the place to scratch golf!seems like an overnight accomplishment but in reality it has been a long time coming!I will share my progress and if I could ever get a lesson in person that would be amazing!I got some dead presidents burning a hole in my pocket!allow me to transfer that problem to you!…I am in Northern MN40 miles from the Canadian border!80 miles from Winnipeg!Lets do this !as the kids say!…..👌🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻👍🏻💪😁
Love your enthusiasm! Send me an email at shawnclement@me.com and we will set up some online lessons; I am very far from you for in person lessons; but have a week long program to come to you if it makes financial sense; I do about 6 of those per year in different parts of the world; you will see some options at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and click on “lessons” page
Hello Shawn! Great video again with great explanation of how to setup and "draw" a ball. Helped me a lot on the range today! As i used a pretty neutral grip with a square face for the last 6 month i recognized that - especially with driver or hybrid - when i "bowed" my left wrist, or lets say i kept the wrist pretty straight, my shots went a bit all over the place. When i started to cup the left wirst, immediately my shots transformed into a baby draw or mini fade. Is there an issue with this left wrist bowed or cupped? Many thanks, have a nice day and keep on sharing such a great content!
Straight pulls to the left have completely destroyed my game. I have no idea why I started doing this. I’ve went from a 5 hcp to a 13. I’m about ready to quit the game. So frustrating. I’ve tried to fix this with so many things that I can hardly hit the ball now solidly. This problem has completely taken the joy out of playing.
Yep same here but not as good as your handicap and also want to quit….îll try this cause i likes the neutral grip closed face idea/ strong square face and see if it can be as he said 😊
Shawn, This exact video is what I needed to see today! Okay so I have been going back and forth between a neutral grip and your strong grip. When I do your strong grip I was actually trying to position my body more like yours and then at impact I tuck my right elbow and I am getting nice contact!! Problem is though last night I just barley missed 3 par threes just left of the green, I had perfect distance but I am not figuring enough for my draw. I also been looking at things like a foot infront for the intermediate point which has been huge, So to hit the flag I angle my body is what you are saying to the right? OR should I open my stance to make up for the draw? Your instructions are the best and so far it's really helping me!
Play the ball back of centre, (Irons only) and then get behind the ball (see how to get behind the ball shawn clement) and then feel as if you are releasing to the right of the intermediate point which will feel 30 yards right and it will actually be 3 yards right. See “how to hit a honkin’ draw to hit straight shawn clement)
I think it is also important to note the importance of keeping the hands further away and higher from the body when in the backswing then shallowing when following through. Before I started to work on this no matter what I tried everything was just going straight left
I am finding that when I miss left I am coming under it sometimes, but keeping my weight on my back foot and just spinning out with my left hip….not shifting my weight first and compressing the ball,,,,,it has to do with my habit of standing with my weight on my left hip when I am not playing golf. ,,,not finishing the swing…sort of my version of reverse weight shift. I feel myself spinning out, so I automatically try to create width by dropping back and down, but my hips whip the shoulders and club around. Left sand trap all day yesterday….but not so bad with the driver…..less than half the drives were pulls….some really good long straight ones..slight fades and one slight draw
Huge series on our premium channel for you called “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” and also see “throwing the club” and “the throwing series” which are rights of passage for any golfer!
Stiff back means lack of range of motion and a lot of effort with the arms. See my “arms and body timing shawn clement” and “arm swing vs body turn shawn clement” and all the “effortless swing shawn clement” videos
Shawn. What do you mean by getting behind the ball? Are you moving your body at all? What would a front view of you addressing the ball look like when you’re behind the ball?
Would not a pull more often occur as a result of quick upper body movement to the left so the that the left shoulder goes to the left as opposed to going up? It seems to me that if one were to look at the shoulder plane during the backswing and during a pulled shot that the two planes are quite different with the follow through being much shallower due to the left shoulder going to the right instead of going up. Thanks.
You are not defective! See all my “over the top shawn clement” videos and realize that you are Pinocchio WITHOUT THE STRINGS! See “at the ball vs through the ball shawn clement” and the “throwing the club straight shawn clement” and you will see the shoulder plane magically appears when you are focused on the right task in the direction you want to start the ball.
I consistently hit balls left, that draw/curve left (rather than straight left). Is my takeway to hit straight correct? That is: close the club face, get behind the ball/slightly back in stance & aim right.
On our premium channel, the videos you want to watch are “alignment reload”, “blur of club”, “arc blur unstoppable momentum series”, “how to match backswing to ball direction” and then “draw fine tuning”
My ball position is back of center. I get behind the ball. I do not pull it left but my draw doesn't start right of the target. It starts straight and then draws. Therefore I avoid playing a draw. Should I be swinging to the right or straight?
Hi Mohanjit! If you are feeling a jice full release well past the ball and the ball is drawing a lot, then back off the grip-club face just a bit and see if the ball finally starts right and draws back to just right of target.
I’ve been using your foot in front of the ball intermediate target and it helps but I’ve found if I keep my lead arm straight as I swing to the target my accuracy is much better, is this correct or am I doing something wrong and getting the right results 🤷♂️🤣
So I have switched to more of a single plane swing. Hit the ball much better now doing this but I do seem to hit my irons to the left some not always but my miss is left. Will this help or since it’s random am I possibly coming over the top and swinging across to the left. I know probably can’t tell unless you see the swing. Also seem to hit most of my pitch shots off to the left. Thanks for any help you give in advance.
are baseball hitters single plane? why do you think they wait for the pitch with the arms up and then as they commit and step into the pitch, their arms get even farther away before shallowing out on plane on cue? because the arm anatomy was designed to do it that way. every sport, every discipline from an axe to a tennis racket to a golf club. if your arms get too low behind you because you are trying to find a position, then you will have to come back up before coming back down and through; why not take ip the width in the first place?
@@golflessons my epiphany was I noticed that I hit on the heel of the club and would hit weak shots that went right a lot. Sometimes it wasn’t bad and I’d call it a fade. When it was really bad I took a couple practice swing against a taller weed and seen the club was way out in front of it. So I did play baseball that was my sport through high school. I was really extending when I swung. Since then I’ve just went with it. Fully extending on set up and been hitting the ball in the middle of the club face and let me tell you. I’ve been hitting the furthest drives I’ve ever hit in my life. Works with the irons as well. Just my pitch shots tend to go left.
Am I the only one that's a bit confused? Maybe its the alignment stick near the ball....when you set up for a draw you dont cross the stick but the blur arc has changed to the right of intermediate target... kinda confusing. 1st time confusion has set in cuz I normally get it, ur a great teacher!
Great vid but I usually hit straight shots. I watch for fades or draws but seriously I just dont see the ball curving either way. Have others told you this also? Your a great teacher and need to take Michael Breeds place....lol.. Nothing against him but you blow him away!... imho. Keep the great teaching coming. Always looking at your channel.
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Shawn, you're videos are great, you make them understandable and relatable. Great work.
This might be one of the best golf instructional videos I've ever seen. The 1/1000 no spin comment hit me like a hammer. I've spent 30 years fighting to get to "positions" and hit the ball straight only to finally realize that the human body simply doesn't respond to position based swings.
I've been struggling with pulls and pull hooks for over two years now. It started with toe hits and while they are still there, the pulls are killing me. Thank you Shawn for adding clarity and common sense to the never ending quest to master the swing.
You go Mike!! 💪👊👍👌 Let me know how you do!
After watching several of your videos I’m convinced that it’s more about your calm mindset Shawn. You seem to have the demeanor that doesn’t panic when a poor shot is struck, and your mind calmly moves to figuring/solving the problem. So many of us panic when we strike a terrible shot and don’t understand how to correct.
I think a video on your mindset (how to calm down and pull yourself out of the abyss, if you will) is actually Part 1.
Great suggestion! How to achieve calmness out on the golf course.
The example at 9:35s is so painfully accurate of the compounding mistakes I have made in the past as an amateur golfer self diagnosing my swing "faults". Everyone needs to hear that example before attempting to correct their swing!!
insane how off traditional instruction is!
Shawn, probably the best pointers so far. Truly wisdom in golf.
There's a TON of details in this video. I had to watch this one a 2nd time and I'm glad I did. Pulling the a shot, for me, is when I come out of my tilt. Maintaining proper tilt has been engrained thanks to your instructions. But knowing the reason why it occurs is a big deal for me, so thank you for explaining these details. Tweaking the face angle from watching the ball flight, absolutely. This is simply dialing in for our individual machine. Still happily a premium member!
Right on Mark! This is a real important one!!
Thanks Shawn. Great explanation of club path and club face control. I am a premium member and am working my through the videos. This one resonates with me. Dreaded left pull is very frustrating. Probably reinforced because a successful finish has the player facing the target 90 degrees from the original alignment. Gotta stay with the club path task over the ball and intermediate target. A work in process.
Yes sir! See “Alignment reload” and “blur of club” and the whole series on “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” that are right up this alley!
As a premium channel member, I was aware of most of the content of this video dealing with hitting a draw shot. What I didn’t pick up on previously was your explanation here about having your shoulders, hips oriented to the right of the intermediate point. I have been trying to hit through the ball to the right of the intermediate point with my body oriented Square to the target line.
Good realization! The hammer drill video on premium is awesome for that!😀👍
As a huge fan of the late great Mike Austin/Mike Dunaway teaching, one thing I always admired about your swing is it is from the ground up. I found out about a year ago I’ve been swinging for fifty years the wrong way (from the top down instead of bottom up) I have several of your DVDS with dust in the closet. Guess I’ll take another peak 😂
Brilliant, just brilliant!
You've helped me bring back real feel into my swing by eliminating the doubt of where/why/when was my next pull left going to be.
Thank you for sharing your know-how, it is greatly appreciated.
You bet! 😀👍🫶
I've been playing for over 40 years. Came across one of your videos last week and they just resonated with me. Was able to go to the range today and try some of your swing thoughts. Best bucket of balls I've hit in years. On average I was hitting my irons 20 yards further. The most interesting part is that my misses were not nearly as off target. I'm looking forward to my next round of golf. Thanks!
Yes sir Andy! That is what makes golf fun! Anticipating how to apply on course and liking your chops as to the possibilities! 👍😀
Great video Shawn!
Neutral grip closed club face = strong grip straight club face! Now that’s word of wisdom
Thanks!
hey Jack! thank you for the contribution, much appreciated! Looks like things are sinking in?
Just tried closing club face and nine iron gone from 115 to 146 absolutely amazing cheers Pete Roberts from England 😊
Now there is what you call an AH HA moment!🫶😀👍👊💪
Shawn, absolutely love your videos. You are a wizard of an instructor! The way you explain each step and make it relatable to us mere mortals is a step above the rest. Bravo! 👏
I appreciate that! Thank you Chris!
Absolutely brilliant explanation and application! Thank you!
This is a solid video, yes! thanks for the comment! 😀👍
I just found your you tube station and find your instruction very helpful. I look forward to trying this on the range. I do pull straight left at times and will try your fix. Thanks!
You will love it James! 👍😀
Great video for alignment. I watch this periodically as needed 😊
This is so huge! This is the main reason that golfers have all their issues of path!
It is so nice that I can come home from a frustrating evening on the range, type in my problem, and receive a solution. Thank you. I am sure it’s on the premium channel but typed it in here and found it immediately.
You bet!!👍👍
That fixed it thank you.
I still revert back to the wrong way every now and again and I miss left. As soon as I do I know what I’ve done wrong and the rest of me round is great. Finally got to scratch after 39 years of playing. Thanks Shawn 👍🏻👏
Yeah man! Way to go!! 👊💪👌👍😀
Shawn, I found you by accident looking on TH-cam ( as I always do ) to help me with some of the problems with my game. Never heard of you before but you have to be one of the best in actually explaining Good techniques and keeping it simple!
Your videos have helped my game tremendously. Too bad I’m in Vancouver, I’d definitely come see you for lessons! Keep up the good work
So glad you found me! Enjoy!👍😀
Beautifully explained.
Thank you. That's exactly what's happened to my drives over the past few games. Drove me nuts yesterday with all the pull shots left. Now I've got something to work on to get my drives back in the fairway.
Yeah man! Either apply to the draw or play the power fade! See “how to hit the power fade shawn clement”
Merci M. Clement pour vos contributions généreuses au bénéfice des passionnés du golf. Je dois avoir écouté des dizaines d'heures de vos excellentes vidéos, et je les recommandes à chaque occasion pertinente qui se présente.
En particulier, celui-ci tombe à pique. J'ai récemment abandonné un swing à la Moe Norman ou à la Bryson DeChambeau pour retourner à un swing plus régulier. Mais pour fonctionner, je dois non seulement avoir une prise très forte, je dois aussi fermer le club en plus. Or, avec le «lie» du bâton qui qui ne repose pas bien sur le sol, et avec un débalancement dans la swing que ça me procure, je n'y arrivais pas. Puis, j'ai eu une idée : si j'avance mes mains vers l'avant, je peux fermer la tête du bâton tout en maintenant la face du baton en direction de ma cible. J'ai l'effet secondaire désirable d'être encouragé à maintenir le «lag» dans ma swing...
Que pensez-vous de ce genre d'ajustement - il est inspiré de vos instructions, sans que c'en fusse une.
NB : il semble que vous ayez déjà enseigner à l'Île des Sœurs alors que j'habitais Verdun. Dommage que je vous aies manqué. :)
Great video!
I had my ah ha moment with this last weekend thinking about your kettle bell practice. One thing I had to do was stick an alignment stick in the ground in front of me and make sure I shot it on the opposite side.
This is perfect! Thankyou very much
Thank you. I have been saying my face must be too closed and I have made a mess of myself. Going back to this set up and going to work the range tomorrow.
Go for it and let us know how you do!
Thanks a lot Sean...Another outstanding lesson. 👍🏻 Always fun to listen to. I like how you weave your intellect in... Birds and fish have eyes on the side, to avoid predators👏
Wow brilliant explanation.
loved the vid and this is me oddly mainly with wedges?
Cant wait to give this a try and 👍
Timely for me, too. Thanks, Shawn.
Very timely lesson for me! Thanks!
My two main issues with irons are (a) hooking/pulling left and (b) hitting fat. The more I really emphasize taking a divot after the ball, the more compression i get, but also the more I hook. I find that if I move the ball back just right of center, I immediately get rid of the fat shots and the ball flight straightens out. In fact, having the ball back in my stance for 6 iron - through wedge, i get really straight shots with solid compression. This seems to follow the advice you're giving - keep the ball back of center. Conceptually I understand why moving the ball back helps with fat shots, but I'm not really sure why that also straightens out my ball path. Anyway, here's the issue: every article, youtube instructor, or coach instructing on the fat shot issue, says to put the ball back in your stance. Apparently, it's a good band aid but not a good long-term fixt. My question is why does the consensus appear to be to avoid moving the ball back as way of fixing fat shots? You're the first person I've seen to suggest moving the ball back of center.
Draw back-Fade forward! It’s the way the HUMAN BODY IS MADE. See my “ball position bible shawn clement” video!
Thank you Shawn, I am seeing some improvement in my game!
Great video Shawn, exactly the issue I've been having. Hitting the ball a country mile with my irons but 20 yards left. I'd just started going down the "weaker grip/aim right and pull it left" rabbithole like you described so you posted this just in time!
Right on Martin! Saved from a good tail chasing!! 😀👍😝👌💪👊
@@golflessons exactly 🤣
Have this problem frequently. Thanks for the help.
Joe!! Good to see you man!! Glad I could help!!
@@golflessons 👍 Range tomorrow.
Thank you Shawn. I've seen this mentioned before, but you have explained it perfectly.
Great video 👍
Love your show
Excellent video, as usual. Esp. the 10 minute mark. For years I have used your strong grip to get incredible distance and accuracy with the irons. But early experiments with the woods had me pulling with the strong grip so I have been using a less-strong grip with inconsistent results, e.g. sometimes a 250 yard drive, sometimes 300 or 310. Once 357! But inconsistent. So yesterday at the range I tried the strong grip with driver again and it has started to work. I will keep testing this, I think its the answer.
well I tried the stronger grip again today, and could not get it to work with the driver consistently. What worked better was your idea to focus on a high target.
Keep delivering with ease well through the ball and towards the target! then use the “predict solid contact and direction shawn clement” video to fine tune how strong the driver needs to be; some students need stronger grips with the woods and some need less; depends on the equipment!
I started moving the short and mid irons back in my stance a little bit to stop the pull shots. It's helping. I'll revisit this tutorial again to try to understand it better because I think it may help.
You bet it will! Huge homework in this!! See it as many times as you need to get your light bulb moment!
@@golflessons Quick followup. Might my lack of hinging, or lag, also be causing/part of the problem? When I feel things are right, I can hit it with feet of my target, right over a par 3 flag today.
Excellent ..I,v e been doing this for quite a while ..and it works.. 2 thumbs up.💯
Yeah man! Awesome! 😀👍👌💪🫶
Took this to the range and crushed 4 irons with a draw. Consciously snapping the wrists through impact was key as well. The ball rockets off the club face. Thanks Shawn!👍
Good stuff Todd! 👍👌💪
Shawn, great video. I have been lowering my scores, gaining much more yardage. I just have to align better so I don’t pull the ball. This video is fantastic. Keep it up.
Keep it up!👍👍
Love your video! Very simple to understand your instructions. Keep it coming
I have battled with pulls in the past except my misses were more like 5 yards left. It drove me crazy trying to figure out a solution. I weaken my grip a sure enough that draw turned into a fade.A fade is something that I never want to experience again. My feet , knees , hips and shoulders have always been parallel to my intended target line. When I tried aligning more out to the right that 5 yard draw turned into a 10 yard draw. Its impressive on how the brain automatically compensates for small changes. It was only after studying hours of video and looking at swing path and face angle that I figured out. Sometimes the solution is smaller than you can imagine and like many other things start at setup. In my case it was the trail arm at setup. I noticed a very straight trail arm at address which pushed my shoulders slightly open at address. This produced a straight down the line 0° swing path. This is not a desirable swing path when the face angle is slightly closed. When I added a small amount of bend in the trail elbow at address it was like magic. The swing path was 2° in to out and the ball repeatedably ended up drawing on target. The logical part of the brain was at war with the central nervous system. Set up at address straighten that trail arm then add some bend and repeat this straightening and bending . Notice how this directly affects your shoulder alignment at address. This not only affects my shoulder alignment but directly determines swing path. So yes I can most definitely relate to this video.
Thank yinz
Great post Mike! Exactly why I did it!
Great video for direction alignment.
I actually felt this for once. If I pull which is about 75% of attempted draws I can feel myself not swing to the right. I hit the most beautiful fade but I get in my own head. Can carry the fade 265-270 and find the fairway every time. But I always think back to the 3 times out of 1000 I hit a perfect draw and was 300 plus. I’m an 18 handicap, got it down at one time to a 9.8. I’ve even played 2 rounds at the time of the 9.8 that solidified that I have scratch golf in me. A 1 over and a 2 over. Everything just happened was hitting 5-6 17 degree wood off the deck 220. Since that club has became a stroke gainer hit it 50 yards. Off the tee instead of sticking to the trusted fade I’m hitting it off the trees. Then I’m 3 putting. Start the round with a par or birdie because I get up hit the fade. 337 par 4 I’m inside 60 yards, boot I’m on in 2 9-10 times. 2nd hole disaster. Really no way of hitting the fade tight fairway tee box setup basically down the right side have to hit a draw that starts straight. Bang off the trees to the left 100 yards off tee box. 409 yard hole, pull the 5-6 wood 50 yards in front of me, or if I pull an iron still 2 more shots at best to get there. I’m on average double bogey. 3rd hole par 3 water surround hole. Went to a hybrid pw was a 5-6 on the hole now knocked it down to par or a 4. Par 5 next I’m good par or bogey. I just have the 3 holes that call for a draw that really wreck my card
Great video Shawn. This is exactly where I am and the "games" that I'm playing to try and correct them. My club face is only a degree or two closed, or generally square, but I'm drawing and it's also slight left. BTW, phenomenal picture quality!
Right on Ron! You are getting close!
Brilliant ,Thank you, I've been struggling with a dead pull 4 to 5 times a round, Thank you again, totally understood everything you stated!
Yessir! I have done my homework and have listened to my peeps! 😀😀
Wanna say thanks my brother for addressing my biggest swing flaw. Just as you described I'm that guy totally disappointed in a shot I had complete confidence was going to the target but instead 30 yards straight left of the green under a tree in the bark dust behind a protruding root from the tree . Double for sure maybe even a six. Happens so much I've been practicing the recovery shot in anticipation of needing to scramble and stand on the tee box totally confused on what and why and how to fix it. Appreciate what you do and how you do it. Can't wait to eliminate this miss
Right on Walter! I can hear the relief in your words!
I've been fighting this for some time. Thank you for the video. Going to try it out next range session.
Once again you are a mind reader Shawn! :) Just got home from a round of golf where I had good focus/success with "throwing the club". Lots of good shots, but almost most of them pretty straight left when I tried to play my stock shot (slight fade). Started to adjust my grip, but realized that was not the culprit... :)
I am glad you saw this one then! 😀👍👌
What do you mean by “throwing the club”? Thanks.
@@tacticaltruth8118 Shawn has many videos on this focus e.g. this th-cam.com/video/Si7J8WRAtNE/w-d-xo.html
Hi from England, Shawn. A great video on something I'm struggling with at the moment, pulling my irons off the tee left. It's infuriating! Keep up the great content.
This is a great video for that! For more details, see our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and see “alignment reload”, “blur of club” and “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” as well as “working the ball” and “draw fine tuning” videos
Hi Shawn, very useful video. My miss tends to be left and this analysis helps a lot. I’m thinking throwing the club as I’m playing right now and I don’t think I’ve ever hit the ball more solidly. Please keep the tutorials coming. Simon
Right on Simon! Pass it on! 😀👍
What do you mean by “throwing the club”? Thanks.
@@tacticaltruth8118 try th-cam.com/video/Si7J8WRAtNE/w-d-xo.html for a start. One of Shawn’s key messages to help engage the body in delivering the club down the path of the target is throwing the club in the direction of the target. You’ll need to watch it to get the idea.
@@tacticaltruth8118 see “throw the club straight shawn clement” 😀👍
@@golflessons Watched the video. Got it. Thank you. Now, that tip is “actionable”.
So I have had this problem at times (about a 20-30 degree straight pull). I was told by two different pros that it was; hips not rotating open before the upper body (used the tether ball wind/unwind) analogy. The other said it was club face! Much like a push (opposite of a pull) is an open club face.
BOTH CRAP!!
1-can you put your hand in the fire and swear you delivered through the ball and to the right of the intermediate point? What was the last thing going through your mind before you swung?
2-if your target is the ball, your hips will quit at impact and the hands will release too soon; if you release into the direction you want to start the ball, then your hips will continue all the way through until the club catches the hands well past the ball; IT IS INSANE WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT; AS IT YOU WERE FRIGGIN DEFECTIVE!! At our school, YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG! You are simply a product of your focus!
Great stuff!
Great video Shawn. I am a premium channel subscriber and their is some golf gold on there. I tried for a while with the stronger grip but I was pull hooking my shots so I reverted to a neutral grip and am back to pulling shorter irons and slicing longer clubs (because I come over the top). I need to get back to the range and try again until my brain resets!!
2 range sessions and now have the consistent pull draw. A few more and my brain should reset and allow me to swing to the right making it a lovely baby draw.
OMG. Now starting toward target with a little draw, but feels like I am throwing the club 45 degrees to the right. Have had to close the face by so much. At first pull hooks then it all fell into place! Looking forward to my medal and long drive comp tomorrow. If you were British Shawn I would try and get the Queen to Knight you!!! 🤣🤣
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@@peter2qg great sequence of comments here Peter! Just awesome! Thank you for taking the time to journal and posting it here; JUST SUPER!! Keep up the great work!
It kind of sounds like the inverse to the second part is true too. If you were slicing the ball, and suddenly you fixed your slice with pulled left shots all day, then you fixed your face but not your path.
Exactly! This is why face is first and you need to get some hooking going, then youy brain can say say hey, if you swing to the right, IT WILL COME BACK FOR YOU. If you can’t predict it will come back, you can’t swing right!!
Just what i needed 🤩. Been strugeling with pulling it left for the second season in a row now. I had started second guessing the glosed grip for power, due to me pulling everything left. When i hit it indoors with a launch monitor, the pulling gets worse. Hopping for this to be my fix.
It totaly worked, Even with long irons!👏
@@TheSveinung582 there you go my man!! Too much homework went into this and your success is inevitable as the anatomy of your body and physics are undeniable! 😀👍👌💪👊
@@TheSveinung582 What worked. What did you do/change?
@@tacticaltruth8118 i got behind the ball at the address (7:01). I was alreddy doing the other tips. I still have to focus on where i want to hit the ball.
I need this lesson so much! Got our blue t( back tee ) scratch cup round on Saturday and pulling bad at the moment.
This will straighten you right out!!😀👍👌💪
Got down to a 6 handicap. Last couple rounds has been missed gir. Chip and a putt has been my best friend haven’t been over a 2 putt so I guess the practice with that is a blessing that I’ve been getting but shot 81 on 18 and 41 on 9 yesterday. I think I hit 3 gir. Brought my handicap up from a 5.8. But I was pulling everything off the ground and pushing everything off the tee. Driver was on the stink but 5 wood was going 240 off the tee dead straight. But I’d be 130-150 consistently but couldn’t hit the green to save my life
Right on! The Cream always rises to the top!
Love this. I can't wait to have a practice,and see what comes of it.
Any tips on be able to gain height with irons?
Hey Gary! Yes, see “best lesson I ever got from Moe Norman Shawn Clement”
I got very excited by the title because this is my exact problem. I have watched this video twice and it makes sense. However, while it is understandable it is not actionable. Are you suggesting to close the club face at address and use a strong grip or what? Thanks.
If you are pulling straight left; with no curve left; line up the way I show you, play the ball back of centre, feel like you are going to release 30 yards right of the target, let it go there and stay with that blur in that direction all the way to the finish. See what the ball does; if it stays right, then make the grip stronger or close the face or a bit of both as they are one of the same in dynamic motion. See also “hit a honkin’ draw to hit straight shawn clement”
@@golflessons Thank you for the reply and quick recap. Yes, for me, pulling straight left (with no curve) about 15-20 yards. I will try to put the ball in the back of the stance and see if I can utilize the blur to aim my shots. Curious if you have tried the Hogan stance (left foot stationary but right root adjusting based on club) and how that might impact ball flight. Thanks again.
Shawn your videos have really helped my game. Thanks! My 10 year old nephew is looking to learn golf. Do you have anything on how to start teaching kids golf?
See all my beginner videos! We have a great beginner series on our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and then see all our task videos to perfect that!
so what about if your absolutely blasting it with driver and its going dead straight/no curve about 30 yards left? since the ball is up in the stance, should I just move it back a little and do the blur test to make sure the club is going straight or to the right?
See all my driver videos; different animal! See “driver speed and smash shawn clement” and “high draw driver shawn clement”
This is a great follow up to the video on closing the face before gripping the club. That video has helped me tremendously, except for when I don't swing enough to the right and yank it dead left. I'm going to try to visualize "swinging to the second baseman" and try to be more consistent in getting that feel. That helps when I remember to do it. Haha Another great video, brother! 👊
Yessir man! You dig in!! 😀👍
Thanks for the help
This video inspired a 3 part series on our premium channel called “pulling and slicing series” See “alignment reload” (key video for this one) and then expand with “blur of club”, and “arc blur unstoppable momentum series”
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I started doing that grip thing with driver and it went very well, I didn't think I would need it with my irons aswell, perhaps I should test it
We have a nice video to gauge this called “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement” and on our premium channel it’s called the “goldilocks series” with the grip and club face relationship.
Why does the ball disappear in mid air at 7:57 and 10:30? How can I do that shot? Does it reappear in the cup?
Once again, I really like how you simplify the whole process. Great job, Shawn! Gosh, I wish you were in the southern USA. Do you normally strengthen both hands on the club? I use a strong left hand with a weak right, so as to prevent me from using my right hand/shoulder to dominate the downswing.
Some need to do this and this year’s US open winner does exactly that and it really depends on the structure of the shoulders at the front of the rib cage and most are NOT SYMMETRICAL!
@@golflessons How do I figure out which one to do? (both hands strong or left strong and right weak)
@@michaelgenovese8501 both hands strong is much better!
My divot is 30 deg right, ball starts at target going left. Has done all my life. Definitely take the right side of the course out of play. 😁
Where do you feel peak speed? At the ball or towards the target?
@@golflessons Probably at ball. Lower half stalls and the hands race to square it up. Rarely hit blocks just constantly over draw. And the odd left going left...and turning hard left 😁
I'm a PGA Member so have a reasonable idea. If my timings out I'm in strife...
@@lukejackson1933 ok, now we are getting somewhere! If you have not tried throwing clubs yet, you are missing out big time. See “throw the club straight shawn clement” and all my club throwing videos, there are about 5 of them. You will probably throw the club dead left (like 90 degrees left) when you start, so make sure there are no breakables that way! Once you start throwing on target, then see “predict solid contact and direction” and the “how to put the ball in the way of your swing shawn clement” video. HUGE!!
@@golflessons Indeed I'm a big fan of Jackie Burke and club tossing. I generally use it for over the top players. To show them just how far off their feel can be. I never thought a guy coming at it from 2 to 6deg inside out could benefit from it. But I'm never to old to learn new stuff. Thanks heaps. ❤️
Is that concept the same for driver?
Similar, however, ball position is different because of the tee height and the width of the club head; you want to see “driver speed and smash shawn clement”
Need all the help I can get!!!!
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Thank you thank you. Played after, practicing for 3 weeks. One of the best iron striking I have done in my entire life. As I see this video, I was able to start the ball at the "red flag" but like the shots in the video above they ended up left of the red flag. Although I was left, I was pin high and way way longer (7i -175 yards). I was hitting slices for the past 20 years. Thank you. This is huge for me. Where I lost out was - yardages, wasn't hitting my wedges close, couldn't fade the ball.
I will ask you a question though, by end of the round as I was able to predict so I started aiming right of my flag, but the draw immediately stopped. Ball went absolutely straight with no distance loss. Was I was pulling the it when I went straight at the target?
RELEASE to the right; don’t place or steer that way! 😝
@@golflessonsGot it!
Ahh ha!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Thanks!!!
Shawn , You are always inline with your right wrist , never bent , with a little cup in the left wrist at the top of the backswing . Is this the correct position to be in to attack the target ?
Everyone is different; the key is a full load and full release with full abandon!
Houston we have a problem ; still with a hook but it’s crazy long and sounds like a good hit
If you feel that you released well past the ball, and this is consistent, and it hooks consistently, then the grip-club relationship is too closed.
Shawn I have the opposite feel. When I have feet square and everything else closed, my club path actually feels over the top when I swing to target. When I look on video though it is shallow very interesting
See my videos on shallowing and over the top! Your anatomy is designed for it WHEN YOU SWING TO TARGET. Swing to ball and over the top is necessary; swing to target and gone!
Great video lesson Shawn! I am struggling with my long irons slicing so I’m going to see if I can apply this technique to my practice session today. Thanks for all you do! Cheers!
What technique did you get from this video? I can’t figure it out. Thanks.
I am working on Neutral grip strong face with the grass whip, because the blade is so large, you can really see how your face and swing angle work together. It’s a great training aid I purchased from wisdom in golf.
Awesome! Yes! see “grass whip training to see it! Thanks Big Red!
I am about to reach a whole new level in the game of golf and that is thanks to you Shawn!we are talking from hacking the ball all over the place to scratch golf!seems like an overnight accomplishment but in reality it has been a long time coming!I will share my progress and if I could ever get a lesson in person that would be amazing!I got some dead presidents burning a hole in my pocket!allow me to transfer that problem to you!…I am in Northern MN40 miles from the Canadian border!80 miles from Winnipeg!Lets do this !as the kids say!…..👌🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻👍🏻💪😁
Love your enthusiasm! Send me an email at shawnclement@me.com and we will set up some online lessons; I am very far from you for in person lessons; but have a week long program to come to you if it makes financial sense; I do about 6 of those per year in different parts of the world; you will see some options at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and click on “lessons” page
Hello Shawn! Great video again with great explanation of how to setup and "draw" a ball. Helped me a lot on the range today! As i used a pretty neutral grip with a square face for the last 6 month i recognized that - especially with driver or hybrid - when i "bowed" my left wrist, or lets say i kept the wrist pretty straight, my shots went a bit all over the place. When i started to cup the left wirst, immediately my shots transformed into a baby draw or mini fade. Is there an issue with this left wrist bowed or cupped?
Many thanks, have a nice day and keep on sharing such a great content!
Hey Thomas! See my “Bowed vs cupped wrists shawn clement” and “the most powerful wrist position in golf shawn clement”
Straight pulls to the left have completely destroyed my game. I have no idea why I started doing this. I’ve went from a 5 hcp to a 13. I’m about ready to quit the game. So frustrating. I’ve tried to fix this with so many things that I can hardly hit the ball now solidly. This problem has completely taken the joy out of playing.
Apply what I show in here and you are good! 😀👍
Yep same here but not as good as your handicap and also want to quit….îll try this cause i likes the neutral grip closed face idea/ strong square face and see if it can be as he said 😊
Shawn, This exact video is what I needed to see today! Okay so I have been going back and forth between a neutral grip and your strong grip. When I do your strong grip I was actually trying to position my body more like yours and then at impact I tuck my right elbow and I am getting nice contact!! Problem is though last night I just barley missed 3 par threes just left of the green, I had perfect distance but I am not figuring enough for my draw. I also been looking at things like a foot infront for the intermediate point which has been huge, So to hit the flag I angle my body is what you are saying to the right? OR should I open my stance to make up for the draw? Your instructions are the best and so far it's really helping me!
Play the ball back of centre, (Irons only) and then get behind the ball (see how to get behind the ball shawn clement) and then feel as if you are releasing to the right of the intermediate point which will feel 30 yards right and it will actually be 3 yards right. See “how to hit a honkin’ draw to hit straight shawn clement)
I think it is also important to note the importance of keeping the hands further away and higher from the body when in the backswing then shallowing when following through. Before I started to work on this no matter what I tried everything was just going straight left
Shawn, do you recommend playing long irons and metals a little further back in the stance as well?
Long irons yes! But not woods and hybrids because of the shallow face and wide body heads!
I am finding that when I miss left I am coming under it sometimes, but keeping my weight on my back foot and just spinning out with my left hip….not shifting my weight first and compressing the ball,,,,,it has to do with my habit of standing with my weight on my left hip when I am not playing golf. ,,,not finishing the swing…sort of my version of reverse weight shift. I feel myself spinning out, so I automatically try to create width by dropping back and down, but my hips whip the shoulders and club around. Left sand trap all day yesterday….but not so bad with the driver…..less than half the drives were pulls….some really good long straight ones..slight fades and one slight draw
Huge series on our premium channel for you called “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” and also see “throwing the club” and “the throwing series” which are rights of passage for any golfer!
I finished playing with a stiff lower back and pulling the ball left
Is the swing causing the sore back or is the stiff back causing the pull ?
Stiff back means lack of range of motion and a lot of effort with the arms. See my “arms and body timing shawn clement” and “arm swing vs body turn shawn clement” and all the “effortless swing shawn clement” videos
Thank you I will check them out
Shawn. What do you mean by getting behind the ball? Are you moving your body at all? What would a front view of you addressing the ball look like when you’re behind the ball?
Hi Gerald! See “how to get behind the ball shawn clement”; you will live it!!
Would not a pull more often occur as a result of quick upper body movement to the left so the that the left shoulder goes to the left as opposed to going up? It seems to me that if one were to look at the shoulder plane during the backswing and during a pulled shot that the two planes are quite different with the follow through being much shallower due to the left shoulder going to the right instead of going up. Thanks.
You are not defective! See all my “over the top shawn clement” videos and realize that you are Pinocchio WITHOUT THE STRINGS! See “at the ball vs through the ball shawn clement” and the “throwing the club straight shawn clement” and you will see the shoulder plane magically appears when you are focused on the right task in the direction you want to start the ball.
when you close the club face closed, do you also align your hips and shoulders closed also.
Don’t think body parts! Think about the line you want to start the ball on and allow the hips and shoulders to adjust to that!
I consistently hit balls left, that draw/curve left (rather than straight left). Is my takeway to hit straight correct? That is: close the club face, get behind the ball/slightly back in stance & aim right.
On our premium channel, the videos you want to watch are “alignment reload”, “blur of club”, “arc blur unstoppable momentum series”, “how to match backswing to ball direction” and then “draw fine tuning”
My ball position is back of center. I get behind the ball. I do not pull it left but my draw doesn't start right of the target. It starts straight and then draws. Therefore I avoid playing a draw. Should I be swinging to the right or straight?
Hi Mohanjit! If you are feeling a jice full release well past the ball and the ball is drawing a lot, then back off the grip-club face just a bit and see if the ball finally starts right and draws back to just right of target.
I’ve been using your foot in front of the ball intermediate target and it helps but I’ve found if I keep my lead arm straight as I swing to the target my accuracy is much better, is this correct or am I doing something wrong and getting the right results 🤷♂️🤣
So I have switched to more of a single plane swing. Hit the ball much better now doing this but I do seem to hit my irons to the left some not always but my miss is left. Will this help or since it’s random am I possibly coming over the top and swinging across to the left. I know probably can’t tell unless you see the swing. Also seem to hit most of my pitch shots off to the left. Thanks for any help you give in advance.
are baseball hitters single plane? why do you think they wait for the pitch with the arms up and then as they commit and step into the pitch, their arms get even farther away before shallowing out on plane on cue? because the arm anatomy was designed to do it that way. every sport, every discipline from an axe to a tennis racket to a golf club. if your arms get too low behind you because you are trying to find a position, then you will have to come back up before coming back down and through; why not take ip the width in the first place?
@@golflessons my epiphany was I noticed that I hit on the heel of the club and would hit weak shots that went right a lot. Sometimes it wasn’t bad and I’d call it a fade. When it was really bad I took a couple practice swing against a taller weed and seen the club was way out in front of it. So I did play baseball that was my sport through high school. I was really extending when I swung. Since then I’ve just went with it. Fully extending on set up and been hitting the ball in the middle of the club face and let me tell you. I’ve been hitting the furthest drives I’ve ever hit in my life. Works with the irons as well. Just my pitch shots tend to go left.
I always enjoy your lessons but struggle to put them into action. Guess I need more range time!
You need to let go of all the other stuff going on in your head! Go full out Wisdom!👍😀
If you have a closed club face and have the ball up in your stance (front foot), does this lead to snap hooks?
Asking for a friend...
Yes, if the ball is forward of centre and you are trying to hit a draw, then prepare for some pull hooks!
This is dead on!!
Thanks Mr. Lee! 😀👍🤛🏾
How I fix my shank: aim 50 yards right 👍🏽 love the baseball swing analogy
Am I the only one that's a bit confused? Maybe its the alignment stick near the ball....when you set up for a draw you dont cross the stick but the blur arc has changed to the right of intermediate target... kinda confusing. 1st time confusion has set in cuz I normally get it, ur a great teacher!
Same as usual; it is because of the ball position back of centre that the ball can start right! See “Working the ball shawn clement”
Great vid but I usually hit straight shots. I watch for fades or draws but seriously I just dont see the ball curving either way. Have others told you this also? Your a great teacher and need to take Michael Breeds place....lol..
Nothing against him but you blow him away!... imho. Keep the great teaching coming. Always looking at your channel.
thank you for the great vote of confidence Greg! 👍👊😀