Thanks Mark! 👍🫶 Pass the word! We have an awesome premium channel where people will find my life’s work for just $9.95 a month or way less than an hour lesson with me! Wisdom in golf premium.com
Been a Shawn convert for over 12 months. To say Shawn's teaching has made a huge difference is an understatement!! Now I really really enjoy my golf. Of all my learnings a correct grip is fundamental - no it's the key to succes in golf for me. This includes success with those 10m chips, 80m wedges and those 250m bombs. Do try it!!
Hey Shawn, thanks for taking the time to reply. I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things that open the face…wrist hinge(extension of lead wrist), shallowing the club, forward shaft lean. So many players come over the top because it’s their subconscious trying to compensate for an open clubface. The stronger grip or just shutting the face helps to offset all these things. The clubface is so important
Sean, you are the only instructors I take heed to when it comes to grip. I have followed your lessons since ‘Knife the Grip’ and you never disappoint. As always, I highly appreciate you wisdom. Would love you to do a segment on the right hand next. Cheers.
I'm really looking forward to my Spanish golf trip. After all the tips you've done Shawn I feel I'm hitting the ball even stronger. Thanks for all your good teaching, and keep the good videos 👍🏼👏👏👏👏👏🏌⛳️🏆
I’m going to try this out today and will watch ‘knife the grip’ too! Thanks for all this info, my game is improving just by watching your videos. Trying to keep it simply….
congrats Riley...used to do BMX racing back in the 1980s...was pretty good at it also....placed in the top 3 one year at what was called "New England Nationals", if memory serves me correct! Raced in 2 different classes and got trophies in both! Had 1 bike, practiced and raced with that thing, while almost every other competitor showed up with trailers full of bikes and sponsored equipment etc....thanks for all you bring us here on youtube Shawn, Mu and Sav!
I have watched numerous golf videos from a variety of sources & not once(until now) have I seen the recommendation to place the left hand thumb down the center of the shaft.
Slight. Inside, not on top; the tip of the thumb is close to on top; BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT IS THE BLOODY FUNCTIONALITY OF THE GRIP THAT IS THE ISSUE, NOT WHERE THEY TELL YOU TO PLACE YOUR DIGITS PINOCCHIO STYLE!!!
Hi Shawn. These online tutorials are a revelation! Been watching so much of the "classic" teaching which emphasises the what but not the why. Your explanations and examples across other sports have helped me to simplify so much of my swing. Played yesterday with the mantra of just cutting grass in the direction I wanted to start the ball and was hitting more consistently and with greater power. Not my best score ever - a 6ft putt still costs the same as a 200yd drive - but a more satisfying round and without the stiffness the next day as my swing is now what works for me not anyone else! Thanks again. 👍
Shawn thanks for all the great video's, until today I was not have great success as I had not used the grip you teach. As I have a tendency to hook or pull the ball, Your grip being very strong I avoided it until today at the range. Oh my god I've never hit the ball so well the sound it made was so crisp a noise I'd never heard before. The ball went so far and at the target well past the target. I had to post a comment just to thank you for all your time spent making these videos. I still can't get over the sound. Thanks Tim
@shawnclement THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. Ive tinkered with my grip over and over, I just tried this and played one of the best and carefree rounds ever.
Congratulations on your son's success. BMX is a very demanding and challenging sport. I'm a bit of a classicist as far as swings are concerned and as I'm sure you know, yours is not right out of a textbook. However, the more I've looked at it the more that I've come to appreciate its areas of mechanical soundness and its overall efficiency. You're impact is particularly impressive for it's consistency seemingly throughout the bag. Just thought that I'd relay my progressive evolution of appreciation for your move. Cheers.
Right on Timothy! Thank you and it would be textbook for the 1960’s era; which is coming completely back in vogue as we speak as Bryson is now swinging like Jack and Sam Snead!
Thank you For this video Shawn! Somewhere along the line my grip became lazy and my thumb position shortened, not allowing the club and wrist to unhinge naturally. Going to watch Knife the grip:)
Thanks, am off to the range in 8 hours and will put this into action. Hope you're enjoying the BMX -- my cousin was an Australian BMX junior champion in the 1980s and now her son is riding BMX and she's doing MTB comps in her 40s. It's fun to watch.
Strong left hand hammer grip has given me so much more power. Thanks! Shawn, can you consider a video about releasing the head through impact? I have learned through pain and several visits to my chiropractor that I keep my head down too long which has caused my neck problems. If I don’t move towards an Annika head release I’m probably done with golf. Thanks!
This very thing has been one of my biggest pet peeves all my teaching career. Just type “head down shawn clement” in the search box on youtube and you will have a ton of info to save that neck of yours and add more effortless power!
Another great video Shawn! I always thought that you should grip the golf club in a natural way like a suitcase, briefcase or a tennis racket and thanks to you I won't be listening to anyone else about it anymore! One thing is the relation of the grip to the club face, I assume that you should turn the face about 45 degrees, could you confirm this or point to the video that definitely explains this issue?
You would simply turn the club more open or more closed depending upon the curve in the flight you would like to see. Please see “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement” and on our premium channel, it would be “predict contact” then “the goldie locks series” and our ongoing “unstoppable momentum series” which is going through in detail the same aspects.
Youy. are such a creatively wonderful teacher. Amazing. One question: You emphasize the toe up in the air for iron shots. Another teacher emphasizes the sole flat on the ground at contact. Doesn't the toe-up cause the club to close more when it reaches the turf? Also, do you recommend keeping the driver slightly toe-up as well? Again, thank you for you constantly unfolding wisdom and generosity.
hey Gene! the goal with the irons is when you deliver the turf into the target, that the sole of the club is plus or minus 3 degrees to the grass; and woods are not flat bottomed like irons, so this does not apply there. and no, the toe up can still fade and slice the ball!
Great video Shawn! I’m a premium subscriber on your website and I know in some videos on TH-cam you said savannah uses a stronger lead hand grip than what you have been teaching. Is there a video you have of where you break down when it is better to use a stronger than normal lead hand grip and the pros and cons of a stronger grip?
Hi Ryan! See the first video in the “consistency series” and then see the grip-club relationship tweaking in the “goldie locks series” and then have fun with “fade fine tuning” and “draw fine tuning” 😀👍
Another great video, simple and easy to see exactly where I am going wrong. I have lost count of the amount of gloves I have discarded with the tell tale signs of wear in the heal. Even to the point where the gloves I buy actually had additional material in that area too. it's like the makers of the gloves, know we grip the club wrong. You always mention searching for your oldie but goodie videos. Why do you not put links to these videos in the description?
Hi Shawn, love your instruction. I've been told/read to grip the club very softly in my fingertips. Is that opposite of what you are saying here? What is your grip pressure on a scale of 1-10 if 10 is a vice grip as hard as you can squeeze? Thank you
Very interesting video. I always have played with a short thumb on the lead hand and consequently suffer from getting holes in the heel pad area of my glove. I have straighter thumbs as well so I think the short thumb has been hurting my range of motion. I'm wondering if any PGA tour players have used the long thumb?
It is not about short or long; it is about loading and hinging the wrists properly without any movement in the grip! And yes, a boat load of players grip like that! 👍👍👍
Hi Shawn, great video really appreciate what you are demonstrating here. Can you clarify the position of the thumb please, I believe that you mentioned it should be on top of the grip, am I correct or should it be just to the side.
yes, you bet! especially in long grass where you need a good compression chamber to get through the junk! putting is very different though! see my videos on that big time!
So without a face on view, what was the actual position of your lead hand? What the back of the hand facing the target or do you have a slightly strong grip? Great information.
Shawn, absolutely love your videos. One thing I’ve noticed is that you seem to have more bend at the knees than most pros. What is the reason for this?
this is a HUGE one Mat; it is all about being dynamic through the ball and towards the target. we are not standing still at address getting ready to be still with the ball. see Bryson’s new set up and see how much he comes up in the backswing, then SQUAT DOWN to get the ground and then back up in the finish; all without thinking because HUMANS ARE BUILT TO DO IT THIS WAY MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY!! You need to get with my premium channel and see “pumping up the swing volume”, “throwing the club”, “the Throwing series”, Feet together back to feet apart”, turbo charge lead hand and trail hand release” and many more!
My only issue with super strong grip is wedges or 9iron. Do I need to adjust my grip according to each iron? My 5-7iron is nice baby draw with a strong grip. But the same grip with wedges is nasty hook or straight to the left side.
This is rare and usually the opposite. Different brand wedges? Are you sure it’s not because the shafts are too short and you are just pulling them left? My wedges are all same length as my 9 iron; I don’t go lower than that in length.
Hey Shawn!! Go Canada!! All the courses are just about closed here in Nova Scotia, I want to design my basement to be a Golf Studio, and wanted your advice, I'm guessing a space 12 feet wide at least, and 13 to 14 foot high for ceiling? Do you have a fixed number you always look for when setting up say your Studio that you take on the road? I was born in Ville LaSalle Montreal... go Canada 🇨🇦!!
My Grand Father, Byrne Clement is the man rue Clement was named after! 😀👍 11 feet high is perfect, 12 feet wide minimum and 10 feet deep is good enough-15 feet is better. See the boys at real feel golf mats and the net return for best results; they can be found on my website at www.wisdomingolf.com on the pro-shop page
Hi Shawn, great video as always. Love all your material and trying out all the drills and it´s working great. Even ordered a grasscutter to practice out in the garden:) Just a question about the grip: I was experimenting with a sort of one plane type of swing this last year and in some way trying out what Bryson Dechambeau is doing. He has of course got Jumbomax grips on but he is saying that you should put the grip more in the "lifeline" of your hand/palm so to create more of a palm grip which is much more upright than what you teach in this video and in doing so he says it eliminates another variable of the swing that could cause a problem. What is your thoughts on that seeing he is apparently managing to hit it very long and straight doing it that way.
Everyone’s hands and wrists are and can be very different. Keegan Bradley could never swing like that right? I sent a lot of time with Moe and he asked me “what are they doing”? I don’t grip like that! I grip it like a hammer! So there are a lot of optical illusions here and the most important guiding principal here is FUNCTIONALITY. Bryson can compress that ball and has the release pattern I completely advocate to all my students and he has that on turbo. In our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com type “release” in the search box in the top right of the “list of videos by date” and sink your teeth into that! Then use a grip that will allow you to release this way without letting go of the club in either hand and you will have a winner!!
Hi Shawn. Good video once again. Just one thing though-It looks like doing the grip this way gives quite a long lead thumb. Most TH-cam coaches teach a short lead thumb. Does it make any difference
I don’t do short or long; those terms should have never existed…I do FUNCTIONAL. What do YOUR hands need to do to stay on the club, deliver a dynamically open or closed club face that will have the ball curve the way you wish it to, and release in both directions without giving you blisters, tearing your glove or giving you golfer’s elbow.
Hey Shawn , Had an Instructure tell me not to put heel pad on Shaft to take it out of my bottom hand and put into my Palm , no fingers , Dosen’t seem to be Good at all!
You can use the baseball grip with the thumb on the side; not the most efficient in transition but still anatomically functional; grips need to be the right size even more for this one and typically bigger.
Hi Shawn. Would gripping the club like an umbrella put your lead hand in a weak, neutral, strong position? Or would it simply be natural to fit your body?
It is just to have the proper place to fit the club into the hand for maximum compression; see also 5 ways to a perfect grip shawn clement” for more on lead hand
@@golflessonsthanks. I like the feeling of holding an umbrella. When I do that my grip looks ever so slightly strong so I assume that's what is natural for me? If the club face is still open would you suggest closing the face and gripping?
Many are able to play good to great without it but the vast majority would benefit from a strong grip yes; just look at simple tasks like delivering an axe to a tree or a hammer to a nail horizontally below your waist, or batting a ball or machete through a bamboo; strong grip is way more anatomically sound and efficient. And I was one of the neutral grip guys when I started 45 years ago from a Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus book…and played my whole junior career with it. I have never struck the ball more purely than now and it just keeps getting better!
Hey Shawn, thanks for taking the time to reply. I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things that open the face…wrist hinge(extension of lead wrist), shallowing the club, forward shaft lean. So many players come over the top because it’s their subconscious trying to compensate for an open clubface. The stronger grip or just shutting the face helps to offset all these things. The clubface is so important
Hey Shawn, thanks for taking the time to reply. I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things that open the face…wrist hinge(extension of lead wrist), shallowing the club, forward shaft lean. So many players come over the top because it’s their subconscious trying to compensate for an open clubface. The stronger grip or just shutting the face helps to offset all these things. The clubface is so important
Hey Shawn, thanks for taking the time to reply. I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things that open the face…wrist hinge(extension of lead wrist), shallowing the club, forward shaft lean. So many players come over the top because it’s their subconscious trying to compensate for an open clubface. The stronger grip or just shutting the face helps to offset all these things. The clubface is so important
Hey Shawn, thanks for taking the time to reply. I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things that open the face…wrist hinge(extension of lead wrist), shallowing the club, forward shaft lean. So many players come over the top because it’s their subconscious trying to compensate for an open clubface. The stronger grip or just shutting the face helps to offset all these things. The clubface is so important
The thumb is in FULL SUPPORT of the swing; please don’t refer to long or short thumb as those theories are just plain based on ASSUMPTION AND OPINIONS. We want FUNCTION FOR YOUR GRIP AND YOUR SWING.
Love this content! Out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on oversized grips, such as Jumbomax? I have issues with arthritis in my lead hand , and I feel as though with the size of a standard grip (I wear a medium/large glove), I have to grip rather tight to prepare for the compression I get through impact. Do you feel as though a larger grip could assist with this? Thanks!
I’ve been using your swing thoughts and the grip helps my ball flights. I fight the urge to go back to “swing at the ball” instead of swing through the ball like I’m throwing my club. I had one issue yesterday- when I hit shorts with my 7 and 8 irons and looked at the club face after shots that sliced right (I’m right handed) the location of the turf marks on the face indicted my contact was half way between the center of the face toward the toe of the club. Question: as a high handicapper, Is ball location in the center of my stance or path of my swing where I need to concentrate on to try to get my irons closer to intended target. Distance was good, just left or right (mostly right).
I it my 52° wedge in the backyard. I focused on only one change. Instead of setting my grip on the club standing over the ball at address, I held the wedge in front of me with my lead arm extended in my lead hand and then added my trail hand, then grounded the club behind the ball. Magic!!! Shots were in a decent grouping. No fats, no thinned strikes. Thank you!!!
@@golflessons update from my round of golf this morning: just missed breaking 80 for the first time in 40 years! Every shot: used a shot Flight plan ✅. Checked my Grip -every shot! Held the club grip straight out in front of me and adjusted my lead hand. Putting grip: made sure the grip was on my hand’s “life line”. Thanks for your videos. Helped me enjoy my round today!!!
I don’t understand. It seems like I’m this video you are promoting a weak grip with the thumb down the middle of the shaft. All of your other videos promote the strong grip which I have begun using and am seeing tremendous results. Which was is it sir?
Strong grip man!! It is just the way the club needs to go in the hand and then you adjust the face of the club to suit your ball flight and for the vast majority of golfers, this will be a strong to very strong combination.
Always do things with purpose; what are you getting ready to do at address? You are getting ready to deliver an action THROUGH THE BALL and into the picture of your flight plan. This is why you see us braced against our lead side, already focused on the target and then we can gather some nice momentum in the backswing to re-brace and deliver through the ball into that picture. See all our “how to start the swing shawn clement” videos and “wait for the weight shawn clement” and “sledge hammer axe drill shawn clement”
Je suis de ceux qui se sont perdus dans le grip. Je prends mon grip avec le club posé au sol et j’ai le pouce gauche complètement remonté. 0 compression, 0 puissance, 0 précision. Je vais mettre en place le grip de Shawn Clement dès le week-end prochain !
long thumb and short thumb are all theories based on opinion!! we deal with YOUR ANATOMY in a FUNCTIONAL SENSE. See “stop letting go of your club shawn clement” and “stop destroying your golf glove shawn clement” as well as “knife the grip shawn clement” and “best video on grip ever shawn clement”. we take huge pride on what we teach because we have done our homework on human anatomy!!
My take on Shawn's finish is that it's a result of accelerating past the ball (accomplishing the "task"), which results in a high finish. Most pros/top amateurs have a high finish at the end of a full swing. My two cents.
Hi Thomas! When the arms get pulled out of their sockets towards the target because of all this excess momentum, the arms are forced to go up out of pure self preservation! It is COMPLETELY HOW HUMAN ARM ANATOMY WORKS!!
get with my premium website at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and start with the “senior series” which is designed completely around more effortless power acquisition for all ages!
Hey Kerry! Way more to it than that; strong grip is the beginning and a great base! Next is are you using an intermediate point to line up AND FOR DELIVERING the blur of club of the arc of the golf swing as well as ARE YOU DELIVERING THE SPEED OF THE SWING THROUGH AND OUT into the direction you want to start the ball? See our amazing premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com (only $9.95 a month, stay as long as you like) and watch these videos: -blur of club -all the “arc blur” videos -all the “task” videos to get your action THROUGH THE BALL (pick your best task and get really good with it) -throwing the club -the throwing series -the goldie locks series (this is the prediction gold to how the ball is in the way of the task) -target confirmation series (The cherry on the sundae to confirm you stayed with the task and did not default to hitting at the ball) THIS IS A WHOLE NEW RHELM OF GOLF…
Sean is the real deal, I have been watching him for at least 6 years, very knowledgeable and explains things very well.
Thanks Mark! 👍🫶 Pass the word! We have an awesome premium channel where people will find my life’s work for just $9.95 a month or way less than an hour lesson with me! Wisdom in golf premium.com
Been a Shawn convert for over 12 months. To say Shawn's teaching has made a huge difference is an understatement!! Now I really really enjoy my golf. Of all my learnings a correct grip is fundamental - no it's the key to succes in golf for me. This includes success with those 10m chips, 80m wedges and those 250m bombs. Do try it!!
Awesome! Thanks for chiming in Richard!😀👍🤘
Every time you do this video of grip you come up with a new story. I think it's these stories that help up us to hammer out the basics. Thanks again.
Thanks Mike! Becoming a good storyteller takes a lot of practice; I want to keep working on that!
So simple, yet we make it (grip) so difficult. Thanks, Shawn another gem!
Yes, just go for a nice bike ride! 😝😎
Hey Shawn, thanks for taking the time to reply. I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things that open the face…wrist hinge(extension of lead wrist), shallowing the club, forward shaft lean. So many players come over the top because it’s their subconscious trying to compensate for an open clubface. The stronger grip or just shutting the face helps to offset all these things. The clubface is so important
BIG TIME!!!💪👌👊
Sean, you are the only instructors I take heed to when it comes to grip. I have followed your lessons since ‘Knife the Grip’ and you never disappoint. As always, I highly appreciate you wisdom. Would love you to do a segment on the right hand next. Cheers.
Thanks Jason! And yes, it is in the plans! 😀👍👌
I'm really looking forward to my Spanish golf trip. After all the tips you've done Shawn I feel I'm hitting the ball even stronger. Thanks for all your good teaching, and keep the good videos 👍🏼👏👏👏👏👏🏌⛳️🏆
You bet Richard! Have an amazing trip!
Thank you Shawn for your service!
I am of service and will continue to serve! 👍👌💪🤘😀
Thanks for all your lesson as we say in Iceland, you talk Icelandic, that's mean you speak and everyone understand what you are teaching.
Haha! Awesome! Great compliment, thank you! 👍😀
Shawn, one of your best and easiest to follow instructional videos on the most important aspect on a good ball strike👊
Thank you Bob! 😀👍
I’m going to try this out today and will watch ‘knife the grip’ too! Thanks for all this info, my game is improving just by watching your videos. Trying to keep it simply….
Go for it Joanne! Enjoy! 👍😀
congrats Riley...used to do BMX racing back in the 1980s...was pretty good at it also....placed in the top 3 one year at what was called "New England Nationals", if memory serves me correct! Raced in 2 different classes and got trophies in both! Had 1 bike, practiced and raced with that thing, while almost every other competitor showed up with trailers full of bikes and sponsored equipment etc....thanks for all you bring us here on youtube Shawn, Mu and Sav!
Those were the glory days!😀👍😎
This was a great lesson Shawn! 👍🏿 I will definitely will be trying this out in my next practice.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have watched numerous golf videos from a variety of sources & not once(until now) have I seen the recommendation to place the left hand thumb down the center of the shaft.
Slight. Inside, not on top; the tip of the thumb is close to on top; BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT IS THE BLOODY FUNCTIONALITY OF THE GRIP THAT IS THE ISSUE, NOT WHERE THEY TELL YOU TO PLACE YOUR DIGITS PINOCCHIO STYLE!!!
Hi Shawn. These online tutorials are a revelation! Been watching so much of the "classic" teaching which emphasises the what but not the why. Your explanations and examples across other sports have helped me to simplify so much of my swing. Played yesterday with the mantra of just cutting grass in the direction I wanted to start the ball and was hitting more consistently and with greater power. Not my best score ever - a 6ft putt still costs the same as a 200yd drive - but a more satisfying round and without the stiffness the next day as my swing is now what works for me not anyone else! Thanks again. 👍
yeah man!!!😀👍💪
fantastic lesson Shawn! I really need to emulate your swing.
you bet! you would be emulating Bubba, Jack, Sam, Bobby Jones, Bryson’s new 2021 swing, and many others!!
Shawn thanks for all the great video's, until today I was not have great success as I had not used the grip you teach. As I have a tendency to hook or pull the ball, Your grip being very strong I avoided it until today at the range. Oh my god I've never hit the ball so well the sound it made was so crisp a noise I'd never heard before. The ball went so far and at the target well past the target.
I had to post a comment just to thank you for all your time spent making these videos. I still can't get over the sound.
Thanks Tim
Right on Tim! This is all I hope for golfers to do and that is TRY what I present as it is tried and true by literally a stadium full of people!
@shawnclement THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. Ive tinkered with my grip over and over, I just tried this and played one of the best and carefree rounds ever.
Nothing like the feel of compressing through a golf ball with a secure grip! Like crushing a ping pong ball with a sledge hammer! 👍😀👌💪
As always excellent content. Motocross is the next step for Riley.
Thanks Shawn
Congratulations on your son's success. BMX is a very demanding and challenging sport. I'm a bit of a classicist as far as swings are concerned and as I'm sure you know, yours is not right out of a textbook. However, the more I've looked at it the more that I've come to appreciate its areas of mechanical soundness and its overall efficiency. You're impact is particularly impressive for it's consistency seemingly throughout the bag. Just thought that I'd relay my progressive evolution of appreciation for your move. Cheers.
Right on Timothy! Thank you and it would be textbook for the 1960’s era; which is coming completely back in vogue as we speak as Bryson is now swinging like Jack and Sam Snead!
Thank you For this video Shawn! Somewhere along the line my grip became lazy and my thumb position shortened, not allowing the club and wrist to unhinge naturally. Going to watch Knife the grip:)
Right Jerry! Let’s go! 👍💪
Thanks, am off to the range in 8 hours and will put this into action. Hope you're enjoying the BMX -- my cousin was an Australian BMX junior champion in the 1980s and now her son is riding BMX and she's doing MTB comps in her 40s. It's fun to watch.
that is such a nail bitting sport! 👍👌😀. Crazy fun to watch!
Great tips Shawn
great lesson thanks
Welcome!😀👍
Great content! Always enjoy the instructional videos.
thank you very much!
Wow, glad I discovered you. Better late than never 😅
Welcome aboard!
Thanks Shawn. Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Strong left hand hammer grip has given me so much more power. Thanks!
Shawn, can you consider a video about releasing the head through impact? I have learned through pain and several visits to my chiropractor that I keep my head down too long which has caused my neck problems. If I don’t move towards an Annika head release I’m probably done with golf. Thanks!
This very thing has been one of my biggest pet peeves all my teaching career. Just type “head down shawn clement” in the search box on youtube and you will have a ton of info to save that neck of yours and add more effortless power!
@@golflessons Thanks Shawn!
Grips as per prescription of our physiology. Very effortless.
Absolutely
Another great video Shawn! I always thought that you should grip the golf club in a natural way like a suitcase, briefcase or a tennis racket and thanks to you I won't be listening to anyone else about it anymore! One thing is the relation of the grip to the club face, I assume that you should turn the face about 45 degrees, could you confirm this or point to the video that definitely explains this issue?
You would simply turn the club more open or more closed depending upon the curve in the flight you would like to see. Please see “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement” and on our premium channel, it would be “predict contact” then “the goldie locks series” and our ongoing “unstoppable momentum series” which is going through in detail the same aspects.
@@golflessons Many thanks for your prompt response I will certainly follow on your suggestions.
Youy. are such a creatively wonderful teacher. Amazing. One question: You emphasize the toe up in the air for iron shots. Another teacher emphasizes the sole flat on the ground at contact. Doesn't the toe-up cause the club to close more when it reaches the turf? Also, do you recommend keeping the driver slightly toe-up as well? Again, thank you for you constantly unfolding wisdom and generosity.
hey Gene! the goal with the irons is when you deliver the turf into the target, that the sole of the club is plus or minus 3 degrees to the grass; and woods are not flat bottomed like irons, so this does not apply there. and no, the toe up can still fade and slice the ball!
Great video, can’t wait to try this out this week. I’m going to check trail hand video out also. Shawn, thanks for the great insight.
Hope you had a good week! 👍😀
Top video on grip mate thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Amazing and definitely trying this out
Love coming back to your channel to help my game. Shawn - do you find that your tracking device is the same distance as when you go out on the course?
Yes, distances are very sound with the GC QUAD; then of course you adjust for wind and temperature
Great video Shawn! I’m a premium subscriber on your website and I know in some videos on TH-cam you said savannah uses a stronger lead hand grip than what you have been teaching. Is there a video you have of where you break down when it is better to use a stronger than normal lead hand grip and the pros and cons of a stronger grip?
Hi Ryan! See the first video in the “consistency series” and then see the grip-club relationship tweaking in the “goldie locks series” and then have fun with “fade fine tuning” and “draw fine tuning” 😀👍
Another great video, simple and easy to see exactly where I am going wrong. I have lost count of the amount of gloves I have discarded with the tell tale signs of wear in the heal. Even to the point where the gloves I buy actually had additional material in that area too. it's like the makers of the gloves, know we grip the club wrong.
You always mention searching for your oldie but goodie videos. Why do you not put links to these videos in the description?
time! just don’t have enough time!!🤯
Nice video Shawn. Should the trail hand thumb ride on top of the grip or to the left side?
See “knife the grip shawn clement” full function is in there!
Hi Shawn, love your instruction. I've been told/read to grip the club very softly in my fingertips. Is that opposite of what you are saying here? What is your grip pressure on a scale of 1-10 if 10 is a vice grip as hard as you can squeeze? Thank you
A solid 5-6 and through impact it’s a 14!
Congrats to Riley!
Thanks Sumit!!
Very interesting video. I always have played with a short thumb on the lead hand and consequently suffer from getting holes in the heel pad area of my glove. I have straighter thumbs as well so I think the short thumb has been hurting my range of motion. I'm wondering if any PGA tour players have used the long thumb?
It is not about short or long; it is about loading and hinging the wrists properly without any movement in the grip! And yes, a boat load of players grip like that! 👍👍👍
Hi Shawn, great video really appreciate what you are demonstrating here. Can you clarify the position of the thumb please, I believe that you mentioned it should be on top of the grip, am I correct or should it be just to the side.
the tip of the thumb at 12:15 with the base of the thumb at 1:00;
Great lessons, Mr Clement. What about the grip for pitching, chipping and bunkers. Should we use the same grip as the long game?
yes, you bet! especially in long grass where you need a good compression chamber to get through the junk! putting is very different though! see my videos on that big time!
Do you have a video of a golf glove with two lines indicating where the golf club would fit? :)
This video says it all! Everyone interprets the lines differently; but making a push up while holding your grip makes it evident
@@golflessons thank you, you have changed my golf swing for the better!
So without a face on view, what was the actual position of your lead hand? What the back of the hand facing the target or do you have a slightly strong grip? Great information.
Slightly to very strong!!
Shawn, absolutely love your videos. One thing I’ve noticed is that you seem to have more bend at the knees than most pros. What is the reason for this?
this is a HUGE one Mat; it is all about being dynamic through the ball and towards the target. we are not standing still at address getting ready to be still with the ball. see Bryson’s new set up and see how much he comes up in the backswing, then SQUAT DOWN to get the ground and then back up in the finish; all without thinking because HUMANS ARE BUILT TO DO IT THIS WAY MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY!!
You need to get with my premium channel and see “pumping up the swing volume”, “throwing the club”, “the Throwing series”, Feet together back to feet apart”, turbo charge lead hand and trail hand release” and many more!
My only issue with super strong grip is wedges or 9iron. Do I need to adjust my grip according to each iron? My 5-7iron is nice baby draw with a strong grip. But the same grip with wedges is nasty hook or straight to the left side.
This is rare and usually the opposite. Different brand wedges? Are you sure it’s not because the shafts are too short and you are just pulling them left? My wedges are all same length as my 9 iron; I don’t go lower than that in length.
@@golflessons oh. 9i is 36, I think every wedge .25 or .5 shorter. SW is 35. These are standard length for full set
Hey Shawn!! Go Canada!! All the courses are just about closed here in Nova Scotia, I want to design my basement to be a Golf Studio, and wanted your advice, I'm guessing a space 12 feet wide at least, and 13 to 14 foot high for ceiling?
Do you have a fixed number you always look for when setting up say your Studio that you take on the road?
I was born in Ville LaSalle Montreal... go Canada 🇨🇦!!
My Grand Father, Byrne Clement is the man rue Clement was named after! 😀👍 11 feet high is perfect, 12 feet wide minimum and 10 feet deep is good enough-15 feet is better. See the boys at real feel golf mats and the net return for best results; they can be found on my website at www.wisdomingolf.com on the pro-shop page
@@golflessons thanks so much!!!..
Hi Shawn, great video as always. Love all your material and trying out all the drills and it´s working great. Even ordered a grasscutter to practice out in the garden:) Just a question about the grip: I was experimenting with a sort of one plane type of swing this last year and in some way trying out what Bryson Dechambeau is doing. He has of course got Jumbomax grips on but he is saying that you should put the grip more in the "lifeline" of your hand/palm so to create more of a palm grip which is much more upright than what you teach in this video and in doing so he says it eliminates another variable of the swing that could cause a problem. What is your thoughts on that seeing he is apparently managing to hit it very long and straight doing it that way.
Everyone’s hands and wrists are and can be very different. Keegan Bradley could never swing like that right? I sent a lot of time with Moe and he asked me “what are they doing”? I don’t grip like that! I grip it like a hammer! So there are a lot of optical illusions here and the most important guiding principal here is FUNCTIONALITY. Bryson can compress that ball and has the release pattern I completely advocate to all my students and he has that on turbo. In our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com type “release” in the search box in the top right of the “list of videos by date” and sink your teeth into that! Then use a grip that will allow you to release this way without letting go of the club in either hand and you will have a winner!!
Hi Shawn. Good video once again. Just one thing though-It looks like doing the grip this way gives quite a long lead thumb. Most TH-cam coaches teach a short lead thumb. Does it make any difference
I don’t do short or long; those terms should have never existed…I do FUNCTIONAL. What do YOUR hands need to do to stay on the club, deliver a dynamically open or closed club face that will have the ball curve the way you wish it to, and release in both directions without giving you blisters, tearing your glove or giving you golfer’s elbow.
@@golflessons Thats the answer i was hoping for!👍🏻
Hey Shawn , Had an Instructure tell me not to put heel pad on Shaft to take it out of my bottom hand and put into my Palm , no fingers , Dosen’t seem to be Good at all!
I have such a problem with that one as you can see in this video, you would be 0 for 5 on all these tasks. Very sad advice I am afraid…
Great for putting though!!! 😀👍
Thank You Shawn !
Thank You Shawn !
What is the golf advantage of putting your thumb on top of the grip rather than using a baseball grip to hit the golf ball?
You can use the baseball grip with the thumb on the side; not the most efficient in transition but still anatomically functional; grips need to be the right size even more for this one and typically bigger.
Hi Shawn. Would gripping the club like an umbrella put your lead hand in a weak, neutral, strong position? Or would it simply be natural to fit your body?
It is just to have the proper place to fit the club into the hand for maximum compression; see also 5 ways to a perfect grip shawn clement” for more on lead hand
Duh, won’t edit😝 sorry, I meant see “most important video on grip ever shawn clement”
@@golflessonsthanks. I like the feeling of holding an umbrella. When I do that my grip looks ever so slightly strong so I assume that's what is natural for me? If the club face is still open would you suggest closing the face and gripping?
@@85ABC exactly! See “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement” and “how to put the ball in the way of your swing shawn clement”
@@golflessonsthanks a lot! So helpful
I watched many grip videos and I still have no idea what I’m doing please help
See “best video on grip ever shawn clement”
Another winner but, my question is this. Is PGA Tour Champions golfer, Doug Barron your long lost brother? ; )
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Shawn, would you say that naturally we should all have a stronger grip?
Many are able to play good to great without it but the vast majority would benefit from a strong grip yes; just look at simple tasks like delivering an axe to a tree or a hammer to a nail horizontally below your waist, or batting a ball or machete through a bamboo; strong grip is way more anatomically sound and efficient. And I was one of the neutral grip guys when I started 45 years ago from a Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus book…and played my whole junior career with it. I have never struck the ball more purely than now and it just keeps getting better!
Hey Shawn, thanks for taking the time to reply. I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things that open the face…wrist hinge(extension of lead wrist), shallowing the club, forward shaft lean. So many players come over the top because it’s their subconscious trying to compensate for an open clubface. The stronger grip or just shutting the face helps to offset all these things. The clubface is so important
Hey Shawn, thanks for taking the time to reply. I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things that open the face…wrist hinge(extension of lead wrist), shallowing the club, forward shaft lean. So many players come over the top because it’s their subconscious trying to compensate for an open clubface. The stronger grip or just shutting the face helps to offset all these things. The clubface is so important
Hey Shawn, thanks for taking the time to reply. I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things that open the face…wrist hinge(extension of lead wrist), shallowing the club, forward shaft lean. So many players come over the top because it’s their subconscious trying to compensate for an open clubface. The stronger grip or just shutting the face helps to offset all these things. The clubface is so important
Hey Shawn, thanks for taking the time to reply. I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things that open the face…wrist hinge(extension of lead wrist), shallowing the club, forward shaft lean. So many players come over the top because it’s their subconscious trying to compensate for an open clubface. The stronger grip or just shutting the face helps to offset all these things. The clubface is so important
Shawn , so the thumb is long ?
The thumb is in FULL SUPPORT of the swing; please don’t refer to long or short thumb as those theories are just plain based on ASSUMPTION AND OPINIONS. We want FUNCTION FOR YOUR GRIP AND YOUR SWING.
Love this content! Out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on oversized grips, such as Jumbomax? I have issues with arthritis in my lead hand , and I feel as though with the size of a standard grip (I wear a medium/large glove), I have to grip rather tight to prepare for the compression I get through impact. Do you feel as though a larger grip could assist with this? Thanks!
a mid size very tacky grip would be better; Jumbo Max could have you strain a bit too much…
I’ve been using your swing thoughts and the grip helps my ball flights. I fight the urge to go back to “swing at the ball” instead of swing through the ball like I’m throwing my club. I had one issue yesterday- when I hit shorts with my 7 and 8 irons and looked at the club face after shots that sliced right (I’m right handed) the location of the turf marks on the face indicted my contact was half way between the center of the face toward the toe of the club. Question: as a high handicapper, Is ball location in the center of my stance or path of my swing where I need to concentrate on to try to get my irons closer to intended target. Distance was good, just left or right (mostly right).
I it my 52° wedge in the backyard. I focused on only one change. Instead of setting my grip on the club standing over the ball at address, I held the wedge in front of me with my lead arm extended in my lead hand and then added my trail hand, then grounded the club behind the ball. Magic!!! Shots were in a decent grouping. No fats, no thinned strikes. Thank you!!!
right on John! see “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement” for some fine tuning!
@@golflessons searching that for now! Big Fan of your swing (just turned 67)
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@@golflessons update from my round of golf this morning: just missed breaking 80 for the first time in 40 years! Every shot: used a shot Flight plan ✅. Checked my Grip -every shot! Held the club grip straight out in front of me and adjusted my lead hand. Putting grip: made sure the grip was on my hand’s “life line”. Thanks for your videos. Helped me enjoy my round today!!!
I don’t understand. It seems like I’m this video you are promoting a weak grip with the thumb down the middle of the shaft. All of your other videos promote the strong grip which I have begun using and am seeing tremendous results. Which was is it sir?
Strong grip man!! It is just the way the club needs to go in the hand and then you adjust the face of the club to suit your ball flight and for the vast majority of golfers, this will be a strong to very strong combination.
Do you recommend a Forward shaft Lean at address, like pre setting the impact position?
Always do things with purpose; what are you getting ready to do at address? You are getting ready to deliver an action THROUGH THE BALL and into the picture of your flight plan. This is why you see us braced against our lead side, already focused on the target and then we can gather some nice momentum in the backswing to re-brace and deliver through the ball into that picture. See all our “how to start the swing shawn clement” videos and “wait for the weight shawn clement” and “sledge hammer axe drill shawn clement”
Je suis de ceux qui se sont perdus dans le grip. Je prends mon grip avec le club posé au sol et j’ai le pouce gauche complètement remonté. 0 compression, 0 puissance, 0 précision.
Je vais mettre en place le grip de Shawn Clement dès le week-end prochain !
I hear about a "short thumb" for top hand. Is that something in this grip?
long thumb and short thumb are all theories based on opinion!! we deal with YOUR ANATOMY in a FUNCTIONAL SENSE. See “stop letting go of your club shawn clement” and “stop destroying your golf glove shawn clement” as well as “knife the grip shawn clement” and “best video on grip ever shawn clement”. we take huge pride on what we teach because we have done our homework on human anatomy!!
Do you recommend a high finish with your swing or is it just your personal idiosyncrasy?
My take on Shawn's finish is that it's a result of accelerating past the ball (accomplishing the "task"), which results in a high finish. Most pros/top amateurs have a high finish at the end of a full swing. My two cents.
Hi Thomas! When the arms get pulled out of their sockets towards the target because of all this excess momentum, the arms are forced to go up out of pure self preservation! It is COMPLETELY HOW HUMAN ARM ANATOMY WORKS!!
Hej dont u write a book ? and then i will wait for the AUDIO BOOK :D
soooooo if you can't get your hand in that "vacuum sealed, air tight" position - you likely have grips that are too big?
That is definitely possible!
187 with a 7 iron 😶 I struggle to get that distance with my 3 wood
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I use a strong grip but everything goes left on me.
Hey Kerry! Way more to it than that; strong grip is the beginning and a great base! Next is are you using an intermediate point to line up AND FOR DELIVERING the blur of club of the arc of the golf swing as well as ARE YOU DELIVERING THE SPEED OF THE SWING THROUGH AND OUT into the direction you want to start the ball?
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