You are the best SC..a savant but most wont appreciate you until they themselves are advanced in rheir search for golf excellence...at least for me it is so...till I realised the importance of lag hip turn in golf I could not appreciate what you have been saying!
This is where you need to get on our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com where we have “lead hand release”. “trail hand release”, Release fine tuning”, Snap release polish”, turbo charge lead hand release and trail hand release” and we just came out with a 2.0 of those a couple months ago! HUGE!! And it’s only $9.95 per month and stay as long as you like! 👌👍
Been watching Robin Mathews-Williams on youtube and your walking-in swing is something he does too. His videos led me to the Flow-motion golf videos and it looks like you all share a similar concept on the golf swing which I am trying to embrace myself as my 65 year old body seems to painfully reject most of the standard golf magazine swing advice. Nice to see a Canadian teaching this stuff, keep it up. I'll be avidly following your posts.
Hey Shawn, Greg here. As you know my habit is letting the left knee buckle and head sway. What I've been doing lately is a little 1/4 Ricky Fowler takeaway practice turn at address to ensure I can feel the weight transfer to right inside foot so that I know I will be firmly planted during the back swing, as well as aligned with my intermediate target. If not, I widen my stance a pinch and adjust the takeaway angle. Works for me. Hope to see you sometime this summer! Greg
Right on Greg! A nice takeaway waggle to feel that everything is in place is a good way to go; like in the "mile markers for balance" video in our premium channel!
Big time! It takes thousands of Bryson DeChambeau drivers! He has the same one! Shawn See my website at www.wisdomingolf.com and click on the proshop page to order! 😀👍
This is gold! Somehow I've been putting excessive weight on the bracing leg and not enough on the trailing leg all these years and it made staying inside the feet without swaying such a difficult thing. Thanks for an eye opening explanation! It makes a big difference in how crisp I can catch the ball consistently! Elephant walk is once again fun and effective with this thought in mind!
Shawn, at about 8 min you brought up Stenson, who is more weighted right leg @ setup. If you recall me from last season in Phx, I came over to you years back from ppgs where he instructed his players to do that setup (same for Marcus on the forum!). So, not too bad for the setup to do so? I know too heavy left brace does give me front knee/hip pain at times. I do best in a neutral setup. jim.
Hey Jim! The key is to feel solid from the trail leg into the front leg and even if the set up is neutral, or even more on the right side, that it gives you a sense of continuous motion through the ball to a target; the ones I don't recommend staying there are the ones who sway off the ball and get stuck at the ball on the downswing.
Do you have to think about this if your wrists and hands are responding to the weight of the clubhead and you're just swinging with the arms naturally? I love the step drill. It's a goodie.
I love your videos and you've helped me improve my game. I try to relax during my swing but I think I am getting stuck focusing on hitting the ball instead of going to my target and then I am chunking some of my shots. I'll keep watching and someday I'll make the trip to get a lesson in person! Thanks again!
Hi Luis! Don't try and relax; just use a task that IS RELAXING like feeling a nice effortless whip through the stem towards the target; keep the focus on the sole of the club and how nicely it deflects along the ground that way; feel that the swing's energy dissipates at the TARGET, not at the bottom where the ball is.
Love your videos, Shawn....The content relates closely to the Harvey Penick school of thought. Which in my mind, is the simplest, most straight forward style of approaching the complexities of golf.....My body works much better on the course when my mind isnt filled with a bunch of technical nonsense....I only need to know how to groove something naturally and dynamically, not how to perform something with a 15 point checklist....Thanks, again.
At around the 10:25 point you did a tempo with cadence call, "one, two, three". I've had a lot of success with this cadence but with the aid of your "pause" video my cadence call is - "pause, plant, fall" - same cadence but words strongly associated with key points of your teaching. Now I'm trying to see if I can groove my right shoulder "falling down" instead of pushing out (for a big pull.) I can have the target clearly in mind, but still hit the pull. In all your videos your right shoulder and arm fall down but I haven't seen a video that addresses grooving that beyond target awareness.
Yes, and yes! One new habit I've acquired is to waggle by moving the club in the takeaway path aligned with my intermediate point so I can "see" that path occurring in my swing. That seems to help reduce the pull some. I've noticed that I'm more likely to hit pulls with the longer clubs, 5-iron and up. The plane feels more horizontal with the longer clubs and thus the down and under feel can get lost if I don't pay attention.
All of these drills are fantastic. The bottom line is that they help avoid one from becoming "ball bound" I wish you would compile all similar videos and put on a DVD. I would buy it. BTW, the lawn mower was not much of a distraction ... audio was good
This is coming from jellin George: I combined "the move" with external focusing on where the club should release for the shot I wanted. Last week I shot 1 under my age of 75. It seemed I gained 20 yards on my drives and hit every green in regulation. THANKS : this is jellin.
Question. This is perfect for where I am right now and I think I was overdoing the setup as well. When you do the elephant walk it appears that you are putting nothing into your arms or hands or even shoulders to swing the club but only using the momentum created by the "walking motion." Is this what you feel when you play as well? I find I pull the arms club unit through with my arms and shoulders so I am doing the lunge you talk about.
Wow! I was WAY off base! I always felt tension in my arms and hands. Now your concept of Lose Control to Gain Control makes sense. The arm/club unit goes where it will on the back swing and through swing based on momentum and target focus. Totally different feel for me. THANK YOU!!
hi Sean i tried this in the garage and i hit everything solid. I did notice the trajectory of the wedges was a bit lower but im ok with that. Any issues doing this with the driver? thanks Chad
Hey Shawn! I love your videos and your teaching philosophy. However, there is something that I seem to be missing that is keeping my golf swing from clicking. While I would love to travel to Canada to get lessons directly from the source, I was wondering if you had any recommendations for golf instructors in the Socal area, particularly in Orange County who share similar teaching philosophies as you do?
Hi Vimal! The way your anatomy is designed, combined with the length of the club, gets you the desired angle of attack if you simply use the club's sole to cut grass ALONG THE GROUND like a grass whip; see my videos with the grass whip; you will naturally have a steeper angle with the shorter irons and a shallower one with the long irons...
Hi Shawn, Watched some of your videos, great instructions? Getting ready to order 'thenetreturn". My only concern is how the net will hold up. My last net SKL quickster, lasted 3 week before the net started to come apart. Any feedback would be appreciated. What do you charge for personal lessons? Thanks, Walt
Hi Shawn, I went with a new net, 'Spornia' auto return also, a little smaller and less expensive, 7x8x7. So far so good. Great instructions! I think my biggest issue beside swing too hard was coming it too steep. We talked about making sure the handle was past the ball when you strike it and you finish your swing after you strike the ball? I think I just figured it out. Thanks for your insight! Walt
Hi Shawn, Just another thanks to you! Here is where I'm at with my swing: no early wrist break as suggested, keep the small letter 'y' in my takeaway to complete full turn, stay centered , keep some pressure on lead foot, keep head behind ball through impact. I let the force from the club head pull me through impact to finish? I concentrate on a straight lead arm and striking the ball with the club head first to keep me focused? Swing speeds 82-92 consistent with 7 iron shooting for 87 MPH. Had some awesome 3 wood swing speeds, you wouldn't believe them. Goal is to get a consistent tempo with good timing. I practice everyday, full swing chipping and putting. I have a desire to get back to single digit H.C. I've been all over the internet getting teaching tips. I believe you give some of the best teaching advice! I believe the most important part of the swing is being able to connect the club head to the ball first at impact? Thanks again, Walt
Hmmm.. I bowled for years and was a five stepper L R L R L. My brother was three L R L. The weight is all on the left foot at delivery and the throw is like an under arm pitch, right handed of course. That just doesn't seem right to me in golf unless it would be R L R L four.?? All that movement seems very difficult to me. cheers
Omg your backyard angle is so uneven doesn’t that irritate you. I would have leveled before installing that grass. At least the portion where you’re hitting into your net.
Does not work for me. I shot a 122 today trying your techniques. Hey are great advice but may not help certain people. Will still keep watching as I agree and like the way they are explained.
Here is a potential problem with this drill. Ideally in the back swing your head needs to lower. The same is true on the down swing. If you watch when he is doing the drill his head is going up on the back swing, so this is training the body to stand up in the back swing. A drill must reflex and support the true actions in a golf swing. Take care with this drill
Oh PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS!!! Watch human beings walk down a busy street and see the bobbing heads!! Please see "horse shoes and lassos shawn clement" and "create serious speed shawn clement" and get un-brainwashed by the industry that NEVER SHOWS HUMAN ANATOMY AND PONTIFICATES ON OPINIONS BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS!!
Sorry but you are wrong. I would direct you to the wonderful work of Wayne Defranesco. He has clearly shown Hogan and Tiger for example lower both in the back swing and down swing. Standing up is a death move. Now there are some who remain neutral in the back swing like Chamberlain. Please direct me to a great player that stands up in the back swing? Otherwise your drill is flawed and please go back and correct
Wayne Defranesco books are stolen rubbish. All players that swing as a human and not a machine move there body as it was built. Tiger is a prime example of why you need to move your body. Multiple knee and back surgeries are the result. Most of the new generation will be short lived and damaged from the swings they use. Nickulas, Watson ,Floyd....all had long playing lives because of the movement in there swings.
How then does Rory get his squat in the down swing? To me, the head moving down in the back swing would lead to fat shots or at least the need to stand up through the swing which could lead to a topped shot or a slice.
You are the best SC..a savant but most wont appreciate you until they themselves are advanced in rheir search for golf excellence...at least for me it is so...till I realised the importance of lag hip turn in golf I could not appreciate what you have been saying!
Thank you for the great feedback R2! You have a good pulse on the matter! 👌👍
Can you elaborate on “let it release” portion? Thank you !
This is where you need to get on our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com where we have “lead hand release”. “trail hand release”, Release fine tuning”, Snap release polish”, turbo charge lead hand release and trail hand release” and we just came out with a 2.0 of those a couple months ago! HUGE!! And it’s only $9.95 per month and stay as long as you like! 👌👍
Your both cutting grass 🤣🤣🤣
Love your videos as usual just watching this one again 👍👍
Been watching Robin Mathews-Williams on youtube and your walking-in swing is something he does too. His videos led me to the Flow-motion golf videos and it looks like you all share a similar concept on the golf swing which I am trying to embrace myself as my 65 year old body seems to painfully reject most of the standard golf magazine swing advice. Nice to see a Canadian teaching this stuff, keep it up. I'll be avidly following your posts.
Hey Shawn,
Greg here. As you know my habit is letting the left knee buckle and head sway. What I've been doing lately is a little 1/4 Ricky Fowler takeaway practice turn at address to ensure I can feel the weight transfer to right inside foot so that I know I will be firmly planted during the back swing, as well as aligned with my intermediate target. If not, I widen my stance a pinch and adjust the takeaway angle. Works for me. Hope to see you sometime this summer!
Greg
Right on Greg! A nice takeaway waggle to feel that everything is in place is a good way to go; like in the "mile markers for balance" video in our premium channel!
Does that net accept a driver golf ball speed swing?
Big time! It takes thousands of Bryson DeChambeau drivers! He has the same one! Shawn
See my website at www.wisdomingolf.com and click on the proshop page to order! 😀👍
I've been working on this an feel the happy gilmore is finally within reach!
This is gold! Somehow I've been putting excessive weight on the bracing leg and not enough on the trailing leg all these years and it made staying inside the feet without swaying such a difficult thing. Thanks for an eye opening explanation! It makes a big difference in how crisp I can catch the ball consistently! Elephant walk is once again fun and effective with this thought in mind!
Right on Nate!!
Thank you for your help. It has changed my golf game for the better.. Again thank you
Shawn, at about 8 min you brought up Stenson, who is more weighted right leg @ setup. If you recall me from last season in Phx, I came over to you years back from ppgs where he instructed his players to do that setup (same for Marcus on the forum!). So, not too bad for the setup to do so? I know too heavy left brace does give me front knee/hip pain at times. I do best in a neutral setup. jim.
Hey Jim! The key is to feel solid from the trail leg into the front leg and even if the set up is neutral, or even more on the right side, that it gives you a sense of continuous motion through the ball to a target; the ones I don't recommend staying there are the ones who sway off the ball and get stuck at the ball on the downswing.
Do you have to think about this if your wrists and hands are responding to the weight of the clubhead and you're just swinging with the arms naturally? I love the step drill. It's a goodie.
I love your videos and you've helped me improve my game. I try to relax during my swing but I think I am getting stuck focusing on hitting the ball instead of going to my target and then I am chunking some of my shots. I'll keep watching and someday I'll make the trip to get a lesson in person! Thanks again!
Hi Luis!
Don't try and relax; just use a task that IS RELAXING like feeling a nice effortless whip through the stem towards the target; keep the focus on the sole of the club and how nicely it deflects along the ground that way; feel that the swing's energy dissipates at the TARGET, not at the bottom where the ball is.
Thanks! It's all coming together mentally and I think it's where I was getting stuck. Thanks again!
Shawn, Great as always. "Coming from behind to get the back heel", do you have more videos on that topic ? here or premium Thanks
Love your videos, Shawn....The content relates closely to the Harvey Penick school of thought. Which in my mind, is the simplest, most straight forward style of approaching the complexities of golf.....My body works much better on the course when my mind isnt filled with a bunch of technical nonsense....I only need to know how to groove something naturally and dynamically, not how to perform something with a 15 point checklist....Thanks, again.
Good stuff Shawn,and funny too,glad I found you.
At around the 10:25 point you did a tempo with cadence call, "one, two, three". I've had a lot of success with this cadence but with the aid of your "pause" video my cadence call is - "pause, plant, fall" - same cadence but words strongly associated with key points of your teaching. Now I'm trying to see if I can groove my right shoulder "falling down" instead of pushing out (for a big pull.) I can have the target clearly in mind, but still hit the pull. In all your videos your right shoulder and arm fall down but I haven't seen a video that addresses grooving that beyond target awareness.
Hi John! Do you use an intermediate point? Have you seen my latest videos on alignment?
Yes, and yes! One new habit I've acquired is to waggle by moving the club in the takeaway path aligned with my intermediate point so I can "see" that path occurring in my swing. That seems to help reduce the pull some. I've noticed that I'm more likely to hit pulls with the longer clubs, 5-iron and up. The plane feels more horizontal with the longer clubs and thus the down and under feel can get lost if I don't pay attention.
All of these drills are fantastic. The bottom line is that they help avoid one from becoming "ball bound" I wish you would compile all similar videos and put on a DVD. I would buy it. BTW, the lawn mower was not much of a distraction ... audio was good
Awesome! Good to hear the mic is doing it's job! Thank you Golden Gate!
Check out the premium channel for $4/month - beyond worth it!
I will second that. premium channel of Wisdom in Golf is a treasure on its own.
This is coming from jellin George: I combined "the move" with external focusing on where the club should release for the shot I wanted. Last week I shot 1 under my age of 75. It seemed I gained 20 yards on my drives and hit every green in regulation.
THANKS : this is jellin.
You da man! Speaking my language too!
Right on George, thanks for chiming in and letting us in on it!
Shawn
Question. This is perfect for where I am right now and I think I was overdoing the setup as well. When you do the elephant walk it appears that you are putting nothing into your arms or hands or even shoulders to swing the club but only using the momentum created by the "walking motion." Is this what you feel when you play as well? I find I pull the arms club unit through with my arms and shoulders so I am doing the lunge you talk about.
Exactly! The kinetic chain is what pulls it all through as your mind stays in the direction you want this chain to release!
Wow! I was WAY off base! I always felt tension in my arms and hands. Now your concept of Lose Control to Gain Control makes sense. The arm/club unit goes where it will on the back swing and through swing based on momentum and target focus. Totally different feel for me. THANK YOU!!
hi Sean
i tried this in the garage and i hit everything solid. I did notice the trajectory of the wedges was a bit lower but im ok with that.
Any issues doing this with the driver?
thanks
Chad
None whatsoever! It is "the kinetic chain" which is for every swing delivered to the target!
thank you very much i appreciate that. Keep up the great work!
have a great holiday weekend!
Chad
Hey Shawn! I love your videos and your teaching philosophy. However, there is something that I seem to be missing that is keeping my golf swing from clicking. While I would love to travel to Canada to get lessons directly from the source, I was wondering if you had any recommendations for golf instructors in the Socal area, particularly in Orange County who share similar teaching philosophies as you do?
Hi Edmund! You can go see David Depula in Palm Springs; see my "about us" page on my website at www.wisdomingolf.com
Are you hitting down on the ball with every club? Or sweeping through?
Hi Vimal! The way your anatomy is designed, combined with the length of the club, gets you the desired angle of attack if you simply use the club's sole to cut grass ALONG THE GROUND like a grass whip; see my videos with the grass whip; you will naturally have a steeper angle with the shorter irons and a shallower one with the long irons...
great spot ...
I really like the kink on the leg of the stand bag. I have one just like it ;P
I noticed that you left heel goes off the ground during backswing. Is it a good idea?
Yes that's fine. Some people do it, some people don't. Depends on flexibility. The plant foot should hit before you start swinging though.
Awesome. Thank You.
😀👍
Shawn,
Great drill! Where can I get your net?
Thanks,
Walt
It is called "thenetreturn" and tell Paul I sent you! :). You will see it on my "proshop" page on my website at www.wisdomingolf.com
Hi Shawn,
Watched some of your videos, great instructions?
Getting ready to order 'thenetreturn". My only concern is how the net will hold up. My last net SKL quickster, lasted 3 week before the net started to come apart. Any feedback would be appreciated.
What do you charge for personal lessons?
Thanks,
Walt
The NetReturn is awesome. Had it for 4 years and no signs of wear.
Hi Shawn,
I went with a new net, 'Spornia' auto return also, a little smaller and less expensive, 7x8x7. So far so good.
Great instructions! I think my biggest issue beside swing too hard was coming it too steep. We talked about making sure the handle was past the ball when you strike it and you finish your swing after you strike the ball? I think I just figured it out.
Thanks for your insight!
Walt
Hi Shawn,
Just another thanks to you! Here is where I'm at with my swing:
no early wrist break as suggested, keep the small letter 'y' in my takeaway to complete full turn, stay centered , keep some pressure on lead foot, keep head behind ball through impact. I let the force from the club head pull me through impact to finish? I concentrate on a straight lead arm and striking the ball with the club head first to keep me focused? Swing speeds 82-92 consistent with 7 iron shooting for 87 MPH. Had some awesome 3 wood swing speeds, you wouldn't believe them. Goal is to get a consistent tempo with good timing. I practice everyday, full swing chipping and putting. I have a desire to get back to single digit H.C. I've been all over the internet getting teaching tips. I believe you give some of the best teaching advice!
I believe the most important part of the swing is being able to connect the club head to the ball first at impact?
Thanks again,
Walt
Have you ever hit one off the house over the net?
Nope! 😀👍and we are going to keep it that way!😜
I was watching a Lee Trevino video and he mentioned taking three steps before his swing. Is this the same procedure? 8 - )
He is matching his set up to his picture; when it fits. He stops moving and delivers the shot!
Hmmm.. I bowled for years and was a five stepper L R L R L. My brother was three L R L. The weight is all on the left foot at delivery and the throw is like an under arm pitch, right handed of course. That just doesn't seem right to me in golf unless it would be R L R L four.?? All that movement seems very difficult to me. cheers
Omg your backyard angle is so uneven doesn’t that irritate you. I would have leveled before installing that grass. At least the portion where you’re hitting into your net.
Relax! It’s the camera angle! Plus you want a break on the green for both drainage and pleasure in practice and you want uneven lies to play on!
Does not work for me. I shot a 122 today trying your techniques. Hey are great advice but may not help certain people. Will still keep watching as I agree and like the way they are explained.
A cure for being too careful? Gin and tonic!
Enjoy your channel!
😂😂
I feel bad you don't get to play. I play twice a week here in Florida.
I get to hit balls every day and have a club in my hand; I am very happy! :)
Here is a potential problem with this drill. Ideally in the back swing your head needs to lower. The same is true on the down swing. If you watch when he is doing the drill his head is going up on the back swing, so this is training the body to stand up in the back swing. A drill must reflex and support the true actions in a golf swing. Take care with this drill
Oh PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS!!! Watch human beings walk down a busy street and see the bobbing heads!! Please see "horse shoes and lassos shawn clement" and "create serious speed shawn clement" and get un-brainwashed by the industry that NEVER SHOWS HUMAN ANATOMY AND PONTIFICATES ON OPINIONS BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS!!
Sorry but you are wrong. I would direct you to the wonderful work of Wayne Defranesco. He has clearly shown Hogan and Tiger for example lower both in the back swing and down swing. Standing up is a death move. Now there are some who remain neutral in the back swing like Chamberlain. Please direct me to a great player that stands up in the back swing? Otherwise your drill is flawed and please go back and correct
Wayne Defranesco books are stolen rubbish. All players that swing as a human and not a machine move there body as it was built. Tiger is a prime example of why you need to move your body. Multiple knee and back surgeries are the result. Most of the new generation will be short lived and damaged from the swings they use. Nickulas, Watson ,Floyd....all had long playing lives because of the movement in there swings.
Doesn't matter show video proof or move along with your fake analysis and theories
How then does Rory get his squat in the down swing? To me, the head
moving down in the back swing would lead to fat shots or at least the
need to stand up through the swing which could lead to a topped shot or a
slice.