Shawn, I have been watching your video's forever it seems, and through assimilation trying to perform such; although never having been successful. I believe now having seen your instruction, through the understanding and performance your esteemed guest, I'll now be able to master -to the best of my ability(sixty-six yrs.)- the levitation and rhythm necessary to allow the clubhead produce its potential. How did I miss this video, all this time; it will prove prophetic I'm sure!
Most of The nuggets of wisdom are embedded in these videos; however, for a structured and chronological and more organized and detailed look, see www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and the last couple years have been epic as far as continuing the evolution into a realm not yet reached by the golf teaching and tournament playing industry.
I've watched all of Shawn's videos for the last 1.5 years.... For me, this might be the most important video yet. While I understand the concepts, my practice sessions are generally fustrating mostly because I'm still too far inside and flat like this gentleman was. This is the piece I needed to make the rest of the instruction "jive". I'm looking forward to finally seeing Shawn in person in Atlanta in April!
Shawn, this is fantastic advice. The release in the BACKSWING is so easy to keep in mind when it comes to minimizing swing thoughts. I have been guilty of getting too flat on the backswing and I further love the levitation aspect of the hinge. As evidenced by the progress of your student, this video is spot on.
Loved that session and reviewed it tonight. Letting the club elevate provides the time to “transition” into the downswing. Hard to give up the control but what a difference. Merci beaucoup Shawn.
Shawn, I have exactly the problem you solved in your video, I hinge early but never let the momentum of the swing lift the club above my head, completing the grass cutting back swing. I will take this to the dome to see what I can do with it. Your approach to teaching the golf swing is like nothing I’ve ever seen. Thanks
Letting the hands continue up...this was a revelation to me! I think this might be the missing piece in my swing. Feels so natural, unforced and smooth. Great lesson and video! Thanks Shawn
Hi Shawn, I go near Québec city to visit my mom every summer, and I get to play the course in Grand-Mère. Not fancy, but very Scottish, and the 2nd oldest golf course in Canada. Hope to see you next summer :-)
I love these videos and I’m in the premium program. The problem is that I see so many of my faults in every single video and it’s difficult for me to prioritize. The only thing I think I really have right is my grip.
priorities are first to find the task that lights you up the best; the squeeze through the doorframe, of the delivery of that divot peel in the direction you want the ball to start or the throwing of the club into that full release with the prediction that the ball is in the right place to be in the way of that action. See “task trumps everything” video and the “throwing series” together with the “goldie locks” series. Then let me know in the comment section in premium which ones you like best and what is your struggle when performing that task when it does not come off.
very well explained shawn..the Dr asks very intelligent questions and all that we experience in our own swings..Ive noticed personally,while practising at the range, that extra elevation while hinging the wrists at the top is critical and i realise if I'm not performing that extra lift at the top, i feel i haven't enough time to swing through the ball which then causes me to rush the follow through.!.. keep up the good work and it would be nice to see your student again just to see his improvement.
Alas, so it goes, the challenge of getting the Doc to "give up control to gain control". The right hand (dominant hand) is the culprit. It is in control for everything else the Doc has ever done his whole life and right hand = cerebrum = egocentric "Of course I can help you do this better, I am your right hand"! I remember watching Jim McClean on the golf channel in the early days do an hour long presentation on when the wrist should hinge, after much pontification about when and how early or late, he ended the show with, and I quote, "I remember spending a few days with Sam Snead one time and Sam said that if your grip pressure was just right the wrist would hinge at just the right spot on it's own". Hey Doc, try something we call "pull the trigger", simply monitor your grip pressure and keep it so light it feels you might lose the club during the entire swing and observe how your instincts will "get ready for the collision" or "pull the trigger" so to speak, just in time in the name of body safety everytime. This equally light pressure in both hands will be a true rhythm maker not compromised by "righty" taking charge! Sorry Doc, if righty takes charge early you are just waving at it. You might be more comfortable using plastic balls as you let your cerebellum prove to your cerebrum that all is well being loose and free and brainlessly "pulling the trigger".
Great explanations, especially the part of using the lighter "axe". Because golfers don't feel the weight, they don't get the proper feedback of what the club is doing in space. Heavier clubs for everybody!
Elevate the left arm to the top,i agree,one question what direction was your pupils ball going before the correction,was it left of target,i,m interested to know.S/J.
Hi Shawn, great video. Love going back to the older videos to trouble shoot my swing. One question though, does this wrist action also apply to the driver? I feel as though my driver wrist hinge happens a bit later (a bit higher) in the backswing as compared to my irons. Thanks!
The hand at the top of the corrected back swing (@ 6:21) looked way too vertical - aligned, not with the top of the right shoulder, but with the ear!! Maybe it's because he is one foot taller than me and that swing works for that height.
Well, when you flip his swing righty and put it next to Jack Nicklaus and they move the same way through the same positions, you would think it is a swing to model for sure! Which it is!!
I believe that an early hinge has many advantages, but I don't wanna break Ben Hogans pane of glass with that exaggerated upward motion after the hinge :-)
That is very limiting...Hogan was not a teacher and would have found that his advice would have benefited about 30% of his players. What would Jack Nicklaus, Tiger, Bubba, Justin Thomas, Jason Day, Scott Hoch, Dustin Johnson, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Nick Faldo, Greg Norman, Phil Mickelson, and dozens more major winners have done?
The key is to know if the backswing matches the direction you want to start the ball! See “stay with your shot shawn clement” and then see “throwing the club shawn clement” and “big 4 predictions shawn clement” The last one is absolute GOLD!!
Tour players', all good players', swings conform to the WIDE, NARROW, WIDE principle. Never even think about hinging the wrists in the back swing because that is all taken care of naturally as the right elbow flexes in the back swing (right handed player). Simply use a one piece takeaway and the wrists hinge as the right elbow (right handed player) flexes towards the top of the back swing. THE WRISTS WILL HINGE NATURALLY !! And then they will stay hinged due to gravity and centrifugal force on the down swing. Wide going back, then narrow into the ball, then wide again. So simple.
This was interesting to watch 🤔 Let the gravity bee your teacher 👍 I just watched Mark Crosfield new video "Golf truths and Myths" in point 3.30 he talks how holding lag is myth and he don't believe it. Mark is awesome guy, but this is something totally diffrent what you teach? Different method or what is this?? Golf teaching is a big jungle 😂
Yes, it is! However, it becomes much easier to get through the jungle if you understand how the machine works and how the brain activates the machine! Lag will happen COMPLETELY NATURALLY when you are swinging to the target. Lag must be lost when hitting AT THE BALL.
Yes i totally agree. Swing to the target is the key 👍 It still makes wonder why Mark says that many good players are casting very early in the swing. You are like opposite golf teachers. He is casting early and you are casting to target and both are professional golf teachers. It's no wonder why students are getting confuced 😵 Keep up the good work!👍
It's the same, no one can change the natural laws of science or gravity, or teach it any differently. Gravity is not the teacher. Gravity alone cannot produce a good, powerful golf swing; if that were the case, no one would need to use any muscles at all on the downswing. First gear in golf is generated from the ground; the feet/ground relationship produces the most power, and then the little muscles just sort of hang on and guide the club back to impact. Just think how little power you would have if you can imagine swinging at a golf ball with your feet hovering off the ground at address.
Striker 333 Thank you for the comment. Yes, you have to also use human body in rightway but in right rhytm with gravity. Like in bowling you use your body and feel the ball weight. Second point was that Mark don't like teaching lag and Shawn is teaching natural lag to target. Hope that clears👍
P SMITH Yes 👍 G forces or feel the weight. Like in bowling, hammering nail, tennis etc... However my point was that Shawn is teaching natural lag and Mark is talking in his video, that lag is bad thing. I think that every natural action to target you need lag like Shawn says. To me it does't make any sense to say that lag is a bad thing 🤔
Shawn, I have been watching your video's forever it seems, and through assimilation trying to perform such; although never having been successful. I believe now having seen your instruction, through the understanding and performance your esteemed guest, I'll now be able to master -to the best of my ability(sixty-six yrs.)- the levitation and rhythm necessary to allow the clubhead produce its potential. How did I miss this video, all this time; it will prove prophetic I'm sure!
Most of The nuggets of wisdom are embedded in these videos; however, for a structured and chronological and more organized and detailed look, see www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and the last couple years have been epic as far as continuing the evolution into a realm not yet reached by the golf teaching and tournament playing industry.
I've watched all of Shawn's videos for the last 1.5 years.... For me, this might be the most important video yet. While I understand the concepts, my practice sessions are generally fustrating mostly because I'm still too far inside and flat like this gentleman was. This is the piece I needed to make the rest of the instruction "jive". I'm looking forward to finally seeing Shawn in person in Atlanta in April!
Good stuff Kishore!
Shawn, this is fantastic advice. The release in the BACKSWING is so easy to keep in mind when it comes to minimizing swing thoughts. I have been guilty of getting too flat on the backswing and I further love the levitation aspect of the hinge. As evidenced by the progress of your student, this video is spot on.
Thank you Scott! Enjoy your practice!
Loved that session and reviewed it tonight. Letting the club elevate provides the time to “transition” into the downswing. Hard to give up the control but what a difference. Merci beaucoup Shawn.
Shawn, I have exactly the problem you solved in your video, I hinge early but never let the momentum of the swing lift the club above my head, completing the grass cutting back swing. I will take this to the dome to see what I can do with it. Your approach to teaching the golf swing is like nothing I’ve ever seen. Thanks
Right on Rickoh! Have a blast! Nanananananananan....😜
Number 1 amongst 3 great teachers I follow who've taken my game forward in leaps and bounds.
Letting the hands continue up...this was a revelation to me! I think this might be the missing piece in my swing. Feels so natural, unforced and smooth. Great lesson and video! Thanks Shawn
Great stuff Stephen! 😀👍
Hi Shawn, I go near Québec city to visit my mom every summer, and I get to play the course in Grand-Mère. Not fancy, but very Scottish, and the 2nd oldest golf course in Canada. Hope to see you next summer :-)
Yeah man! Nice area!
You are absolutely welcome; you are not far at all!
Shawn
LOVING this series, many thanks Gents!
Thank you Bandit!
I love these videos and I’m in the premium program. The problem is that I see so many of my faults in every single video and it’s difficult for me to prioritize. The only thing I think I really have right is my grip.
priorities are first to find the task that lights you up the best; the squeeze through the doorframe, of the delivery of that divot peel in the direction you want the ball to start or the throwing of the club into that full release with the prediction that the ball is in the right place to be in the way of that action. See “task trumps everything” video and the “throwing series” together with the “goldie locks” series. Then let me know in the comment section in premium which ones you like best and what is your struggle when performing that task when it does not come off.
Thank Shawn, that's was my exact feeling. My hinge was my "stopping point" so I stopped the backswing.
very well explained shawn..the Dr asks very intelligent questions and all that we experience in our own swings..Ive noticed personally,while practising at the range, that extra elevation while hinging the wrists at the top is critical and i realise if I'm not performing that extra lift at the top, i feel i haven't enough time to swing through the ball which then causes me to rush the follow through.!.. keep up the good work and it would be nice to see your student again just to see his improvement.
You bet! Thank you John! He is a very passionate student of martial arts and golf; human movement lights us both up!
yes, i can see that shawn..hes very eager to get it right, but he asks the questions we are dying to ask!..thanks again.
Alas, so it goes, the challenge of getting the Doc to "give up control to gain control". The right hand (dominant hand) is the culprit. It is in control for everything else the Doc has ever done his whole life and right hand = cerebrum = egocentric "Of course I can help you do this better, I am your right hand"! I remember watching Jim McClean on the golf channel in the early days do an hour long presentation on when the wrist should hinge, after much pontification about when and how early or late, he ended the show with, and I quote, "I remember spending a few days with Sam Snead one time and Sam said that if your grip pressure was just right the wrist would hinge at just the right spot on it's own". Hey Doc, try something we call "pull the trigger", simply monitor your grip pressure and keep it so light it feels you might lose the club during the entire swing and observe how your instincts will "get ready for the collision" or "pull the trigger" so to speak, just in time in the name of body safety everytime. This equally light pressure in both hands will be a true rhythm maker not compromised by "righty" taking charge! Sorry Doc, if righty takes charge early you are just waving at it. You might be more comfortable using plastic balls as you let your cerebellum prove to your cerebrum that all is well being loose and free and brainlessly "pulling the trigger".
Great explanations, especially the part of using the lighter "axe". Because golfers don't feel the weight, they don't get the proper feedback of what the club is doing in space. Heavier clubs for everybody!
Heavy enough to feel and light enough to whip the snot out of! 😝😀
Elevate the left arm to the top,i agree,one question what direction was your pupils ball going before the correction,was it left of target,i,m interested to know.S/J.
Hi Shawn, great video. Love going back to the older videos to trouble shoot my swing. One question though, does this wrist action also apply to the driver? I feel as though my driver wrist hinge happens a bit later (a bit higher) in the backswing as compared to my irons. Thanks!
It’s a longer shaft, so technically yes, the wrists hinge a tad later;
Shawn
Can't wait to get back out there and try this...many thanks guys 🤓👌
Awesome Lesson, Thanks Shawn & Doc!
Thank you Naples!
The hand at the top of the corrected back swing (@ 6:21) looked way too vertical - aligned, not with the top of the right shoulder, but with the ear!! Maybe it's because he is one foot taller than me and that swing works for that height.
Correct! Look at Bubba Watson!
@@golflessons Anyway, Bubba's swing is one of a kind! Hardly a swing role model! 😄😄
Well, when you flip his swing righty and put it next to Jack Nicklaus and they move the same way through the same positions, you would think it is a swing to model for sure! Which it is!!
That's an interesting insight! Never saw it that way. But it's also true that I haven't seen much of the legend - Jack Nicklaus.
Jack is still the man in the driver’s seat!! 18 major wins with 19 second place finishes!!! THE MAN!!!
I believe that an early hinge has many advantages, but I don't wanna break Ben Hogans pane of glass with that exaggerated upward motion after the hinge :-)
That is very limiting...Hogan was not a teacher and would have found that his advice would have benefited about 30% of his players. What would Jack Nicklaus, Tiger, Bubba, Justin Thomas, Jason Day, Scott Hoch, Dustin Johnson, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Nick Faldo, Greg Norman, Phil Mickelson, and dozens more major winners have done?
Yeah everebody is telling me my swing is too upright when i miss hit ...well may be i'm rushing my downswing..thank you very much shawn
The key is to know if the backswing matches the direction you want to start the ball! See “stay with your shot shawn clement” and then see “throwing the club shawn clement” and “big 4 predictions shawn clement”
The last one is absolute GOLD!!
excellent video. Shawn your right we are gravity geniuses!
You bet!!👍👍
Very helpful video!
Tour players', all good players', swings conform to the WIDE, NARROW, WIDE principle. Never even think about hinging the wrists in the back swing because that is all taken care of naturally as the right elbow flexes in the back swing (right handed player). Simply use a one piece takeaway and the wrists hinge as the right elbow (right handed player) flexes towards the top of the back swing. THE WRISTS WILL HINGE NATURALLY !! And then they will stay hinged due to gravity and centrifugal force on the down swing. Wide going back, then narrow into the ball, then wide again. So simple.
Yessir! This is what happens in the “walk to a better swing shawn clement” video and “perpetual motion drill shawn clement”
Those practice swings starting at 11:30... Money.
The Doc is doing a great job!! 😀👍
This was interesting to watch 🤔 Let the gravity bee your teacher 👍 I just watched Mark Crosfield new video "Golf truths and Myths" in point 3.30 he talks how holding lag is myth and he don't believe it. Mark is awesome guy, but this is something totally diffrent what you teach? Different method or what is this?? Golf teaching is a big jungle 😂
Yes, it is! However, it becomes much easier to get through the jungle if you understand how the machine works and how the brain activates the machine! Lag will happen COMPLETELY NATURALLY when you are swinging to the target. Lag must be lost when hitting AT THE BALL.
Yes i totally agree. Swing to the target is the key 👍 It still makes wonder why Mark says that many good players are casting very early in the swing. You are like opposite golf teachers. He is casting early and you are casting to target and both are professional golf teachers. It's no wonder why students are getting confuced 😵 Keep up the good work!👍
It's the same, no one can change the natural laws of science or gravity, or teach it any differently. Gravity is not the teacher. Gravity alone cannot produce a good, powerful golf swing; if that were the case, no one would need to use any muscles at all on the downswing. First gear in golf is generated from the ground; the feet/ground relationship produces the most power, and then the little muscles just sort of hang on and guide the club back to impact. Just think how little power you would have if you can imagine swinging at a golf ball with your feet hovering off the ground at address.
Striker 333 Thank you for the comment. Yes, you have to also use human body in rightway but in right rhytm with gravity. Like in bowling you use your body and feel the ball weight. Second point was that Mark don't like teaching lag and Shawn is teaching natural lag to target. Hope that clears👍
P SMITH Yes 👍 G forces or feel the weight. Like in bowling, hammering nail, tennis etc... However my point was that Shawn is teaching natural lag and Mark is talking in his video, that lag is bad thing. I think that every natural action to target you need lag like Shawn says. To me it does't make any sense to say that lag is a bad thing 🤔
what a lesson...honestly lots of 'gotchas' moments
Early, super early