Shawn it validates your teaching if your students can out hit you! Taking a non golfer to a single digit player and turning him into a power machine is awesome, there’s hope for us ex hockey players!
This is the exact video I needed Shawn. I have been playing every week for over a month. The last two rounds I felt like I had lost everything you taught. I know this lesson will get me back on track.
We had such a blast! Mu outdrove me by 60 yards yesterday on a par 5! I missed mine 290 and he had a bit of a toe hit at 350…he had 138 into the green to my 200…😝🙄😝
This is another great video. Throwing to a target is one of the best drills I have used in my teaching (learned from Shawn) it really helps but it is really important to have a safe place ! Great going you three 👏👍👌
Thanks again Shan Sav and mu. Ive been shooting in the 80 for the last month or so. It took me a long time to break old habits (still working on it). I made a couple little changes (might be just a different way of looking at what you teach) in your swing but will continue watching to improve.
A few differences Anthony! We have Anatomically correct throws and we have Throws with prediction of contact and direction so that you know exactly how to put the ball in the way of your throw in the direction of where you want to start through the crucial intermediate point. Still too many holes in Fred's stuff...
Just did some short throws in the backyard Shawn. First few went to the left and here's where i got confused. In order for me to throw it straight I feel like i have to start the throw super early. Almost like i would start my desired throw and direction about 1/4 of the way down into my downswing.. In relation the the golf swing it would require me to give up control of trying to put the clubface on the ball. In my mind I always thought we were supposed to hold that angle and lag till the last second with a bent right wrist and this feels like I'm letting it go. Cant wait to try this at the course, it feels like i would NOW be hitting through the ball if that all makes sense.
You are definitely mis interpreting the throw!! If you throw left it means the club has passed the hands at the bottom and then you are releasing the club as it is being sucked behind you. See “throw the club straight shawn clement”
Tore it up today … cant help but think its because this channel… without asking myself what happened … my body speaks to me… i shot a 96 today… left a few out there but it felt great i was on fire😎
@@golflessons i shot a 40 today at league… period… and my dad got a freaking hole in one today!!! Big wins today… shawn i owe this 40 to you i wish i could send a pick of my score card…
LOL, I was trying to do this. I almost broke my front window with big with left hook. I had to slow the swing way down to get it to go straight. Now I have to try it with a golf ball. Looks like a great tip. I just have to work on it.
When you are doing these "Throw the club" drills, it would be great to see a shot down range to go along with the perpendicular to range we usually get.
You have inspired me to get out there to toss some balls and old steel shafted clubs. Perhaps this exercise will help me to better synchronize my hip turn. Thanx jt
I have watched alot of your videos this year. I just started playing golf again and I thought I was broken. The light bulb went off. I honestly feel like I'm doing the savy and the result is pure contact and effort less distance and control. I will do all I can to ingrain this goodness.
What did it was getting myself to realize what it looks like to be able to get to the target. It was just a little more tilt and boom. Tempo is supurb I can do the pause at the top drill so good now. I think if I would have went and thrown clubs it would have saved me a ton of trouble
@@lakecityripper Awesome comments here and right on all counts! Enjoy the process! If you want to get deeper into it, go to our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and enjoy my life’s work of over 400 videos in order of time from 10 years ago till now at just $9.95 per month. You will see a list of videos by date and just go from the bottom to the top and see on course, short game, putting, scoring, student lessons, and all with 2 camera angles minimum and professionally edited.
This is how I putt now. Ball at my lead foot, cackhanded, focused on the actual target line directly, feels like a golf swing, and that target focus and setup results in super confidence, square clubface, and an incredible reduction in putts per round. Sure wish I could get to that place with my iron swing. But I only recently got to that place in putting, and I can see what a huge paradigm shift it is compared to staring at the ball. Then again, the putting change was brought about by a change in setup, and that allowed the mind/body to shift focus to the target/path. So I know the key is there somewhere, just haven't quite found the right combination yet. Will do the ball to club throwing and see what shakes loose LoL
See the “how to put the ball in the way of the swing shawn clement” and “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement” whichnare all about set up!
Had my first video analysis recommending me to practice throwing the club, now seeing this video too.. going to be practicing throwing the club a lot this week :) Thanks for the great content.
Yes, see “how to put the ball in the way of your swing shawn clement” and “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement” On our premium channel, it is the GOLDIE LOCKS SERIES and the PREDICT CONTACT as well as “TARGET CONFIRMATION SERIES”
Haven't been in touch with WIG lately - but this video opened up questions for me Shawn. 1) Following your inputs for the last 2y - I've gone from a 6 to a 3. Thank you for this!! 2) I've also gone from an out to in swing to an in to out swing - but the issue now (specially for the driver) is it is too IN to OUT. 3) Will this drill (throwing it to the RIGHT of the alignment rod) - aggravate my now IN to OUT swing? Thanks!
Common issue with the driver because of it’s length; see “how to match backswing to target” and work on your power fades! In the premium channel, check out the driver videos and the “fade fine tuning” and “draw fine tuning” videos.
I'm having so much trouble with my shots hooking to left or pulling them left when trying to throw my club out in the direction of my target. I've checked my alignment, weakened my grip but still continue to do it. The only positive thing is I have increased my distance. Any suggestions?
Definitely playing better due in part to your guys content. How about telling me how I can be -4 through 12 and blow it to shoot +2, but if I’m +7 through 12 I shoot those same holes E/-1…much more accurate this year thanks to your content, I’ve even told a few people about your channel. Keep up the great work!
Hi Aimee! This is called “comfort level” based on what your perception is on your current skill level. When someone tells me they broke 80 for the first time, it is because they woke up when there were no more holes to play. If you start thinking about “protecting” your score, you start telling your mind to be careful and the flow is gone and your performance goes out with it. The cliché of “one shot at a time” is something you want to cultivate and live.
100% this! I was level par after 14 yesterday and started trying to 'control' my swing vs just throwing the clubs to the target...3 bogies in the last 4 holes :( Lesson learned!
@@harkov47 exactly! The goal is to deliver full actions to a direction where we want the ball to start on; the rest is prediction based on that action to target. For those who don’t get what I am saying about the prediction process, see “how to put the ball in the way of the swing shawn clement” and “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement” On our premium channel, it would be “predict contact” and “the goldie locks series” videos.
Good stuff! The “fencing for power shawn clement” with the lead side is good; and any of the videos about “stop letting go of the club shawn clement” and “no more collapsing arms shawn clement” and “how to finish the backswing shawn clement” and “weight shift shawn clement” is also good for understanding how the weight shifts from backswing to downswing which can only happen when you finish the backswing. On our premium channel, the video series to see first are “the senior series” and then see “weight shift with Savy” and “purpose of the backswing” and the “backswing series”
For some reason I can feel this much easier with irons and have a hard time doing this with driver. Any ideas why or how to get this feeling with driver?! Thanks love the channel.
Man, you bet! We have this awesome series on our premium channel (only $9.95 per month) called THE THROWING SERIES which has a video for each length of club starting for the “short stop throw on wedges” and then Javelin or Football throw with long irons and fairway woods and then the HAMMER THROW for the driver. We show you how to throw with all the different lengths up to 60 inches with a baseball hitting stick! 😀👍💪👌
What a great video again! One quick question for you. I was throwing the club out there beautifully, however, when I took a video of throwing the clubs with no ball, I noticed my club face was very open 'through impact'. It was squared up a foot or so past the ball, however, if I hit it like that, it would obviously be way left. I have a tendency to over rotate my left (right handed golfer) forearm pretty early in my backswing...however, I try not to think about it and instead just go with this idea of heavy momentum/throwing the club/sending the ball to the target. When I am 'on', I can shoot in the 70s, however, on off days (when my timing just isn't there), I am definitely delivering the club a little open, or a little closed from swing to swing. If I look at these slow mo swings you have of Sav in here, she really seems to keep the club face square throughout the back swing. Is she doing that intentionally? Or just a product of the grip?
That is the grip-club relationship that is DYNAMICALLY CLOSED ENOUGH to deliver a square face WHEN YOU THROW WITH EASE AND ABANDON in the direction you want the ball to start on. If she just throws the club, the point where you see your club face very open would be significantly less open on hers.
@@golflessons - I will need to think about your comment here about the club face a bit more here. That being said, it is pretty amazing how easy it is when you simply throw the club with the purpose of throwing at a target. Your body just seems to figure it out. I remember playing with someone once who was driving the ball exceptionally well. I wasn't that day. At some point, he said, you know the difference between you and me? I don't care where the ball goes, and you do. Like in my other comment, when the arms start getting tight, and I subconsciously start trying to 'direct' the ball to where I want it to go (with my hands), nothing good happens. Setting up with the intention of really launching that ball with some heavy momentum, and trusting that if I direct that to where the ball needs to go...is the piece I really keep trying to work on at the range.
@@harkov47 you are getting close! The premium channel has a bunch of video series that will help such as “pre-motor cortex” series and “target confirmation series” and “unstoppable momentum series” as well as “flow state” series.
Fantastic drill Shawn, now all my golf down swings follow an imaginary line to the right of target and it works great. Sometimes I overcook the wedges, I hook them or the other times I block the driver. Any further advice or : Just keep practicing? lol.
I am confused about something. When you visualize the ball as a dandelion, the stem of which you want to cut on your way to the intermediate target, exactly what are you looking at? Seems you are instructing us to not focus on the ball?
I saw you mention a 2017 video about eyes on the prize, meaning the sliver of grass between the ball and club. Now that makes sense. Interestingly, my last shot at the range I tried that and had about the only happy drive of the session. So tomorrow, I’ll do the grip, tilt, etc checklist but add eyes on that grass at the end.
@@golflessons I believe I do. I used to incorporate a stronger grip but I began pulling shots. Now I'm using a more neutral grip and hitting it dead straight. I may try the strong grip again.
@@timhanna4700 pulling shots is NOT because of grip, it is because of you swinging to the left with a face that is barely closed; see “hit a honkin’ draw to hit straight shawn clement”
Mu’s smile right after he hit the ball is so awesome; he knew he smashed it.
BIG TIME!! This boy is an athlete!
Shawn it validates your teaching if your students can out hit you! Taking a non golfer to a single digit player and turning him into a power machine is awesome, there’s hope for us ex hockey players!
Darn right!!! Hockey players are awesome and have all the tools to be solid golfers with full kinetic chains.
That makes sense
OK I’m back! The golden nugget is “Outa the way, outta the way!” Just love you guys! Clear, simple, consistent teaching! The WIG Chanel is epic too!
Right on Marc! Welcome back! 👍😀
This is the exact video I needed Shawn. I have been playing every week for over a month. The last two rounds I felt like I had lost everything you taught. I know this lesson will get me back on track.
Easy to start being “careful” and all of a sudden you lose the swing because you lost the task! 👍😀
This channel is legit … Shawns teachings are LAW!!!
Appreciate the kind words! 👍😀
I have some old irons and a big front yard! Game on! 🏌️♂️
Game on!!!😀👍🚀
It was so funny to watch Mu throwing the clubs and you laughing so much 😂😂😂😂😂
We had such a blast! Mu outdrove me by 60 yards yesterday on a par 5! I missed mine 290 and he had a bit of a toe hit at 350…he had 138 into the green to my 200…😝🙄😝
This is another great video. Throwing to a target is one of the best drills I have used in my teaching (learned from Shawn) it really helps but it is really important to have a safe place ! Great going you three 👏👍👌
You would have been on the ground laughing if you saw how far Mu threw those clubs! 😂😂😂
@@golflessons Got such a kick out of the laughing and Savy on the ground 😆
Thanks again Shan Sav and mu. Ive been shooting in the 80 for the last month or so. It took me a long time to break old habits (still working on it). I made a couple little changes (might be just a different way of looking at what you teach) in your swing but will continue watching to improve.
Good stuff! 👍👍😀
very important golf video!🤩
This video inspired me to go out to the practice range and toss range balls IT WORKS!
I went to a golf school with Fred Shoemaker. He had us doing the same thing.
A few differences Anthony! We have Anatomically correct throws and we have Throws with prediction of contact and direction so that you know exactly how to put the ball in the way of your throw in the direction of where you want to start through the crucial intermediate point. Still too many holes in Fred's stuff...
Great video and instructions please keep these great videos coming 🏌️♂️👍👍
you guys gave me a good lol this morning.
Just did some short throws in the backyard Shawn. First few went to the left and here's where i got confused. In order for me to throw it straight I feel like i have to start the throw super early. Almost like i would start my desired throw and direction about 1/4 of the way down into my downswing.. In relation the the golf swing it would require me to give up control of trying to put the clubface on the ball. In my mind I always thought we were supposed to hold that angle and lag till the last second with a bent right wrist and this feels like I'm letting it go. Cant wait to try this at the course, it feels like i would NOW be hitting through the ball if that all makes sense.
You are definitely mis interpreting the throw!! If you throw left it means the club has passed the hands at the bottom and then you are releasing the club as it is being sucked behind you. See “throw the club straight shawn clement”
Any concerns as Mu’s left heel comes off the ground as he transitions?
It is slowly evolving to where the head is staying back better and anchoring the release and the heel will eventually stay down longer! 😀👍
Tore it up today … cant help but think its because this channel… without asking myself what happened … my body speaks to me… i shot a 96 today… left a few out there but it felt great i was on fire😎
I can see the twinkle in your eye as you describe this! 😀👍
@@golflessons 🤣🤣🤣🤩yess!!!
@@golflessons i shot a 40 today at league… period… and my dad got a freaking hole in one today!!! Big wins today… shawn i owe this 40 to you i wish i could send a pick of my score card…
@@_scumbrisket3172 dude! It is an honour to be a part of your golfing life with your dad, just awesome! Please say hi and congrats!
LOL, I was trying to do this. I almost broke my front window with big with left hook. I had to slow the swing way down to get it to go straight. Now I have to try it with a golf ball. Looks like a great tip. I just have to work on it.
When you are doing these "Throw the club" drills, it would be great to see a shot down range to go along with the perpendicular to range we usually get.
See all our “throwing the club shawn clement” videos!
Great video, thanks for posting!
great simple tip. Thanks as always.
You have inspired me to get out there to toss some balls and old steel shafted clubs.
Perhaps this exercise will help me to better synchronize my hip turn.
Thanx
jt
BIG TIME!!! YOU WERE MADE TO PERFORM LIKE THIS!!!!!!😀👍
I have watched alot of your videos this year. I just started playing golf again and I thought I was broken. The light bulb went off. I honestly feel like I'm doing the savy and the result is pure contact and effort less distance and control. I will do all I can to ingrain this goodness.
What did it was getting myself to realize what it looks like to be able to get to the target. It was just a little more tilt and boom. Tempo is supurb I can do the pause at the top drill so good now. I think if I would have went and thrown clubs it would have saved me a ton of trouble
@@lakecityripper Awesome comments here and right on all counts! Enjoy the process! If you want to get deeper into it, go to our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and enjoy my life’s work of over 400 videos in order of time from 10 years ago till now at just $9.95 per month. You will see a list of videos by date and just go from the bottom to the top and see on course, short game, putting, scoring, student lessons, and all with 2 camera angles minimum and professionally edited.
This is how I putt now. Ball at my lead foot, cackhanded, focused on the actual target line directly, feels like a golf swing, and that target focus and setup results in super confidence, square clubface, and an incredible reduction in putts per round.
Sure wish I could get to that place with my iron swing. But I only recently got to that place in putting, and I can see what a huge paradigm shift it is compared to staring at the ball.
Then again, the putting change was brought about by a change in setup, and that allowed the mind/body to shift focus to the target/path.
So I know the key is there somewhere, just haven't quite found the right combination yet. Will do the ball to club throwing and see what shakes loose LoL
See the “how to put the ball in the way of the swing shawn clement” and “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement” whichnare all about set up!
Had my first video analysis recommending me to practice throwing the club, now seeing this video too.. going to be practicing throwing the club a lot this week :) Thanks for the great content.
You bet Brandon! This is time well spent!!👍😀
Shawn. I love the this. Throw them well. I struggle with taking it to actually swing when the ball gets in the way?
Yes, see “how to put the ball in the way of your swing shawn clement” and “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement”
On our premium channel, it is the GOLDIE LOCKS SERIES and the PREDICT CONTACT as well as “TARGET CONFIRMATION SERIES”
Brilliant video
Haven't been in touch with WIG lately - but this video opened up questions for me Shawn.
1) Following your inputs for the last 2y - I've gone from a 6 to a 3. Thank you for this!!
2) I've also gone from an out to in swing to an in to out swing - but the issue now (specially for the driver) is it is too IN to OUT.
3) Will this drill (throwing it to the RIGHT of the alignment rod) - aggravate my now IN to OUT swing?
Thanks!
Common issue with the driver because of it’s length; see “how to match backswing to target” and work on your power fades! In the premium channel, check out the driver videos and the “fade fine tuning” and “draw fine tuning” videos.
I'm having so much trouble with my shots hooking to left or pulling them left when trying to throw my club out in the direction of my target. I've checked my alignment, weakened my grip but still continue to do it. The only positive thing is I have increased my distance. Any suggestions?
Hit some fades! See “how to match backswing to target shawn clement”
OMG watching Mu throw the iron is just crazy. I wish my kinetic chain fired more like his. I’m sure the extra ~50 lbs he has on me helps a little :)
Haha, YEAH! And it’s all fast twitch muscle training in the weight room! So it is 50 LBS of EXPLOSIVES…💥👍💪
Definitely playing better due in part to your guys content. How about telling me how I can be -4 through 12 and blow it to shoot +2, but if I’m +7 through 12 I shoot those same holes E/-1…much more accurate this year thanks to your content, I’ve even told a few people about your channel. Keep up the great work!
Hi Aimee! This is called “comfort level” based on what your perception is on your current skill level. When someone tells me they broke 80 for the first time, it is because they woke up when there were no more holes to play. If you start thinking about “protecting” your score, you start telling your mind to be careful and the flow is gone and your performance goes out with it. The cliché of “one shot at a time” is something you want to cultivate and live.
100% this! I was level par after 14 yesterday and started trying to 'control' my swing vs just throwing the clubs to the target...3 bogies in the last 4 holes :( Lesson learned!
@@harkov47 exactly! The goal is to deliver full actions to a direction where we want the ball to start on; the rest is prediction based on that action to target. For those who don’t get what I am saying about the prediction process, see “how to put the ball in the way of the swing shawn clement” and “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement”
On our premium channel, it would be “predict contact” and “the goldie locks series” videos.
Eye opener!!
Great Video - What Videos do you recommend for making a full turn? I am 48 years old and have limited mobility.
Good stuff! The “fencing for power shawn clement” with the lead side is good; and any of the videos about “stop letting go of the club shawn clement” and “no more collapsing arms shawn clement” and “how to finish the backswing shawn clement” and “weight shift shawn clement” is also good for understanding how the weight shifts from backswing to downswing which can only happen when you finish the backswing.
On our premium channel, the video series to see first are “the senior series” and then see “weight shift with Savy” and “purpose of the backswing” and the “backswing series”
For some reason I can feel this much easier with irons and have a hard time doing this with driver. Any ideas why or how to get this feeling with driver?! Thanks love the channel.
Man, you bet! We have this awesome series on our premium channel (only $9.95 per month) called THE THROWING SERIES which has a video for each length of club starting for the “short stop throw on wedges” and then Javelin or Football throw with long irons and fairway woods and then the HAMMER THROW for the driver. We show you how to throw with all the different lengths up to 60 inches with a baseball hitting stick! 😀👍💪👌
What a great video again! One quick question for you. I was throwing the club out there beautifully, however, when I took a video of throwing the clubs with no ball, I noticed my club face was very open 'through impact'. It was squared up a foot or so past the ball, however, if I hit it like that, it would obviously be way left. I have a tendency to over rotate my left (right handed golfer) forearm pretty early in my backswing...however, I try not to think about it and instead just go with this idea of heavy momentum/throwing the club/sending the ball to the target. When I am 'on', I can shoot in the 70s, however, on off days (when my timing just isn't there), I am definitely delivering the club a little open, or a little closed from swing to swing. If I look at these slow mo swings you have of Sav in here, she really seems to keep the club face square throughout the back swing. Is she doing that intentionally? Or just a product of the grip?
That is the grip-club relationship that is DYNAMICALLY CLOSED ENOUGH to deliver a square face WHEN YOU THROW WITH EASE AND ABANDON in the direction you want the ball to start on. If she just throws the club, the point where you see your club face very open would be significantly less open on hers.
@@golflessons - I will need to think about your comment here about the club face a bit more here. That being said, it is pretty amazing how easy it is when you simply throw the club with the purpose of throwing at a target. Your body just seems to figure it out. I remember playing with someone once who was driving the ball exceptionally well. I wasn't that day. At some point, he said, you know the difference between you and me? I don't care where the ball goes, and you do. Like in my other comment, when the arms start getting tight, and I subconsciously start trying to 'direct' the ball to where I want it to go (with my hands), nothing good happens. Setting up with the intention of really launching that ball with some heavy momentum, and trusting that if I direct that to where the ball needs to go...is the piece I really keep trying to work on at the range.
@@harkov47 you are getting close! The premium channel has a bunch of video series that will help such as “pre-motor cortex” series and “target confirmation series” and “unstoppable momentum series” as well as “flow state” series.
Wow does this make things simple
When you need a reset, JUST CHUCK THAT CLUB; the important thing is that you have a specific direction to throw it into!
Thanks for the video.. fun and informative as always.. any instructors of this swing style in the Hamilton Ontario area?
Check out the team at Richmond Hill Golf Club, my old club! Donna Norman is there teaching away with all my wisdom! 😀👍
Fantastic drill Shawn, now all my golf down swings follow an imaginary line to the right of target and it works great. Sometimes I overcook the wedges, I hook them or the other times I block the driver. Any further advice or : Just keep practicing? lol.
See “how to match backswing to target shawn clement” and “how to put the ball in the way of your swing shawn clement”
bacon strip divot! love it.
I have seen some flying golf clubs passing by my backyard 😀😀😀
Savanna’s laugh made me laugh.
It is very contagious! We should laugh so much more on the golf course!
I wonder if she didnt do her little bumb forward if she would ever hit the ball
I am confused about something. When you visualize the ball as a dandelion, the stem of which you want to cut on your way to the intermediate target, exactly what are you looking at? Seems you are instructing us to not focus on the ball?
I saw you mention a 2017 video about eyes on the prize, meaning the sliver of grass between the ball and club. Now that makes sense. Interestingly, my last shot at the range I tried that and had about the only happy drive of the session. So tomorrow, I’ll do the grip, tilt, etc checklist but add eyes on that grass at the end.
I just cant get past how strong their grips are , I'd pull hook it.
Not if you swing THROUGH THE BALL
@@golflessons I believe I do. I used to incorporate a stronger grip but I began pulling shots. Now I'm using a more neutral grip and hitting it dead straight. I may try the strong grip again.
@@timhanna4700 pulling shots is NOT because of grip, it is because of you swinging to the left with a face that is barely closed; see “hit a honkin’ draw to hit straight shawn clement”
@@golflessons thank you sir.
mu blaming his club toss on the tail wind.... lmao
You don’t need a shrink. Mu just has a closed club face when he sets up. Try it and you might catch up to him. ⛳️. 🏌️♂️
6 iron 214....
I know, and he is just on cruise for on course play; he can get it out there 235 when he is speed training! 😝😝
Lol=)) Thanks for making me laugh today.
😀👍
New Olympic sport! Club throwing. Makes more sense than skateboarding.
Yeah!! 😀👍
I had to pause after 40 secs!!!!
Buy your throwing clubs at goodwill on dollar days.
good idea! thanks for that! 👍😀