This is gold and can’t be emphasized enough, given the hundreds of other videos recommending the tucked right armpit. Speed killer, consistency killer and great way to get stuck. Not to mention it’s ALOT more fun to loosen up those shoulders and whip it using your approach ! My personal swing thought to get this is “high hands” at top, and feeling those lats stretch upward. Great stuff Shawn!
I will never understand how you do not have more subscribers than you do. I have been watching you since the very beginning and can take what you say and your analogies and use them on my own. I am able to understand way more about the golf swing because you have simplified it in a way that makes sense to me. I have tried lessons and they say a lot of cool terms and throw a lot of drills at you, but nothing has been more easy for me to understand and utilize on the course than what you teach. The Arm Club unit and the throwing the club, all of it, just makes much more sense and is really easy to work with. I appreciate all of your hard work on these videos!
@@miket990 Get a private lesson and see how long they drag you on and how much you will spend. Shawn puts out a 15 min video doing the same, for free. If you cannot figure out how to sit still and listen for 15 mins to get his point then that is a you problem dude.
I have watched hundreds of YT Golf videos during the past 20 months since I started lessons. I am a USPTA certified tennis pro and aspire to become a golf instructor in a few years, so i practice daily and take lessons from multiple pros. This is one of the best instructional videos I have come across. Explaining that there are two pendulums, not one was a huge revelation for me. The analogies to baseball and tennis resonated with me. PS My first instructor had me do the headcover drill, LOL
A thing of beauty! Couldn’t be explained with more clarity and you made perfectly relatable references to the kinetic engagement required to execute an easily repeatable golf swing. You are amazing! Thank you for taking the time to share your passion. Cheers
Shawn, I have been in a year long slump, struggling to break 90 and not bothering to post scores. I have not seen anyone explain the swing as simply as you have in this video. In particular, the major takeaway for me was freeing up the right elbow as you would throwing a ball or many other athletic moves. I was keeping my right elbow tucked in as you mocked in the beginning of your video. Now my swing is much longer, and free flowing as I am making a much better turn back and through while not trying to HIT at that ball. I am no longer trying to guide the club but swinging towards my mid target as you demonstrate! The results were immediate as I am finally compressing the ball and getting 15 yards more with my irons and 25 with the driver! I truly appreciate your insight and the way you explain things in such a simple manner that is easy to understand and relate to. Thank you beyond words as I am enjoying golf again and confident that what I am doing is correct!
You the man! Way to go john! Thank you for listening and applying and for taking the time to send in your precious feedback! Much appreciated and keep us posted!
I get the best results imagining I'm making a full golf swing with my whole body. The key is feeling relaxed from shoulders to feet and particularly feeling powerless arms. I used to think I needed to anchor my feet and lower body and use the ground to swing the shoulders in the backswing and hips in the downswing. But I found that was restrictive and caused body tension that slowed me down and limited the swing arc. Your instructions and demonstrations confirm that.
Good stuff Peter! Glad to keep you on the right track! Now that you know where to get the best info, I want to make you aware of our premium channel at WISDOM IN GOLF PREMIUM.COM where you will find my life’s work exactly in line with your findings; which are the same as Bubba Watson, Jack Nicklaus, Ryan Fox, Bryson DeChambeau, Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead and so many more!
I hope you read this comment. I stumbled across this video by accident. I was ALWAYS told to keep right arm tucked and I felt so stiff. I went to the range and tried this out and OH MY LORD it unlocked everything. It made me feel free. It made me destroy my previous distances and I was barely swinging. Every single thing clicked. Part of me is sad that the tucked elbow thing is given to every single student ever. I am young and felt so restricted by tucked elbow. Every single thing made me feel free and able. So thank you. This video needs like 100 million views lol. I cannot stress that anyone/everyone has to try this out. And thank you for speaking so clearly. The throwing the club thing made so much sense to me at the curtain.
Right on @jcoleman924 ! You are the reason for these videos! As a full time teacher for 38 years, I see this way too often and so happy we were able to free another golfer! Keep me posted with your progress and to go ever deeper, don’t be a stranger to our premium channel at wisdom in golf premium.com All the best! Shawn
Throwing the club to the target makes a lot of sense.You can't come from the outside coming from the outside.You would throw the club to left field.Great tip thank you
People and professionals in the medical field LOVE WHAT WE DO BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THEY WILL NEVER GET HURT THIS WAY AND THE BONUS? Best way to swing a club bar none! 😎👊💪🫶😝
Former pitcher with a 90 plus mph fastball, now a +3 hcp who still generates 185 mph ball speed at age 60. Shawn is 100000% correct in what he’s teaching here.
This is the first video I have seen from you. I’ve never heard anyone explain the swing as a double pendulum, that makes so much sense! I really liked the way you explained everything throughout this video. I will be trying this tomorrow and will also be subscribing!!
Very similar concept to Erika Larkin’s a true swing which completely changed my golf game for the better. You are swinging a club not forcing a club. Good stuff.
Thank you, Sean. In less than 10 swings using your method, I’ve never hit the ball farther and straighter and crisper. I’ve been playing for over 20 years, and I knew it had to be simpler than what all the other teachers are doing. Thanks again.
Wonderful Shawn..This year I am going to visualise that patient swing of yours every time I swing a club, I need that up and down look that you demonstrate over and over again. Masterful and efficient power. Thanks again
Thank you Bill! Hopefully you have seen our content on our premium channel at wisdom in golf premium.com? My life’s work there for just $9.95 per month!
Shawn i cant thank you enough for how much my golf has improved, cutting the grass has got me hitting my irons so much strighter and further , its becoming effortless! Also your chipping videos are the best! Watched savs battering ram feel with the driver and that is working for me 😊 when this cost of living crisis ends here in the uk ill definitely be signing up for the premium channel 👍 im telling my friends down the range now , just cut the grass 😂😂
Wait till you see the new “dual pendulum” series coming out on our premium channel this week; amazing insight as to why vertical backswings are not the steep swings we thought them to be and are the most efficient swings out there!
Best golf instructor on UA-cam bar none. Would love to see some mid handicap swing fixes or playing lessons out on the course. Actually any on course content would be good. Would be interested to hear how you approach different shots etc.
I love your natural elements and motion plus target teaching. The headcover under the armpit is just a drill that does benefit some if done properly. It's been Vijay Singhs main drill, and he has always been a great ball striker.
Needed this! Thanks Shawn. Warmer today, hit some into the net with that reminder of throwing the club through the net to target. Always remember Fred Astaire swinging and dancing through the ball multiple times. Will be rewinding this lesson a lot. Cheers.
Hey Shawn, another awesome video…even though I am now using the Moe Norman swing method, I still find all your videos incredibly helpful. You are definitely, in my opinion, the best golf instructor out there, Bar none!!!!!!!
Shawn, Excellent video. No manipulation. Letting the body do what it must to achieve the mind’s goal. You are, and always have been “ pure gold” as an instructor. For the most natural approach to golf, listen to Shawn , people. Pure sense. Thanks for your dedication to golfers Shawn!
I'm glad you point out the two-pendulum concept since I help people with their short game and they are so confused with what intuitively seems an easy swing, but they are just too tense, trying to guide the ball, it is a swing and it don't mean a thing, if you don't got that swing. You have been doing this forever helping golfers. Thanks. also, * you don't promote products.
Thank you Roberto! We absolutely love what we do and we don’t like pushing stuff on people; only once in a while when a product is really going to help, we use it in a video to demonstrate the point we are trying to get across; but we understand that there is a fine line there!
Sure. I get it, if it's something like lag swing, or the various implements you use, which I would try first, like the hand scythe, also cutting the dandelion is a staple of what I tell people. Trying to get them not to focus on "hitting" the ball, Best.@@golflessons
Right on Jed! For an absolute BOAT LOAD OF MORE COMMON SENSE, see our premium channel where you will find my life’s work in over 500 amazing videos for less than an hour lesson once a year! ($9.95 per month) WISDOM IN GOLF PREMIUM.COM
A great great game today thanks to two Canadians, the grass whipping towards the target (you) and George Knudson's never do anything at the expense of balance in the swing. It's such a great game when you play it well.
Music to my ears! Thank you for the awesome comment and keep us posted to your future benchmarks! Because if you stick to your advice, you will go places! 😀👍
Someone who has such a simple free swing with a raised right elbow is rocco mediate. I always was told not to raise the elbow. I started emulating his swing and started striping the ball then i see this id which confirmed what ive been doing sucks i wasted years doing it wring but feels great now
The Human machine is amazing and will perform for you when you ALLOW IT TO! Thank you for the nice comment! For more on this, see our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and see “the 2 pendulum swing series” and the “battering ram” and “shawn’s new favourite drill” videos as a start!
A lot of great advice as to the biomechanics of swing movements. It all seems quite consistent with the teaching of Dr. Kwon though you both may use slightly different terms. Glad I found your videos.
Shawn, From what I have understood (Watching all the random youtube videos), the purpose of headcover drill is to rotate more and stay connected. You swing really well, but for amateur like me, thinking of ball throwing motion tends me to sway a lot laterally and if cannot time my return to the ball I shank it. Any thoughts?...
I think hitting ball and then turf is the hardest thing for me to achieve. Think I've been trying to hit the ball for years instead of the target. Very difficult to break. Its not easy. Seen about all your videos. And had a swing analysis. Well, i tried all last summer and trying again. Hopefully this is the year. Thanks Shawn.
Think of it this way, and maybe you are doing now.... IF you can hit the ground without a ball there, there is no reason you can't if a ball is there. Ererybody has their own "feels" that work for them, but I think one of the best is "feeling" as if you're swinging all the time, the ball is just in the way. This is the opposite of intentionally trying to hit/strike/compress the ball. It's a mindset, and not recognizing this keeps almost all players from getting their real swings to be as good as their practice swings. You probably dont want advice from a stranger, but this one really helped me 15 years ago. Never looked back.
This! You have taken all the 21 steps and thoughts in the golf swing! And made it look easy and smooth! Love it....looks nice and easy but with power! One question. I notice you don't keep your left arm perfectly straight and rigid in your backswing. We have all been tought to do that but I feel it takes the "natural" out of the swing as well as some of you full rotation. Do you have a video on that? Keep up the good work!
Yes! We have an amazing series on our premium channel called “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” where in video #6 we are walking and sending grass divots into the trees and the divot keeps coming out of the same line (centre of stance) without even trying! We have such an amazing machine to swing with!
I recently started putting my arm at the side to prevent me from coming over the top but lost at least 10 yards with all my iron last week. This video couldn't have come at a better time.
Exactly! Like putting the brakes on! PLEASE SEE THE TRUTH ON OVER THE TOP AND JUST SEARCH “over the top shawn clement” and “pulling shots left shawn clement”
Shawn, I really enjoy your YOuTube backswing video{Perfect Natural Effortless Backswing} and especially found the backswing drill in this video lesson starting from the follow thru position and rotating back into the perfect backswing position which I found very helpful. I am a Premium member and searched for this video on the Wisdom in Golf Premium website but it was not included. Can you explain why this video and possibly otherof your useful UA-cam videos are not being included on the Wisdom In Golf Premium videos? .
Haha; well, we just call it differently! We have a whole slew of them explaining this such as the recent “2 pendulum series” which is a very important area of the swing to understand!
Thanks as always Shawn! Ive been waiting all week for this one! I was wondering why you dont have the stickers on your clubs yet? I know younwent back to blades somewhat recently but i think it would be helpful to get the rest of the metrics. 180 carry with a 7 iron blade is HUGE! 💪
Best players in the world have all used and still use the cover under the arm pit drill There is multiple ways to swing a golf club. There is no right and wrong Moe Norman was the best ball striker on the planet and has an absolutely horrendous looking swing
I seem to remember years ago, the towel in the left armpit being a thing. I cant imagine doing headcover under right armpit😱unless it’s accomplished by the full suite of Ben Hogan moves which are very different than say a Sam Snead type swing
Keeping trail arm tucked in (with golf cover under trail arm) is critical for the takeaway portion of the backswing. It is a fact that the number one fault of the takeaway is the lack of connection (trail arm not tucked in) between the upper trail arm and the side of the body. The idea of a golf cover is an excellent one for the takeaway portion of the backswing. By introducing a gap in the takeaway between the trail arm and the body as you would recommend, leads inevitably to an early fold of the trail arm. This in turn ensures the club head rolling inside the hands during the takeaway portion of the backswing from which it will become very difficult if not impossible to recover. A very bad position form which to complete the rest of the backswing. A sure recipe for disaster. So for the takeaway portion of the backswing, yes by all means use a golf cover to keep the trail arm tucked in but not after that. It is inconceivable and a buffoonish suggestion that anyone could possibly recommend keeping the golf cover in place for the rest of the swing after the takeaway..
So when should it drop? Both upper arms are resting on the rib cage at address and they stay that way for the takeaway in our book; so still no need for the head cover…😎
There is NOTHING like the feel of COMPLETE FREEDOM when whipping through the ball and out into the direction you want it to start; then knowing the ball will turn in the air the way you want it to so that it ends up at your target!
I've been playing for a little more than a year. My instructor tells me, "You're bending your left arm too much!" But when I watch your effortless swing I see that your left arm is bent over 45 degrees (13:32). I'm so confused.
It’s about width without the collapse; not about ridiculous muscular tension to suit an opinion or a theory! Just look at a baseball power hitter and see how they wait for the pitch; then look at how the anatomy of the arms straightens naturally on the downswing and loads up the leverage to deliver through to the target! PURPOSE is the key word; not rigid positions!
@@golflessons Makes perfect sense. I went to the range last night and worked on getting rid of tension, unconcerned if my left arm was bending. Result: Perhaps my best range sessions ever. Thank you Shawn, you picked up yet another happy subscriber!
I’m such an idiot. I was new to golf and came across your videos, watched a few and started playing way better. Lost the feeling for some reason or another and went down the path of elbow tucked crazy side bend for the last year. Yeah, I can hit a good shot every now and then, but the rest are very inaccurate. Need to get back into this swing method and start lowering my score again.
Yes, time to remove all the control from the swing and let it free wheel! The key is the direction you are going to allow it to free wheel into! See “how to match backswing to target” to complement this one; and to really treat yourself, get on our premium channel at wisdom in golf premium.com and let me take a look at your swing and point you to a series of videos that will pertain to getting you to your next level! I offer this to anyone who subscribes to our basic Par membership at only $9.95 a month!
Another excellent video, Shawn! Is there an easy way to open your left hip on the downswing? I struggle with that for some reason----it stalls out, causing me to not fully release the club, and block shots on the course.
Lol I've never seen a golfer with a flying right elbow hit the ball consistently. My ballstriking improved immensely when I learned to get the right shoulder in a better position, which the headcover tuck does an excellent job encouraging.
@@ays0nable Champions tour…CHAMPIONS TOUR…and I always go for the technique that suits human anatomy and allows full human movement pattern potential and efficiency. Micromanaging body parts is not the way…
@@golflessons or… you’re missing the point with the new techniques. The point is consistency with a more compact swing. Every capable golfer who can swing like this knows that. People looking for distance with this swing also know that distance is Activate’s with the lower body. I.e Tommy Fleetwood.
Hey Shawn! Awesome vid, but have a question--- Ive always been curious of your finishing position. Its very unique--- watching Sav and Mu, I dont think they have that finish. It got me thinking-- I dont think I have seen any videos specifically about that finishing position where your club is across the line. Is that something just specific to your swing? I dont think I have seen anyone with that club position at the end of the swing before so I am curious about it
To me it looks like he’s adapted a swing that works for his current range of motion. His shoulder flexibility isn’t wide however he’s made it work since the important parts of the swing happens in front of his torso. His swing path looks much steeper than most instructors, looks to be about 60-65 degrees from the ground. He might have problems with a driver or long iron but I can be totally wrong.
There are a couple guys on tour that have this finish that swing very much like me; Arnold Palmer, Bubba Watson, Berhard Langer has this finish as well; my left handed swing does jot have this finish; more across the back like Savy; this helicopter finish we call it is to dissipate the excess momentum towards the target and is purely a self preserving reflex.
@@theyehsohz what yxselect355 said…😜 I have a 7.5 degree driver I carry 300 consistently with (Opening drive at the Mexico Open Pro Am was 20 yards over the green from the white tees measuring 287 to flag) and I carry a 1 iron which is my 250 club.
Loved the beginning - made me laugh. Shawn I was wondering - what are your feelings on jumbomax grips? I'm in the process of trying them out. You often compare the golf swing to other sports / movements and almost all of them have a thicker handle. So on one hand I would think you would approve of the larger grips. However, I know you also have done extensive videos on grips and where the clubs should rest in your hands / fingers. Just curious what you think.
Only if they suit your hands; Mu tried them and they were too big and he has MEAT HOOKS for hands. So he does the standard jumbo grip in the plus 4 non tapered style
The right edge of the intermediate point; see “pulling shots left shawn clement” and on our premium channel, the most essential video ever is “alignment reload” which deals with the very particular distorted way humans perceive things from the side.
Shawn when I hit it well my swing feels free like this, but do you recommend raising up at the top as you do and if so what does that do. I think I would have to play a lot to time the move back down ?
I wish I had to patience to stick to everything you teach 😢 it makes so much sense but I can never fully abandon control and end up falling into the same tense and rigid movements
Some days it will be more difficult than others; the trick is to STAY WITH IT and it will come; it is inevitable as our machines learn this way; the key is to give your mind something clear to do. Example: I will use momentum to whip this grass divot to the right of the intermediate point into that ball flight, and it will feel about like this… To get the feel of the release through your shots, see all the “release” videos on our premium channel; then see all the “task” videos. To bring things together, you see the “throwing series”, the “goldilocks series” and the “target confirmation series” and finally the “stick your finish despite the ball series” Wisdom in golf premium.com
Shawn, your left wrist is cupped at the top of the backswing. I understand that this is not a problem to you, but I struggle squaring the face of the club if I don't flatten my left wrist. While practicing is not a big deal and I can handle it, but adding the pressure of a round I start making compensations and overthinking to avoid balls to the right as I still tend to hit over the top (strong grip, right-handed). For you this is not an issue because of your strong grip? Thank you so much for your tips.
Hi Shawn, amazing video - swinging throught the ball to an intermediate point vs swinging at the ball has changed my perception of the downsing, and really helped the transition from hitting a 9 iron to woods off the fairway with the same confidence. Still lots to practice to register this but I wanted to ask - my 7 iron goes about 155 total, any specific videos you would recommend from youtube and your premium channel to push this carry up? I'm 25 years old I would also like to understand more on the right elbow (I am a right handed golfer) - your elbow seems to be very free but most coaches call this a chicken wing elbow (although this feels more natural) - I feel I have more leverage over the ball and can use my elbow to push down if it is a "chicken wing" but have been told otherwise - would love to hear your thoughts.
To call that a chicken wing and a defective move is COMPLETE NONSENSE AND A SIN!! Like telling god he gave you a defective machine! 🙄🙄 Look at the elbow action in a baseball throw or cricket or tennis serve! How free is the arm and see how the elbow LEADS THE HAND? The head of the humorous, upper arm shoulder socket, is what creates this and for you to tuck that elbow turns you into T-REX and literally renders you without your inner athlete. SAD SAD SAD what is going on to this day in golf instruction; I have another video coming out today on other ridiculous aspects of what is being taught at large. See the “throwing series”, the “kinetic chain series”, the “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series”, “backswing levitation”, “garage door drill” all on our premium channel; and on youtube, see “throwing the club straight Shawn clement” to do it safely, and all the “throwing the club videos”
Awesome thank you! Buying premium today. Your UA-cam channel is a hidden goldmine and can’t wait to see what’s in the premium. Your instructions are natural and logical, and demystify golf for me.
Ben Hogan had quite the career with his tucked in right arm. He used it like a hammer. Ive been trying the ben hogan swing but its not working. Will try your way and let my right arm free up. Makes sense to me
Could you make a video with this new method shooting like 50 balls at the same place on the green ? And then do the same with the old method. Just to see how accurate it really is. Could be nice 👌
Shawn, I enjoy watching your lessons. My baseball back ground has hurt me when trying to become the better golfer with the “traditional” thoughts and swings for golfers. I used to think my strong grip was a bad thing. Question??? I don’t normally pick out intermediate target but how far outside should I try to throw the club from the intermediate target?? Why not throw to intermediate target?
This is exactly what we propose! Please see “pulling shots left shawn clement” and on our premium channel, see “alignment reload” which shows you why golfers and baseball players are all pull hitters! 😀👍
Awesome lesson Shawn, I just wanted to ask.. With this type of swing, are your ball positions the same? I know if you’re using a 7 iron then the ball position would be slightly forward but I thought I heard you mention that your ball position in this video is in the middle. Just wanted to know
I respectfully call this BS. First of all Swinging a golf club is not the same as throwing something overhand. Bad analogy. Keeping my upper arm connected to my side . improved my golf swing tremendously! It takes out variables. If you lift your arm off your side, you might lift it 4 inches off one time, 6 inches off another 2 inches off another. The that's a variable that variable will change your swing. And you will not make the same contact! For weekend hacker golfers that don't have time to practice all the time. You must eliminate variables in your swing. Or you will never hit the ball well. If you're not hitting five hundred balls a week, then you need to simplify as much as possible to hit it well. Keeping that upper arm connected to your body and just turning your shoulders eliminates the variables. It's like you're a robot. A machine. With fewer variables, you will hit the ball, as I have seen in my swing way way better than to let my elbow fly! If you let the elbow fly, not only can it fly at different lengths. Each time you might drop it faster or slower. Which messes with your tempo now too. If it's connected, you don't mess with the tempo, it's just the rotational aspect of you shoulders and hips. It's just the rotational movement of your body shoulders and torso. That affects the swing. It's way better with way, less variables. Try it if you're not swinging well. I could never hit the ball consistently straight my entire golf life. Now that I keep it connected. I swing and hit the ball straight almost every time. Why? because I've eliminated those variables at the top of my swing! Pros let the elbo fly (to get a longer swing path for more club head speed) then drop the elbo "into the slot" then swing through from inside out. Well sure that works for them. But you are not them! They hit at min 500 balls a day!!! Of course they can have a more complicated swing and do it well! You and i dont hit 500 balls in a season most likely! Stop following what the pros do unless you practice like they do! Simplify your swing. Oh by the way, in his example, he holds the cover under his arm and his elbo is basically touching his side. That is a GROSS over exaggeration! Just keep the upper part of your triceps connected to your side (your lat) Your not squeezing it tight...just feel light contact is all. Works AWESOME! Ive never hit the ball so well in my life! Heck, im hitting baby draws most swings. I sliced my whole golf carrer. Stupid fly away elbo was killing my swing!
Great video, but i feel like I missed something. At 5:55 he says something about throwing the club to the right of the intermediate point. What is that? I've reviewed it a couple of times. I don't understand. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks!
Hey Joe! This is because I am hitting a draw; and to do that properly, I need to start the ball to the right of the target so it can draw back to the target; there are no straight balls in golf and if there are, they are done by luck or mistake because for the last 8 years with my GC Quad, I have seen 0 sidespin and 0.0 push pull about 3 times with all of my students including tour pros and our teams. We are circle making machines as humans. For much more info on this, see WISDOM IN GOLF PREMIUM.COM and watch the “working the ball”, “alignment reload” (massively important game changing video), draw fine tuning, fade fine tuning and “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” and if you are just starting with us and want to get a much better understanding of how we, as human machines should swing a club (powerful and effortless) see “wisdom in golf 2.0”
I love this. For me maintaining width, especially as the round progresses and i get tiered, is messive key....... Eye on the ball, swing wide, solid legs, or don't sway......Boom 👍🏻
I noticed that you have your wrist extended at the top of your swing. Any advice regarding that? Does your wrist naturally go into flexion right before contact?
Yes and yes! This is the BEAUTY OF HUMAN ANATOMY AT IT’S BEST!! You literally cannot do anything wrong if you set up to deliver towards the target, have the ball in the way of your action task towards the target through our prediction process, and then simply witness momentum deliver the 2 pendulums into the direction you want to start the ball! Amazing machine we have when you understand how it is made and wired through it’s self preserving reflex system!
I know you can swing right or left handed. I swing left handed with a right dominant hand. Do you have different swing feels when you change to a left hand swing.
My decision : I stop watchin other UA-cam Golf Content and stay here as a Golfcourse for me . Thanks for your service (Fun videos and pro golf excluded o_O)
See our premium channel at wisdom in golf premium.com and see “lessons with Shawn” for the online 1-1 program which is smoking good; and in person is in Quebec City at the Royal Quebec Golf Club and book the time at Wisdom jn Golf.com
Shawn, Your backswing , rotates and loads around behind you to the left side, all is completed on the backswing ready to power up the pelvis . Pelvis drops and pops up . Vertical power . That's what it looks like ?
VERY GOOD OBSERVATION!! See an oldie but goodie called “feet together and one leg update shawn clement” and “ground forces shawn clement” and the cherry on the sundae is “best way to shift weight in the golf swing take a walk shawn clement”
At the end talking about inward turning a bit its actually very easy to hit your target it’s called lateral motion without turning being a forced movement. If the turns are allowed to be a passive motion or byproduct of us properly throwing there is way more power involved vertically which supports lateral and rotational control. There isn’t a single professional on tour that adds extra elbow width and destroys their arm structure from shaft parallel to the top. This lesson is going to do more harm than good.
Bubba Watson, Matt Wolfe, Kenny Perry, Chris Kirk, and on and on and on…hey, I can’t help it if you have blinders and filters…and that is completely ok!
@@golflessons which they aren’t known for good ball striking or consistency just raw talent. You have some really good videos and good info but this really missed the mark.
Having played tennis as a kid to about the age of 20, I find a lot of kinetic chain similarities between the tennis serve, backhand and forehand with the golf swing. I'm 63 and strive for full arm extension (right arm in particular - I'm right handed) on the golf backswing. When I feel the "stretch to the fullest pause" at the top of the swing, I know I'm ready to unload it. I'm still regularly outhitting all that I play with - yes, even the 20-30 year old's.
Golf lessons are similar to seeing a chiropractor.. You keep going back in the hope of seeing an improvement, rarely though do you see much other than your bank balance is diminishing week in week out..
The golf swing is much more comparable to skipping a rock across water than to pitching a baseball. The ball is on the ground, not up in the air somewhere. Also, the drill with a club head cover under your arm was popularized by Hogan. He won majors with it... Just sayin. Finally, why do you finish with the loop-t-loop at the end? Because you are fighting off a pull to the left from coming over the top.... you know I'm right.
Biggest problem the majority of beginners and mid/high handicappers have is focusing on the ball They see a golf ball and theor brain tells them they have to hit the ball. You DONT! Its called a golf swing, not a golf hit You're supposed to swing the club freely and the ball just gets in the way 99% of golfers ALWAYS have a better practice swing because they swing freely with no ball The minute they see a ball they think they need to hit it and it totally changes their swing Took me 6 months of poor golf before someone told me to ignore the ball and just swing the club with the thought of trying to brush it along the ground at a target 2-3 inches ahead of the ball
This is gold and can’t be emphasized enough, given the hundreds of other videos recommending the tucked right armpit. Speed killer, consistency killer and great way to get stuck. Not to mention it’s ALOT more fun to loosen up those shoulders and whip it using your approach ! My personal swing thought to get this is “high hands” at top, and feeling those lats stretch upward. Great stuff Shawn!
I spilled my coffee laughing at your initial display of serving tennis with a club head under your arm; great analogy, and great golf zen instructor!
Sorry about that! My coffee is like gold and I hate spilling it! 👍😝🫶👌💪
I will never understand how you do not have more subscribers than you do. I have been watching you since the very beginning and can take what you say and your analogies and use them on my own. I am able to understand way more about the golf swing because you have simplified it in a way that makes sense to me. I have tried lessons and they say a lot of cool terms and throw a lot of drills at you, but nothing has been more easy for me to understand and utilize on the course than what you teach. The Arm Club unit and the throwing the club, all of it, just makes much more sense and is really easy to work with. I appreciate all of your hard work on these videos!
Right on! Much appreciated! Thank you for taking the time to write your feedback and kind words🫶👍
he is one of us!
Because it takes him ages to get to the point!
@@miket990 Get a private lesson and see how long they drag you on and how much you will spend. Shawn puts out a 15 min video doing the same, for free. If you cannot figure out how to sit still and listen for 15 mins to get his point then that is a you problem dude.
@@miket990 haha, but you are right here enjoying the gold aren’t you Mike? 😀👍🫶
Another brilliant video , you came recommended to me after 5 years of frustrating golf . For a 74 year old Brit , getting better every time I play .
Funny how that works. We start to know better when we begin losing the ability to do better! (from another “experienced” golfer! 😂
Without a doubt the best detailed explanation of an effortless golf swing and the myths of other presentations out there in golf land......
Right on! Thank you for taking the time to comment! 🫶👍💪
I have watched hundreds of YT Golf videos during the past 20 months since I started lessons. I am a USPTA certified tennis pro and aspire to become a golf instructor in a few years, so i practice daily and take lessons from multiple pros. This is one of the best instructional videos I have come across. Explaining that there are two pendulums, not one was a huge revelation for me. The analogies to baseball and tennis resonated with me.
PS My first instructor had me do the headcover drill, LOL
A thing of beauty! Couldn’t be explained with more clarity and you made perfectly relatable references to the kinetic engagement required to execute an easily repeatable golf swing. You are amazing! Thank you for taking the time to share your passion. Cheers
You bet! Everyone should feel this bliss when they play!
Shawn, I have been in a year long slump, struggling to break 90 and not bothering to post scores. I have not seen anyone explain the swing as simply as you have in this video. In particular, the major takeaway for me was freeing up the right elbow as you would throwing a ball or many other athletic moves. I was keeping my right elbow tucked in as you mocked in the beginning of your video. Now my swing is much longer, and free flowing as I am making a much better turn back and through while not trying to HIT at that ball. I am no longer trying to guide the club but swinging towards my mid target as you demonstrate! The results were immediate as I am finally compressing the ball and getting 15 yards more with my irons and 25 with the driver! I truly appreciate your insight and the way you explain things in such a simple manner that is easy to understand and relate to. Thank you beyond words as I am enjoying golf again and confident that what I am doing is correct!
You the man! Way to go john! Thank you for listening and applying and for taking the time to send in your precious feedback! Much appreciated and keep us posted!
I get the best results imagining I'm making a full golf swing with my whole body. The key is feeling relaxed from shoulders to feet and particularly feeling powerless arms. I used to think I needed to anchor my feet and lower body and use the ground to swing the shoulders in the backswing and hips in the downswing. But I found that was restrictive and caused body tension that slowed me down and limited the swing arc. Your instructions and demonstrations confirm that.
Good stuff Peter! Glad to keep you on the right track! Now that you know where to get the best info, I want to make you aware of our premium channel at WISDOM IN GOLF PREMIUM.COM where you will find my life’s work exactly in line with your findings; which are the same as Bubba Watson, Jack Nicklaus, Ryan Fox, Bryson DeChambeau, Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead and so many more!
I hope you read this comment. I stumbled across this video by accident. I was ALWAYS told to keep right arm tucked and I felt so stiff. I went to the range and tried this out and OH MY LORD it unlocked everything. It made me feel free. It made me destroy my previous distances and I was barely swinging. Every single thing clicked.
Part of me is sad that the tucked elbow thing is given to every single student ever. I am young and felt so restricted by tucked elbow. Every single thing made me feel free and able. So thank you. This video needs like 100 million views lol. I cannot stress that anyone/everyone has to try this out.
And thank you for speaking so clearly. The throwing the club thing made so much sense to me at the curtain.
Right on @jcoleman924 ! You are the reason for these videos! As a full time teacher for 38 years, I see this way too often and so happy we were able to free another golfer! Keep me posted with your progress and to go ever deeper, don’t be a stranger to our premium channel at wisdom in golf premium.com
All the best! Shawn
Throwing the club to the target makes a lot of sense.You can't come from the outside coming from the outside.You would throw the club to left field.Great tip thank you
@@Joseph-n9t7c wait till next week! Mu and I go for the Guinness world record of throwing the club! Monday and one of us did it! 😀👍💪🤛🏾
I am a chiropractor and I really appreciate your body mechanics descriptions especially the Kinetic Chain.
People and professionals in the medical field LOVE WHAT WE DO BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THEY WILL NEVER GET HURT THIS WAY AND THE BONUS? Best way to swing a club bar none! 😎👊💪🫶😝
Sean, thank you! This video has helped me to rediscover my natural swing. Flowing now, not controlling. Thank you so much!
Yeah man! For more support, get with our premium channel for just $9.95 a month for my life’s work! Wisdom in Golf Premium.com 😀👍👊
Former pitcher with a 90 plus mph fastball, now a +3 hcp who still generates 185 mph ball speed at age 60. Shawn is 100000% correct in what he’s teaching here.
When I grow up, I want to be just like you! 👊👍🫶👌💪😀
let me a guess.. you were a Navy Seal and CIA operator too? 🤣🤣🤣
@@macdaddyblues1 don’t laugh too hard, I coach several of them! And it is a true honour to be a part of that! 😀👍💪👌
Lol
It’s as if you’re giving me a private lesson for my back swing issues. Thank you Sir I will work on this
This is the first video I have seen from you. I’ve never heard anyone explain the swing as a double pendulum, that makes so much sense! I really liked the way you explained everything throughout this video. I will be trying this tomorrow and will also be subscribing!!
Right on Luke! Welcome home!
Me too 👍
Very similar concept to Erika Larkin’s a true swing which completely changed my golf game for the better. You are swinging a club not forcing a club. Good stuff.
I have been preaching this since 2006 on youtube! Check out “throw the club shawn clement” 😀👍
Thank you, Sean. In less than 10 swings using your method, I’ve never hit the ball farther and straighter and crisper.
I’ve been playing for over 20 years, and I knew it had to be simpler than what all the other teachers are doing. Thanks again.
Wonderful Shawn..This year I am going to visualise that patient swing of yours every time I swing a club, I need that up and down look that you demonstrate over and over again.
Masterful and efficient power. Thanks again
We are so beautifully designed to do this effortlessly and easily! 😀👍👌
Thanks for another simple yet informative lesson Shawn. You really are an exceptional master instructor of the golf swing.
Thank you Bill! Hopefully you have seen our content on our premium channel at wisdom in golf premium.com? My life’s work there for just $9.95 per month!
Shawn i cant thank you enough for how much my golf has improved, cutting the grass has got me hitting my irons so much strighter and further , its becoming effortless! Also your chipping videos are the best! Watched savs battering ram feel with the driver and that is working for me 😊 when this cost of living crisis ends here in the uk ill definitely be signing up for the premium channel 👍 im telling my friends down the range now , just cut the grass 😂😂
Much appreciate the kind words and feedback; thank you for taking the time to write! 👌🫶👍😀
Another great lesson for the books. So much meat in this will have to watch it a few times through. Thanks Shawn!
Wait till you see the new “dual pendulum” series coming out on our premium channel this week; amazing insight as to why vertical backswings are not the steep swings we thought them to be and are the most efficient swings out there!
Best golf instructor on UA-cam bar none. Would love to see some mid handicap swing fixes or playing lessons out on the course. Actually any on course content would be good. Would be interested to hear how you approach different shots etc.
I love your natural elements and motion plus target teaching. The headcover under the armpit is just a drill that does benefit some if done properly.
It's been Vijay Singhs main drill, and he has always been a great ball striker.
Wouldn’t it be cool to ask him why he feels the need to do it?👍😀
@@golflessons My guess is something in the way he does the drill helps him with a big weakness.
One of your best lessons yet.
Needed this! Thanks Shawn. Warmer today, hit some into the net with that reminder of throwing the club through the net to target. Always remember Fred Astaire swinging and dancing through the ball multiple times. Will be rewinding this lesson a lot. Cheers.
Best tip ever. Thank you!
Hey Shawn, another awesome video…even though I am now using the Moe Norman swing method, I still find all your videos incredibly helpful. You are definitely, in my opinion, the best golf instructor out there, Bar none!!!!!!!
Shawn, Excellent video. No manipulation. Letting the body do what it must to achieve the mind’s goal.
You are, and always have been “ pure gold” as an instructor.
For the most natural approach to golf, listen to Shawn , people. Pure sense. Thanks for your dedication to golfers Shawn!
Thank you for the kind words and for the great feedback; much appreciated!
I'm glad you point out the two-pendulum concept since I help people with their short game and they are so confused with what intuitively seems an easy swing, but they are just too tense, trying to guide the ball, it is a swing and it don't mean a thing, if you don't got that swing.
You have been doing this forever helping golfers. Thanks.
also, * you don't promote products.
Thank you Roberto! We absolutely love what we do and we don’t like pushing stuff on people; only once in a while when a product is really going to help, we use it in a video to demonstrate the point we are trying to get across; but we understand that there is a fine line there!
Sure. I get it, if it's something like lag swing, or the various implements you use, which I would try first, like the hand scythe, also cutting the dandelion is a staple of what I tell people. Trying to get them not to focus on "hitting" the ball,
Best.@@golflessons
The most common sense golf video I've seen. This is awesome.
Right on Jed! For an absolute BOAT LOAD OF MORE COMMON SENSE, see our premium channel where you will find my life’s work in over 500 amazing videos for less than an hour lesson once a year! ($9.95 per month) WISDOM IN GOLF PREMIUM.COM
Best teacher in the modern era!
Thank you for the kind words Greg! 🫶🫶
A great great game today thanks to two Canadians, the grass whipping towards the target (you) and George Knudson's never do anything at the expense of balance in the swing. It's such a great game when you play it well.
Music to my ears! Thank you for the awesome comment and keep us posted to your future benchmarks! Because if you stick to your advice, you will go places! 😀👍
Someone who has such a simple free swing with a raised right elbow is rocco mediate. I always was told not to raise the elbow. I started emulating his swing and started striping the ball then i see this id which confirmed what ive been doing sucks i wasted years doing it wring but feels great now
This is just pure gold.
Shawn, this is a great instructional video. Loved the opening and you are correct. Ty
Thanks again Shawn...I keep coming back....I always will :)
This makes so much sense!
The Human machine is amazing and will perform for you when you ALLOW IT TO! Thank you for the nice comment! For more on this, see our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and see “the 2 pendulum swing series” and the “battering ram” and “shawn’s new favourite drill” videos as a start!
A lot of great advice as to the biomechanics of swing movements. It all seems quite consistent with the teaching of Dr. Kwon though you both may use slightly different terms. Glad I found your videos.
Yessir! Still not enough of us out there! Golf is such a dynamic sport, but the issues come running when people treat it as a static sport.
Great explanation from top of the swing to give a more power on contact, a great is example is Fred Couples, a powerful golfer!
Can't wait too try it out,makes so much sense
Finally a clip that makes sense
Yeah man! Plenty more where that came from! 😀👍
I am always amazed at how far you hit the ball without looking like you are even trying. I am a subscriber for sure.
Too much fun! 😀👍
Shawn, From what I have understood (Watching all the random youtube videos), the purpose of headcover drill is to rotate more and stay connected. You swing really well, but for amateur like me, thinking of ball throwing motion tends me to sway a lot laterally and if cannot time my return to the ball I shank it. Any thoughts?...
KNOWING how to turn is imperative! See “feet together drill shawn clement” and “arms and body timing shawn clement”
I think hitting ball and then turf is the hardest thing for me to achieve. Think I've been trying to hit the ball for years instead of the target. Very difficult to break. Its not easy. Seen about all your videos. And had a swing analysis. Well, i tried all last summer and trying again. Hopefully this is the year. Thanks Shawn.
Think of it this way, and maybe you are doing now.... IF you can hit the ground without a ball there, there is no reason you can't if a ball is there.
Ererybody has their own "feels" that work for them, but I think one of the best is "feeling" as if you're swinging all the time, the ball is just in the way. This is the opposite of intentionally trying to hit/strike/compress the ball.
It's a mindset, and not recognizing this keeps almost all players from getting their real swings to be as good as their practice swings.
You probably dont want advice from a stranger, but this one really helped me 15 years ago. Never looked back.
This! You have taken all the 21 steps and thoughts in the golf swing! And made it look easy and smooth! Love it....looks nice and easy but with power!
One question. I notice you don't keep your left arm perfectly straight and rigid in your backswing. We have all been tought to do that but I feel it takes the "natural" out of the swing as well as some of you full rotation. Do you have a video on that? Keep up the good work!
Sending grass towards the target is a great swing thought to promote solid contact to hit ball first then ground
Yes! We have an amazing series on our premium channel called “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” where in video #6 we are walking and sending grass divots into the trees and the divot keeps coming out of the same line (centre of stance) without even trying! We have such an amazing machine to swing with!
Abandon Control! Wisdom born into golf training. Thank you!
I recently started putting my arm at the side to prevent me from coming over the top but lost at least 10 yards with all my iron last week. This video couldn't have come at a better time.
Exactly! Like putting the brakes on! PLEASE SEE THE TRUTH ON OVER THE TOP AND JUST SEARCH “over the top shawn clement” and “pulling shots left shawn clement”
Totally Awesome instructor.
Much appreciate the kind words; thank you for taking the time to write!
Shawn, I really enjoy your YOuTube backswing video{Perfect Natural Effortless Backswing} and especially found the backswing drill in this video lesson starting from the follow thru position and rotating back into the perfect backswing position which I found very helpful. I am a Premium member and searched for this video on the Wisdom in Golf Premium website but it was not included. Can you explain why this video and possibly otherof your useful UA-cam videos are not being included on the Wisdom In Golf Premium videos?
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Haha; well, we just call it differently! We have a whole slew of them explaining this such as the recent “2 pendulum series” which is a very important area of the swing to understand!
Thanks as always Shawn! Ive been waiting all week for this one! I was wondering why you dont have the stickers on your clubs yet? I know younwent back to blades somewhat recently but i think it would be helpful to get the rest of the metrics. 180 carry with a 7 iron blade is HUGE! 💪
Easy subscribe video. Great advice for all levels of golfers here!
You gotta be kidding me. I was working on that armpit stuff lately. No wonder I am so inconsistent now. Thanks.
Yeah man, FREE YOURSELF! Your arms are already well connected to your body! 😝😝 Stay with delivering the swing through to the target!
Best players in the world have all used and still use the cover under the arm pit drill
There is multiple ways to swing a golf club. There is no right and wrong
Moe Norman was the best ball striker on the planet and has an absolutely horrendous looking swing
Perfect timing. Great lesson.
Great video !!!!
I seem to remember years ago, the towel in the left armpit being a thing.
I cant imagine doing headcover under right armpit😱unless it’s accomplished by the full suite of Ben Hogan moves which are very different than say a Sam Snead type swing
What wbout flexibility and strength limitations you have in your body? They would certainly affect how you swing.
Way less than you think! I am far from being able to touch my toes!
Great video😂 love the start!
Keeping trail arm tucked in (with golf cover under trail arm) is critical for the takeaway portion of the backswing.
It is a fact that the number one fault of the takeaway is the lack of connection (trail arm not tucked in) between the upper trail arm and the side of the body. The idea of a golf cover is an excellent one for the takeaway portion of the backswing. By introducing a gap in the takeaway between the trail arm and the body as you would recommend, leads inevitably to an early fold of the trail arm. This in turn ensures the club head rolling inside the hands during the takeaway portion of the backswing from which it will become very difficult if not impossible to recover. A very bad position form which to complete the rest of the backswing. A sure recipe for disaster. So for the takeaway portion of the backswing, yes by all means use a golf cover to keep the trail arm tucked in but not after that. It is inconceivable and a buffoonish suggestion that anyone could possibly recommend keeping the golf cover in place for the rest of the swing after the takeaway..
So when should it drop? Both upper arms are resting on the rib cage at address and they stay that way for the takeaway in our book; so still no need for the head cover…😎
Love this!
There is NOTHING like the feel of COMPLETE FREEDOM when whipping through the ball and out into the direction you want it to start; then knowing the ball will turn in the air the way you want it to so that it ends up at your target!
Excellent analyse 👏
Fantastic content Shaun 👌🏼👌🏼
I've been playing for a little more than a year. My instructor tells me, "You're bending your left arm too much!" But when I watch your effortless swing I see that your left arm is bent over 45 degrees (13:32). I'm so confused.
It’s about width without the collapse; not about ridiculous muscular tension to suit an opinion or a theory! Just look at a baseball power hitter and see how they wait for the pitch; then look at how the anatomy of the arms straightens naturally on the downswing and loads up the leverage to deliver through to the target! PURPOSE is the key word; not rigid positions!
@@golflessons Makes perfect sense. I went to the range last night and worked on getting rid of tension, unconcerned if my left arm was bending. Result: Perhaps my best range sessions ever. Thank you Shawn, you picked up yet another happy subscriber!
I’m such an idiot. I was new to golf and came across your videos, watched a few and started playing way better. Lost the feeling for some reason or another and went down the path of elbow tucked crazy side bend for the last year. Yeah, I can hit a good shot every now and then, but the rest are very inaccurate. Need to get back into this swing method and start lowering my score again.
Yes, time to remove all the control from the swing and let it free wheel! The key is the direction you are going to allow it to free wheel into! See “how to match backswing to target” to complement this one; and to really treat yourself, get on our premium channel at wisdom in golf premium.com and let me take a look at your swing and point you to a series of videos that will pertain to getting you to your next level! I offer this to anyone who subscribes to our basic Par membership at only $9.95 a month!
Another excellent video, Shawn! Is there an easy way to open your left hip on the downswing? I struggle with that for some reason----it stalls out, causing me to not fully release the club, and block shots on the course.
You are the best!!! Cheers
Lol I've never seen a golfer with a flying right elbow hit the ball consistently. My ballstriking improved immensely when I learned to get the right shoulder in a better position, which the headcover tuck does an excellent job encouraging.
I guess you never saw Jack Nicklaus or Tom Watson in action…too bad…
@@golflessonskinda weird that you’re disparaging new techniques. Guess you keep watching the champions tour.
@@ays0nable Champions tour…CHAMPIONS TOUR…and I always go for the technique that suits human anatomy and allows full human movement pattern potential and efficiency. Micromanaging body parts is not the way…
@@golflessons or… you’re missing the point with the new techniques. The point is consistency with a more compact swing. Every capable golfer who can swing like this knows that. People looking for distance with this swing also know that distance is Activate’s with the lower body. I.e Tommy Fleetwood.
The new age swing doesn't provide longevity. It's only for folks who are young and won't last 2 decades playing that way
Thank you ❤❤❤ its so helpful. Gbu
Hey Shawn! Awesome vid, but have a question--- Ive always been curious of your finishing position. Its very unique--- watching Sav and Mu, I dont think they have that finish. It got me thinking-- I dont think I have seen any videos specifically about that finishing position where your club is across the line. Is that something just specific to your swing? I dont think I have seen anyone with that club position at the end of the swing before so I am curious about it
To me it looks like he’s adapted a swing that works for his current range of motion. His shoulder flexibility isn’t wide however he’s made it work since the important parts of the swing happens in front of his torso.
His swing path looks much steeper than most instructors, looks to be about 60-65 degrees from the ground. He might have problems with a driver or long iron but I can be totally wrong.
@@theyehsohzyou say anything …..watch the video on the driver you will be impressed by distances obtained
There are a couple guys on tour that have this finish that swing very much like me; Arnold Palmer, Bubba Watson, Berhard Langer has this finish as well; my left handed swing does jot have this finish; more across the back like Savy; this helicopter finish we call it is to dissipate the excess momentum towards the target and is purely a self preserving reflex.
@@theyehsohz what yxselect355 said…😜 I have a 7.5 degree driver I carry 300 consistently with (Opening drive at the Mexico Open Pro Am was 20 yards over the green from the white tees measuring 287 to flag) and I carry a 1 iron which is my 250 club.
Loved the beginning - made me laugh. Shawn I was wondering - what are your feelings on jumbomax grips? I'm in the process of trying them out. You often compare the golf swing to other sports / movements and almost all of them have a thicker handle. So on one hand I would think you would approve of the larger grips. However, I know you also have done extensive videos on grips and where the clubs should rest in your hands / fingers. Just curious what you think.
Only if they suit your hands; Mu tried them and they were too big and he has MEAT HOOKS for hands. So he does the standard jumbo grip in the plus 4 non tapered style
Good video and concept. When you are saying "right edge" on the backswing, what "edge" are you referring to? The end of your toes?
The right edge of the intermediate point; see “pulling shots left shawn clement” and on our premium channel, the most essential video ever is “alignment reload” which deals with the very particular distorted way humans perceive things from the side.
Agreed.
Shawn when I hit it well my swing feels free like this, but do you recommend raising up at the top as you do and if so what does that do. I think I would have to play a lot to time the move back down ?
I wish I had to patience to stick to everything you teach 😢 it makes so much sense but I can never fully abandon control and end up falling into the same tense and rigid movements
Some days it will be more difficult than others; the trick is to STAY WITH IT and it will come; it is inevitable as our machines learn this way; the key is to give your mind something clear to do. Example: I will use momentum to whip this grass divot to the right of the intermediate point into that ball flight, and it will feel about like this… To get the feel of the release through your shots, see all the “release” videos on our premium channel; then see all the “task” videos. To bring things together, you see the “throwing series”, the “goldilocks series” and the “target confirmation series” and finally the “stick your finish despite the ball series” Wisdom in golf premium.com
@@golflessons I finally abandoned my control in the back swing and it felt incredible!!! Thank you!
Shawn, your left wrist is cupped at the top of the backswing. I understand that this is not a problem to you, but I struggle squaring the face of the club if I don't flatten my left wrist. While practicing is not a big deal and I can handle it, but adding the pressure of a round I start making compensations and overthinking to avoid balls to the right as I still tend to hit over the top (strong grip, right-handed). For you this is not an issue because of your strong grip? Thank you so much for your tips.
Yes, the comment I was looking for... Shawn's wrist is so cupped... Not everyone can come back square at impact...
Hi Shawn, amazing video - swinging throught the ball to an intermediate point vs swinging at the ball has changed my perception of the downsing, and really helped the transition from hitting a 9 iron to woods off the fairway with the same confidence. Still lots to practice to register this but I wanted to ask - my 7 iron goes about 155 total, any specific videos you would recommend from youtube and your premium channel to push this carry up? I'm 25 years old
I would also like to understand more on the right elbow (I am a right handed golfer) - your elbow seems to be very free but most coaches call this a chicken wing elbow (although this feels more natural) - I feel I have more leverage over the ball and can use my elbow to push down if it is a "chicken wing" but have been told otherwise - would love to hear your thoughts.
To call that a chicken wing and a defective move is COMPLETE NONSENSE AND A SIN!! Like telling god he gave you a defective machine! 🙄🙄
Look at the elbow action in a baseball throw or cricket or tennis serve! How free is the arm and see how the elbow LEADS THE HAND? The head of the humorous, upper arm shoulder socket, is what creates this and for you to tuck that elbow turns you into T-REX and literally renders you without your inner athlete. SAD SAD SAD what is going on to this day in golf instruction; I have another video coming out today on other ridiculous aspects of what is being taught at large.
See the “throwing series”, the “kinetic chain series”, the “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series”, “backswing levitation”, “garage door drill” all on our premium channel; and on youtube, see “throwing the club straight Shawn clement” to do it safely, and all the “throwing the club videos”
Awesome thank you! Buying premium today.
Your UA-cam channel is a hidden goldmine and can’t wait to see what’s in the premium. Your instructions are natural and logical, and demystify golf for me.
@@nkp8192 right on! See you in there soon! 👍😀👌
I love this for my irons, but I’m not sure how well this transfers to my driver swing
Ben Hogan had quite the career with his tucked in right arm. He used it like a hammer. Ive been trying the ben hogan swing but its not working. Will try your way and let my right arm free up. Makes sense to me
That's Hogan's swing. He own that swing. Find a swing where you can repeat it. Just master your fundamentals.
Could you make a video with this new method shooting like 50 balls at the same place on the green ?
And then do the same with the old method.
Just to see how accurate it really is.
Could be nice 👌
Shawn, I enjoy watching your lessons. My baseball back ground has hurt me when trying to become the better golfer with the “traditional” thoughts and swings for golfers. I used to think my strong grip was a bad thing.
Question??? I don’t normally pick out intermediate target but how far outside should I try to throw the club from the intermediate target?? Why not throw to intermediate target?
This is exactly what we propose! Please see “pulling shots left shawn clement” and on our premium channel, see “alignment reload” which shows you why golfers and baseball players are all pull hitters! 😀👍
99.9% of golfers should follow this man
Awesome lesson Shawn, I just wanted to ask.. With this type of swing, are your ball positions the same? I know if you’re using a 7 iron then the ball position would be slightly forward but I thought I heard you mention that your ball position in this video is in the middle. Just wanted to know
Slightly back of centre for draw; slightly forward of centre for fade
@@golflessonsthanks Shawn! Keep the great lessons coming.. Really helping me to play better golf & have some sort of consistency. I appreciate it
I respectfully call this BS.
First of all Swinging a golf club is not the same as throwing something overhand. Bad analogy.
Keeping my upper arm connected to my side . improved my golf swing tremendously!
It takes out variables. If you lift your arm off your side, you might lift it 4 inches off one time, 6 inches off another 2 inches off another. The that's a variable that variable will change your swing. And you will not make the same contact!
For weekend hacker golfers that don't have time to practice all the time. You must eliminate variables in your swing. Or you will never hit the ball well. If you're not hitting five hundred balls a week, then you need to simplify as much as possible to hit it well. Keeping that upper arm connected to your body and just turning your shoulders eliminates the variables. It's like you're a robot. A machine.
With fewer variables, you will hit the ball, as I have seen in my swing way way better than to let my elbow fly!
If you let the elbow fly, not only can it fly at different lengths. Each time you might drop it faster or slower. Which messes with your tempo now too.
If it's connected, you don't mess with the tempo, it's just the rotational aspect of you shoulders and hips.
It's just the rotational movement of your body shoulders and torso. That affects the swing. It's way better with way, less variables. Try it if you're not swinging well.
I could never hit the ball consistently straight my entire golf life. Now that I keep it connected. I swing and hit the ball straight almost every time.
Why? because I've eliminated those variables at the top of my swing!
Pros let the elbo fly (to get a longer swing path for more club head speed) then drop the elbo "into the slot" then swing through from inside out.
Well sure that works for them. But you are not them!
They hit at min 500 balls a day!!!
Of course they can have a more complicated swing and do it well!
You and i dont hit 500 balls in a season most likely!
Stop following what the pros do unless you practice like they do!
Simplify your swing.
Oh by the way, in his example, he holds the cover under his arm and his elbo is basically touching his side.
That is a GROSS over exaggeration!
Just keep the upper part of your triceps connected to your side (your lat) Your not squeezing it tight...just feel light contact is all.
Works AWESOME! Ive never hit the ball so well in my life!
Heck, im hitting baby draws most swings. I sliced my whole golf carrer.
Stupid fly away elbo was killing my swing!
Great video, but i feel like I missed something. At 5:55 he says something about throwing the club to the right of the intermediate point. What is that? I've reviewed it a couple of times. I don't understand. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks!
Hey Joe! This is because I am hitting a draw; and to do that properly, I need to start the ball to the right of the target so it can draw back to the target; there are no straight balls in golf and if there are, they are done by luck or mistake because for the last 8 years with my GC Quad, I have seen 0 sidespin and 0.0 push pull about 3 times with all of my students including tour pros and our teams. We are circle making machines as humans.
For much more info on this, see WISDOM IN GOLF PREMIUM.COM and watch the “working the ball”, “alignment reload” (massively important game changing video), draw fine tuning, fade fine tuning and “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” and if you are just starting with us and want to get a much better understanding of how we, as human machines should swing a club (powerful and effortless) see “wisdom in golf 2.0”
I love this. For me maintaining width, especially as the round progresses and i get tiered, is messive key....... Eye on the ball, swing wide, solid legs, or don't sway......Boom 👍🏻
I noticed that you have your wrist extended at the top of your swing. Any advice regarding that? Does your wrist naturally go into flexion right before contact?
Yes and yes! This is the BEAUTY OF HUMAN ANATOMY AT IT’S BEST!! You literally cannot do anything wrong if you set up to deliver towards the target, have the ball in the way of your action task towards the target through our prediction process, and then simply witness momentum deliver the 2 pendulums into the direction you want to start the ball! Amazing machine we have when you understand how it is made and wired through it’s self preserving reflex system!
I know you can swing right or left handed. I swing left handed with a right dominant hand. Do you have different swing feels when you change to a left hand swing.
My decision : I stop watchin other UA-cam Golf Content and stay here as a Golfcourse for me . Thanks for your service
(Fun videos and pro golf excluded o_O)
I haven't made that decision yet. Thats why i'm all messed up! lol.
Do you do in person lessons anywhere? Typing mistakes!
See our premium channel at wisdom in golf premium.com and see “lessons with Shawn” for the online 1-1 program which is smoking good; and in person is in Quebec City at the Royal Quebec Golf Club and book the time at Wisdom jn Golf.com
I would like you to go over the walk back swing in a future video. Thanks.
Shawn. Release means releasing the loaded potential well before acceleration!
Shawn, Your backswing , rotates and loads around behind you to the left side, all is completed on the backswing ready to power up the pelvis . Pelvis drops and pops up . Vertical power . That's what it looks like ?
VERY GOOD OBSERVATION!! See an oldie but goodie called “feet together and one leg update shawn clement” and “ground forces shawn clement” and the cherry on the sundae is “best way to shift weight in the golf swing take a walk shawn clement”
Wasn’t it George Knudson who said that «you have to lose control to gain control?»
When you say “right edge” what are you referring to?
right edge of the intermediate point he used as a guide between the ball and the target
At the end talking about inward turning a bit its actually very easy to hit your target it’s called lateral motion without turning being a forced movement. If the turns are allowed to be a passive motion or byproduct of us properly throwing there is way more power involved vertically which supports lateral and rotational control. There isn’t a single professional on tour that adds extra elbow width and destroys their arm structure from shaft parallel to the top. This lesson is going to do more harm than good.
Bubba Watson, Matt Wolfe, Kenny Perry, Chris Kirk, and on and on and on…hey, I can’t help it if you have blinders and filters…and that is completely ok!
@@golflessons which they aren’t known for good ball striking or consistency just raw talent. You have some really good videos and good info but this really missed the mark.
@@GeoffAskewGolf put a sock in it; Bubba was #1 in distance and #1 in GREEN IN REGULATIONS for 3 years straight!
Having played tennis as a kid to about the age of 20, I find a lot of kinetic chain similarities between the tennis serve, backhand and forehand with the golf swing. I'm 63 and strive for full arm extension (right arm in particular - I'm right handed) on the golf backswing. When I feel the "stretch to the fullest pause" at the top of the swing, I know I'm ready to unload it. I'm still regularly outhitting all that I play with - yes, even the 20-30 year old's.
Golf lessons are similar to seeing a chiropractor.. You keep going back in the hope of seeing an improvement, rarely though do you see much other than your bank balance is diminishing week in week out..
Not in this place! You see immediate improvement first lesson!
you are not going to believe how many youtuber teachers AND pro's at other golf courses tell you this.
The golf swing is much more comparable to skipping a rock across water than to pitching a baseball. The ball is on the ground, not up in the air somewhere. Also, the drill with a club head cover under your arm was popularized by Hogan. He won majors with it... Just sayin.
Finally, why do you finish with the loop-t-loop at the end? Because you are fighting off a pull to the left from coming over the top.... you know I'm right.
Hmm, you need more practice with this buddy; Bubba, Arnold Palmer, Bernhard Langer are just some of the loop de loops…keep pluggin’!
Biggest problem the majority of beginners and mid/high handicappers have is focusing on the ball
They see a golf ball and theor brain tells them they have to hit the ball. You DONT!
Its called a golf swing, not a golf hit
You're supposed to swing the club freely and the ball just gets in the way
99% of golfers ALWAYS have a better practice swing because they swing freely with no ball
The minute they see a ball they think they need to hit it and it totally changes their swing
Took me 6 months of poor golf before someone told me to ignore the ball and just swing the club with the thought of trying to brush it along the ground at a target 2-3 inches ahead of the ball