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After watching countless golf lesson videos from various instructors worldwide for the past ten years, I've determined that Shawn Clement is the best. He goes beyond being a professional golf coach; his systematic approach and clear swing techniques make learning easy. What stands out the most is his incredible patience in teaching, which is truly remarkable.
Made my Day Andy! Thank you for the kind words and great comment! I love seeing the joy in people’s faces when they exceed their expectations and leave on cloud 9! And since our last year of speed training with Mu and Sav, my expectations have been exceeded with so many going distances I could not expect myself; truly great work we are all doing and your feedback is so important! 👍😀🫶
I like your teaching. So far the most logical for me. You explained the detail mechanics. Thank you I progressed a lot in my swings because of you videos. Thank you.
My pleasure! we have done our homework here and then some! we love golf too much and we make it our mission every single day to help make happy golfers who get to acquire THEIR OWN WISDOM! 👌👍👊🫶💪
FANTASTIC!! STUPENDOUS!! INCREDIBLE!! UNBELIEVABLE!! OUTTA SITE!! MIND BLOWING!! Those are all the superlatives I can think of right now to describe what I FINALLY discovered today in my golf swing, Shawn. This was the video that did it. I have been following you off and on for 20 years, and have incorporated many of the things into my golf swing that you have recommended. I have a strong grip, head back, constant motion, focus on the target, etc., etc., but I knew that I was lacking something. I would hover the club and hit down on the ball, and had fairly consistent contact, but the distance was lacking. I am 6 months shy of 70 years old, and I thought that it was my age. Then I rediscovered this video. I practiced in the garage the rhythm of the "toss" into the backswing, and the "throw" using the LEGS not the ARMS, into the forward swing and finish. WOW!! It REALLY works!! I fired through the ball without looking and/or thinking about it, today, and the contact, distance and accuracy were all UNBELIEVABLE!! I did not manipulate the club, think about my swing positions or focus on the ball. I focused on the target and the ball did what I wanted it to do!! Well....most of the time; but this is the first time I REALLY focused on the "Kinetic Chain" swing. And it WORKS!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for all you have taught me over the years. I FINALLY get it!! At least for today!!! LOL!! LOL!! LOL!!
Right on Red! So much fun when I hear a student who’s light bulb has turned on 100 watts! Love it! So happy for you as this is a very cool feel to internalize and acquire!
Can't believe how I've golfed without utilizing the squat the last few years. Broke my trail ankle a few years ago and have had several surguries and lost a lot of ankle flexion and slowly stopped squatting and started using a more lateral sway to get power. Really working on allowing the lower body to squat down and use the ground, can't believe how much better I'm able to access the target now. Will take some work but already seeing the benefit
The squat and focusing on it instead of my arms is what totally changed my game. This is the best description of the squat and associated timing I’ve heard
You're so doggone intuitive, Shawn. Best golf instruction ever. I can't tell you what you've done for my enjoyment of the game. Thanks for doing what you do!
6:48 Levitate & "down to the ground" seems to give more leverage @ the tranisition to start the down move with the arms. The screen cap for the video seems to illustrate this
Right on Popspicker! Cool name by the way! The human machine was made for this! We have some awesome techniques to expand on this on our premium channel at wisdom in golf premium.com when you are ready! 👍😀. Another oldie but goodie on youtube is “feet together and one leg update shawn clement”
Shawn...cold here in the mountains of southwest Virginia so I checked out some stuff from Young-Hoo Kwon, Ph.D. Professor & Director, Biomechanics Laboratory, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX. He teaches about a fluid rhythmic swing using the legs and shoulders not arms ... And you my friend though not a professor (maybe a Golf Guru ) have been teaching the power squat for years! You are awesome and thanks for the coaching that surely has helped my golf swing!
Thank you MG; still ahead of my time is the case! Golfers are still looking for that magic position that does not exist or will be here today but not tomorrow….😝😝
So awesome! I started focusing on this power squat and whoa...club speed went way up, swing feels so crazy fast and uncontrollable, and ball just smooshes off the face and takes a great line. Fascinating...thanks Shawn!!!
Shawn, you’re a great golf swing detective. Along with the intermediate aim point for swing completion (not ball bound) this lesson point of transition timing are basic to a flowing golf swing. You’re a perceptive golf instructor. Thank you
I watched this and your unleash videos and have added 20-30 yards to my irons. I used to manipulate the club with futile attempts at control and injured my back. After using your techniques I am delivering effortless speed towards a target line.
Aloha. I love your presentation style. Very logical and I find it easy to follow. I believe one of the best things your doing in your video is showing the viewer how you stay behind the ball with both your body and your eyes. I believe too many beginning golfers try too hard to “see” the target in the backswing causing mishits. (two guys I played with yesterday would be so much better if they stopped trying to see the target before they actually make contact with the ball)
Best way to do this is to have an intermediate point and to see the “blur of club” and be able to predict that this blur will be delivering the ball over the intermediate point; thus keeping you in the shot without having to look at the “distant target” Our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com has an amazing series called “arc blur” (search those words in the search box on the site) and see also the original “blur of club” and “goldie locks series” which is all about how to predict if the ball is in the way of your swing or not.
I just wish I had found your You Tube videos a while back instead of recently. I have never seen anyone make lessons so easy to understand. I will have much to practice over the winter months. Thank you for passing your knowledge on to the masses.
Hi Shawn, Great lessons! I find it ironic that I randomly discovered both you and Ernest Jones this summer! You are a modern day Ernest Jones! :) Your lesson on "levitate" just helped me easily post my new personal best last Sunday!!! I can't wait to discover more! Regards, Mike McGuire
Right on Mike! that is a real awesome complement and Ernest Jones would have come to the same conclusions had he had access to the same research on the neurology of human motor skill learning! 👍😀💪🫶
Heave and Heave. What a great mantra. You just eliminated the complexity of squatting, pausing at the top, and squatting again. I tried this at the range this morning and had instant success. Effortless power and straightness! What more can I ask for? Thanks
There was a British golf writer back in the '70's called Mr. "X" who had a newspaper tip every week, and he wrote a book about his golf theories, and I recall he described this exaggerated lower body motion you use with a kettlebell as an "um-cha-cha, um-cha-cha" kind of thing that was actually the hallmark of a well-known pro back in the day (Max Faulkner?) and your back and through movement is just what I pictured - wish I had that book - Mr. X was ahead of his time.
I am certain of it; this is how the human body is meant to move and it is brilliant at it; what holds us back is fear and all the body part mr. Fix its out there…
This resonated with me after a range session where I tried squatting into the *backswing* - it was awesome and easy. Strangely, no one outside of WIG (at least that I can find) ever talks about squatting into the backswing - but everyone talks about squatting in the downswing...
Hey David! INDEED! If you check out our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and see the following titles: -feet together back to feet apart -pumping up the swing volume -unstoppable momentum series -the throwing series -off season training series (both of them)
Thank you shawn, iv only been playing golf for a year, and my friends told me just fire the hips towards the target, but I kept hooking my shots to the left alot, since iv watched your videos I'm hitting my shots like straight missiles! 👍🤙
Another outstanding instructional video. Between you and Dr. Kwon, I’m all in on the value of the kettlebell drills. Still confused about attempting the single plane take away and collecting of the ball but I’m still very new to the game….
You bet! That is my main job! We have an amazing online program you will see on Wisdom In Golf Premium.com called the Eagle Plus program; and you can come visit the Royal Quebec Golf Club anytime of the year to get 1-1 lessons in person with me here!
Yes sir as expected another great video. The up & down or squat can only come from knees. If it comes from hips it is a swing fault. It is a fault that plegs so many amateurs in both the backswing and downswing. Squat was the key word here for sure. Would you define squat in the downswing as not only a change in knee flex but a separation of the knees ? Do you feel that lead thigh pulling in the downswing ? Sorry for the techical questions but my mother dropped me as an infant and permanently damaged the wiring upstairs. Thanks Shawn
Yes, the kinetic chain engages with the lead leg; it separates from the trail leg as the first move (naturally) and the chain comes up the body to pull the arms and club through and towards the direction you want to start the ball (if you stay with that task of course)
When this clicked for me is when everything changed. Feeling the squat push against the ground and effortlessly whip the driver and hit bombs. It’s only when I start “trying” to hit it harder do I miss hit the ball.
This the one move that rocked my irons and squared my face too because of the GeForce. It’s like on a roller coaster and you glued to your seat. This move glues your club face to the plane. Now just need to get it going for my driver.
Shawn if you have a minute, I would love for you to take a quick look at my swing. I was a college golfer and am trying to take my game to the next level! I’m really struggling right now, thank you for all the videos that have helped!
There is no breathing in the swing; the human breath lasts 5 seconds and the swing is about 2 seconds max. Tennis is different because you are running around a lot and need the oxygen!
Big Time! That squat is called the kinetic chain and we have 2 great series on that on our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and see “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” and one of the best drill to feel and learn this is “the feet together drill” and then when you want to bring that back to feet apart, see the “feet together back to feet apart” video which is an absolute gem!
Thanks for the great video. After looking my swing in the video with your method, I realised that my rear knee only flex (squat action) during downswing untill the club was at the waist level, then it started to move towards the target. Am I still on the right track? Currently I am trying to solve my rear knee low activity problem. Thank you..!
Hi Shenton, yes, this sound appropriate; you should never think about what to do with the rear leg or knee or any other body part for that matter; see all the “throwing the club shawn clement” videos and see what the legs are doing on video when you start throwing the club on target! Be safe!
Shawn, great advice! and I certainly would like to send the ball out like you. My challenge is getting the club to precisely come in at the ball and hit ball first then turf while "throwing the club". My brain wants to protect my hand and I top it ,and try to correct it ,and then hit it fat. How do you get such a precise strike in throwing the club?
How can you stay with throwing the club to the direction you want to start the ball when you are worried about contact with the ball? Impossible right? What you need is a prediction process and a task mastery. You can see “how to put the ball in the way of your swing shawn clement” but I would recommend you get with our premium channel (it’s only $9.95 per month) at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and see the following titles: -lead hand release -trail hand release -release fine tuning -snap release polish Then when you have identified that feel of that snap, see “the throwing series” to get good engagement from the legs (without thinking) and “turbo charge the lead hand release and trail hand release” THEN SEE “predict contact” and “the goldie locks series” to get FULL MASTERY of prediction in the golf swing and you will feel so much more comfortable at address knowing that ball is perfectly in the way of the swing. FINALLY, see “target confirmation series” and our latest “kinetic chain facilitation series” (#6 is my all time swing engagement favourite!) Shawn
I am 75 and have short arms. I am inflexible and can only turn my shoulders about 45 degrees. Will your approach work with such a limited turn.? I am working on your swing but I have not yet taken it to the course or driving range. With my usual swing my 6 iron goes slightly over 100 yards. My 9 iron about 80. My drives slightly over 150 including roll out. Do you think your swing can improve my distance given my limited shoulder turn and short arms?
Hi Shawn, any tips to really feel the weight of the ACU so I don’t manipulate in the backswing by lifting the club with the hands/wrists and also not manipulating on the downswing by shoving/pushing too early? It’s easy to feel the weight of a kettle bell but not so much when it’s a golf club
Use the weight OF THE ARMS AND CLUB AS A WHOLE UNIT! Much easier to feel that weight from the shoulder sockets down! “feel the weight in your swing shawn clement” and “sledge hammer axe drill shawn clement” and on our premium channel, you will see “using the weight in your swing-axe drill with savy” and “the throwing series” and The “kinetic chain facilitation series”
I had the same problem. This sounds silly but what worked for me was "pretending" the club was the sledgehammer; told myself that the real ACU weighed as much as if I was using the sledgehammer.
I never really got much from a super rotational swing style so tried this today and was hitting my pw 165-170. Not every shot was perfect but when it worked it worked.
That is a serious PW! I would stick with it and let it evolve! Proven numbers are 1 hour a day for 2 weeks gets you 15% better! But you have to stay on task!
Hey Shawn,I am Joe,I recently discovered you on RUclips,I became an instant fan,it’s almost as if it is a conspiracy 🤔perhaps all the PGA instructors got together and plotted against we the golfers😈 Something like Soros and his henchmen would do, I mean do!🤓,I didn’t pick up a golf club till I was in my late 20 early 30s,very first game I was drawing the ball I got out of the traps with such ease,I was just using my natural abilities,,also I was hooked on golf,I pretty much went down hill as soon as every one and there puppy started to give me (THE WRONG )tips,total confusion,not a one person explained that u should look at the swing with a completely different prospective.DONT TRY TO FOCUS ON THE BALL BUT LOOK AT THE BALL AS A TOOL TO GET TO YOUR TARGET!im paraphrasing of course.long story longer I am about to hit my local course in beautiful Northern MN.actually 40 miles from the Canadian border and 80 miles from Winnipeg.I haven’t applied your teaching (which is really common sense) but in a few hours I will report to you and let you know how well I played. Believe me you,I will play well,I have outstanding hand eye coordination impeccably awesome,super athletic,mind boggling skills!! Hold on let me tap myself on the back! Oh I better not may dislocate my shoulder🤓 I don’t know if yourself or anyone on your staff will read this and I have yet to check out your channel in detail but if you are still active and have private lessons and or a premium program I will be making you several petro doll hairs richer!Keep up the awesome work Shawnskie!🫵🏼the man!!🏌🏽🤾🏻♂️🏌🏾♂️🧘🏽♂️👍🏻
As always great video Shawn , I have been throwing the club and am getting better distance but I still don’t always get the solid hit as recently I’ve hit some driver shots off the toe and still chunking and topping woods and hybrids 🤷♂️
Question: does that mean one could choose a 100grams club shaft instead of a 60 grams shaft for better “swing feeling” and more club speed if swung properly?
@@golflessons Thanks, that's an unexpected answer...! Does that mean with increasing speed the weight of the shaft should raise? If so, what makes the difference between stiff and flex shafts?
Thank you for the confidence! My online lessons have been doing VERY WELL! It’s actually better when you consider you have access to texting me videos and questions to make sure you always practice optimally! Https://www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and see “lessons”
A couple of similar nuggets; but we do it without manipulations and thinking about how to move as the body’s self preserving reflex actions will win out every time!
Yes, but you don’t focus on that! You focus on the task of delivering a nice throw in the direction you want to start the ball with a jice dose of momentum; let the brain take care of how much!
Hey Shawn, I need help identifying where I am losing power in my swing. I have 120mph driver swing speed. But only hit my 7 iron about 150 - 155 yards on a pure hit. Any ideas?
I’d guess you are doing a much shorter back swing to make it easier to get into a good impact position. The further back you go, the easier it is to get into a flipping position at impact
120 is big speed my man! There is 30 yards difference between through the ball and at the ball and you are most probably swinging to deliver to the ball as your target. THE BALL IS TOTALY NOT YOUR TARGET!!! It is the intersection on the way to the real target out there! See “throwing the club shawn clement” and then “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement” and “how to put the ball in the way of your swing shawn clement” and make sure that grip is strong enough!!
@@OnTheSnap1 I have a pretty long backswing, but like Shawn said, I’m probably throwing all my speed at the ball instead of through the ball. I’m going to work on it at the range this week and report back what my 7 iron distances get to. Currently sitting around 150 - 155 on average.
my swing consistently has smash factor / efficiency over 155 sometimes 160 plus yet don.t hit it that good 260-270 average w driver on same foresight simulator you use...ever see this on monitor ???
Shawn, this really resonated with me. When I started playing at age 40 everyone was amazed that I could play good golf so quickly. I remember trying to explain to a friend that I felt heavy then light then heavy again in my feet. Unfortunately it was suggested that to get to the next level I needed lessons. Afterwards I felt like robot trying to achieve certain positions at certain points in the swing. The pro told me I was too leggy and to imagine my legs and feet where in concrete. Needless to say I lost all the fun I was having and give up golf until just a couple of months ago. You’re description of levitating and waiting for the club to catch up with me is like the light turning on again. Thank you so much for this. 👍🏌🏿♂️🏌🏿♂️
Right on James!!! Just stay right here from now on!!! See www.wisdomingolfpremium.com where you will see my life’s work on how amazing the human machine is. see titles like “pumping up the swing volume”, “feet together drill”, “feet together back to feet apart”, “unstoppable momentum series” and my favourites “kinetic chain series” and “kinetic chain facilitation series”
Curious if you’ve ever tried jumbomax grips, the tennis racket, bat, hammer have bigger handles. Seems like it would match up with your swing philosophy. Or is there a downside to that with the golf club
I actually used Jumbo max grips when I first started playing but as I progressed it actually started having a negative impact on my game, so I went with midsized grips.
BIG TIME!!!! SEE WHAT BRYSON IS DOING, just like Jack Nicklaus did for decades when he won so many majors!! They are finally teaching this hard core in the industry now!
My now 7 year old son has been using the ground masterfully since he was swinging a golf club at 3 years old. It's amazing how coordinated and well sequenced his swing is and he's never gotten a lesson. And in stark contrast, his poor dad is trying to emulate it while fighting off bad swing thoughts and habits he's developed in over a decade of playing golf. smh
hey Richard! If you want the complete lowdown on how to get that mojo for yourself, you really want to get with our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and for just $9.95 per month, you have access to my life’s work of simplifying things to the point where our human machine (which is like Pinocchio without the strings) can be left alone to shine with simple tasks that allow you to evolve in the right direction. Start with the “beginner series” and the “senior series” which are great all around series of what we teach and then go with “off sesson training series” and “consistency series” as well as “task trumps everything” and “top 3 tasks”; If you run into any snags, ask questions in the comment section and I will come to the rescue! 😀👍👌💪
My mind goes loop when i watched this 🤔❓I mean to me Bryson is very rotational swing. Club shallows in the dowswing and very big lower body rotation trough. Kenny Perry is much more upright and use much more arm levers to create speed. Maybe different tasks? Though both use squat and ground very well 👍
If you liked the content in this video, you will love what we have available in our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com where when you join our “Par” program, you will receive a FREE SWING ANALYSIS worth $59.95 where one of our Wisdom in Golf Team members will analyse a face on and down the line swing clip that you will send in to a special email we will send you when you sign up. This will save you a lot of time and point you in the direction you need to focus on to get to your next level.
AND BECAUSE WE REALLY CARE, we will give you a second FOLLOW UP SESSION that you can use later on when you feel you have made strides or if you are stuck so you can really shine on the course next year!
That is $120.00 of value for the price of the Par membership; and this at only $9.95 per month! Let’s go!
After watching countless golf lesson videos from various instructors worldwide for the past ten years, I've determined that Shawn Clement is the best. He goes beyond being a professional golf coach; his systematic approach and clear swing techniques make learning easy. What stands out the most is his incredible patience in teaching, which is truly remarkable.
Made my Day Andy! Thank you for the kind words and great comment! I love seeing the joy in people’s faces when they exceed their expectations and leave on cloud 9! And since our last year of speed training with Mu and Sav, my expectations have been exceeded with so many going distances I could not expect myself; truly great work we are all doing and your feedback is so important! 👍😀🫶
I like your teaching. So far the most logical for me. You explained the detail mechanics. Thank you I progressed a lot in my swings because of you videos. Thank you.
My pleasure! we have done our homework here and then some! we love golf too much and we make it our mission every single day to help make happy golfers who get to acquire THEIR OWN WISDOM! 👌👍👊🫶💪
FANTASTIC!! STUPENDOUS!! INCREDIBLE!! UNBELIEVABLE!! OUTTA SITE!! MIND BLOWING!! Those are all the superlatives I can think of right now to describe what I FINALLY discovered today in my golf swing, Shawn. This was the video that did it. I have been following you off and on for 20 years, and have incorporated many of the things into my golf swing that you have recommended. I have a strong grip, head back, constant motion, focus on the target, etc., etc., but I knew that I was lacking something. I would hover the club and hit down on the ball, and had fairly consistent contact, but the distance was lacking. I am 6 months shy of 70 years old, and I thought that it was my age. Then I rediscovered this video. I practiced in the garage the rhythm of the "toss" into the backswing, and the "throw" using the LEGS not the ARMS, into the forward swing and finish. WOW!! It REALLY works!! I fired through the ball without looking and/or thinking about it, today, and the contact, distance and accuracy were all UNBELIEVABLE!! I did not manipulate the club, think about my swing positions or focus on the ball. I focused on the target and the ball did what I wanted it to do!! Well....most of the time; but this is the first time I REALLY focused on the "Kinetic Chain" swing. And it WORKS!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for all you have taught me over the years. I FINALLY get it!! At least for today!!! LOL!! LOL!! LOL!!
Right on Red! So much fun when I hear a student who’s light bulb has turned on 100 watts! Love it! So happy for you as this is a very cool feel to internalize and acquire!
Can't believe how I've golfed without utilizing the squat the last few years. Broke my trail ankle a few years ago and have had several surguries and lost a lot of ankle flexion and slowly stopped squatting and started using a more lateral sway to get power. Really working on allowing the lower body to squat down and use the ground, can't believe how much better I'm able to access the target now. Will take some work but already seeing the benefit
Great stuff! As long as you keep delivering your action through and out to the target, you are all set!
Amazing teacher. Totally simplifying the swing. So logical and functional. Thank you.
Thank you for the nice comment Fabio! 🫶🫶
The squat and focusing on it instead of my arms is what totally changed my game. This is the best description of the squat and associated timing I’ve heard
Glad you enjoyed it! We are absolutely built to do this!
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@@golflessons do we keep the left arm stiff and rigid still like everyone teaches or is this also relaxed too?
You're so doggone intuitive, Shawn. Best golf instruction ever. I can't tell you what you've done for my enjoyment of the game. Thanks for doing what you do!
Thank you so much for the great comment Nicolas! Really appreciate the appreciation! 😀👍👌
6:48 Levitate & "down to the ground" seems to give more leverage @ the tranisition to start the down move with the arms. The screen cap for the video seems to illustrate this
This is a huge catalyst for lag in the downswing btw! 😀👍💪
Best instructor on RUclips
Fantastic explanation, superb….Thanks Shawn
Right on Popspicker! Cool name by the way! The human machine was made for this! We have some awesome techniques to expand on this on our premium channel at wisdom in golf premium.com when you are ready! 👍😀. Another oldie but goodie on youtube is “feet together and one leg update shawn clement”
this video helped me connect with heaving.
You're the best teacher of golf by far
Thanks
Thanks Alex! I LOVE MY JOB!! And I LOVE GOLF!!!
My wife and I are watching this and all your videos. We love the way you teach and can take this to the course tomorrow!
You bet! You guys were made to do this! have a blast! 👍😀
Shawn...cold here in the mountains of southwest Virginia so I checked out some stuff from Young-Hoo Kwon, Ph.D.
Professor & Director, Biomechanics Laboratory, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX. He teaches about a fluid rhythmic swing using the legs and shoulders not arms ... And you my friend though not a professor (maybe a Golf Guru ) have been teaching the power squat for years! You are awesome and thanks for the coaching that surely has helped my golf swing!
Getting many comparisons with him at the moment; he is where I was 14 years ago! 😀👍
It simply amazes me that your don't have more subscribers. Keep up the great work.
Thank you MG; still ahead of my time is the case! Golfers are still looking for that magic position that does not exist or will be here today but not tomorrow….😝😝
So awesome! I started focusing on this power squat and whoa...club speed went way up, swing feels so crazy fast and uncontrollable, and ball just smooshes off the face and takes a great line. Fascinating...thanks Shawn!!!
Haha! last one who said those words to me was Pete Sampras when I showed him how to draw the ball in 45 minutes flat!
@@golflessons if my start position is stand can i still to this or i will hit the ground on the squat descend to the ball?
Spot on. Once the arms and hands go at the ball....the body stops turning and instead braces up to support the arms. Shawn explains this perfectly.
Thank you Jack! 👍😀
Shawn, you’re a great golf swing detective. Along with the intermediate aim point for swing completion (not ball bound) this lesson point of transition timing are basic to a flowing golf swing. You’re a perceptive golf instructor. Thank you
Much appreciate the appreciation Mark! 😀👍
This is a brilliant simple explanation of body movement throughout the entire golf swing!
Thank you Shawn, you have helped me immensely
I watched this and your unleash videos and have added 20-30 yards to my irons. I used to manipulate the club with futile attempts at control and injured my back. After using your techniques I am delivering effortless speed towards a target line.
You go Jim!! So glad you got the light bulb moments to get you to the next level!
Magic move magic feeling when it all comes together and feels effortless... thank you!
Pinocchio without the strings; blessed by the fairy god mother!!😀👍😝
Wow, you don’t know how much this resonated with me. Thank you Sir!
Aloha. I love your presentation style. Very logical and I find it easy to follow. I believe one of the best things your doing in your video is showing the viewer how you stay behind the ball with both your body and your eyes. I believe too many beginning golfers try too hard to “see” the target in the backswing causing mishits. (two guys I played with yesterday would be so much better if they stopped trying to see the target before they actually make contact with the ball)
Best way to do this is to have an intermediate point and to see the “blur of club” and be able to predict that this blur will be delivering the ball over the intermediate point; thus keeping you in the shot without having to look at the “distant target”
Our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com has an amazing series called “arc blur” (search those words in the search box on the site) and see also the original “blur of club” and “goldie locks series” which is all about how to predict if the ball is in the way of your swing or not.
I just wish I had found your You Tube videos a while back instead of recently. I have never seen anyone make lessons so easy to understand. I will have much to practice over the winter months. Thank you for passing your knowledge on to the masses.
thank you Vern, appreciate the feedback and let’s all keep at it! 👍😀
Hi Shawn,
Great lessons! I find it ironic that I randomly discovered both you and Ernest Jones this summer! You are a modern day Ernest Jones! :) Your lesson on "levitate" just helped me easily post my new personal best last Sunday!!! I can't wait to discover more!
Regards,
Mike McGuire
Right on Mike! that is a real awesome complement and Ernest Jones would have come to the same conclusions had he had access to the same research on the neurology of human motor skill learning! 👍😀💪🫶
Reminds me the late David Lee's terminology. Thx!!
I really like the sound of the timing chain in this sequence .. this week will be feeling turn and timing for practice... thanks SC
You're so welcome!
Your videos are so easy to understand. It's awesome! Eager to get back out on the course and put some of these concepts into practice.
Glad you like them!
My favorite lesson here thank you Shawn
So glad you enjoyed that Paul! We are so good at this as humans! 👌👍
Heave and Heave. What a great mantra. You just eliminated the complexity of squatting, pausing at the top, and squatting again. I tried this at the range this morning and had instant success. Effortless power and straightness! What more can I ask for? Thanks
amazing huh? we were made for this!!!👍😀👌🤘💪
There was a British golf writer back in the '70's called Mr. "X" who had a newspaper tip every week, and he wrote a book about his golf theories, and I recall he described this exaggerated lower body motion you use with a kettlebell as an "um-cha-cha, um-cha-cha" kind of thing that was actually the hallmark of a well-known pro back in the day (Max Faulkner?) and your back and through movement is just what I pictured - wish I had that book - Mr. X was ahead of his time.
I am certain of it; this is how the human body is meant to move and it is brilliant at it; what holds us back is fear and all the body part mr. Fix its out there…
This resonated with me after a range session where I tried squatting into the *backswing* - it was awesome and easy. Strangely, no one outside of WIG (at least that I can find) ever talks about squatting into the backswing - but everyone talks about squatting in the downswing...
Hey David! INDEED! If you check out our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and see the following titles:
-feet together back to feet apart
-pumping up the swing volume
-unstoppable momentum series
-the throwing series
-off season training series (both of them)
Thanks for great guidance
Thank you shawn, iv only been playing golf for a year, and my friends told me just fire the hips towards the target, but I kept hooking my shots to the left alot, since iv watched your videos I'm hitting my shots like straight missiles! 👍🤙
Yeah man! No thrusting body parts! You are Pinocchio without the strings! 💪😝😀👍
Another outstanding instructional video. Between you and Dr. Kwon, I’m all in on the value of the kettlebell drills. Still confused about attempting the single plane take away and collecting of the ball but I’m still very new to the game….
Good stuff Stewart! For a nice novice series, check out my “swing builder series with Chantal shawn clement” on my youtube home page playlists!
Hi Shawn, are you still giving private lessons ?
You bet! That is my main job! We have an amazing online program you will see on Wisdom In Golf Premium.com called the Eagle Plus program; and you can come visit the Royal Quebec Golf Club anytime of the year to get 1-1 lessons in person with me here!
Yes sir as expected another great video. The up & down or squat can only come from knees. If it comes from hips it is a swing fault. It is a fault that plegs so many amateurs in both the backswing and downswing. Squat was the key word here for sure. Would you define squat in the downswing as not only a change in knee flex but a separation of the knees ? Do you feel that lead thigh pulling in the downswing ? Sorry for the techical questions but my mother dropped me as an infant and permanently damaged the wiring upstairs.
Thanks Shawn
Yes, the kinetic chain engages with the lead leg; it separates from the trail leg as the first move (naturally) and the chain comes up the body to pull the arms and club through and towards the direction you want to start the ball (if you stay with that task of course)
When this clicked for me is when everything changed. Feeling the squat push against the ground and effortlessly whip the driver and hit bombs. It’s only when I start “trying” to hit it harder do I miss hit the ball.
YES!!! STRAIN IS SABOTAGE TO THE KINETIC CHAIN!!👍😀
Shawn you are genius! Thank you for so much!!
You're very welcome!
This the one move that rocked my irons and squared my face too because of the GeForce. It’s like on a roller coaster and you glued to your seat. This move glues your club face to the plane. Now just need to get it going for my driver.
Love it👍 Been trying to build a squat into my swing.
Shawn if you have a minute, I would love for you to take a quick look at my swing. I was a college golfer and am trying to take my game to the next level! I’m really struggling right now, thank you for all the videos that have helped!
Hey Matt! We have an awesome online selection of help for you at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com
You’re so good. Tks
Great video, could you please comment on how to breathe during the squat?
There is no breathing in the swing; the human breath lasts 5 seconds and the swing is about 2 seconds max. Tennis is different because you are running around a lot and need the oxygen!
I do find that when I have a slight pause at the top of the swing, I make better impact with the ball.
Yessir! 👍😀👌
Absolutely brilliant video. 👍
Thank you so much for sharing . I’m six months into playing golf and this lesson is my ah ha moment.
Ah Ha moments are the best!! Live it!👍👌💪
Thanks for the goods.. what is a good exercise to practice this in the house
Kettle bell swings! See our local kinesiologist Munashe with the kettle bell atlas swing in some of our fitness videos!
thx shawn,
do you do the same thing with driver, hybrid and wood?
Big Time! That squat is called the kinetic chain and we have 2 great series on that on our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and see “kinetic chain facilitation and engagement series” and one of the best drill to feel and learn this is “the feet together drill” and then when you want to bring that back to feet apart, see the “feet together back to feet apart” video which is an absolute gem!
Thanks for the great video. After looking my swing in the video with your method, I realised that my rear knee only flex (squat action) during downswing untill the club was at the waist level, then it started to move towards the target. Am I still on the right track? Currently I am trying to solve my rear knee low activity problem. Thank you..!
Hi Shenton, yes, this sound appropriate; you should never think about what to do with the rear leg or knee or any other body part for that matter; see all the “throwing the club shawn clement” videos and see what the legs are doing on video when you start throwing the club on target! Be safe!
this routine improves my iron hit greatly. Not sure it works for longer clubs like driver
If you want to deliver the ball to a specific direction to enter it’s flight plan, then you bet!!
excellent video
Thank you very much!
Shawn, great advice! and I certainly would like to send the ball out like you. My challenge is getting the club to precisely come in at the ball and hit ball first then turf while "throwing the club". My brain wants to protect my hand and I top it ,and try to correct it ,and then hit it fat. How do you get such a precise strike in throwing the club?
How can you stay with throwing the club to the direction you want to start the ball when you are worried about contact with the ball? Impossible right? What you need is a prediction process and a task mastery. You can see “how to put the ball in the way of your swing shawn clement” but I would recommend you get with our premium channel (it’s only $9.95 per month) at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and see the following titles:
-lead hand release
-trail hand release
-release fine tuning
-snap release polish
Then when you have identified that feel of that snap, see “the throwing series” to get good engagement from the legs (without thinking) and “turbo charge the lead hand release and trail hand release”
THEN SEE “predict contact” and “the goldie locks series” to get FULL MASTERY of prediction in the golf swing and you will feel so much more comfortable at address knowing that ball is perfectly in the way of the swing.
FINALLY, see “target confirmation series” and our latest “kinetic chain facilitation series” (#6 is my all time swing engagement favourite!)
Shawn
@@golflessons Great! Thank you Shawn, will do!
I was just working on this today.. Wish I would've caught the vid first
let’s do it tomorrow!😀👍
@@golflessons 7 months playing and working on it everyday. Broke 90 a few weeks ago 🙌🏻
I am 75 and have short arms. I am inflexible and can only turn my shoulders about 45 degrees. Will your approach work with such a limited turn.? I am working on your swing but I have not yet taken it to the course or driving range. With my usual swing my 6 iron goes slightly over 100 yards. My 9 iron about 80. My drives slightly over 150 including roll out. Do you think your swing can improve my distance given my limited shoulder turn and short arms?
Hi Shawn, any tips to really feel the weight of the ACU so I don’t manipulate in the backswing by lifting the club with the hands/wrists and also not manipulating on the downswing by shoving/pushing too early? It’s easy to feel the weight of a kettle bell but not so much when it’s a golf club
Use the weight OF THE ARMS AND CLUB AS A WHOLE UNIT! Much easier to feel that weight from the shoulder sockets down! “feel the weight in your swing shawn clement” and “sledge hammer axe drill shawn clement” and on our premium channel, you will see “using the weight in your swing-axe drill with savy” and “the throwing series” and The “kinetic chain facilitation series”
I had the same problem. This sounds silly but what worked for me was "pretending" the club was the sledgehammer; told myself that the real ACU weighed as much as if I was using the sledgehammer.
brilliant,Thanks
You are welcome!
I notice on these "heave" shots your lead foot stays planted and the knee doesnt kick in . When would you add those (if needed)
best is to watch out “senior series” on premium; classic Wisdom in Golf!
I never really got much from a super rotational swing style so tried this today and was hitting my pw 165-170. Not every shot was perfect but when it worked it worked.
That is a serious PW! I would stick with it and let it evolve! Proven numbers are 1 hour a day for 2 weeks gets you 15% better! But you have to stay on task!
Hey Shawn,I am Joe,I recently discovered you on RUclips,I became an instant fan,it’s almost as if it is a conspiracy 🤔perhaps all the PGA instructors got together and plotted against we the golfers😈 Something like Soros and his henchmen would do, I mean do!🤓,I didn’t pick up a golf club till I was in my late 20 early 30s,very first game I was drawing the ball I got out of the traps with such ease,I was just using my natural abilities,,also I was hooked on golf,I pretty much went down hill as soon as every one and there puppy started to give me (THE WRONG )tips,total confusion,not a one person explained that u should look at the swing with a completely different prospective.DONT TRY TO FOCUS ON THE BALL BUT LOOK AT THE BALL AS A TOOL TO GET TO YOUR TARGET!im paraphrasing of course.long story longer I am about to hit my local course in beautiful Northern MN.actually 40 miles from the Canadian border and 80 miles from Winnipeg.I haven’t applied your teaching (which is really common sense) but in a few hours I will report to you and let you know how well I played. Believe me you,I will play well,I have outstanding hand eye coordination impeccably awesome,super athletic,mind boggling skills!! Hold on let me tap myself on the back! Oh I better not may dislocate my shoulder🤓 I don’t know if yourself or anyone on your staff will read this and I have yet to check out your channel in detail but if you are still active and have private lessons and or a premium program I will be making you several petro doll hairs richer!Keep up the awesome work Shawnskie!🫵🏼the man!!🏌🏽🤾🏻♂️🏌🏾♂️🧘🏽♂️👍🏻
awesome dude! how did you do and how are you doing now?
As always great video Shawn , I have been throwing the club and am getting better distance but I still don’t always get the solid hit as recently I’ve hit some driver shots off the toe and still chunking and topping woods and hybrids 🤷♂️
It is all about the prediction before you swing; see “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement”
@@golflessons absolutely will 👍👍
Question: does that mean one could choose a 100grams club shaft instead of a 60 grams shaft for better “swing feeling” and more club speed if swung properly?
if you can get it in the right flex, yes! They tend to be too stiff…
@@golflessons Thanks, that's an unexpected answer...! Does that mean with increasing speed the weight of the shaft should raise? If so, what makes the difference between stiff and flex shafts?
Do you know any good instructors in massachusetts? I want lessons from someone like you but I’m not sure of any good teachers here.
Thank you for the confidence! My online lessons have been doing VERY WELL! It’s actually better when you consider you have access to texting me videos and questions to make sure you always practice optimally! Https://www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and see “lessons”
Is this the same then as David Lee's Gravity golf ideas?
A couple of similar nuggets; but we do it without manipulations and thinking about how to move as the body’s self preserving reflex actions will win out every time!
10:33 effortless power
is it okay to lose some posture in the backswing while doing this?
Yes, but you don’t focus on that! You focus on the task of delivering a nice throw in the direction you want to start the ball with a jice dose of momentum; let the brain take care of how much!
Hey Shawn, I need help identifying where I am losing power in my swing. I have 120mph driver swing speed. But only hit my 7 iron about 150 - 155 yards on a pure hit. Any ideas?
I’d guess you are doing a much shorter back swing to make it easier to get into a good impact position. The further back you go, the easier it is to get into a flipping position at impact
120 is big speed my man! There is 30 yards difference between through the ball and at the ball and you are most probably swinging to deliver to the ball as your target. THE BALL IS TOTALY NOT YOUR TARGET!!! It is the intersection on the way to the real target out there! See “throwing the club shawn clement” and then “predict perfect contact and direction shawn clement” and “how to put the ball in the way of your swing shawn clement” and make sure that grip is strong enough!!
@@golflessons Thank you! I’ll rewatch those videos and comment on them if I have any questions!
@@OnTheSnap1 thank you!
@@OnTheSnap1 I have a pretty long backswing, but like Shawn said, I’m probably throwing all my speed at the ball instead of through the ball. I’m going to work on it at the range this week and report back what my 7 iron distances get to. Currently sitting around 150 - 155 on average.
my swing consistently has smash factor / efficiency over 155 sometimes 160 plus yet don.t hit it that good 260-270 average w driver on same foresight simulator you use...ever see this on monitor ???
You said flightscope in your email!!
6:20 ish
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Shawn, this really resonated with me. When I started playing at age 40 everyone was amazed that I could play good golf so quickly. I remember trying to explain to a friend that I felt heavy then light then heavy again in my feet. Unfortunately it was suggested that to get to the next level I needed lessons. Afterwards I felt like robot trying to achieve certain positions at certain points in the swing. The pro told me I was too leggy and to imagine my legs and feet where in concrete. Needless to say I lost all the fun I was having and give up golf until just a couple of months ago. You’re description of levitating and waiting for the club to catch up with me is like the light turning on again. Thank you so much for this. 👍🏌🏿♂️🏌🏿♂️
Right on James!!! Just stay right here from now on!!! See www.wisdomingolfpremium.com where you will see my life’s work on how amazing the human machine is.
see titles like “pumping up the swing volume”, “feet together drill”, “feet together back to feet apart”, “unstoppable momentum series” and my favourites “kinetic chain series” and “kinetic chain facilitation series”
This is definitely something I'm struggling with, because I would not only hit super fat shots but I hit way behind the ball.
see “through the ball vs at the ball shawn clement” and “all the “tilt shawn clement” videos!
Curious if you’ve ever tried jumbomax grips, the tennis racket, bat, hammer have bigger handles. Seems like it would match up with your swing philosophy. Or is there a downside to that with the golf club
Great point Riley; but the match to the plane and size of ball makes things different…😀👍
I actually used Jumbo max grips when I first started playing but as I progressed it actually started having a negative impact on my game, so I went with midsized grips.
great video
Thanks!
I notice during backswing your hip rotates is this must?
BIG TIME!!!! SEE WHAT BRYSON IS DOING, just like Jack Nicklaus did for decades when he won so many majors!! They are finally teaching this hard core in the industry now!
My now 7 year old son has been using the ground masterfully since he was swinging a golf club at 3 years old. It's amazing how coordinated and well sequenced his swing is and he's never gotten a lesson. And in stark contrast, his poor dad is trying to emulate it while fighting off bad swing thoughts and habits he's developed in over a decade of playing golf. smh
hey Richard! If you want the complete lowdown on how to get that mojo for yourself, you really want to get with our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and for just $9.95 per month, you have access to my life’s work of simplifying things to the point where our human machine (which is like Pinocchio without the strings) can be left alone to shine with simple tasks that allow you to evolve in the right direction. Start with the “beginner series” and the “senior series” which are great all around series of what we teach and then go with “off sesson training series” and “consistency series” as well as “task trumps everything” and “top 3 tasks”; If you run into any snags, ask questions in the comment section and I will come to the rescue! 😀👍👌💪
My mind goes loop when i watched this 🤔❓I mean to me Bryson is very rotational swing. Club shallows in the dowswing and very big lower body rotation trough. Kenny Perry is much more upright and use much more arm levers to create speed. Maybe different tasks? Though both use squat and ground very well 👍
Kenny is hitting it 280 and Bryson is looking for 350…More agressive turn for sure!
@@golflessons I would be very happy to hit "only" 280 👍😉
Shawn are you high school teacher ? You remind me of a few teachers I had that had your ability to TEACH like yourself.
thank you Bryan, this is a very nice compliment and I greatly appreciate it; made my day!👍😀