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I guess I need to try watching this again, but after the first viewing this early extender is confused. Loved the Moe Norman clip at the beginning, I wish the rest of the video connected the dots better back to that.
When you release AT THE BALL, YOU WILL EARLY EXTEND, when you deliver the release THROUGH THE BALL AND INTO THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO START THE BALL, you will extend at the right time! See all our “throwing the club shawn clement” videos
Shawn, I live in CT and travelled to Toronto a few years ago and took three lessons from you. Your receptiveness and patience to a new golfer was greatly appreciated. I continue to go back to your great videos on this channel. I learned about you online and purchased your DVD set, that tells you how long ago that was...Lol Thanks again, Ken
Wow! You are talking directly to me. I've been fighting this terrible habit forever. I have a decent practice swing, but it instantly becomes horrible when the ball becomes my target. Thanks for the video.
Thanks Shawn... instead of focusing on the tiny minute details... you teach the most important lessons I have understood in 25 years. Listen to your body and find your swing within it, swing freely when you find that confidence and (most importantly for me) the ball is only in your path toward your target... not the end result. I had my most rewarding range sessions in... well.. forever this weekend. No more over the top... no more using the grip that I am "supposed" to use (thanks Sav for proving that you can work the ball with a strong grip) and I'm not sore anymore, even after a bucket or two of 100+ balls. Just keying in on sensible methodology relieved all of that tension from my swing. I now have one mission\swing sequence.. I set my path... I swing through my path and if I miss my target... it's by far less than I ever have before. I'm over 50... been scoring in the high 80's, and now... I truly believe that I can be in the 70's soon and consistently. You guys rock! Kudos for sharing your mind with the world.
Bought a six string, in a second hand store, didn’t know how to play it, but I knew for sure…THAT ONE GOLF CLUB, FELT GOOD IN MY HANDS, DIDN’T TAKE LONG (with wisdom in golf) TO UNDERSTAND! 😝😀👍 Love it man, good on you! 😀
Great advice- I've been trying to increase my driver speed and I was stuck at 98-103 before I started watching Shawn's videos- I'm now averaging 104 with getting to 110 at times- I'm confident that I'll get to at least 110- what is crazy is I'm not swinging hard and it feels pretty effortless!
Nice Randy! That is what we do; get you a simple task to execute with ease and velocity as if it was your full time job; once the task sinks in, then the brain can evolve it into a more efficient action with it’s built in self preserving wiring!
Shawn, I've been lurking and following your videos for several years. I finally decided today to sign up for a monthly membership. I've finally come to the conclusion that most of what I've been taught about golf over the last 40 years has been wrong. I've started a journey to let the body do what it's designed to do and it's all starting to come together. I love your philosophy and this early extension demonstration just clicked for me. I'm working my way through all of your videos and I can't wait to start working on more of your concepts on the range. Thanks for what you do!
Dear Shawn, thank you for you`re great Videos. You looks something like one of my favorite actors, Steve Martin. So you are very sympathical for me. Best greetings from Vienna, Austria, Erich
Hey Shawn I haven’t been around for a while, started watching again now that I have the time. I just retired January 1st and now have time for my golf. I suffered a case of COVID-19 just a week after retiring and wasn’t looking good for a while, however I and my wife both now have recovered from the horrible pandemic. I now work part time in a pro shop in town here, just what I wanted to do. I will be subscribing to the premium channel soon, hopefully my swing will really come to life this year. Take care my friend. God bless.
Hey Greg! Congrats on both the retirement and beating COVID! 💪👍🤛 Looking forward to seeing you in Premium, we have come a long way too! Awesome new stuff for you to catch up on! 😀👍
Nailed it ! Every time I watch videos of Moe I just want to give him a big hug and I'm not a very affectionate person .He didn't care how he looked and told everyone just what he felt. Nothing good ever happens when the lead hip gets high thru impact. The lead knee is something that can be trained. I am hitting the ball more consistently solid than ever. Would this be a area of focus for me ? I'm sorry for being so negative on other methods in our podcast. I guess there are several mehods to hitting a golfball . I undoubtedly have chosen the best. Thank yinz
Thank you Mike! You simply were voicing your frustration at the insane amounts of disinformation in the golf industry and are happy to have found the voices of WISDOM! 😀👍
Shawn you explain everything so well and reference Moe ... we can't help but to get better !! There's a video on RUclips titled "amazing unseen footage of Moe Norman , Nick Faldo ,Matt Lane and more . Moe comes on around the 10:06 mark . It's a real treat for any of your followers to watch Moe hit ball after ball out of a divet with a driver . the sound of that ball coming off the face is as pure as it gets !!! Can't wait to get out in the spring and try out what I'm learning from your video's , THE BEST ON RUclips !!!!
This never gets old - I guess that's why you keep repeating this lesson, LOL. I think all my bad swings are when I don't have a clear target off in the distance, then my brain defaults to the ball. Do you have a suggestion on how to have laser focus with the driver on a clear sky day when there are no clouds to aim at?
Hey Shawn have last couple months have been early extending , topping allmost every club , but especially Driver and Woods ,,Somehow got to impact and trying to exit club Immediately to my Left away from target Line ! Gonna start Doing what Mu was Doing with weight straight through Line . Hoping!Thanks for what You Guys Do , Great Content from a great Family Thank Youz!!
I had a similar revelation a while ago. Bending left knee moving down and left through the swing neutralized my flight some and I see a higher straighter flight with more spin. Not quite as long as my 5-10 yd draw but when I have to hit a number its way more consistent.
I don't know if you'll see this Shawn, but this is such a great lesson and you're one of the only instructors I've seen that talks about the swing this way. I have been practicing the swing diligently for the last 14 years or so and I think I've came to the conclusion that it might be.....a total waste of time to train positions in the golf swing. It doesn't matter how many times you put the club there, when you go back to a full swing, you'll go right back to swinging through the positions that are inherent to your erroneous concept or rather intention to hit at the ball. My question here is, what do you think is the best way to train yourself to swing THROUGH ball to the target and change your mental habit of going AT the ball? Really great stuff Shawn, you just keep proving yourself to be one of the best instructors out there. Best of luck to you and your family in the future, my friend. 😉
Thank you for the great comment and realization! And sorry for what could be perceived as “a shameless plug” but our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com for just $9.95 per month has my life’s work and the series you are looking for as that is our mission, constantly, to get you THROUGH THE BALL AND INTO YOUR FLIGHT PLAN with both mental and physical ease. The series you are looking for start with “lead hand release”, “trail hand release”, “release fine tuning” and “snap release polish” -once you have felt this amazing yielding of the anatomy to the weight of the club head, you get with “throwing the club”, “the throwing series” and “arc-blur unstoppable momentum” series. -once done with that, we need to predict how the ball becomes the INTERSECTION on the way to this releasing with “predict contact” and “the goldie locks series” -finally, to finish the job properly, with consistency, see “pre-motor cortex series” and “target confirmation series” This is the general blue-print to bring someone from “hit the ball”, “don’t miss the ball”, “get into these positions to hit the ball better” TO TAKE THE BALL FROM WHERE IT AND RELEASE IT INTO THE FLIGHT PLAN that takes it into the hole; because the over the top, the fat, the shank, the slice, the early extension, the chicken wing, the steep downswing with level shoulder plane ALL RELATE TO DELIVERING AT THE BALL. NOBODY ELSE HAS THIS INFO; just like you said; so thank you! 😀👍
@@golflessons Wow, thanks so much for that detailed reply Shawn. For that price, it's certainly worth me having a look at that content, considering the time I might waste on inefficient drills and practice in the future. I'm going to make a concerted effort to go through the material you mentioned and see how I get on. It's just about to come into winter here, so much of the practice will probably have to be into a net, but I will certainly let you know how I go. Thanks again 😉
Thanks again for another excellent video!! I remember an oldie but goody where you played odd clubs with right and even with left with the same swing!!!! 👏👏👏
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Welcome aboard! you will definitely want to eventually go to our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and take a deep dive into all my life’s work; very proud of it and the lessons are profound!
Merci, Shawn! Nice video. Out here in B.C., the closest I ever get to you is when I travel to Gatineau for work! UGH!!!! Would love to come up to QC City someday.
I have watched a large percentage of your videos going back many years. One of the best tips I picked up was from your daughter. In one video she mentioned watching the blur. That did it for me. All the weed wacker, door frame tips didn't keep my focus on the club path. I was still a head hitter regardless of all that. I.e. my head wanted to swing the club. By watching the blur I rapidly got my head to sit still and focus on the club path tracing an arch through the ball in the direction of the target. Maybe work out a video series showing how that works in case I am not an oddity.
Hey Warren! Big Big important reference for the brain! Once the brain knows where the club is going to pass, then you CAN PREDICT IMPACT and stop worrying about it and actually focus on where you want the ball to go! WE DID A FULL SERIES ON OUR PREMIUM CHANNEL AT www.wisdomingolfpremium.com (Just $9.95 per month) called “ARC-BLUR UNSTOPPABLE MOMENTUM” series, because the blur forms a natural arc. Plus the classic video that started it all called “BLUR OF CLUB” which then becomes instrumental in the “PREDICT CONTACT” and “GOLDIE LOCKS SERIES” videos.
@@joakimfredriksson3889 you are looking for full range of motion with 3/10 effort to achieve 7.5/10 for velocity and compression. We have a cool series on our premium channel called the “senior series” but it can easily be called “more distance with less effort series”
I’m subscribed and really dig the videos. The downside for me is that I’m good for maybe 5-6 minutes of video before my attention wanders. Oh well. 🤷♂️
I watched 4 of your videos today and in one of them you commented on tennis elbow. I rewatched the videos again so I could put this comment in the appropriate video. Of course I could not find it so here is my question. Lately I have had tennis elbow and wondered why. Have I been swinging down too much? Making too much contact with the ground?
always learn from your videos, very helpful and knowledgeable. Maybe I'm just tired, but they say it takes 3 times or exposures for the human brain to register a memory. This one seemed extremely redundant mind numbing. Wasn't sure if it was a golfing or a throwing video.
Watched a couple of your videos for the first time today. I was wondering about the weight of the kettlebell you use? I will definitely be looking at more of your videos.
Hey Shawn I’m a recent subscriber I like your philosophy just wondering though if you ever speak about letting the club drop in the backswing which automatically tucks your elbow in for a inside to out on the down swing. Is my understanding of this move correct ? Thanks keep up the good work fellow Canadian
Oldie but goodie called “fall down the plane shawn clement” and see all our “throwing the club shawn clement” videos which will place the elbow all by itself; same for “fencing for power shawn clement” and hammer through shawn clement”
Another great video Shawn. Thanks for the great content. I heard you say you used to live in Oshawa where i currently am. Any plans for any clinics back in the old stomping grounds after this pandemic has eased up?
Hey Mike! You should call Donna Norman at the Richmond Hill Golf Club as she has been trained by me and has logged more than 12 years teaching our stuff! It will be a while before we are able to freely move about on the road...
@@golflessons The idea of the left knee staying bent and allowing my hips to keep turning so that I don't lose my lag. I think this is my "missing link". I can insert this idea into any task. My favorite task is the battering ram. That task keeps my width. Coupled with this knee idea and it's like night and day, as far as compressing the ball. Thank you again !!
Shawn...I bought the 620 Cb clubs and retired my 695 CB series. OMG my golf swing is terrible! Not making good contact like I'm loosing the bottom of my swing hitting everything fat! HELP!!!!!
I love your videos Shawn, very detailed explanations and easy to practice drills. I have a question for you please. I can swing a stick at 115mph with my left arm and at 125mph with my right arm. When I swing the stick with both arms, my swing speed drops to 96mph, if I am lucky I can get to 105mph... My smash factor is always above 1.43 and I get good distance because of that, but if I could swing faster with both arms I could gain 30 or more yards off the tee. I am not Mu :-), but I carry 165 with my 8 iron with a natural draw. I am very flexible (shoulder turn 118*), and do not have issues with early extension. My big misses are blocks to the right. What drill would you recommend me to do so I can swing consistently faster with both arms? Thanks! San
He has always had a weak grip his whole life to combat what he perceived was an issue with hooks; look at his release patterns, they are the same release patterns we teach and then add some steroïds to that! See “dominant lead hand shawn clement” and “how to use the lead side shawn clement” and our premium channel has a whole series on this pattern in detail!
any tips for someone that hits great irons off of mats, but struggles on real grass? sometimes I take divots that are too deep, and I'll over correct, and take no divot at all and then hit thin shots, and my overall distance seems about 10 yards shorter off of grass than mats.
I have found myself thinking about how you impress people with the real notion of the weight being managed in the golf swing. The hammer that symbolically is the shoulders, arms and hands with the club. Golf is a game of being precise about position and a compromise of the use of power. What’s most admired in golf is the players ability to control the golf shots. People wouldn’t be awe struck if Bryson DeChambeau’s 400 yard drives if the drives were also 100 yards to the left or right of the fairway.
Hi Shawn, I either use the feeling of cutting the grass or the slashing with the sword task but I’ve noticed on your videos that you use the throwing the club task more than any other task. Is that the next level task that I have to eventually graduate to or can i stick with cutting the grass or slashing with the sword task?
good observation! if the action tasks you are using now work well for you, then don’t worry about it; many are still too focused on “down where the ball is” and need to have a much more through ward action visual with the PREDICTION that the stem is in the way. See “predict solid contact and direction shawn clement”
I’ve been working on straight back with the club head pointed at the target, pressing with the right foot and then an immediate weight shift onto my left foot (R H golfer). Would you delay the weight shift? Having it done immediate gives me confidence because it’s easier. I get a thin one every now and then, but better than chunk. Thanks
Weight shift is not what you want to be thinking through at all, it is a fundamental part of the self preserving system of a human machine as we are experts at it!! The key is to get a task that will shift the weight at the right time, the right amount AS A NECESSITY!! See all our “throwing the club shawn clement” videos and then see “how to put the ball in the way of your swing shawn clement” as a start.
People who try to hit the ball with the greatest force possible are intimidated by the game of golf. Golf isn’t karate! Golf is a spiritual meditative art form. Feeling great and feeling humbled in the same round of golf. It’s special to feel thrilled about having a very human experience. I try to get people to run away from computers. We know love , life’s greatest human experience by having an overwhelming abundance of feelings for one’s life experience. I will not compromise upon knowing the miracle of life.
Hi Shawn, I’ve been trying some new swings (using single plain for about 18 months now) but I’m having issues with distance. I’m a 22.3 index, 75 years old, very flexible but my swing speed is about 70 with a 6 or 7 iron. Should I work on speed training before I try your methods? Pls advise. Thx Scott in Maine.
see “predict solid contact and direction shawn clement” and “solid contact means no shanks shawn clement” and then go to our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and watch “blur of club” and “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” and “football drill series”
I used to play by turning through and that keeps creeping in to my swing causing pulls. I heave to the top move to the left to start the downswing to cut grass. All great except sometimes my lizard brain says let me rotate your upper body to help your arms.
That means your brain thinks you will lose the ball right and makes a compensation left. Make sure the face of the club and the grip are CLOSED OR STRONG ENOUGH to begin with. The vast majority of golfers have a face WAY TOO OPEN! See “weak grip vs strong grip shawn clement golf wrx”
Aloha Shawn, through the years I improved a lot. However I still have a tendency to drop my hands and arms back (sort of like an loop) during transition causing flat and thin shots. What do you think the main cause? I recorded myself that when there isn’t a ball I am not like that. Would that really be the ball affecting my swing thought ?
it is the lack of clarity in what happens at impact that is affecting you; search “2 ball drill”, “2 tee drill”, “top 3 tasks”, “cybervision”, “task trumps everything”, “Grass whip training”, “Task update” and “shawn’s favourite drill” on our premium channel.
@@golflessons thanks so much Shawn. I will check those out. After a long period of time of not watching much of golf, I really like your branding and video quality.
Shawn's swing really looks like his arms and shoulders are totally passive and what drives them are his biggest muscles. This is not easy to do and for most is counter intuitive. As soon as the snow melts i'll be at the range to try this.
Right on Mike! See the videos I talk about in this one; like “throwing the club shawn clement” and “kettle bell drill shawn clement” and you will understand how ABSOLUTELY INTUITIVE IT CAN BE when you have the RIGHT FOCUS or the RIGHT TASK to execute.
More like what the player is thinking just before they start the swing; if the ball contact is in question, then the swing to target is cancelled and early extension is imminent!
@@golflessons contact in question.... that is the root insecurity isnt it? If we can't get past that niggling thought how can we get to swining to the target? Well put, thankyou so much. In every other endeavour we repeat, repeat until it becomes mentally comfortable. In tennis we hit a lot rapidly, in baseball we have more than one chance to hit the ball allowing for some fouled hits, not in golf. The fact that the ball is static is a fiendishly clever ploy of seeming easier.
@@randolphmason1718 Randolph, thanks for your input. Yeah, you nailed it. That really does work. Last fall I was playing some of my best golf ever. What was I doing different consistently? My feet were very close together. I got tired of being corrected by others, your game will get better if...... I was afraid of being cancelled. :) Back to what works.
I think so. See minute 3:58. My understanding from watching Shawn's videos and playing around with this the past few days is that early extension in the legs and early extension of the wrists are just two sides of the same coin. If the legs extend early, this deploys the clubhead early (i.e. early extension of the wrists, assuming you give the clubhead up to gravity). Or if the wrists deploy the clubhead early, one must then extend the legs in order to not stick the clubhead in the ground before the ball. Either way you've deployed your peak energy before the clubhead meets the ball. In order to hit the ball with proper lag and with peak clubhead energy, one must keep the knees bent into impact. Shawn, can you confirm that this is correct? Thank you - big fan by the way, ever since I bought your video series back in the day - and finally I think am starting to understand the golf swing thanks to your teaching.
Look at it as a different experience; you will still feel when you hit it fat or thin or flush; the key is to have well planned and clear flight plans and clear executions into those flight plans and you will be properly evolving as a golfer. Better on a mat than a beat up range with sparse grass.
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!
Early extension is my biggest swing flaw. Understanding why I do it is the first step in breaking that tendency. Thanks for the great video!
Moe Norman was a genius. His stuff should be taught more widely. A lot less people would be giving up golf or having a bad back and injury from play.
Je n'ai jamais vu ni entendu un prof aussi convaincant , aussi présent , aussi pertinent dans sa démonstration, encore merci
Shawn!!!
Merci Jacques!
I guess I need to try watching this again, but after the first viewing this early extender is confused. Loved the Moe Norman clip at the beginning, I wish the rest of the video connected the dots better back to that.
When you release AT THE BALL, YOU WILL EARLY EXTEND, when you deliver the release THROUGH THE BALL AND INTO THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO START THE BALL, you will extend at the right time! See all our “throwing the club shawn clement” videos
Shawn, I live in CT and travelled to Toronto a few years ago and took three lessons from you. Your receptiveness and patience to a new golfer was greatly appreciated. I continue to go back to your great videos on this channel. I learned about you online and purchased your DVD set, that tells you how long ago that was...Lol Thanks again, Ken
Wow! You are talking directly to me. I've been fighting this terrible habit forever. I have a decent practice swing, but it instantly becomes horrible when the ball becomes my target. Thanks for the video.
Thanks Shawn... instead of focusing on the tiny minute details... you teach the most important lessons I have understood in 25 years. Listen to your body and find your swing within it, swing freely when you find that confidence and (most importantly for me) the ball is only in your path toward your target... not the end result. I had my most rewarding range sessions in... well.. forever this weekend. No more over the top... no more using the grip that I am "supposed" to use (thanks Sav for proving that you can work the ball with a strong grip) and I'm not sore anymore, even after a bucket or two of 100+ balls. Just keying in on sensible methodology relieved all of that tension from my swing. I now have one mission\swing sequence.. I set my path... I swing through my path and if I miss my target... it's by far less than I ever have before. I'm over 50... been scoring in the high 80's, and now... I truly believe that I can be in the 70's soon and consistently. You guys rock! Kudos for sharing your mind with the world.
Bought a six string, in a second hand store, didn’t know how to play it, but I knew for sure…THAT ONE GOLF CLUB, FELT GOOD IN MY HANDS, DIDN’T TAKE LONG (with wisdom in golf) TO UNDERSTAND! 😝😀👍
Love it man, good on you! 😀
Great to hear your insight on the single plane. Thumbs up as always.
Right on!🫶🫶
Great advice- I've been trying to increase my driver speed and I was stuck at 98-103 before I started watching Shawn's videos- I'm now averaging 104 with getting to 110 at times- I'm confident that I'll get to at least 110- what is crazy is I'm not swinging hard and it feels pretty effortless!
Nice Randy! That is what we do; get you a simple task to execute with ease and velocity as if it was your full time job; once the task sinks in, then the brain can evolve it into a more efficient action with it’s built in self preserving wiring!
Shawn, I've been lurking and following your videos for several years. I finally decided today to sign up for a monthly membership. I've finally come to the conclusion that most of what I've been taught about golf over the last 40 years has been wrong. I've started a journey to let the body do what it's designed to do and it's all starting to come together. I love your philosophy and this early extension demonstration just clicked for me. I'm working my way through all of your videos and I can't wait to start working on more of your concepts on the range. Thanks for what you do!
Right on Mike! See you on the inside!😀👍
Stick with Shawn! He has transformed my game. Take the time to Understand and practice everything he says.
Right on Randy! Thank you for chiming in! 😀👍👌💪
Dear Shawn, thank you for you`re great Videos.
You looks something like one of my favorite actors, Steve Martin.
So you are very sympathical for me.
Best greetings from Vienna, Austria, Erich
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You have a very good pronunciation, I understand your English very well and feel like an English expert ! Thanks!
Thank you so much! Good to know! 👍😀
This is gold for those who gets it! The ball is the wrong target in the swing!!
Mic dropped!! Boom! 😀👍
Hey Shawn I haven’t been around for a while, started watching again now that I have the time. I just retired January 1st and now have time for my golf. I suffered a case of COVID-19 just a week after retiring and wasn’t looking good for a while, however I and my wife both now have recovered from the horrible pandemic. I now work part time in a pro shop in town here, just what I wanted to do. I will be subscribing to the premium channel soon, hopefully my swing will really come to life this year. Take care my friend. God bless.
Hey Greg! Congrats on both the retirement and beating COVID! 💪👍🤛
Looking forward to seeing you in Premium, we have come a long way too! Awesome new stuff for you to catch up on! 😀👍
One of your best video
From Paris France
Thanks! 😀👍
Felt really good doing this on my coffee break lol. Solid contact!!! Great move through the ball!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
KEEP CALM AND LISTEN TO SHAWN! Works for me!!
dude! thanks!!
Absolutely. My game has been trash recently, so I’m back.
hope to see you in Charlotte whenever you can get down here, Shawn
@@mezzavoceify 👍👍😀
Thank you so much Shwan
Nailed it !
Every time I watch videos of Moe I just want to give him a big hug and I'm not a very affectionate person .He didn't care how he looked and told everyone just what he felt. Nothing good ever happens when the lead hip gets high thru impact. The lead knee is something that can be trained. I am hitting the ball more consistently solid than ever. Would this be a area of focus for me ? I'm sorry for being so negative on other methods in our podcast. I guess there are several mehods to hitting a golfball . I undoubtedly have chosen the best.
Thank yinz
Thank you Mike! You simply were voicing your frustration at the insane amounts of disinformation in the golf industry and are happy to have found the voices of WISDOM! 😀👍
My lawn does not look anyway near as perfectly cut as I am sure yours is Shawn! You make that perpetual motion of cutting the grass look so easy...
Thanks 👍
Great explanation of early extension
Glad you think so!
Shawn you explain everything so well and reference Moe ... we can't help but to get better !! There's a video on RUclips titled "amazing unseen footage of Moe Norman , Nick Faldo ,Matt Lane and more . Moe comes on around the 10:06 mark . It's a real treat for any of your followers to watch Moe hit ball after ball out of a divet with a driver . the sound of that ball coming off the face is as pure as it gets !!! Can't wait to get out in the spring and try out what I'm learning from your video's , THE BEST ON RUclips !!!!
Thank you so much Ed! Gotta keep honouring Moe; he was the best ever at sending balls to target! 😀👍🎯
Thanks Shawn!
This action is similar to doing a long serve in Badminton.
Good vid 👍 Clement!
There ya go! Great comparison! 😀👍
Good stuff here! Many instructors “say” this but very few “explain” “how” to actually do it!
Thank you for the terrific comment Arthur! 😀👍
This never gets old - I guess that's why you keep repeating this lesson, LOL. I think all my bad swings are when I don't have a clear target off in the distance, then my brain defaults to the ball. Do you have a suggestion on how to have laser focus with the driver on a clear sky day when there are no clouds to aim at?
Use the tree line and triple the height of it; then deliver through your intermediate point and into that window!
@@golflessons Many thanks, I tried this today and it helped dispersion a lot
I'm happy to see your doing this video. I switched to Moe's swing for my driver n hybrid and its worked well for me.
Hey Shawn have last couple months have been early extending , topping allmost every club , but especially Driver and Woods ,,Somehow got to impact and trying to exit club Immediately to my Left away from target Line ! Gonna start Doing what Mu was Doing with weight straight through Line . Hoping!Thanks for what You Guys Do , Great Content from a great Family Thank Youz!!
Right on! 👍😀
Very practical informative instruction. Really interesting listening to you with many good suggestions for me to work on. Many thanks.
You are so welcome! Thank you for letting us know! 😀👍
I had a similar revelation a while ago. Bending left knee moving down and left through the swing neutralized my flight some and I see a higher straighter flight with more spin. Not quite as long as my 5-10 yd draw but when I have to hit a number its way more consistent.
I don't know if you'll see this Shawn, but this is such a great lesson and you're one of the only instructors I've seen that talks about the swing this way. I have been practicing the swing diligently for the last 14 years or so and I think I've came to the conclusion that it might be.....a total waste of time to train positions in the golf swing. It doesn't matter how many times you put the club there, when you go back to a full swing, you'll go right back to swinging through the positions that are inherent to your erroneous concept or rather intention to hit at the ball.
My question here is, what do you think is the best way to train yourself to swing THROUGH ball to the target and change your mental habit of going AT the ball? Really great stuff Shawn, you just keep proving yourself to be one of the best instructors out there. Best of luck to you and your family in the future, my friend. 😉
Thank you for the great comment and realization! And sorry for what could be perceived as “a shameless plug” but our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com for just $9.95 per month has my life’s work and the series you are looking for as that is our mission, constantly, to get you THROUGH THE BALL AND INTO YOUR FLIGHT PLAN with both mental and physical ease.
The series you are looking for start with “lead hand release”, “trail hand release”, “release fine tuning” and “snap release polish”
-once you have felt this amazing yielding of the anatomy to the weight of the club head, you get with “throwing the club”, “the throwing series” and “arc-blur unstoppable momentum” series.
-once done with that, we need to predict how the ball becomes the INTERSECTION on the way to this releasing with “predict contact” and “the goldie locks series”
-finally, to finish the job properly, with consistency, see “pre-motor cortex series” and “target confirmation series”
This is the general blue-print to bring someone from “hit the ball”, “don’t miss the ball”, “get into these positions to hit the ball better” TO TAKE THE BALL FROM WHERE IT AND RELEASE IT INTO THE FLIGHT PLAN that takes it into the hole; because the over the top, the fat, the shank, the slice, the early extension, the chicken wing, the steep downswing with level shoulder plane ALL RELATE TO DELIVERING AT THE BALL.
NOBODY ELSE HAS THIS INFO; just like you said; so thank you! 😀👍
@@golflessons Wow, thanks so much for that detailed reply Shawn. For that price, it's certainly worth me having a look at that content, considering the time I might waste on inefficient drills and practice in the future. I'm going to make a concerted effort to go through the material you mentioned and see how I get on. It's just about to come into winter here, so much of the practice will probably have to be into a net, but I will certainly let you know how I go. Thanks again 😉
@@blackie75 good stuff! Enjoy and let me know how you do; will look out for you in the comment sections where you can ask questions on the site!
Thanks again for another excellent video!! I remember an oldie but goody where you played odd clubs with right and even with left with the same swing!!!! 👏👏👏
Where can we learn about these techniques in the UK, please?
@@davidwoollcott3090 Shawn used to say he could play both ways!!
Glad you enjoyed it
either go to my premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and see my life’s work in professionally edited videos with 2 camera angles and also see my online swing analysis or 1-1 skype-facetime options
Just discovered your videos and I’m loving the way you illustrate the golf swing through various tools and their motions! Great stuff!
Welcome aboard! you will definitely want to eventually go to our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and take a deep dive into all my life’s work; very proud of it and the lessons are profound!
World class lesson shawn 👏
Thanks Chris! Really appreciate the Nod! 👍😀
Merci, Shawn! Nice video. Out here in B.C., the closest I ever get to you is when I travel to Gatineau for work! UGH!!!! Would love to come up to QC City someday.
Let’s do it buddy! We will keep a spot warm for you!
I have watched a large percentage of your videos going back many years. One of the best tips I picked up was from your daughter. In one video she mentioned watching the blur. That did it for me. All the weed wacker, door frame tips didn't keep my focus on the club path. I was still a head hitter regardless of all that. I.e. my head wanted to swing the club.
By watching the blur I rapidly got my head to sit still and focus on the club path tracing an arch through the ball in the direction of the target. Maybe work out a video series showing how that works in case I am not an oddity.
Hey Warren! Big Big important reference for the brain! Once the brain knows where the club is going to pass, then you CAN PREDICT IMPACT and stop worrying about it and actually focus on where you want the ball to go!
WE DID A FULL SERIES ON OUR PREMIUM CHANNEL AT www.wisdomingolfpremium.com (Just $9.95 per month) called “ARC-BLUR UNSTOPPABLE MOMENTUM” series, because the blur forms a natural arc. Plus the classic video that started it all called “BLUR OF CLUB” which then becomes instrumental in the “PREDICT CONTACT” and “GOLDIE LOCKS SERIES” videos.
@@golflessons I'll have a look at that.
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Ty for the vid Shawn, any tips for us with lower back pain after golf?
Are you trying to resist with the lower body in the backswing? Are you swinging with more than 3 out of 10 effort when executing golf shots?
@@golflessons Ty so much for the reply, I am not trying to resist with the lower body but yeah effort is probably more like 8+
@@joakimfredriksson3889 you are looking for full range of motion with 3/10 effort to achieve 7.5/10 for velocity and compression. We have a cool series on our premium channel called the “senior series” but it can easily be called “more distance with less effort series”
2:47 is the key. A Great Nugget!!!
Thanks Jason! I enjoyed making this video a lot!
Finally !
I’m subscribed and really dig the videos. The downside for me is that I’m good for maybe 5-6 minutes of video before my attention wanders. Oh well. 🤷♂️
Use them to get to sleep at night! 😝😀👍
This video is so helpful!
I watched 4 of your videos today and in one of them you commented on tennis elbow. I rewatched the videos again so I could put this comment in the appropriate video. Of course I could not find it so here is my question. Lately I have had tennis elbow and wondered why. Have I been swinging down too much? Making too much contact with the ground?
yeah, I saw a video of Fred Couples and that is exactly what he said. He said he tries to sling the clubhead at the target.............FAST!
always learn from your videos, very helpful and knowledgeable. Maybe I'm just tired, but they say it takes 3 times or exposures for the human brain to register a memory. This one seemed extremely redundant mind numbing. Wasn't sure if it was a golfing or a throwing video.
😝😝repetition of a prper task that brings out the best in your golf swing without thinking; NOW THERE IS A WINNER!!😀👍
Great lesson
Shawn talking about the great Moe Norman. Can it get any better?
Watched a couple of your videos for the first time today. I was wondering about the weight of the kettlebell you use? I will definitely be looking at more of your videos.
10 pounds is perfect to feel what you need!
Ahh yes, I missed the old school shawn Clement! Glad to see you back doing solo videos!
More to come!
Great Video Shawn
Glad you enjoyed it
Hey Shawn I’m a recent subscriber I like your philosophy just wondering though if you ever speak about letting the club drop in the backswing which automatically tucks your elbow in for a inside to out on the down swing. Is my understanding of this move correct ? Thanks keep up the good work fellow Canadian
Oldie but goodie called “fall down the plane shawn clement” and see all our “throwing the club shawn clement” videos which will place the elbow all by itself; same for “fencing for power shawn clement” and hammer through shawn clement”
Another great video Shawn. Thanks for the great content. I heard you say you used to live in Oshawa where i currently am. Any plans for any clinics back in the old stomping grounds after this pandemic has eased up?
Hey Mike! You should call Donna Norman at the Richmond Hill Golf Club as she has been trained by me and has logged more than 12 years teaching our stuff! It will be a while before we are able to freely move about on the road...
@@golflessons Thanks. I will.
What simulator software and hardware are you using? Thanks for the great videos!!
Shawn you seem to have a very upright backswing and obviously hit the ball great. Does that mean you do not recommend a flatter backswing.
I recommend the backswing that will allow you to whip the club with solid velocity EASILY!!
I agree with this, my problem is I don't always feel that weight on the swing.
I like the kettlebells in the swing...roughly what weight would you say is good?
10 pounds is good to start!
it would surprise me if with her grip her ability to deliver the clubface consistently to the ball, so shut is unbelievable!
Like Dustin Johnson, Brendan Steele, Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson, Zack Johnson and dozens more!!
This video is genius!!
Thanks Mark! What part did you feel applied to you?
@@golflessons The idea of the left knee staying bent and allowing my hips to keep turning so that I don't lose my lag. I think this is my "missing link". I can insert this idea into any task. My favorite task is the battering ram. That task keeps my width. Coupled with this knee idea and it's like night and day, as far as compressing the ball. Thank you again !!
@@markmayes4492 awesome! 😀👍
Question: how do you finish left with hands and club and still throw the club straight?
YOU DON’T WANT TO FINISH LEFT!!!!!!
Shawn...I bought the 620 Cb clubs and retired my 695 CB series. OMG my golf swing is terrible! Not making good contact like I'm loosing the bottom of my swing hitting everything fat! HELP!!!!!
See all my videos on that; search “stop hitting fat shawn clement” and “how to put the ball in the way of your swing shawn clement”
I love your videos Shawn, very detailed explanations and easy to practice drills.
I have a question for you please. I can swing a stick at 115mph with my left arm and at 125mph with my right arm. When I swing the stick with both arms, my swing speed drops to 96mph, if I am lucky I can get to 105mph...
My smash factor is always above 1.43 and I get good distance because of that, but if I could swing faster with both arms I could gain 30 or more yards off the tee. I am not Mu :-), but I carry 165 with my 8 iron with a natural draw.
I am very flexible (shoulder turn 118*), and do not have issues with early extension. My big misses are blocks to the right.
What drill would you recommend me to do so I can swing consistently faster with both arms?
Thanks!
San
I wish you could do your podcast daily!
Thanks brother! Let me know if you want to join us for one of them! 😀👍
Brushy the premium channel will give you a daily golf fix!
@@golflessons Wow that would be awesome.
Does this move also work for short irons? What adjustment needs to be made for them?
Take a look at Fred Couples, his left knee keys his swing
Would a heavier shaft aid in the sensation of when to bend and throw?
Shawn how does bryson dechambeau have a weak grip but drives so hard through the ball ?
He has always had a weak grip his whole life to combat what he perceived was an issue with hooks; look at his release patterns, they are the same release patterns we teach and then add some steroïds to that! See “dominant lead hand shawn clement” and “how to use the lead side shawn clement” and our premium channel has a whole series on this pattern in detail!
any tips for someone that hits great irons off of mats, but struggles on real grass? sometimes I take divots that are too deep, and I'll over correct, and take no divot at all and then hit thin shots, and my overall distance seems about 10 yards shorter off of grass than mats.
I have found myself thinking about how you impress people with the real notion of the weight being managed in the golf swing. The hammer that symbolically is the shoulders, arms and hands with the club. Golf is a game of being precise about position and a compromise of the use of power. What’s most admired in golf is the players ability to control the golf shots. People wouldn’t be awe struck if Bryson DeChambeau’s 400 yard drives if the drives were also 100 yards to the left or right of the fairway.
Hi Shawn, I either use the feeling of cutting the grass or the slashing with the sword task but I’ve noticed on your videos that you use the throwing the club task more than any other task. Is that the next level task that I have to eventually graduate to or can i stick with cutting the grass or slashing with the sword task?
good observation! if the action tasks you are using now work well for you, then don’t worry about it; many are still too focused on “down where the ball is” and need to have a much more through ward action visual with the PREDICTION that the stem is in the way. See “predict solid contact and direction shawn clement”
I have one hip higher than the other and l don’ t swing the club straight. What can I do ? I am a senior golfer. Joe
I’ve been working on straight back with the club head pointed at the target, pressing with the right foot and then an immediate weight shift onto my left foot (R H golfer). Would you delay the weight shift? Having it done immediate gives me confidence because it’s easier. I get a thin one every now and then, but better than chunk. Thanks
Weight shift is not what you want to be thinking through at all, it is a fundamental part of the self preserving system of a human machine as we are experts at it!! The key is to get a task that will shift the weight at the right time, the right amount AS A NECESSITY!! See all our “throwing the club shawn clement” videos and then see “how to put the ball in the way of your swing shawn clement” as a start.
Hello Shawn!
People who try to hit the ball with the greatest force possible are intimidated by the game of golf. Golf isn’t karate! Golf is a spiritual meditative art form. Feeling great and feeling humbled in the same round of golf. It’s special to feel thrilled about having a very human experience. I try to get people to run away from computers. We know love , life’s greatest human experience by having an overwhelming abundance of feelings for one’s life experience. I will not compromise upon knowing the miracle of life.
Hitting the ball up a bit gives me more visual to hit it at the target
Hi Shawn, I’ve been trying some new swings (using single plain for about 18 months now) but I’m having issues with distance. I’m a 22.3 index, 75 years old, very flexible but my swing speed is about 70 with a 6 or 7 iron. Should I work on speed training before I try your methods? Pls advise. Thx Scott in Maine.
I’m a 12.3 not a 22.3 index
Our method IS SPEED TRAINING!! Everything Bryson does is right out of our playbook!!
When I try and do this I find my left shoulder leads and hit blocks
See “most important video on grip ever shawn clement” and “is your swing underpowered? this is the grip you need shawn clement”
What kind of irons and wedges are you using now?
callaway apex 21 and the awesome and best wedges on the market Jaws MDs
I've got a major problem of bringing the club in at impact do much I'm barley catching the ball on the toe and shooting it straight away from me
see “predict solid contact and direction shawn clement” and “solid contact means no shanks shawn clement” and then go to our premium channel at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com and watch “blur of club” and “arc blur unstoppable momentum series” and “football drill series”
I used to play by turning through and that keeps creeping in to my swing causing pulls. I heave to the top move to the left to start the downswing to cut grass. All great except sometimes my lizard brain says let me rotate your upper body to help your arms.
That means your brain thinks you will lose the ball right and makes a compensation left. Make sure the face of the club and the grip are CLOSED OR STRONG ENOUGH to begin with. The vast majority of golfers have a face WAY TOO OPEN! See “weak grip vs strong grip shawn clement golf wrx”
Aloha Shawn, through the years I improved a lot. However I still have a tendency to drop my hands and arms back (sort of like an loop) during transition causing flat and thin shots. What do you think the main cause? I recorded myself that when there isn’t a ball I am not like that. Would that really be the ball affecting my swing thought ?
it is the lack of clarity in what happens at impact that is affecting you; search “2 ball drill”, “2 tee drill”, “top 3 tasks”, “cybervision”, “task trumps everything”, “Grass whip training”, “Task update” and “shawn’s favourite drill” on our premium channel.
@@golflessons thanks so much Shawn. I will check those out. After a long period of time of not watching much of golf, I really like your branding and video quality.
Hey Shawn, for some reason those search terms like top 3 tasks and cyber vision didn’t lead to video results.
We’re do you teach you lessons?
Royal Quebec Golf Club in Quebec City Canada. We also have a great online program at www.wisdomingolfpremium.com
Shawn's swing really looks like his arms and shoulders are totally passive and what drives them are his biggest muscles. This is not easy to do and for most is counter intuitive. As soon as the snow melts i'll be at the range to try this.
Right on Mike! See the videos I talk about in this one; like “throwing the club shawn clement” and “kettle bell drill shawn clement” and you will understand how ABSOLUTELY INTUITIVE IT CAN BE when you have the RIGHT FOCUS or the RIGHT TASK to execute.
What golf clubs are you using now. Give us an update
Will have that soon; have not received them all yet; stay tuned! 👍😀
That fraction of a second that occurs during leg extension....that has to be the very thing that messes up 90 percent of all of our amature swings.
More like what the player is thinking just before they start the swing; if the ball contact is in question, then the swing to target is cancelled and early extension is imminent!
@@golflessons contact in question.... that is the root insecurity isnt it?
If we can't get past that niggling thought how can we get to swining to the target? Well put, thankyou so much. In every other endeavour we repeat, repeat until it becomes mentally comfortable. In tennis we hit a lot rapidly, in baseball we have more than one chance to hit the ball allowing for some fouled hits, not in golf. The fact that the ball is static is a fiendishly clever ploy of seeming easier.
Practice throwing the club feet together (Without letting go) and you will see how to whip the snot out of it instinctively.
@@randolphmason1718 Randolph, thanks for your input. Yeah, you nailed it. That really does work. Last fall I was playing some of my best golf ever. What was I doing different consistently? My feet were very close together. I got tired of being corrected by others, your game will get better if......
I was afraid of being cancelled. :)
Back to what works.
yea, he's probably right
so at impact the lead knee is bent???
I think so. See minute 3:58. My understanding from watching Shawn's videos and playing around with this the past few days is that early extension in the legs and early extension of the wrists are just two sides of the same coin. If the legs extend early, this deploys the clubhead early (i.e. early extension of the wrists, assuming you give the clubhead up to gravity). Or if the wrists deploy the clubhead early, one must then extend the legs in order to not stick the clubhead in the ground before the ball. Either way you've deployed your peak energy before the clubhead meets the ball. In order to hit the ball with proper lag and with peak clubhead energy, one must keep the knees bent into impact. Shawn, can you confirm that this is correct? Thank you - big fan by the way, ever since I bought your video series back in the day - and finally I think am starting to understand the golf swing thanks to your teaching.
My left knee is severely compromised.
You can walk on it correct? See “best way to shift weight in the golf swing, take a walk shawn clement”
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NBC haven’t sued?
I just can’t stay down and end up on top of the ball
See “grass whip training shawn clement” and get yourself one!!
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Hitting off mats is deceiving and not real. Som fairways are soft, som very hard.
Look at it as a different experience; you will still feel when you hit it fat or thin or flush; the key is to have well planned and clear flight plans and clear executions into those flight plans and you will be properly evolving as a golfer. Better on a mat than a beat up range with sparse grass.
Look away.
Yikes! Over complicated! Golf isn’t this hard
Too much talking before the video starts
Everyone is in a rush! You did stay for the info didn’t you? Because it is really good!👌💪😎