Hey Shawn,
Thanks for these lessons here on You Tube and especially your CD. My short game consistency is much improved except for the short low chip shot that bounces twice and bites. Can’t seemed to consistently pull it off when I want to. A video on controlling short shot ball reactions would be great. Are there certain environmental, or distance ‘Red Lights’ to watch for when attempting specific kinds of short shot ball control? Thanks

Hey Cosmic;
See “golf pro lesson arm motion” and “golf pro lesson arms falling down plane” to start; then see “golf pro lesson through the ball” and “golf pro lesson contact and spin” and “golf pro lesson compress through the ball; you can also see it in slow motion with “golf pro lesson slow motion”! Shawn

so question is where to unhinge the wrists? before ball or after the impact?? i dont understand proper release. please help!

Thank you very much Benner; this is exactly my goal for this video; Shawn

Great video. I agree with all of it and i think this is one of the “secrets” that armatures dont understand. One thing that is bugging me though is it is bow as in bow and arrow, now bow as in a Japanese greeting. Bow and cup. which is by the way not the exact same as pronate and suplinate, but the cupping and bowing cause those things to occur. For simplification purposes i think your way is easier. Again, great video.

Great video-Really gives the golfer a good look at the impact area.I was guilty myself ,for too long of believing I had to uncock my wrists(Thank you Jim Flick) into this position,which resulted in great shots and poor one’s alike.

Good video!

sounds like a playground is close. be careful where you hit balls!

excellent and clear

who needs golf instructors… when we have you shawn.. great video..

I love how animated you are with repeating swings as you’re explaining it. This is a very effective way for golfers to really “get it”. Good job!

in golf it is referred to as pronation and supination, which is the terminology Hogan used in his “Five Lessons.”

brilliant…I like idea of working from the lower-case-y chip, to the pitch shot, to the full swing…

yea made it up,seriously this teacher is the only one i watch,great tips

bowification and cupification? Thats funny. Did you make that up?

no its bowification and cupification, great teacher though

thats not pronation and supination thats dorsiflexion and palmerflexion

Thanks for the advice, it has made my iron ball striking a lot better, so much so that I hit a hole in one today!!!!! However, should this technique be taken to a driver swing? would this trap the ball too much creating too low of a ball flight, or because of the teeing of the ball off the left foot, will the trajectory still be high enough.
Cheers

First off, supination and pronation deals with the roll of the forearms/wrists. Anyone who’s read Five Lessons knows that. But his lesson is good for handsy swingers or early release.

Hey MC! Great comment and yes I have seen it and it does have merit; get the feel for it and then forget it!
Shawn

Thanks again from Argentina for your videos. I´ve seen another instructor that teaches that you don´t have to turn your wrist, but your elbow. If you turn your elbow, your wrist will turn without any effort. The video is called “The missing link to Ben Hogan´s Secret”. What do you think? Thanks a lot for your help.
Regards,
MC

You are on the right track; I often use the chipping technique to reinforce the impact position of the full swing;
Other videos of interest would be “Contact and Spin” and “Compress Through the Ball”…you will find all my videos on my “you tube Shawn” page of my website (all 100 plus!); I would also recommend my DVD which is a 3 dvd that has 4 hours of “In Priority” sequence for technique, Training, finding loose ends and executing on course; for just $40.00, I recommend it highly!
Shawn

Hi,
So the way you would pitch the ball is the same way you swing in full? I am a total beginner trying get better at this. I find when i hit chip or even low line drive shot to keep the ball low i make the best contact.

Yes, of course! That was a classic!
The other video that will help here is the “Contact and spin” and the “Chicken Wing Across the line” videos…all on the “You Tube Shawn” page of my website…
Shawn

Shawn,
Great videos! I have worked so hard on the wrist action that you speak of, many to overcome a terrible Push slice that has ruined my game. There are times when even practicing the chip shot you speak of that I push it way off to the right. It’s killing me. Do you have any comments on that? I have even tried training with Greg Norman’s “The Secret”, have you heard of it?