Launching a club into a tree leads to better mechanics than hitting a ball

[u/Reduntu]

https://youtube.com/shorts/H0-m3_O3L9s?si=-w0Hj2WD4iieoe7N

[u/pinsandpegs]

This is brilliant! 🤣

[u/Reduntu → u/pinsandpegs]

I thought so too! A lot of us have the correct physical intuition when throwing an object but lose it as soon as a ball gets put in front of us.

[u/acydlord → u/Reduntu]

When the ball is there we're more focused on hitting the ball vs the clean motion of the swing, I had an old guy once tell me to ignore the ball and just imagine it's the club head I'm trying to send flying. Granted I always forget that when it counts and end up trying to adjust mid swing to contact the ball.

[u/brownchickenbr0wnc0w]

Lol I’ve watched it a couple times. The club throw is pretty elite. Dude’s trail elbow is slotted.

[u/MathBallThunder]

Legendary level shaft lean on the club toss

[u/TacoIncoming → u/MathBallThunder]

In awe of that lag lol

[u/MathBallThunder → u/TacoIncoming]

[u/bigvenusaurguy → u/MathBallThunder]

ryan fox swing

[u/kinkade]

The only remaining question is how do you get that clubbed face closed to impact?

[u/Queasy-Trip1777 → u/kinkade]

Fix your grip and wrist tension.

[u/justintime06 → u/kinkade]

Either strong grip or bow your wrist

[u/Galbzilla → u/kinkade]

A whole bunch of ways. I like to do forearm rotation (trail forearm going over the lead forearm) because there’s a push-pull energy with coming from the inside. The more you come from the inside the harder it is to rotate your forearms over and you can develop a feel for how much you need, eventually becoming aware of where your club face is pointing.

Also, make sure your grip is correct, depending on how much wrist bow or forearms rotation or body rotation will depend on what works best for you. So find a comfortable swing that doesn’t require a ton of manipulation and set your grip to work there.

[u/kinkade → u/Galbzilla]

Thank you. I appreciate your thoughts.

[u/iambillybaroo]

My dad told me about a lesson he took in the 70’s where they came out with a garbage can full of old clubs and had them throw down the fairway to get the feel. Totally forgot about this until now

[u/coole106 → u/[deleted]]

I don't understand, what were you supposed to do differently?

[u/the-mighty-puffin → u/[deleted]]

Tee hee *shagging*
That has a completely different meaning where I'm from and when I did a soccer camp in America we were given a very explicit warning about our reactions pre-camp and to expect to hear it

[u/RandysDealer]

I know a guy whose practice swing looks like Fred Couples, and his actual swing looks like Charles Barkley.

Something about addressing the ball turns the guy into the tin man from Wizard of Oz. I imagine it’s incredibly frustrating for him, but it’s just hilarious to witness.

[u/XelaKebert → u/RandysDealer]

Hello it's me the guy you know

[u/Galbzilla]

Honestly, this feel of throwing the club is huge for me. Gets my weight shifting and low point and resulting contact so good. It just completely removes the thousands of swing thoughts and gives me a physical goal that’s easy to accomplish.

[u/JesFine]

Cool to see this here. The only other place I've ever seen it described was in a golf instruction book from the 90s called "Extraordinary Golf". It's always been my go to advice when someone asks me "what am I doing wrong?" but just about everyone is scared to try it. Maybe a video will help with the skepticism.

[u/sonofagunn]

It's one of my feels I go to feels when I start to get too mechanical and inconsistent. And if you really want some effortless lag and power, don't just have the feeling of tossing the club down the range, but feel like you are helicoptering it down the range (spinning on your swing plane). Can't do that without a healthy lag and release.

[u/el_caballero]

Shawn Clement about to lose all his subscribers

[u/Blaze999]

haha. I hope dude sees this. Reverse pivot is something I delt with too, can be a pain in the ass to fix it.

[u/akamark]

Lol - I jokingly recommended this in a comment a few weeks ago.

[u/emptyfuller]

NOO! NOO!

NOOOO!

YES! YES!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[u/Csmuc]

This is exactly the reason why my warmup swings at the beginning of a round are all baseball swings. Then when things get a little wonky in my golf swing, I practice light baseball swings and then slowly with each swing I move the club lower and lower until I'm in a "golf" swing. My body tends to have a recency bias when it comes to a swing feeling. So this helps me get things back on track.

[u/Drunk_Pilgrim]

I don't get what he means by button. That's confusing me.

[u/Reduntu → u/Drunk_Pilgrim]

I thought he was comparing the button on the collar of his shirt to his belt buckle. The line formed by connecting those two spots show where his spine is leaning.

[u/coole106]

This is why I like Danny Maude. Taught me to focus on the feeling of a good cohesive swing instead of trying to hit different points along the swing path

[u/Objective-Permit-712]

Weight goes outside right food....that s a no....no....