Overswing and Fast Backswing; #1 Most Popular Golf Teacher on You Tube Shawn Clement

[KBenz47]

Someone needs to make a gif for 1:28 - 1:34

[veryspecialsteve]

this is a fantastic video shawn,

however, the question that hasn't been answered is: What is an overswing?

because, im getting some pretty significant wrist hinge at the top which is giving me a really long swing and i can see the clubhead out the corner of my left eye!!

it is not an overswing, it could perhaps be an over hinge of the wrists?

[clemshaw]

@veryspecialsteve Hey Steve; if your right arm does not collapse, your grip does not let go, your wrists do not buckle, your left arm remains taut and your tilt stays in a position that allows you to deliver to the target, then you are good! John Daly could do even better than 2 majors with the gorgeous swing he has; it is the mind that needs work! :) Shawn

[Jambela44]

Hi Shawn

I have just watched some of your videos to help what I think is an over the top golf swing .I tend to slice my driver but sometimes with my mid irons I will hit it straigth left colud this be an over the top swing .

Regards Mitchell

[lokruange]

thank for vdo i play golf 10 year don't understand now i get .....thankkkkk

[RenetheFarmer]

Hi Shawn, thanks for all the great videos. I , like most people am pretty busy and its a bit of a treck to the nearest driving range. I'm looking at buying a mat and was wondering if you have any suggestions? What do you have in your videos?

[clemshaw]

@RenetheFarmer You are welcome! The best mat out there is from realfeelgolfmats and you will see them on my store page of my website; they are one of the only companies I endorse freely; we are switching a few more of our mats to them this year after we got a full year of hitting on one of their mats; best by far we have ever used and the favorite of all our students; Shawn

[golfdoc1950]

Great video. I wish I was seeing it on the Golf Academy, but oh well. In some ways, better that we have you on YouTube.

I find that if I get the feeling that I am freezing my backswing at the top, I don't come over the top and my tempo is optimum. I think I get better separation between my hips and the club too, adding distance.

[TheBBusher]

Im not saying this isnt a great vid but is overswinging really bad and how much is too much? I mean watching the golf in dubai today and noticed kaymer, phil and mcilroy to a certain extend overswing with their drivers. Just a little confused on the topic.

[clemshaw]

@TheBBusher That is just the thing; with good tone and great rhythm, how can you go wrong? If you stay with the guidelines of this video, you will never overswing; whatever that looks like; :) Shawn

[kmh196700]

Shawn, I own the DVD and have watched you for three to four years. You are the best teacher on Youtube and probably more knowlegabel than tour coaches. Kevin

[tommykrebs]

Hi Shawn, your backswing looks so effortless easy without any tension in your back. Is this your feeling? Because I need this tension in my back for a proper downswing.

cheers, Tommy

[clemshaw]

@tommykrebs Never swing with any kind of strain; it should always feel powerful to a target and COMPLETELY VOID OF STRAIN; certain body parts will feel taut and firm with natural tension; but strenuous tension is out.

Shawn

[451mnu]

This feeling of tautness in the arms you once talked about is similar to David Ledbetter who used to talk about keeping the chain tight throughout the swing - never letting it go slack.

[clemshaw]

@451mnu This taut feel should never be manufactured though; see "arms and body" and "stop crashing" videos; Shawn

[451mnu]

@clemshaw Shawn thank you for your reply. The video on "tautness" is timeless. Just on that one alone a student can learn a very good swing. A bit off the subject but you made a video - I have trouble locating - where you talk about the error of moving the head down & forward from the beginning. If I'm not mistaken you were analyzing Tiger's swing while explaining preventive measures. Can you please reply with the title of the video? Owe you big.

[clemshaw]

@451mnu It is called "Head Position and Range; #1 most popular...Shawn Clement"

Thank you for the kind words and comment!

Shawn

[451mnu]

Shawn, thank you for another great video. The relaxed arm feel at address and wet towel analogy very helpful. Can you comment on previous video - you talked about relaxed tension or tautness in the arms - sorry don't remember the video title. I remember getting good results with some tautness in my arms - maybe because like most people have too much tension in my arms to begin with. Going 100% wet-noodle creates some anxiety for me in the sense how am I going to get the club back to the top?

[clemshaw]

@451mnu Like a kid on a swing; the swing's chains must not collapse towards the support beam; the arc would be significantly altered and shortened; so you should have enough tone in the arms for them to not come back at you in the backswing and in the downswing; Shawn

[mslu62]

Shawn Great stuff ! You just pointed out two of my faults I have when hitting my driver . In regards to the overswing do you feel any connection between the left tricep and left pec in order to keep the arms in front of the body and avoid overswinging. If I keep my arms to relaxed they tend to crash into the body at the top.

Thanks for all the great videos

[clemshaw]

@mslu62

Keep working of feeling the weight of the arm club unit!! You would never over heave an axe would you? See "Rhythm of the World; #1 Most Popular Golf Teacher on You Tube Shawn Clement" Shawn

[roniwankovitsch]

Great video! What helps me with the backswing and my action toward the target is the mantra I hear Shawn say a lot. "Toss and Fall." On back swing I say Tosssss (added s's used for timing backswing)  and Fall as I feel gravity take hold of the club and arms and bring the club down. I also trying to add the word Hold at the end of the swing so I can feel if I am in balance at the end of the swing

[clemshaw]

@roniwankovitsch Awesome!! You are on the right track and listening to the rhythm of the swing; carry on!

Shawn

[golfnutster]

This looks like really good advice. Let's all try it and see how it works.

[jkpassage]

Now, here is an interesting fact. It's nearly 5am on Monday, Jan 17 (a U.S. holiday), and this video was uploaded 6 hours ago. Already, there are 151 views (including me). Now that's the teaching power of Shawn Clement! No wonder he is the #1 most popular golf teacher on YouTube!

[jkpassage]

Hey @itubeutude, forget about the weight of the club. Think about the weight of your "arm-club unit" and what it takes to let it swing like the cable of a crane with a wrecking ball (that being the club head). And @bluejfk, I felt the same way as you for 2 years, but the operative word "feel" is so important. The less your conscious mind is involved and the more you have inner awareness, the better you will be.

[mjs0039]

Great video for "feeling the weight of the club". Great work Shawn:-)

[bluejfk]

Yes, but if you foucs on swinging the arms to the target everything else happens naturally. Think about it this way. if you do Shawn's lower case y chip and you think about the arms only back and through and completely lose focus on the club, everything happens naturally. They tell you to keep the grip forward of the head. Well, when you focus only on the arms that happens all by itself. It is important to note that with the lower case y drill there is no clubhead release to worry about.

[burkeyatm]

Geez Shawn, you make it all sound SOOOOOOO easy. I really like the way you use analogies to explain the "feel" which is often the hardest part. I hear guys talking about "timing" all the time and until I hit a few REALLY solid balls, I had no idea what they were talking about.

[itubeutude]

It's hard to feel the weight of the arm club unit, when clubs are so lite.