Top 25 Golf Pro Lesson Tempo and Timing
www.shawnclementgolf.com Shawn Clement, Director of the Richmond Hill Golf Learning Centre in Toronto and Top 25 CPGA teacher as rated by Score Golf Magazine, shows you how to improve your tempo and timing in your Golf swing;
And neither will the owners of the homes along the right side of the golf hole!!
A few things I don’t like about this swing. 1 – you’re not preloading (watch Sergio on how he generates a 120 degree angle during his downswing). Your wrists are breaking too early before you hit the ball (loss of power here), that is, not enough lag generated. 3 – you right foot starts to come up too soon because you’re wrapping yourself around instead of driving your hips 20 degrees right of your target through the ball. 4 – not enough extension after impact and you are upright like a board.
And you’re comparing “Can’t Hit The Ball Straight Sergio” to Shawn here. Wow, just Wow. You make no sense. Plenty of power in the swing Shawn demo’s because i’ve proved it. I now hit my 7 iron 165 and i never did that before.
Hi again Shawn… I’ve been learning how to play from your videos for about a year now… Thank you.. I think I’m starting to get it now but I think I’m stuck. It doesn’t matter if I’m using an iron, wood, or driver, I’m just reaching 100 -130 yards every time. I don’t get it. Please help!
Who the heck are you talking about?? I hit 7 iron 180 and carry my Driver 290! How long have you been playing and teaching? My right foot comes up at the end of my swing like Kenny Perry and Scott Verplank and Moe Norman…Stay with Stack and Tilt, you deserve each other…Shawn
awesome video, I need to “feel” my golf swing, this should help me relax and let the club do the work! Thanks Shawn!
Awesome! great stuff Shawn! love the race car analogy!
Shawn, ur videoes are by the far best on youtube.
is it just me that he’s just like Will Farrell?
BTW; thanks for the defense Michael! Shawn
You need to practice whipping the snot out of the club towards the target making the club whistle in 5 channel dolby surround!!! GRIP IT AND WHIP IT! DON’T HOLD BACK AND DON’T TRY TO HIT THE BALL!
You’re right, Shawn is a scratch golfer both left and right, and he has entered golf tournaments with 7 LH and 7 RH clubs in his bag. Clearly he needs to take lessons himself!!!
He does look like Will Farrell. I was just saying that the other day.
Shawn is a much better golfer.
I always think he looks like a priest – cos of that little white square on the collar! Hah!
Another great one Shawn! Thanks!
Hey Shawn,
So taking lessons at my local course, the pro recommended to not dip the knee or hip at the start of the swing (to reduce overall body movement).
I am struggling a little now as my timing is off. I can try to work through this, is there any issue with starting from a ‘static’ position in the backswing?
Hey David; great question that plagues many a golfer and many golf professionals are completely oblivious to this; watch a tennis player serve a ball and see how he moves forwards first or a professional musician in an orchestra…static kills instinct!! Many pros have been brainwashed because they think the answer to overuse and or perceived overuse of the legs is no use at all like the solution to preventing accidents is to stop the wheels on a car…LOL! See “timing and tempo update” video
hey Shawn I saw you on the course yesterday and I think you are absolutely one fine piece of meat. yummy
lol…….thanks for the laughs.
Hey Shawn,
I am a 2 handicap golfer, but i feel i do not even have the right tempo,
This driving range coach told me that even before i finished my back swing, my butt has already start. He also told me that i need a “pause” when i finish my back swing, and then downswing, because what i tend to do is i straight away do the downswing even before i finish my back swing, i am just asking if there is a drill out there for this type of problem.
Thanks!!
Have a look at my “golf pro lesson medicine ball drill” and the “golf pro lesson sequence power drills”; my favorite is the “golf pro lesson perpetual motion drill” video; Thanks for the comment; Shawn
Shawn:
I have a question about ball flight in the tempo drill you describe here. When taking a full backswing and hitting the ball 50%, 75%, etc of the full distance of your club, should this drill result in a push (or push slice) of the ball? If my understanding of shaft flex is correct, if we’re using clubs with properly fitted shafts, swinging deliberately slower will result in the clubface staying open at impact. I just want to know make sure I’m doing this drill right..
Hey Matt;
You should be striking through the ball very cleanly and the ball should be GOING VERY STRAIGHT!!! Have a look at my latest video entitled “Golf Pro lesson get better divots” which should set you straight; if you still don’t have my dvd, I would recommend you get that too to make sure you are not neglecting anything important in the fundamentals; check your grip too with the 4 videos on grip that I have;
Shawn
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Hi Shawn
I am using the drill(at 6:23) to start the back swing even when playing. I hope it is not against the rules. However to be able to use inertia and to use the body to lift the arms, I feel that my backs wing is not the slowest or even slow. If it is slow I am not able to let the arms get lifted. How do you think I can have a slower backswing for better tempo and rythm. My ball striking is certainly better than befor even with the faster back swing.Thanks.
Great question!! The intensity of the backswing should be the same as when you go to your finish with the arms out in front of you and then let them fall into the backswing; feel how when you let the body turn out of the way, you feel a nice little pop about 1/4 into the backswing when your left hand crosses over the right hand and the wrists hinge upwards; see “golf pro lesson timing and tempo update” Shawn
Hey Shawn, I’ve been watching a lot of your videos and they have helped me so much. Really my only problem is that maybe a 3rd of the time I push the ball out to the right. I hit it perfectly straight (no hook/draw/slice/fad) but it just starts out on a line to the right. What are the usual causes for pushes like this?