Hey everyone. Shawn and our long drive competitor, Munashe. Hey guys. And, and this guy has had
a really awesome first season. Made a a couple of top 24s this year with, the, the PL LDA
Pro long Drive Association. And it's a well known fact that, and then it's very much accepted
within the community that the peak speed of the swing is way out there and not down here
at the ball. Okay Right. So we're collecting the ball from here and releasing it out there.
And a, and a really good cue for you guys is to listen for the swish. Now Mu has an
amazing drill that he uses for his release, but also it really tunes him into the sound
of the swish and where he wants it to be. So I'm, I'll hold your driver here, Mu Okay.
Face the camera and show me a couple of your drills. You know, you've gotta start with
lead hand first. Yeah. I'll start with lead hand first. Yeah. Awesome. That sounds amazing.
Trail hand. Yeah. So you're, you're getting ready to let it swish out here, right Yeah,
over here. Perfect. Amazing.
Well look at this. You'll see that as he's turning into the backswing, the lead arm is
actually following and facilitating that big turn. You'll see that pelvis and ribcage turn
out of the way the lead knee rotating in, and watch this as he gets to the top of the
back swing, that lead arm is turning out of the way, the back is turning toward the target.
And look at that flying elbow. Now we're poised to take it into the downswing. Watch this
kinetic chain engage, and when it does, look at the lead arm, how it initiates as well.
Look at that. Watch this right there. Isn't that cool So the beginning of the squat, the
lead arm comes, and then this whole kinetic chain is about to unleash all that speed.
Well beyond the ball. That elbow flying is so important. Watch a baseball pitcher, and
as he squats and then the body engages and starts to turn out of the way, notice how
that elbow is now leading. We get this for free people. And then that leads you into
that big release in the direction that you want to start the ball and then finally pulls
you into that finish.
So, Nope, there it is. That's, sorry, I was gonna give him my driver. . it's okay, honey,
don't worry. He won't hurt you . So let's see. so fade. Yeah. So basically you're hitting
a fade from the flag to behind those palm trees, right So you can see on, on this side
here, there are the palm trees, and you got all this room and it, and it basically with
a fade, you're at 360 there. So you're just doing a nice smooth drive. You're not looking
for power. Yeah. Okay. So we're basically starting it on the flag and letting it fade,
toward the palm tree on the left. Yeah. Okay. Oh man. How good is that There's, there's
your fairway finder, bud. Yeah,
We're in play.
Fantastic. So an easy 300 yards right there, right now when you're standing over the shot.
I mean, look at that, you guys, that's exactly what we were trying to do. Fade it from the
flag back to the palm tree. Yeah. And we would call that a good miss. You just mis-hit it
slightly on the face. Yeah,
Yeah. Easily. And
Then they put in an amazing swing on it. Yeah. And, where was your mind at a dress
just focus on task going to, the target.
Exactly. So you had that flagstick, you have that picture right there. Yeah. That's to
attract your swing in that direction. Right All right. You got another one in gear Yeah,
Sure. Always,
Always. got a few. Yes. Look at that, you guys.
I picked a higher flight from the previous
Job. All right, there you go. Yeah. So a nice easy 330-rising ball. I mean, look at the
backspin on that as 3000 rpm, but that is what you need to do Yeah. When you're playing
golf. That's right. And you know, like Tony fee, now he's got 200 mile-per-hour ball speed.
Oh yeah, no problem. And he had the highest recorded ball speed on the PGA tour for a
while. Mm-hmm. . But he sacrificed that he went from, you know, the driver being somewhat
of a liability to now when you look at what he's doing now, it's phenomenal. Mm-hmm. , he's
got a much shorter back swing, a way lower ball flight. He's teeing the ball down nice
and low. And that is exactly the carry. So you look at the carry that you'll see on the
PGA tour now is between 280 yards and 310 yards.
That's optimal for finding fairways, correct Yeah. But then when you start, you know, delivering
with a much higher angle of attack, you see a launch angle right there is less than 11.
Right. That is much lower than what you would use in competition. What are you using in
competition 17 degrees? So 17 degrees is what Mo, Moo would typically Mu. That's a good
name too. Yeah. So that's typically what you would use when you're in the, in a long drive
competition. Yeah. However, you got six chances to put it in the grid. That's right. Yeah.
So that's, you know, built for long-distance speed. Why don't you wanna try one just for
the he?
Speaker 5: Sure.
It's like I gotta speed up a little bit. I always love watching you hit it with, with
that we gotta let move, leave, leave some lead out here, .
This is a little open
On that. That's all right. It's still in play, dude. Yeah. Wow. Did you catch that pretty
good
I think so.
There we go. Very cool.
A lot of backspin
On that. A lot of backspin. Yeah. 3000 rpm, that's it. That had a lot of backspin, but
1 91 ball speed. Yeah. You haven't ramped up, you know, I'm asking you to stretch. I'm
asking him to stretch out and he hasn't ramped up yet. And then, you know, my bad . But look,
that's four drives, four drives in play. That's right.
Yeah. Thanks.
Awesome. One particular task that I like to do is to get my swish on the other side. So
you can either, you know, remove the shaft or just turn your club upside down, hear the
sound right out here in front. So my mind is over here, I'm gathering the shaft from
over here and releasing it there. Now in order for me to get my speed out there, what I'm
trying to do when I'm driving the ball is I'm taking the tip of the tee and I'm catching
it in a way that would cause the tee to tumble in the direction I wanna start the ball. So
I'm collecting the tea there and releasing it out there. If you look at one of my favorites,
Joaquin Neiman, or you'll see Tony Finau right now, watch as he's coming down, he's keeping
both feet solid on the ground, but look at his trail elbow, how it stays in front of
him and where he is collecting the ball there.
So Tony's always had a lot of shaft lean in his shots, right Mu Yeah. So that shaft lean
comes from the fact that he can move through the ball. So he's basically covering the ball,
keeping it low. He is got a lot of spin on, on the shot. So, you know, getting the ball
to hold on is really, really easy for him. So he's basically hitting all his shots with
like, a pitch swing. So I'm gonna hit a fade here from the palm tree back to between the
palm tree and the flag, right Basically where Moo has landed his ball. So I'm going left
of this intermediate point right there, and my goal is to make the tip of the t tumble
in that direction with a lot of ease. So I'm expecting to feel a lot of speed here listening
for the whistle here as I'm making the tip of the t tumble in that direction. It's gotta
be done with ease, however, there we go.
That I couldn't do it any better. There we go, man. I squeaked it up to 300. How about
that So you can see how my side spin was 180 to the right. My carry was two 80, there's
my stock drive, 2100 spin my launch angle. I need, you know, I need to stretch it out
a little bit more. if I had 10 degrees launched, like Mu just had, I would've lost a significant
amount of carrying distance on that one. So I need at least 14 degrees launch to get my
golf ball to, to get out there, right So we hope that you appreciated that little tip
about, hey, we're going that way. When Mo's looking down here, this is an intersection
on the way there where the Flagstick was, and he is letting it fade off toward that
palm tree. I'm seeing the palm tree and I'm letting it fade off back to the flagstick.
So eyes are here, but attention is there and we're delivering deep into there. So for more
information on that, make sure you look at our throwing the club series of videos that
you'll see here on YouTube. So go to throwing the Club, Shawn Clement, and then see through
the ball versus at the ball. And then you'll see why is your swing underpowered You're
gonna need Savannah's and Munashe's grip when it comes to delivering deep out there. You
can't do it if your club face is too open. So get cracking. See you next week.