Speaker 1: Hey everyone, Shawn Sav & Mu. And, do we have an episode for you today So many of you
are saying, man, I struggle with my long irons starting at the six iron I'm. I really start to
spray the ball and, and it, and it really becomes a headcase. We're going to show you just how
incredibly easy it is to get a ball airborne, solidly struck with one of your long irons.
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I love it. Out of the gate. Of course, the long irons are called long irons because it's longer
shafts. So I got pitching wedge and I got four iron here. And the distance between you and the
ball is obviously going to change. But many of you are saying, you know, I want to have the
fist between my club and the ball. And so if I do fist between club and ball, here we go.
So fist between club and ball, let it swing back and through without stopping.
Okay. That's fine with the pitching wedge. Alright.
So if I do fist with the four iron and then you try it and do that, whoop whoop
that's different. See that would have been many of you. And then now look at how,
when I let gravity deploy my arm club unit, it's coming out here.
So obviously I'm not out of balance right now because I feel like
my feet are very secure to the ground. I'm just pre-deploying. So my wedge was over here.
My 7iron will be here. My four iron is going to be there.
Then my fairway woods in there, my drivers. So the distance between my hands and my body
is going to be very different. So that's number one. So the first thing that we need to do, you
got some bird lunch here is we pick our intermediate points. So I'm going to set up
to go to my building over here and I'm going to secure my posture, pre-deploy my arm club unit,
and see where that wants to cut grass right there. Now I bring that into the ball. So
we talked about, if you haven't seen our videos on how to cut the grass yet,
I recommend you go check out the best training aid in golf, the grass whip, Shawn Clement,
and then go see grass whip training, Shawn Clement.
So understand that the sole of the club is designed to cut grass first and foremost, the turf
interaction, by the way, these Callaway apex 21, the way the sole is configured, it is the best,
turf interaction I've ever experienced as a golf professional or a player in the
last 40 years. They've really they've. They found the right recipe. So I am delivering
my dandy line stem towards my target. So that's a dandelion and we're going to start with,
and this is Tom Watson used to warm up with a three-iron. You imagine that's that cool. So if I
was just warming up with a four iron right here, I see my dandelion stem. I just gather it naturally
and then just cut the dandelion stem in the direction of my target. So I basically hit
that four iron, about 150 yards. I'm not trying to lift the ball. All I'm trying to do is cut the
dandelion stem in the direction that I want the ball to go on and I'm not trying to hit it far.
All I want to do is let the weight of my arms cut the stem in that direction.
So hear the sound of that really solid. Now, if I take a little draw here, I'm going to
do a little flight plan. I'm going to start at the right edge of my intermediate point.
Play the ball off here back a center. Yes. You heard it.
I'm actually playing the ball. There's the center of my stance, a hair back a center. And
from there, I'm just cutting the dandelion stem in that direction as if nothing was a big deal.
So ball back to center, gather it, and let it go in the direction. I want it to go.
So notice the contact with the ball is always solid because I'm always cutting the stem of
that dandelion in that direction. And so if you try to lift the ball with the long irons,
that's not going to work. If I were to take the ball and put it right off my back
foot and close the face, completely watch this. So notice I've basically had zero lofts left.
That ball is going to basically go off the ground about that much.
Then the dimples on the ball, once the ball is airborne, the dimples on the ball
are going to help raise it up. So I'm going to play the ball right off that back foot,
close the face and just let the weight of my arms cut through the stem in that direction.
Look at that. Wow, well, not pretty
And
that was easily 200 yards. So look how high that went. I mean, that's perfect for playing
anywhere in Scotland or Texas, that's the kind of shots that you're going to need.
And on our premium channel this week, we just finished a nice practice session in the trees.
Very, very cool way to practice your long irons.
Find a nice area at your golf course where you can hit shots out from the trees. Don't
keep the trees too close at first. You know, it wouldn't want that ball to ricochet and
you know, hurts you. So Sav are you ready Yep. Let's have a look at what salve does with this.
So you got five iron and you know, for, for most women, five irons are very, very difficult to hit
because they typically don't have the club speed to benefit from it. But it doesn't mean that
you can't hit it. Right So let's see you hit some ridiculously smooth five irons in that direction.
So that was a full range of motion. And that's the key here because the club is so much longer.
It's like a ball on a string. And what you're looking for is the full range of motion in
the backswing. Then just let the arms fall through the stem and out toward the target.
How easy is that
height on That's like too easy? Now, do you ever feel the need to hit the long irons hard
I did before, but not anymore.
She did before, but not anymore. and what changed for you
Well, working on the alignment of all my clubs kind of help solidify everything. And then,
the thing we worked on with just throwing it easily. Yes.
The video where we did it's called gently drive your ball 300 yards. Right. And
that video was, I mean, it ruffled a lot of feathers because people go on that's impossible.
There's no way you're hitting at 300 yards with that swing. It always looks a little slower on
video, by the way. Right. And when you go to a PGA tour event or an LPGA tour event in person,
you'll notice that club's coming through a lot faster than what you've seen on video. Right. So
it's really cool when you go see the events live now and then the GC quad that we use
make no mistake. It's giving you very accurate information. So let's see hit one more,
The smoother you swing, the farther it goes.
Nice. So let's unpack that for a little bit. if you want I'll, I'll unpack that with Mu
Sure.
So the smoother, the swing, the farther it goes means. And then you were telling, we
were talking about throwing the club with ease. Now, face the camera
and pretend you're going to throw your club into the trees here.
What was the first thing that started the swing?
So you started with he, even the backswing. Yes. So you're heaving the club into the
backswing. And then what was the first thing that started the through swing
For me, It's that like waiting for the weight and then letting it fall through.
So she says, I'm waiting for the wait. So she's got arms and club that feel heavy, right. And
you're using the weight of those to deliver your shot. So what actually happens is the brain
engages that kinetic chain. So your weight loads up into that lead leg. So you shift your weight
and then the lead leg is using the ground to get your body out of the way.
So your arms get to fall toward the target.
All right. So we're gently throwing the club in the direction that we want the ball to go.
Oh goodness. How easy was that still in the air Just, just landing now. Spectacular. So Mu,
let's see, you hit that. So for
Munashe this actually feels like a 50-yard pitch shot. Yeah. Right, exactly. And so he's
just using the weight of his arms to swing that way. He's got what 4 iron? I got 5 iron. Okay. So
that would go. So you're a volleyball guy. Yeah. So to you. So for Mu, it's easier for
him to focus on squeezing the ball through the doorframe. You'll see, an oldie, but goodie video
that we have called hammer through. So imagine there's a doorframe here in front of the ball
and Mu is just trying to squeeze the ball through the doorframe. So imagine a doorframe right there.
And we're squeezing the ball against the doorframe with the face of the club. And to do that, the
hands are, are going to be way more in front of the ball. So you notice how it looks like there's
barely any loft there. And that's what scares the majority of golfers out there. They're thinking
how's this ball going to get in the air instead of staying with their tasks. Right. Right. So
let's see a squeeze that ball into that picture. Okay. With the weight of your arms and club.
Oh my, that's crushed.
There we go.
That was awesome. That was nice. Yeah. So,
the stem of dandelions out for you and typically, you know, when I'm, when I want to try and hit
a high fade, fairway, like a long iron with a high fade or with a fairway wood,
I'm seeing dandelion stems and I'm going to flip up into the air. Right. And when I'm trying to hit
the ball, compress it low into the wind I'm using a doorframe and volleyball. Right. So it's just
pretty cool. So you can match up your tasks to how you want to go about things because obviously
getting long errands into the air for you is a piece of cake. That's it So to resume. All right,
thanks. I want to send that ball over that intermediate point toward, toward those trees.
I get my distance to the ball. I got to feel like I've got full freedom in the arms.
Now, one other way of doing that is I'm going to set up and get my nice posture.
So I'm bending from the hips, very solid in the glutes and quads. I feel like the arches of my
feet are secured to the ground and I'm going to be, I'm going to get way too far from the ball.
So that to me feels like if I tried to whip through the dandelion stem that way,
I'm going to have to lose my balance or I'm gonna either hit it off the toe versus, and the majority
of you guys tend to be too close to the ball with the long irons. So if I get way too close, now,
it feels like I have to hang on to it, or I'm going to have to stand up to get it, to deploy
the one in between. So I get my posture. I pre-deploy my arms and now I feel like, Hey,
right there is where it wants to pass. So now I bring that to the ball, not like that,
not like that altogether. That's accurate. Now I've got my intermediate point. I see my dandelion
stem and I'm using the weight of that arm club unit to send the dandelion stem in that direction.
And there it is very nice, nice little draw coming right back between the two
pine trees splitting the difference. So hope you enjoyed that. We'll see you next time.