I did a 5 lesson pack with Shawn last summer after watching an abundant amount of his YT videos. I liked his idea and method behind the swing (or at least I thought I did.) I thought I liked the premise of no position golf and just swing ideas.
Unfortunately for me, Shawn did not help my game, if anything I feel his advice really hurt my game. For starters, he never remembered who I was, its as if he was just to busy to remember his clients (either that or I'm really forgettable.) But every time we met was like meeting for the first time all over, he never remembered what we did last time, and what my issues were. Each lesson did not really support the last lesson, and it was kind of all over, which is disappointing since I prepaid for 5 lessons up front (I believe its in the realm of $500).
Now aside from him not remembering me or not having a structure to the lessons, the advice he gave, really hurt my game (in my opinion at least). The majority of his advice was to strengthen my grip (a LOT) and to get in this really awkward "behind the ball" stance that looks kind of goofy (anyone whose ever watched his videos will know what I mean). Now I think the premise of "swinging to a target" is a good idea, and has merit. Its just really hard to put into practice, and I think the other advice he gave was bandaids to other problems I had (have) in my swing.
My main miss was a straight push shot before seeing Shawn. After 5 lessons, I was hitting either dead straight pulls or wicked snap hooks. Mainly due to the incredibly strong grip and this weird idea of playing the ball back in my stance. He would have you setup with the ball well behind center, and "get behind it", which caused more problems than it fixed.
I stuck with his advice all last year, and it never improved my game. I mean I stopped hitting the ball right, but hitting them way left wasn't really helping either. I found the setup that he was putting me in was causing me to stay back on my trail leg and sometimes started hitting shots thin or fat as well.
Anyways, I thought I would review my 5 lessons with Shawn as Ive found another coach and significantly improved and undone a lot of what Shawn tried to implement. Im not sure I could recommend him, he really did seem just way to busy, he always had a lesson before and after me. Obviously people like his advice as he has to be one of the busiest golf coaches around. I think the advice he tries to give works incredibly well for himself, as he can really visualize the shot hes trying to hit, but if you cant match that visualization up yourself, all the other stuff just causes problems.
I will add that I do believe he is an incredibly talented golfer, He has to be one of the only people on the planet who can swing the club both left and right handed. Also when he demonstrates he can hit the bell incredibly well. For me the advice just didnt translate.
Sorry for the long read. Hope its a fair review.
Unfortunately for me, Shawn did not help my game, if anything I feel his advice really hurt my game. For starters, he never remembered who I was, its as if he was just to busy to remember his clients (either that or I'm really forgettable.) But every time we met was like meeting for the first time all over, he never remembered what we did last time, and what my issues were. Each lesson did not really support the last lesson, and it was kind of all over, which is disappointing since I prepaid for 5 lessons up front (I believe its in the realm of $500).
Now aside from him not remembering me or not having a structure to the lessons, the advice he gave, really hurt my game (in my opinion at least). The majority of his advice was to strengthen my grip (a LOT) and to get in this really awkward "behind the ball" stance that looks kind of goofy (anyone whose ever watched his videos will know what I mean). Now I think the premise of "swinging to a target" is a good idea, and has merit. Its just really hard to put into practice, and I think the other advice he gave was bandaids to other problems I had (have) in my swing.
My main miss was a straight push shot before seeing Shawn. After 5 lessons, I was hitting either dead straight pulls or wicked snap hooks. Mainly due to the incredibly strong grip and this weird idea of playing the ball back in my stance. He would have you setup with the ball well behind center, and "get behind it", which caused more problems than it fixed.
I stuck with his advice all last year, and it never improved my game. I mean I stopped hitting the ball right, but hitting them way left wasn't really helping either. I found the setup that he was putting me in was causing me to stay back on my trail leg and sometimes started hitting shots thin or fat as well.
Anyways, I thought I would review my 5 lessons with Shawn as Ive found another coach and significantly improved and undone a lot of what Shawn tried to implement. Im not sure I could recommend him, he really did seem just way to busy, he always had a lesson before and after me. Obviously people like his advice as he has to be one of the busiest golf coaches around. I think the advice he tries to give works incredibly well for himself, as he can really visualize the shot hes trying to hit, but if you cant match that visualization up yourself, all the other stuff just causes problems.
I will add that I do believe he is an incredibly talented golfer, He has to be one of the only people on the planet who can swing the club both left and right handed. Also when he demonstrates he can hit the bell incredibly well. For me the advice just didnt translate.
Sorry for the long read. Hope its a fair review.
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