Hey Tom -
Looking for emergency help, if you will, for now. Am wrapping up 2 months in Hilton Head with decent rounds of golf - but now the s****s have crept into my game and I still have a couple rounds left! Never a good thing during a round - but can't work it out on the range either.
To get back to square one, I just was doing short, easy rehearsal swings with right hand only [I'm a righty], maybe hip high to hip high, right hand to right pocket then to left pocket. Then hit the ball that way - no shank, good contact, good direction. Put left hand and on and rehearse with previous feeling, then hit a ball, ball squirts off to the right still. What's up with that? I understand unless I know WHY I'm shanking [weight moving forward? Too far inside to out and leading the hosel into the ball?, etc.] it's hard to mitigate it with a drill or a feeling.
I'm sure I'll get this fixed as I'm bound to learn how to hit GOOD golf shots, not learn to prevent bad shots [at least that's my psychological approach].
Love your content and this course, so I'm just chalking this up to a gremlin that's pestering me.
Lastly, I signed up for S&T camp in Miami in April and really looking forward to that. Keep up the good work and all you do to help us play the game we love.
MD
Cleveland OH
Well, I think you outlined a bunch of potential problems. Virtually all of your causes are linked to a swing path that goes outside in…and ultimately aren’t the cause, but a symptom of another swing failure, requiring the old hand save. The save sometimes results in a great shot…but sometimes the old hosel rocket. I disagree with you about one thing, the shank is incredibly easy to fix as long as you have video. I am fortunate, in my simulator, it provides a slow motion video of the club coming into impact and the ball leaving the clubface. The ability to see the super slow motion video of the moment of truth dispelled most misinterpretations of what really happens. It’s funny, because even in the sim, people will hit the rocket and they believe, “I hit it off the toe” or “I came too far inside out”…the video stops the nonsensical talk immediately. It’s not a mystery, it’s not hard to fix. The most difficult part about fixing the shank is fixing a golfer’s psyche from hitting one and stepping up to the next shot with the thought in the back of their mind. But on the range, with a little practice…super easy to eliminate. I have seen shanks from coming too far inside out. Too far outside in…and there was one guy that was consistently hitting the ball right off the top of the toe… Regardless, to fix the shank you first have to identify the path problem, then it’s simple. The most common cause is 100% a path coming too far outside in…