i.e. possibly opening the face too much on the backswing and not ALLOWING it (you cannot force it or else you will likely try to HIT- remember a Hitter's Angled Hinging- from driving/hitting with the right forearm- OPENS the face MORE....this is important if you're a Swinger) to roll closed and Horizontal Hinge naturally. Keep PULLING, no PUSHING- if you're a swinger. Centrif. Force.
Setteing up for Swinging with startup swivel (clubface opens) then Hitting = no good.
.....or you could be coming off balance somehow....too much weight on heels could tend to keep the face open I think (lagging hosel, possibly).....too much weight on toes = over the top.
Shaft rotates around the sweetspot not vice versa...Shanks are caused by...Off-plane motions due to 1.) Throwaway 2.Excessive Clubface motions and/or alignments 3.) Running out of right arm 4.) Incompatible right elbow/right hip motions 4.) the swing center changing from the left shoulder to something else????
I know the two most obvious ones I have seen are swingers rotating on the back stroke as though they were swing and then do a hitter's motion into the ball.
The other I have seen is bent plane line resulting from usually taking the club too deep, it also matches the depth when they are at the top but yet they are only waste high.
Analyze your stroke with what he pointed out. It will probably pop out at you.
Analyze your stroke with what he pointed out. It will probably pop out at you.
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Yep already did... Taking the club back as a swinger and then trying to hit. As soon as I read it, it was obvious. Went out this AM and concentrated on making a complete hitting stroke on the inside-100yd shots and had no problems at all.
I had the same problem with wedges and it took me awhile but I determined with 100% certainty that MY shanks were caused by my body moving ballward as the backswing reached the top. The fix- make sure ye ole buttocks stays on the 'tush line' and that your head is still. Most people when thinking about keeping the head still, concentrate on not letting it move toward the sky or toward the target, but you need to make sure that it does not move any closer to the ball as well. You can shank from both under plane and over-the-top if your body moves toward the ball and puts the hozel 'in line' with the ball.
No doubt, many Members look at Archie's Signature above and recall its origin: Anthony Ravielli's inimitable illustration from Ben Hogan's classic, Five Lessons.
But...how many think the fourth illustration in the series -- the Arched left hand and vertical left arm -- occurs opposite the middle of the Body?
No doubt, many Members look at Archie's Signature above and recall its origin: Anthony Ravielli's inimitable illustration from Ben Hogan's classic, Five Lessons.
But...how many think the fourth illustration in the series -- the Arched left hand and vertical left arm -- occurs opposite the middle of the Body?
See that dotted line there?
It isn't in the middle of the Body.
It is beneath the Left Shoulder.
Get it there....
And change your Golfing Life.
That picture seems to illustrate the finish swivel beginning at impact, but I thought it doesn't occur until after low point.
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