Is There Anything Hank Haney Won't Sell?

[xrayvizhen]

Is there anything this guy won't put his mug in front of? I'm not a big fan of golf training gizmos in general. I find most of them quite humorous although I did buy that 5-iron with the hinge, I forget what it was called, about 20 years ago. (It was not useless.) But I happened to be watching the Golf Channel this morning and saw a new thingy, the "B1 Blue Strike" which Mr. H says is the greatest innovation in golf training aids since the last greatest thing he bloviated about. It's like a an Impact Snap in the form of a full size iron and claims to provide the correct feel for not flipping, eliminates casting, and might cure cancer, but I stopped paying attention so that last part may not be entirely correct.

Anyway, I'm working on eliminating my own tendency to cast and had planned on doing it the old fashioned way, with lots of work at the range and failing that, taking a lesson or two, but I saw this ad this morning and just started thinking...

It might be just me but I find Haney annoying on several different levels. He has a condescending way of talking to people, whether he's providing tips or just expressing an opinion and I get the impression he'll shill for just about any product as long as he's paid, therefore I tend to ignore pretty much anything he says but I just wondered whether if he rubs other people the same way as he does me.

And if anyone has used anything that helps with casting, I'll listen.

Edited November 28, 2017 by xrayvizhen
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[iacas]

I wrote to see if we might be able to do a review of this. Can't hurt to check it out.

Inline Impact is "Key #3" in the 5 Simple Keys® system, and we often have a lot of success working on this with golfers by working on Keys #1 and #2. We almost never have to work on Key #3 directly.

[Mr. Desmond]

Hank will sell anything, and when you sell anything and many of anything over a number of years, a few nuggests turn up.

Edited November 29, 2017 by Mr. Desmond

[dennyjones]

This looks like a combination of a couple of training aides.   

[Piz]

The Haney's haven't changed much since Green Acres: always hawking the next greatest thing.

[RussUK]

Until he puts his name on a grilling machine or a range of cooking sauces then there are things he wont sell (maybe just a matter of time) 

[rehmwa]

6 hours ago, RussUK said:

Until he puts his name on a grilling machine or a range of cooking sauces then there are things he wont sell (maybe just a matter of time) 

too late

[RussUK]

31 minutes ago, rehmwa said:

too late

Isn't Slap, Chop what most of his students end up wanting to do to him?

[Hacker James]

15 hours ago, dennyjones said:

This looks like a combination of a couple of training aides.   

I assume you are talking about the Impact Snap. It kind of combines the Speed Stik with the Tour Striker Educator without the shaft.   I made my own patterned after the Speed Stik, with a sliding "birdie ball" and if I then stuck the Educator in the grip end it would accomplish the same things. ref: Hacker Whacker video.

Edited November 29, 2017 by Hacker James

[Patch]

To help prevent casting, picture yourself at home plate on a baseball diamond. Your alignment, especialy your shoulders, is square to the pitcher's mound, and through second base, into center field. Then just swing the club to right field. It's not unlike swinging at a pitch that is low, and outside. Tough to cast while doing this, and allows you to focus on delaying the release. 

Edited November 29, 2017 by Patch

[Vinsk]

I know this is old but I watched the video and the Blue Strike is nothing like the Impact Snap. The Blue Strike appears to be the same thing if you swung a Tour Striker club while wearing a Swingyde. It has the beveled edge so you’ll thin it if you flip and the bar hits your trail wrist if you flip as well. Hell I’ll try anything.

[Buckeyebowman]

On 11/28/2017 at 7:45 PM, Piz said:

The Haney's haven't changed much since Green Acres: always hawking the next greatest thing.

" Mr. Douglas, have I got a deal fer you!"

On 11/29/2017 at 10:16 AM, rehmwa said:

too late

BWAAAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!

5 hours ago, Vinsk said:

I know this is old but I watched the video and the Blue Strike is nothing like the Impact Snap. The Blue Strike appears to be the same thing if you swung a Tour Striker club while wearing a Swingyde. It has the beveled edge so you’ll thin it if you flip and the bar hits your trail wrist if you flip as well. Hell I’ll try anything.

What I envisioned was the Tour Striker club outfitted with the Tour Striker Educator! I never bought the club, but I did buy the Educator. I still haven't figured out how to use the thing. Every time I tried, I couldn't hit the ball out of my shadow! It sits in a drawer somewhere. That was the last gizmo I bought.

[Vinsk]

Tour Striker, that club Breed boasts that has the sweet spot as steel and the toe/heel as rubber, Swingyde, impact snap, Arm extender, Watson Hanger, and a closet of plenty more I probably don’t remember. I should take them all to the range at once just for a laugh ....