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I've been Playing Golf for: 20 years (on and off)
My current handicap index or average score is: 21
My typical ball flight is: Fairly heavy draw
The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: Shank!

Hi guys,

I'm really struggling to find any sort of consistency, and any insight would be greatly appreciated!  I feel like my swing is entirely based on luck and timing and doesn't at all feel repeatable.  To make things worse, I've started to shank about 1 in 5 balls :(

I'm prepared to try anything right now, so don't hold back!  Thanks in advance.

 


Videos: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pei6NJ6Ouhw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPaZ2dfRIW8

 


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I’m not sure why your post didn’t imbed the videos, so I reposted for you.

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13 hours ago, Nick-uk said:

Sorry. Thanks for sorting it! 

You don't appear to turn your hips very much in the backswing. Check out the thread below, it will help.

There is also a lot of good reading here.

 

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Ah you're right! What are the implications of not rotating the hips enough? Is likely that this alone is responsible for the lack of consistency that I'm seeing? 

 

Also, watching my front - on video again, I feel like everything looks very...cramped after impact. Do you agree, and if so, how can this be addressed? 


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3 hours ago, Bob Mac said:

Does the ball start left then draw?

Or slice. More likely the latter…

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4 hours ago, Bob Mac said:

Does the ball start left then draw?

No, it typically starts off relatively straight, before drawing fairly heavily. 

37 minutes ago, iacas said:

Or slice. More likely the latter…

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That frame looks all sorts of wrong! Where should I even start?! 


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16 minutes ago, Nick-uk said:

That frame looks all sorts of wrong! Where should I even start?! 

Fix your alignment first. If you think the ball starts straight you’re aimed WAY right.

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7 hours ago, iacas said:

Fix your alignment first. If you think the ball starts straight you’re aimed WAY right.

I can see how you'd think that, given the club head in that frame and the placement of the club on the floor, but I wasn't actually using that for alignment. I'm generally fairly comfortable with my alignment at address (and occasionally double check it by laying a club down against the tips of my feet), and on a clean strike it does start out in the desired direction. 

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1 hour ago, Nick-uk said:

I can see how you'd think that, given the club head in that frame and the placement of the club on the floor, but I wasn't actually using that for alignment. I'm generally fairly comfortable with my alignment at address (and occasionally double check it by laying a club down against the tips of my feet), and on a clean strike it does start out in the desired direction. 

I didn't even look at the club lying by your feet.

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That's a pull. Not even a little one, really. The ball is going way, way left.

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21 hours ago, iacas said:

I didn't even look at the club lying by your feet.

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That's a pull. Not even a little one, really. The ball is going way, way left.

I see what you mean now! 

How should I go about addressing it? It looks like I'm way off plane and coming down outside-in...? 


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2 hours ago, Nick-uk said:

I see what you mean now! 

Aim further left. That alone will help stop you from swinging so far to the left.

Then work on getting the turn and the "depth" that other people have mentioned.

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  • 3 years later...

Hi guys, I'm back and needing some more swing advice.

A couple of months ago I received my new irons (Jpx 921 pro) and I'm wanting to take my golf more seriously this season. I've played about 10 rounds and typically scoring 90-98, which I'm thoroughly disappointed with. I've just started seeing a new pro and he is trying to get me to have a much stronger left hand grip, but looking at my swing, that feels like the least of my problems. My swing has always been really steep, so I'm currently working on getting my hands more round my back on the backswing. As you can see in my previous videos, my shoulders also tend to be fairly far forward, causing my upper back to arch, so I'm trying to really focus on correcting this in these new swing videos.

Yesterday I hit 5 shanks in a single round, but also crushed some 200+ long irons, so basically really inconsistent. Any input would be highly appreciated!

 


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It’s hard to tell with those videos. They need to be filmed in slow motion and with proper angles. You also didn’t mention your typical ball flight, push, pull, fade, draw, etc.
 

https://thesandtrap.com/b/playing_tips/filming_your_swing

 

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Just now, Nick-uk said:

Hi Boogie.

I think you should be able to set the playback speed in YouTube.

Give it a try and repost the link.

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18 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

Give it a try and repost the link.

I mean in the viewer's settings - just set the playback speed to 0.25 (I tried to do this in the recording settings but couldn't see it).


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