Golf Tip: Shanks; Jimmy Ballard
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- Most players shank by pulling the heel of the club at the ball when they should really be tucking their left elbow in and squaring the back of their left hand Jimmy Ballard: Listed as one of Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers Golf Digest's #24 instructor in the world; Golf Magazine's 80's Teacher of the Decade; Has taught over 300 PGA, LPGA and Senior PGA Tour players
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This drill saved my game today ... shanks all week before a scramble and then boom I remembered this video.
There should be support groups for us shankers....
U can't relate unless you break 80 one day and then hit every ball 90 degrees right of your target line the next day. And after every shot, you logically "figure it out", come up with the fix, only to shank even worse on the next swing...
MANversusGRAVITY I recently started doing this the last few weeks. Been playing for 10 years and am a low 80's, upper 70's player. Came out of nowhwere like an STD.
This is EXCELLENT info for me. I am a pretty good golfer who will go into the shanks now and again. My fix is to stop swinging for a day, and then hit baby swing punches to reset.
What he explains as the cause, is exactly what I do. this just got me out!
I think its also important to realize that there is usually a big concept flaw that causes an error. But in this case, its so great for someone to nail exactly what I feel when I just go sour for whatever reason.
Great assessment. Thanks Jimmy!
Outstanding video. Thanks for your help!
just cured my shanks today, had em for a while now. just came down to tension. all i had to do was relax at adress and hold the club loosely and think about that throughout the swing. give it a try!
Lots of reasons for shanks. Here's four common ones: 1. A left shoulder that is too close to ball at impact can put hosel on ball (doesn't matter if clubface is open or dead shut, you'll shank). Therefore, properly rotate hips THROUGH impact which will put shoulders in slightly open position at impact, thus left shoulder won't be too close to ball. Make sure to stretch and warm-up properly to help insure proper rotation. 2. Left tricep should be very close to or even touching chest at impact. See Ballard's video "Role of left arm in swing." Basically, he says to keep left elbow pointing down at all points of swing and to stay "connected." He mentions Hogan saying the same thing. 3. The right shoulder should rotate under on the downswing, not outward toward ball (watch pros on tv). 4. Early unhinging of the wrists at or near start of downswing (casting, hitting from top), which tends to send club on outward path. Hope some of this helps!
Its amazing how I stopped shanking for months and now today I hit four shanks that led me too bad scores, now back on youtube for cures again!!!
been doing it off and on for 15 years still looking for a cure
Jimmy zeroed in on exactly what I do when I shank. The ole "T Rex" arms. But I think its important to realize there is a bigger concept at work. I think this shank move happens when people "lose the ground" or don't hit down to compress the ball AND stop rotating their torso. If you stop rotating your torso, your hands will fly at the ball and you'll hang back. Once you hit it very thin/and or shank, the tendency is to try to save with your hands, and really stop rotating! It becomes a flinch!
lots of things can cause a shank , weight moving toward toes on downswing ,to flat, weak right hand grip forces elbow to move away from ribs in downswing , clubs that dont fit! lots of things, send me your swing i tell u what is happening hitmanhawky best lessons on the tube period! thanks hitmanhawky
This tip may work for some, but there are a million reasons why people shank. I play to a 4 hdcp, and have the shanks. My plane angle flattens during the downswing, creating a more distant ark; resulting in a draw or a hosel rocket. If your fundementals are sound, you have to retrain your muscle memory to keep the hands closer to you during impact... which will also a pull from time to time. The only thing that causes the shanks is a clubface that's too far from you!
i had the shanks and it came from coming too much from the inside on the back swing always on the short irons -keep your height and swing more vertically -up and down-try it see how you go-jimmy is great the left elbow tip is one of the best!!!
@tigerswede3 I notice I hit the ball off the heel 90% of the time with the long irons and driver, because with the long clubs I sometimes take the club farthur away from my body to get my ark wider and consequently the clubface ends up a few centimeters in front of the ball. But I actually SHANK the ball when I'm trying to hit a minimal cut shot which goes straight. Any tips? Did you ever hit off the heel when you were learning how to hit a straight cut?
@tamaman35 That is a possibility, but not very likely. I have never seen anyone on film (or in person for that matter) that would be able to keep the club so open that the heel is the first point of contact. At that position, even if they made contact with the face first, the ball would shoot completely to the right anyway. The shanks would be the least of their worries. A person that unaware of a grossly open face does not have the shanks; they are just a beginner without any fundamentals.
i was practicing in a common arear around my house and started shanking it...one went straight right bounces off the side walk over the fence and into the pool where dozens of people were. i almost killed someone and it scared the crap out of me.
I suggest that most shanks are simply caused by the hands getting closer to the ball on the downswing than they were at set up.
Jimmy is half right on this one. Getting the left elbow turning down is key, because it promotes staying connected, and staying connected keeps the club on the proper orbit. OTOH, pulling the heel of the club down often gets people moving the club out from the body, and the orbit moves out, causing a shank. I'm guessing JB knows this, but his explanation isn't going to convince many.
msueks42, you must be a monster. Tiger's average 9 iron is 142 yards.
is Jimmy from Tenn?
Birmingham,Alabama.
There are 32 different reasons why you shank the ball, that's how many issues of that shot is :O
I don't agree with this guy... a shank doesn't come from introducing the heel with a fanned clubface. Maybe in an extreme case, but that's unlikely, even for a beginner. The only reason for a shank is clubface that's too far away from you at impact. A person must retrain their muscle memory to keep those hands a tiny bit closer to the body at impact (assuming your fundementals are sound). It takes some getting used to, and you can add power after it becomes more natural.
sounds like youre just coming across the ball a touch; with your short irons its exaggerated due to the steeper angle of attack. work on youre swing plane and balance. they will go
I was expecting a tutorial on how to shank a ball, wow what letdown
I disagree to an extent. If you try what he is saying you will hit a lot of dead pulls with the irons and also a lot of fan shots. If you intitiate the downswing with the left hip turning to the left, centrifugal force will square the clubhead. You dont have to manipulate it the way Ballard is saying. The golf swing is too quick to be manipulating the hands in the downswing.
tigerswede, so you do not agree that when clubface is left open, you will shank it low and slicing to the right, causing pain and suffering in the wrists and left elbow? you ride the short bus!
they will come back. beware
I agree... it almost seems like he is advocating coming over the top. I like a lot of what Ballard does, but I disagree here.
this video should be more about how not to dress on the golf course.