Brian Manzella
Administrator
There was a thread started by "brucifier" about whether or not you could shank without "lagging the hosel."
There was some very "TGM book heavy" answers and comments by twitch, who seems to know the book very well.
As a thread, it was next to UNREADABLE. My bad. For the past five and a half months I have been building my house, moving in to my house, and trying to keep up with my work. No chance. I am almost finished, but this thread needed CPR, but I wasn't able to save it. So I put the corpse in the "freezer."
The "question/statement" that "brucifier" was trying to make was that I, your host, Brian Manzella, was worng in telling folks that the only way you can shank a ball is by "lagging the hosel."
He, and "Chris Sturgess," who I am not sure has ever agreed with me, were perhaps handicapped by what they PERCEIVE my definition of "lagging the hosel" to be.
Basically, they seem to think that it means—opening the face so much that the hosel is started at the ball, instead of the sweetspot.
Not quite.
I apologize for the over-simplification of this concept in some of my videos. This is because 95% of the time, the shank happens just like I show in the vids.
But, that is NOT actually the CONCEPT.
The concept is that at ANY TIME IN THE DOWNSWING, the golfer can SUBSTITUTE the feel of the sweetspot, for the FEEL of the sweetspot with the hosel in the way.
PERIOD.
That is what CAUSES the shank.
This is why you don't see most folks hit the ball ON THE SHAFT part of the hosel (although raw beginners do all the time), they (shankers) hit the part between the hosel and the face.
All those other things so eloquently explained by everyone—like the weight moving to the toes—are things that CAUSE the hosel to get in the way of the sweetspot.
Lets look at the weight on the toes part as an example...
If standing too close or moving toward the ball (on the toes) caused shanking all by themselves, that would also cause shots that went through your legs, which CAN happen if you hit the INSIDE of the hosel.
No folks, what HAPPENS when you are or move too close is simply this:
You start to TRY TO FIT THE WHOLE POWER PACKAGE (arms-hands-club unit) IN. Becuase if you don't you WHIFF IT, or hit it on the shaft, or hit it on the INSIDE of the shaft.
You see, the FIT IN MOVE is almost always a below the plane move that for a spilt second, gets that darn outside portion of the hosel in the way of the sweetspot.
I know my critics won't agree, but I am am laying "in wait" for you. I have 5 months of built up energy waiting...
Make my day.
There was some very "TGM book heavy" answers and comments by twitch, who seems to know the book very well.
As a thread, it was next to UNREADABLE. My bad. For the past five and a half months I have been building my house, moving in to my house, and trying to keep up with my work. No chance. I am almost finished, but this thread needed CPR, but I wasn't able to save it. So I put the corpse in the "freezer."
The "question/statement" that "brucifier" was trying to make was that I, your host, Brian Manzella, was worng in telling folks that the only way you can shank a ball is by "lagging the hosel."
He, and "Chris Sturgess," who I am not sure has ever agreed with me, were perhaps handicapped by what they PERCEIVE my definition of "lagging the hosel" to be.
Basically, they seem to think that it means—opening the face so much that the hosel is started at the ball, instead of the sweetspot.
Not quite.
I apologize for the over-simplification of this concept in some of my videos. This is because 95% of the time, the shank happens just like I show in the vids.
But, that is NOT actually the CONCEPT.
The concept is that at ANY TIME IN THE DOWNSWING, the golfer can SUBSTITUTE the feel of the sweetspot, for the FEEL of the sweetspot with the hosel in the way.
PERIOD.
That is what CAUSES the shank.
This is why you don't see most folks hit the ball ON THE SHAFT part of the hosel (although raw beginners do all the time), they (shankers) hit the part between the hosel and the face.
All those other things so eloquently explained by everyone—like the weight moving to the toes—are things that CAUSE the hosel to get in the way of the sweetspot.
Lets look at the weight on the toes part as an example...
If standing too close or moving toward the ball (on the toes) caused shanking all by themselves, that would also cause shots that went through your legs, which CAN happen if you hit the INSIDE of the hosel.
No folks, what HAPPENS when you are or move too close is simply this:
You start to TRY TO FIT THE WHOLE POWER PACKAGE (arms-hands-club unit) IN. Becuase if you don't you WHIFF IT, or hit it on the shaft, or hit it on the INSIDE of the shaft.
You see, the FIT IN MOVE is almost always a below the plane move that for a spilt second, gets that darn outside portion of the hosel in the way of the sweetspot.
I know my critics won't agree, but I am am laying "in wait" for you. I have 5 months of built up energy waiting...
Make my day.