Fix my laid off backswing - if you could help me never shank again that would be cool too

[Zitlow]

You grew up playing baseball. Watch the ground up sequence and notice how his shoulder swings his arm into position.

 

 

Arms outracing the body. Hitting it off the front. 

 

 

Arms swinging with the body. Hitting it off the side. 

 

 

Like most people your mechanical issues are caused by conceptual issues. I'll look for a video that will clear things up for you and message it to you. 

 

 

 

[TourSpoon]

46 minutes ago, Zitlow said:

Your friend's right arm is already folding. He looks balanced. 

But when does he start turning his shoulders? 

[MPStrat]

38 minutes ago, Lefty_3Jack said:

I make note of the location of the shaft being inside the ball and tell myself to swing inside the ball.

 

Ya that’s what it looks like. What you’re doing is pulling your arms in closer to you. That can be a fix for someone who shanks but pulling the arms in closer to you doesn’t really get to the root of the problem which is that you’re still not using the body to bring the arms around and doing this can and often does create other problems. 
 

The long and end of it is, if this works, it works. Long term, if you’re happy with your strikes and scores, it is what it is. 

[glk]

Not saying this is the "fix" but your posture appears too upright - and is likely a factor in you shanking - not enough flex in hips so you "hunch" your shoulder and reach with your hands.

In both swings in the takeaway the first move of the club head is to swing toward you as your arms move closer to your body - cover the club head and step thru and you'll see that the club head moves in first - probably only an inch.    If in your setup you then let go with your left hand where does your hand swing, inside the grip?   

 

Clearly your baseball experience helps a lot and you've learned a motion to over come.

 

 

Edited July 11, 2023 by glk

[Zitlow]

50 minutes ago, TourSpoon said:

But when does he start turning his shoulders? 

 

He's already started turning his shoulders. 

 

 

[dfeldss]

51 minutes ago, glk said:

Not saying this is the "fix" but your posture appears too upright - and is likely a factor in you shanking - not enough flex in hips so you "hunch" your shoulder and reach with your hands.

In both swings in the takeaway the first move of the club head is to swing toward you as your arms move closer to your body - cover the club head and step thru and you'll see that the club head moves in first - probably only an inch.    If in your setup you then let go with your left hand where does your hand swing, inside the grip?   

 

Clearly your baseball experience helps a lot and you've learned a motion to over come.

 

 

 

I've had my ugly bouts of the shanks and this helped me. Had a coach tell me the shaft and the spine should be about perpendicular at address (as a general rule). 

 

[Lefty_3Jack]

That’s as side bent/bent trail arm as I can get. No way I can do it on a course anytime soon.

[MK7Golf21]

2 hours ago, Lefty_3Jack said:

I make note of the location of the shaft being inside the ball and tell myself to swing inside the ball. Too early to go subconscious with it.

 

This is essentially the hands going more down like Rahm to bring the shaft lower in the downswing, same concept.