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Low Point Bowling Alley
This is a great visual drill for training low-point, especially if you are struggling with heel-toe contact. And in all honesty, this is something I will prescribe to golfers who are dealing with the occasional shank. While many players would rather not talk about such an issue, it is something I encounter a few times each month. Often times, as students learn to release the club using a solid pivot of the body & through proper arm extension (as opposed to bent arms, a flip release, & early extension) they may hit a few shanks. Thankfully, this drill can heighten awareness for this dreaded miss and allow for golfers to take advantage of their improved mechanics without complicating (and dwelling) on the poor shots.
This is a great visual drill for training low-point, especially if you are struggling with heel-toe contact. And in all honesty, this is something I will prescribe to golfers who are dealing with the occasional shank. While many players would rather not talk about such an issue, it is something I encounter a few times each month. Often times, as students learn to release the club using a solid pivot of the body & through proper arm extension (as opposed to bent arms, a flip release, & early extension) they may hit a few shanks. Thankfully, this drill can heighten awareness for this dreaded miss and allow for golfers to take advantage of their improved mechanics without complicating (and dwelling) on the poor shots.
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Video Transcript
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1
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This is the low point bowling alley so the low point of bowling alley is for
2
00:00:04.780 --> 00:00:10.980
working on low point when we're working on heel toe contact more than fat thin
3
00:00:10.980 --> 00:00:16.080
contact and so the most common time when I use this is when golfers start
4
00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:24.180
shanking the ball and I'd say invariably it's I end up facing golfers
5
00:00:24.180 --> 00:00:29.780
battling shanks at least once or twice a month or so and sometimes that's to my
6
00:00:29.780 --> 00:00:34.470
own doing because if you look at kind of the classic amateur pattern we're
7
00:00:34.470 --> 00:00:34.580
gonna
8
00:00:34.580 --> 00:00:38.780
have the amateur pattern is gonna have more of a stand-up well when I stand up
9
00:00:38.780 --> 00:00:44.320
that pulls the club head away from the ball or closer to my feet so that can
10
00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:49.040
make it more toe biased or harder to shank the ball and I'm gonna have more of
11
00:00:49.040 --> 00:00:54.740
a flip style or release oftentimes the arms are bending on the way through when
12
00:00:54.740 --> 00:00:58.780
the flip happens and when the arms are bending on the way through you can see
13
00:00:58.780 --> 00:01:04.660
that it's going to have a tendency to pull the club inside away from the line
14
00:01:04.660 --> 00:01:12.860
as well so two of the main issues that amateurs do of stand up and flip do make
15
00:01:12.860 --> 00:01:17.020
it harder to shank the ball so if you work on getting more down in your posture
16
00:01:17.020 --> 00:01:21.820
and you work on getting a little bit more you know extension through the ball
17
00:01:21.820 --> 00:01:25.340
instead of before the ball it's possible that you're gonna start hitting it on
18
00:01:25.340 --> 00:01:30.700
the heel and so when you're hitting it on the heel or shanking the ball this is
19
00:01:30.700 --> 00:01:35.980
a good little simple feedback station to help you get recalibrated as to where
20
00:01:35.980 --> 00:01:41.100
the club is bottoming out if I set up here in the middle of the bowling alley
21
00:01:41.100 --> 00:01:41.300
so
22
00:01:41.300 --> 00:01:47.420
I have two lines drawn with either paint or the Dr. Scholl's foot spray works
23
00:01:47.420 --> 00:01:51.220
really well as if you don't have either of those and you're practicing on grass
24
00:01:51.220 --> 00:01:55.460
you can always just score the ground with a tee so you have just a line but
25
00:01:55.460 --> 00:02:00.460
basically it's just an indication of where did I start so you'll see as I get
26
00:02:00.460 --> 00:02:05.020
set up here the club head is basically in the middle of these lines then if I
27
00:02:05.020 --> 00:02:11.690
take a practice wing I just want to see where is the divot so in this case I
28
00:02:11.690 --> 00:02:11.900
was
29
00:02:11.900 --> 00:02:16.700
able to get the divot back in the middle of the two lines what you may find if
30
00:02:16.700 --> 00:02:20.660
you're shanking the ball is when I just take my normal practice wings I don't
31
00:02:20.660 --> 00:02:26.220
know if you saw that but I took out most of this far white line if that's the
32
00:02:26.220 --> 00:02:26.340
case
33
00:02:26.340 --> 00:02:31.700
then what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna set up and I'm gonna practice hitting the
34
00:02:31.700 --> 00:02:35.420
inside line and the first few times that you do this when you try to hit the
35
00:02:35.420 --> 00:02:39.900
inside line you may actually hit it more in the middle you like you may have
36
00:02:39.900 --> 00:02:40.100
the
37
00:02:40.100 --> 00:02:45.540
divot in the middle but of the two lines so this helps you calibrate how am I
38
00:02:45.540 --> 00:02:49.700
controlling where the club is hitting the ground and what you know where am I
39
00:02:49.700 --> 00:02:54.820
feeling the weight so when it comes to shanking the ball or hitting more the
40
00:02:54.820 --> 00:02:58.980
outside line that's the bigger problem because the heel on most full swings is
41
00:02:58.980 --> 00:03:04.380
a lot less forgiving than the toe so when I set up here and I start shifting
42
00:03:04.380 --> 00:03:10.060
either my weight or my body in towards the golf ball or if I tend to straighten
43
00:03:10.060 --> 00:03:16.780
this arm kind of out away all of that is going to cause the club to hit the
44
00:03:16.780 --> 00:03:22.900
ground further away from me like so so if I focus on staying in my heels and
45
00:03:22.900 --> 00:03:28.300
keeping the right arm bent a little bit longer there I'm able to hit the ground
46
00:03:28.300 --> 00:03:33.460
closer to the inside line so what I'll basically tell them is we call this the
47
00:03:33.460 --> 00:03:38.420
low point bowling alley I want you to hit inside gutter balls so for a while I
48
00:03:38.420 --> 00:03:42.420
want you if you're shaking the ball I want you to try and hit the ball off the
49
00:03:42.420 --> 00:03:46.540
toe so I'm gonna try and hit the ground by this inside line so I'm gonna
50
00:03:46.540 --> 00:03:53.780
set up at the golf ball but I'm going to try and hit the ground by the inside
51
00:03:53.780 --> 00:03:59.660
line wasn't my greatest swing but did hit it on the toe you'll see from the
52
00:03:59.660 --> 00:04:05.020
down the line just didn't take a divot so again I'm gonna try and hit the
53
00:04:05.020 --> 00:04:10.540
inside line kind of like that so you'll see I took out most of the inside line
54
00:04:10.540 --> 00:04:16.180
and none of the outside line hit that more on the toe so if you're struggling
55
00:04:16.180 --> 00:04:20.740
with this heel toe contact this is a great way to just figure out the feedback
56
00:04:20.740 --> 00:04:28.500
now if you work on this and you're still struggling with it then check out some
57
00:04:28.500 --> 00:04:33.820
of our other videos on the shank including the yoga block or feeling the
58
00:04:33.820 --> 00:04:37.340
weight of the club head because that can be another common cause for why I
59
00:04:37.340 --> 00:04:42.540
might have a hard time hitting the ground but this will double as a good
60
00:04:42.540 --> 00:04:47.300
little visual station so this just helps you get recalibrated the other benefit
61
00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:50.900
to this is it gets me used to seeing where the club is hitting the ground
62
00:04:50.900 --> 00:04:54.980
towards away if I'm on the course and I start shanking the ball all I have to
63
00:04:54.980 --> 00:04:59.340
do is walk over to the edge of the fairway where you've got that the rough line
64
00:04:59.340 --> 00:05:04.260
and take a few swings like if we imagine that this outside line here is the
65
00:05:04.260 --> 00:05:09.810
rough well then I can take a swing and if I hit that outside grass I know that
66
00:05:09.810 --> 00:05:09.900
's
67
00:05:09.900 --> 00:05:14.020
why I'm shanking the ball at the very least I might find that for the rest of
68
00:05:14.020 --> 00:05:18.940
the round I just have to set up on the toe and aim at that inside line and if I
69
00:05:18.940 --> 00:05:24.020
do that I'm able to make solid contact so use this to help calibrate low point
70
00:05:24.020 --> 00:05:29.060
towards and away especially if you're struggling with shanking the ball
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.780
This is the low point bowling alley so the low point of bowling alley is for
2
00:00:04.780 --> 00:00:10.980
working on low point when we're working on heel toe contact more than fat thin
3
00:00:10.980 --> 00:00:16.080
contact and so the most common time when I use this is when golfers start
4
00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:24.180
shanking the ball and I'd say invariably it's I end up facing golfers
5
00:00:24.180 --> 00:00:29.780
battling shanks at least once or twice a month or so and sometimes that's to my
6
00:00:29.780 --> 00:00:34.470
own doing because if you look at kind of the classic amateur pattern we're
7
00:00:34.470 --> 00:00:34.580
gonna
8
00:00:34.580 --> 00:00:38.780
have the amateur pattern is gonna have more of a stand-up well when I stand up
9
00:00:38.780 --> 00:00:44.320
that pulls the club head away from the ball or closer to my feet so that can
10
00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:49.040
make it more toe biased or harder to shank the ball and I'm gonna have more of
11
00:00:49.040 --> 00:00:54.740
a flip style or release oftentimes the arms are bending on the way through when
12
00:00:54.740 --> 00:00:58.780
the flip happens and when the arms are bending on the way through you can see
13
00:00:58.780 --> 00:01:04.660
that it's going to have a tendency to pull the club inside away from the line
14
00:01:04.660 --> 00:01:12.860
as well so two of the main issues that amateurs do of stand up and flip do make
15
00:01:12.860 --> 00:01:17.020
it harder to shank the ball so if you work on getting more down in your posture
16
00:01:17.020 --> 00:01:21.820
and you work on getting a little bit more you know extension through the ball
17
00:01:21.820 --> 00:01:25.340
instead of before the ball it's possible that you're gonna start hitting it on
18
00:01:25.340 --> 00:01:30.700
the heel and so when you're hitting it on the heel or shanking the ball this is
19
00:01:30.700 --> 00:01:35.980
a good little simple feedback station to help you get recalibrated as to where
20
00:01:35.980 --> 00:01:41.100
the club is bottoming out if I set up here in the middle of the bowling alley
21
00:01:41.100 --> 00:01:41.300
so
22
00:01:41.300 --> 00:01:47.420
I have two lines drawn with either paint or the Dr. Scholl's foot spray works
23
00:01:47.420 --> 00:01:51.220
really well as if you don't have either of those and you're practicing on grass
24
00:01:51.220 --> 00:01:55.460
you can always just score the ground with a tee so you have just a line but
25
00:01:55.460 --> 00:02:00.460
basically it's just an indication of where did I start so you'll see as I get
26
00:02:00.460 --> 00:02:05.020
set up here the club head is basically in the middle of these lines then if I
27
00:02:05.020 --> 00:02:11.690
take a practice wing I just want to see where is the divot so in this case I
28
00:02:11.690 --> 00:02:11.900
was
29
00:02:11.900 --> 00:02:16.700
able to get the divot back in the middle of the two lines what you may find if
30
00:02:16.700 --> 00:02:20.660
you're shanking the ball is when I just take my normal practice wings I don't
31
00:02:20.660 --> 00:02:26.220
know if you saw that but I took out most of this far white line if that's the
32
00:02:26.220 --> 00:02:26.340
case
33
00:02:26.340 --> 00:02:31.700
then what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna set up and I'm gonna practice hitting the
34
00:02:31.700 --> 00:02:35.420
inside line and the first few times that you do this when you try to hit the
35
00:02:35.420 --> 00:02:39.900
inside line you may actually hit it more in the middle you like you may have
36
00:02:39.900 --> 00:02:40.100
the
37
00:02:40.100 --> 00:02:45.540
divot in the middle but of the two lines so this helps you calibrate how am I
38
00:02:45.540 --> 00:02:49.700
controlling where the club is hitting the ground and what you know where am I
39
00:02:49.700 --> 00:02:54.820
feeling the weight so when it comes to shanking the ball or hitting more the
40
00:02:54.820 --> 00:02:58.980
outside line that's the bigger problem because the heel on most full swings is
41
00:02:58.980 --> 00:03:04.380
a lot less forgiving than the toe so when I set up here and I start shifting
42
00:03:04.380 --> 00:03:10.060
either my weight or my body in towards the golf ball or if I tend to straighten
43
00:03:10.060 --> 00:03:16.780
this arm kind of out away all of that is going to cause the club to hit the
44
00:03:16.780 --> 00:03:22.900
ground further away from me like so so if I focus on staying in my heels and
45
00:03:22.900 --> 00:03:28.300
keeping the right arm bent a little bit longer there I'm able to hit the ground
46
00:03:28.300 --> 00:03:33.460
closer to the inside line so what I'll basically tell them is we call this the
47
00:03:33.460 --> 00:03:38.420
low point bowling alley I want you to hit inside gutter balls so for a while I
48
00:03:38.420 --> 00:03:42.420
want you if you're shaking the ball I want you to try and hit the ball off the
49
00:03:42.420 --> 00:03:46.540
toe so I'm gonna try and hit the ground by this inside line so I'm gonna
50
00:03:46.540 --> 00:03:53.780
set up at the golf ball but I'm going to try and hit the ground by the inside
51
00:03:53.780 --> 00:03:59.660
line wasn't my greatest swing but did hit it on the toe you'll see from the
52
00:03:59.660 --> 00:04:05.020
down the line just didn't take a divot so again I'm gonna try and hit the
53
00:04:05.020 --> 00:04:10.540
inside line kind of like that so you'll see I took out most of the inside line
54
00:04:10.540 --> 00:04:16.180
and none of the outside line hit that more on the toe so if you're struggling
55
00:04:16.180 --> 00:04:20.740
with this heel toe contact this is a great way to just figure out the feedback
56
00:04:20.740 --> 00:04:28.500
now if you work on this and you're still struggling with it then check out some
57
00:04:28.500 --> 00:04:33.820
of our other videos on the shank including the yoga block or feeling the
58
00:04:33.820 --> 00:04:37.340
weight of the club head because that can be another common cause for why I
59
00:04:37.340 --> 00:04:42.540
might have a hard time hitting the ground but this will double as a good
60
00:04:42.540 --> 00:04:47.300
little visual station so this just helps you get recalibrated the other benefit
61
00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:50.900
to this is it gets me used to seeing where the club is hitting the ground
62
00:04:50.900 --> 00:04:54.980
towards away if I'm on the course and I start shanking the ball all I have to
63
00:04:54.980 --> 00:04:59.340
do is walk over to the edge of the fairway where you've got that the rough line
64
00:04:59.340 --> 00:05:04.260
and take a few swings like if we imagine that this outside line here is the
65
00:05:04.260 --> 00:05:09.810
rough well then I can take a swing and if I hit that outside grass I know that
66
00:05:09.810 --> 00:05:09.900
's
67
00:05:09.900 --> 00:05:14.020
why I'm shanking the ball at the very least I might find that for the rest of
68
00:05:14.020 --> 00:05:18.940
the round I just have to set up on the toe and aim at that inside line and if I
69
00:05:18.940 --> 00:05:24.020
do that I'm able to make solid contact so use this to help calibrate low point
70
00:05:24.020 --> 00:05:29.060
towards and away especially if you're struggling with shanking the ball
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Low Point Bowling Alley
This is a great visual drill for training low-point, especially if you are struggling with heel-toe contact. And in all honesty, this is something I will prescribe to golfers who are dealing with the occasional shank. While many players would rather not talk about such an issue, it is something I encounter a few times each month. Often times, as students learn to release the club using a solid pivot of the body & through proper arm extension (as opposed to bent arms, a flip release, & early extension) they may hit a few shanks. Thankfully, this drill can heighten awareness for this dreaded miss and allow for golfers to take advantage of their improved mechanics without complicating (and dwelling) on the poor shots.
This is a great visual drill for training low-point, especially if you are struggling with heel-toe contact. And in all honesty, this is something I will prescribe to golfers who are dealing with the occasional shank. While many players would rather not talk about such an issue, it is something I encounter a few times each month. Often times, as students learn to release the club using a solid pivot of the body & through proper arm extension (as opposed to bent arms, a flip release, & early extension) they may hit a few shanks. Thankfully, this drill can heighten awareness for this dreaded miss and allow for golfers to take advantage of their improved mechanics without complicating (and dwelling) on the poor shots.
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.780
This is the low point bowling alley so the low point of bowling alley is for
2
00:00:04.780 --> 00:00:10.980
working on low point when we're working on heel toe contact more than fat thin
3
00:00:10.980 --> 00:00:16.080
contact and so the most common time when I use this is when golfers start
4
00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:24.180
shanking the ball and I'd say invariably it's I end up facing golfers
5
00:00:24.180 --> 00:00:29.780
battling shanks at least once or twice a month or so and sometimes that's to my
6
00:00:29.780 --> 00:00:34.470
own doing because if you look at kind of the classic amateur pattern we're
7
00:00:34.470 --> 00:00:34.580
gonna
8
00:00:34.580 --> 00:00:38.780
have the amateur pattern is gonna have more of a stand-up well when I stand up
9
00:00:38.780 --> 00:00:44.320
that pulls the club head away from the ball or closer to my feet so that can
10
00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:49.040
make it more toe biased or harder to shank the ball and I'm gonna have more of
11
00:00:49.040 --> 00:00:54.740
a flip style or release oftentimes the arms are bending on the way through when
12
00:00:54.740 --> 00:00:58.780
the flip happens and when the arms are bending on the way through you can see
13
00:00:58.780 --> 00:01:04.660
that it's going to have a tendency to pull the club inside away from the line
14
00:01:04.660 --> 00:01:12.860
as well so two of the main issues that amateurs do of stand up and flip do make
15
00:01:12.860 --> 00:01:17.020
it harder to shank the ball so if you work on getting more down in your posture
16
00:01:17.020 --> 00:01:21.820
and you work on getting a little bit more you know extension through the ball
17
00:01:21.820 --> 00:01:25.340
instead of before the ball it's possible that you're gonna start hitting it on
18
00:01:25.340 --> 00:01:30.700
the heel and so when you're hitting it on the heel or shanking the ball this is
19
00:01:30.700 --> 00:01:35.980
a good little simple feedback station to help you get recalibrated as to where
20
00:01:35.980 --> 00:01:41.100
the club is bottoming out if I set up here in the middle of the bowling alley
21
00:01:41.100 --> 00:01:41.300
so
22
00:01:41.300 --> 00:01:47.420
I have two lines drawn with either paint or the Dr. Scholl's foot spray works
23
00:01:47.420 --> 00:01:51.220
really well as if you don't have either of those and you're practicing on grass
24
00:01:51.220 --> 00:01:55.460
you can always just score the ground with a tee so you have just a line but
25
00:01:55.460 --> 00:02:00.460
basically it's just an indication of where did I start so you'll see as I get
26
00:02:00.460 --> 00:02:05.020
set up here the club head is basically in the middle of these lines then if I
27
00:02:05.020 --> 00:02:11.690
take a practice wing I just want to see where is the divot so in this case I
28
00:02:11.690 --> 00:02:11.900
was
29
00:02:11.900 --> 00:02:16.700
able to get the divot back in the middle of the two lines what you may find if
30
00:02:16.700 --> 00:02:20.660
you're shanking the ball is when I just take my normal practice wings I don't
31
00:02:20.660 --> 00:02:26.220
know if you saw that but I took out most of this far white line if that's the
32
00:02:26.220 --> 00:02:26.340
case
33
00:02:26.340 --> 00:02:31.700
then what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna set up and I'm gonna practice hitting the
34
00:02:31.700 --> 00:02:35.420
inside line and the first few times that you do this when you try to hit the
35
00:02:35.420 --> 00:02:39.900
inside line you may actually hit it more in the middle you like you may have
36
00:02:39.900 --> 00:02:40.100
the
37
00:02:40.100 --> 00:02:45.540
divot in the middle but of the two lines so this helps you calibrate how am I
38
00:02:45.540 --> 00:02:49.700
controlling where the club is hitting the ground and what you know where am I
39
00:02:49.700 --> 00:02:54.820
feeling the weight so when it comes to shanking the ball or hitting more the
40
00:02:54.820 --> 00:02:58.980
outside line that's the bigger problem because the heel on most full swings is
41
00:02:58.980 --> 00:03:04.380
a lot less forgiving than the toe so when I set up here and I start shifting
42
00:03:04.380 --> 00:03:10.060
either my weight or my body in towards the golf ball or if I tend to straighten
43
00:03:10.060 --> 00:03:16.780
this arm kind of out away all of that is going to cause the club to hit the
44
00:03:16.780 --> 00:03:22.900
ground further away from me like so so if I focus on staying in my heels and
45
00:03:22.900 --> 00:03:28.300
keeping the right arm bent a little bit longer there I'm able to hit the ground
46
00:03:28.300 --> 00:03:33.460
closer to the inside line so what I'll basically tell them is we call this the
47
00:03:33.460 --> 00:03:38.420
low point bowling alley I want you to hit inside gutter balls so for a while I
48
00:03:38.420 --> 00:03:42.420
want you if you're shaking the ball I want you to try and hit the ball off the
49
00:03:42.420 --> 00:03:46.540
toe so I'm gonna try and hit the ground by this inside line so I'm gonna
50
00:03:46.540 --> 00:03:53.780
set up at the golf ball but I'm going to try and hit the ground by the inside
51
00:03:53.780 --> 00:03:59.660
line wasn't my greatest swing but did hit it on the toe you'll see from the
52
00:03:59.660 --> 00:04:05.020
down the line just didn't take a divot so again I'm gonna try and hit the
53
00:04:05.020 --> 00:04:10.540
inside line kind of like that so you'll see I took out most of the inside line
54
00:04:10.540 --> 00:04:16.180
and none of the outside line hit that more on the toe so if you're struggling
55
00:04:16.180 --> 00:04:20.740
with this heel toe contact this is a great way to just figure out the feedback
56
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now if you work on this and you're still struggling with it then check out some
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of our other videos on the shank including the yoga block or feeling the
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weight of the club head because that can be another common cause for why I
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might have a hard time hitting the ground but this will double as a good
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little visual station so this just helps you get recalibrated the other benefit
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to this is it gets me used to seeing where the club is hitting the ground
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towards away if I'm on the course and I start shanking the ball all I have to
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do is walk over to the edge of the fairway where you've got that the rough line
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and take a few swings like if we imagine that this outside line here is the
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rough well then I can take a swing and if I hit that outside grass I know that
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's
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why I'm shanking the ball at the very least I might find that for the rest of
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the round I just have to set up on the toe and aim at that inside line and if I
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do that I'm able to make solid contact so use this to help calibrate low point
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towards and away especially if you're struggling with shanking the ball
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This is the low point bowling alley so the low point of bowling alley is for
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working on low point when we're working on heel toe contact more than fat thin
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contact and so the most common time when I use this is when golfers start
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shanking the ball and I'd say invariably it's I end up facing golfers
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battling shanks at least once or twice a month or so and sometimes that's to my
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own doing because if you look at kind of the classic amateur pattern we're
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gonna
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have the amateur pattern is gonna have more of a stand-up well when I stand up
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that pulls the club head away from the ball or closer to my feet so that can
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make it more toe biased or harder to shank the ball and I'm gonna have more of
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a flip style or release oftentimes the arms are bending on the way through when
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the flip happens and when the arms are bending on the way through you can see
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that it's going to have a tendency to pull the club inside away from the line
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as well so two of the main issues that amateurs do of stand up and flip do make
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it harder to shank the ball so if you work on getting more down in your posture
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and you work on getting a little bit more you know extension through the ball
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instead of before the ball it's possible that you're gonna start hitting it on
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the heel and so when you're hitting it on the heel or shanking the ball this is
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a good little simple feedback station to help you get recalibrated as to where
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the club is bottoming out if I set up here in the middle of the bowling alley
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so
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I have two lines drawn with either paint or the Dr. Scholl's foot spray works
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really well as if you don't have either of those and you're practicing on grass
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you can always just score the ground with a tee so you have just a line but
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basically it's just an indication of where did I start so you'll see as I get
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set up here the club head is basically in the middle of these lines then if I
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take a practice wing I just want to see where is the divot so in this case I
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was
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able to get the divot back in the middle of the two lines what you may find if
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you're shanking the ball is when I just take my normal practice wings I don't
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know if you saw that but I took out most of this far white line if that's the
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case
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then what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna set up and I'm gonna practice hitting the
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inside line and the first few times that you do this when you try to hit the
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inside line you may actually hit it more in the middle you like you may have
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the
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divot in the middle but of the two lines so this helps you calibrate how am I
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controlling where the club is hitting the ground and what you know where am I
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feeling the weight so when it comes to shanking the ball or hitting more the
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outside line that's the bigger problem because the heel on most full swings is
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a lot less forgiving than the toe so when I set up here and I start shifting
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either my weight or my body in towards the golf ball or if I tend to straighten
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this arm kind of out away all of that is going to cause the club to hit the
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ground further away from me like so so if I focus on staying in my heels and
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keeping the right arm bent a little bit longer there I'm able to hit the ground
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closer to the inside line so what I'll basically tell them is we call this the
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low point bowling alley I want you to hit inside gutter balls so for a while I
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want you if you're shaking the ball I want you to try and hit the ball off the
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toe so I'm gonna try and hit the ground by this inside line so I'm gonna
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set up at the golf ball but I'm going to try and hit the ground by the inside
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line wasn't my greatest swing but did hit it on the toe you'll see from the
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down the line just didn't take a divot so again I'm gonna try and hit the
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inside line kind of like that so you'll see I took out most of the inside line
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and none of the outside line hit that more on the toe so if you're struggling
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with this heel toe contact this is a great way to just figure out the feedback
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now if you work on this and you're still struggling with it then check out some
57
00:04:28.500 --> 00:04:33.820
of our other videos on the shank including the yoga block or feeling the
58
00:04:33.820 --> 00:04:37.340
weight of the club head because that can be another common cause for why I
59
00:04:37.340 --> 00:04:42.540
might have a hard time hitting the ground but this will double as a good
60
00:04:42.540 --> 00:04:47.300
little visual station so this just helps you get recalibrated the other benefit
61
00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:50.900
to this is it gets me used to seeing where the club is hitting the ground
62
00:04:50.900 --> 00:04:54.980
towards away if I'm on the course and I start shanking the ball all I have to
63
00:04:54.980 --> 00:04:59.340
do is walk over to the edge of the fairway where you've got that the rough line
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00:04:59.340 --> 00:05:04.260
and take a few swings like if we imagine that this outside line here is the
65
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rough well then I can take a swing and if I hit that outside grass I know that
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's
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00:05:09.900 --> 00:05:14.020
why I'm shanking the ball at the very least I might find that for the rest of
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00:05:14.020 --> 00:05:18.940
the round I just have to set up on the toe and aim at that inside line and if I
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00:05:18.940 --> 00:05:24.020
do that I'm able to make solid contact so use this to help calibrate low point
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towards and away especially if you're struggling with shanking the ball
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