Heel hell!!

[jpelzel]

I am a fairly green TGM'r but I beleive that I have a basic grasp of many of the concepts. The problem is that for the last couple of months I have been having a case of the shanks worse than I would ever think possible! ranging everywhere from the shortest chip to a full swing. So bad that I go to hit a bucket of balls and will hit 90% shanks. Also a couple round with over 20 strokes above my average. Quite demoralizing.

Before this set on, in trying to learn the TGM way, I was getting acustomed to feeling and identifying what I did wrong in a bad swing. Helping to correct the problem (this is one of my favorite facets of learning TGM, by the way). Now it will feel right but I will hit towards the heel or shank.

I can't even explain what it is that I am doing wrong. All I know is the result.

I know that you guys can't read my mind or anything but, HELP!! What can I do or try??

[dcg1952]

jpelzel,
Had the same problem, primarily with chips--during my lesson with Yoda I had a few hosel rockets hitting simple chips. He had me address the ball and noticed I had the ball right in the middle of the clubface instead of towards the toe. The longer the club, the more towards the toe the ball should be addressed. He had me hover whatever club I was using with the ball in the middle of the leading edge, then just let the clubhead drop to the ground---this will put the ball towards the toe. Then just focus on the inside aft quadrant of the ball and go for it. If that doesn't work I would suggest asking a REAL instructor! Have fun. Dr Dave

[EdZ]

In addition to the setup above, you need more 'up'. Likely you are rolling the club way inside and very flat. For full swing shanks, it can be helpful to practice in slow motion with your back to a wall (stand about a foot away at most). Also, find a low bench, table, or on the course you can use 'roped off' areas if they are strong enough - and swing back and through, back and through with the shaft resting on the bench/table/rope.