Do You Know The 5 Main Reasons For The "Dreaded Shanks"

What is a shank?

Have you ever watched Tin Cup? I know its a movie, but there is a scene when Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy (Kevin Costner) is at the practice range, and he is hitting shank after shank.

How did he do that?

Well Roy did the same thing that I did and every other golfer does when they shank the ball and that is when you hit the ball with the hosel of your club. The hosel is the rounded bit between the shaft of the club and the club face. this part of the club has a rounded surface, and so the ball shoots off to the right at an amazing angle (to the right for a right handed player and to the left for a left handed player). Basically you are hitting the ball too close to the heel of the club, rather than the center of the clubface. Most likely your shot will fly off as a line drive directly away from your body.

5 Common faults that will cause a shank

Reason # 1 You are transferring the weight from your heels to your toes

weight transfers to the toes at impact making you lean forward When you set up to hit the ball, you may find that you feel more pressure in your heels than in your toes. this occurs because you are basically leaning or sitting back. As a result you may be compensating for this imbalance during your swing. this will have the effect of leaning slightly forward and thereby moving the club head forward. Remember looking at the photo of a shanked shot, all it takes is inch of forward movement from transferring the weight from your heels to your toes and you will get a shank! An uneven weight distribution between the back and the front of your feet during your swing may be causing you to shank the ball.

Reason #2 You are standing too close to the ball at setup

If you are standing too close to the ball at setup, your natural tendency will be to adjust your downswing to a more comfortable and natural swing path. The effect will be that the club head will move away from you, and as we have found out, even inch will cause the dreaded shank to appear into your game. Simply standing too close could be the reason that your are shanking the ball!

Reason #3 Your natural swing aim is flawed

When you are hitting the ball, you are most probably aiming at the middle of the ball, and expecting the middle of the club face to make contact with the ball. The cause of your shanks could be as simple as a slightly incorrect aim!

Reason #4 - Your arms move away from your body

When you are making your downswing, do your arms drift away from your body? If they do, the effects can be disastrous! One of the effects is the club head moves away from the correct swing path and so the club connects the ball with the hosel, and you get a shank.

Reason #5 - You have an incomplete shoulder turn

If you are not getting a good or complete shoulder turn, then your swing will become too narrow and steep. Your left shoulder should rotate to a position above your right knee. If you are not getting to this position, the result is that you are likely to be swinging on a very narrow arc. Having a narrow swing due to an incomplete shoulder turn may be causing you to fall into your shots during your downswing, and by leaning forward by inch will cause a shank. The cause of shanking could be due to an incomplete shoulder turn.

How do you cure a shank?

The main reason I cured the shanks was because I found a solid and reliable swing that was easy to learn and easy to repeat

Visit my website to see My Review of the Simple Golf Swing

If you want to discover the simple set up routine that I used, simply go to my web site and See my review of The Simple Golf Swing Review

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Reviving Computer Games from the Past

Do you remember the days of gaming of long ago? Do you remember when the heroes and enemies were distinguished by color and you only needed to have one button on the joystick? Well, times have changed, my friend, and technology has moved on.

In order to preserve the older side of gaming, the internet is out in force. Emulators and Remakes can be found on the internet for almost any type of gaming machine. The emulator acts as a layer between old software and new hardware. The Commodore 64, nes, Master system, Amiga, and arcade Machines have all been emulated. You are now able to download the necessary programs online and usually for free.

Emulation is not something that is new. It has been fading in and out for some time now, and it only came into people's attention with the release of Bleem! This is a Playstation emulator for the personal computer that made it debut while the PSOne still had a large share of the video game market. Bleemcast soon followed and it caused a very interesting video game legal battle. Sony fought to have this emulator shut down. Emulators today still have a strong following and an active user base.

Emulators are fairly easy to find and download. All you have to do is to search for the system that you want and add the word "emulator" to the end. Getting the emulators to run is usually pretty straightforward, and sometimes you will be able to find some help and documentation. If you have a newer system, you may have to install a BIOS image with the emulator. This is to get around any legal issues that were raised by Sony in the Bleem! legal battles. All you have to do is to find a BIOS image on the internet that matches the BIOS you already have.

If you happen to be feeling nostalgic or you just cannot seem to get the hang of these new-fangled games in which you need to push over fifty buttons in a precise manner just to jump, then you may just want to check out the emulation and remake scene. You will find that it is quite entertaining to go back in time when games were simple and fun!

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