WATCH: How to shallow your swing to hit longer drives
In this week’s Impact Show, special guest George Gankas talks about the golf posture and how it can help you get into a better position at impact. Also, he provides a drill to help you shallow the swing in your transition.
Driver: LA Golf 12-11 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: LA Golf A Series Mid 60 Stiff
Mini Driver: PXG Secret Weapon (13 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VR-7s
7-Wood: Cobra OPTM X (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Kai Li Darkwaves 60s
Irons: PXG 0311 T Gen8
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold 120 S300
Wedge: Wilson Staff Model ZM 50-08
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber i110s
Wedge: Wilson Staff Model ZM 56-12
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber i110s
Wedge: Wilson Staff Model ZM 60-06
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold Spinner Wedge
Putter: Machine Hog CSX Milled
Shaft: Machine HOG
Ball: TaylorMade TP5
Driver: Titleist GTS3 (9 degrees)
- SureFirt hosel set A1
- SureFit weight set neutral
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana BF 60 TX
- 2016 release
- Mid launch, mid/low spin
- Firmer handle, medium tip
- 72g, 3.8* torque
3-wood: Titleist TS2 (15 degrees)
- SureFit hosel set A1
- 2018 release
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-7x
- Firm handle, medium mid, firm+ tip
- High launch, mid/low spin
- 74g, 3.1* torque
7-wood: TaylorMade Qi4D (21 degrees)
- Core model
- Blend of distance, launch, spin
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-8x
- 2017 release
- 83g, 2.9* torque
Iron: Titleist 150 (4)
- Larger, stronger loft, more height
- Used to add height going into greens
Irons: Titleist T100 (5-9)
- Compact, blade-like players CB
- Internal tungsten for stability
- Great spin consistency out of rough
Shafts: Project X 6.5
- Stout profile
- Med launch, low spin
- 125g
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10
- 46-10F (@46.5)
- 50-08F
- F Grind adds stability to full shots
- Reduced digging
- 56-10S (@55)
- S Grind features trailing edge grind
- Can open the face while keeping leading edge down
- Releases from the turf quickier
- WedgeWorks (60-L)
- Lower bounce (4 degrees) version of V Grind
- Allows JT to manipulate the face for different shots
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
- Mid/low launch and spin
- 132g
- Softer feel for partial shots
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X Torched
- L Neck
- TPU Pure Roll insert
- Stock True Path alignment
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy 1.0PT
- A smaller overall profile
- pistol-style with a more arc under the top hand
- Still features No Taper Technology
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
- Traditional Tour Velvet rubber and texture
- Brushed cotton cord
- Great grip in wet or humid conditions
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash
- New 2026
- Lower long game spin
- Firmer feel
- Mid launch, slightly lower than ProV1x
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Patricknorm
Jan 19, 2018 at 8:13 am
Clearly Gankas is for the millennial golfer. His information is excellent because it works. I’ve watched 5 of his YouTube videos and seen how George interacts and then corrects his students with video, metrics and then a hands on ( literally) help. I could see anyone over 50 years old struggling with the information overload. The YouTube video with the 10year old girl was fascinating in that he was able to get her to hit a 180 yard drive with a 70 mph swing speed. Her track man numbers were pretty well perfect.
George has a gift of individualising his instruction.
Jerry
Jan 19, 2018 at 6:21 am
Seems as if Gankas was saying golf is a game of opposites – taller at address produces good posture through the ball, flying elbow leads to natural shallowing of the club, and then leaving the arms at the top without pulling, but feeling the pressure in the lead arm on the chest leads to more speed. It appears Gankas does not like a hip slide or the lead hip rising but leaving your hips centered and rotating them, then pushing off as the club reaches parallel on the downswing. Not confusing, just different from the patterns you may now be using.
geohogan
Aug 29, 2020 at 11:54 am
Without pulling, there is slack.
Slack disrupts energy transfer.
Pulling begins with the lats, creating tautness from lats to hands.
ButchT
Jan 18, 2018 at 8:04 pm
I thought good info on shallowing the club. Different perspective.
HoleIn2
Jan 18, 2018 at 5:01 pm
When you see videos like this it often send you more into a tail spin, due in part because the problems and or tips being examined aren’t ones you suffer from… Me and My golf vids are most often very good. This one IMO wasn’t…
ChiliDip
Jan 18, 2018 at 4:56 pm
Horrible all the way around!!!
TMAC
Jan 18, 2018 at 1:10 pm
Sorry, but he just confused the snot out of me.
Waaay too much information. And the “teacher” can’t hit a ball to save his life. lol
4right
Jan 18, 2018 at 4:53 pm
A+
geohogan
Aug 29, 2020 at 11:57 am
TMAC.. agree, BS baffles brains.
Keep the right palm facing the sky and eliminate release
and clubhead will sweep the inside quadrant of the ball.
That is the only shallow that counts.