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The Snap Hook Myth | Don't Be Fooled
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Are you struggling with a terrible hook? Do your friends say that you double crossed your shot? In this video on The Snap Hook Myth | Don't Be Fooled we'll take the flight scope and see how hooks are created. We'll cover what is happening during the swing and go over tips on how to correct this. Learn how the hook is formed by how you're swinging and where your face is angled. Time to stop hooking and straighten out your shots. Get longer, smoother swings and increase your distance.
I look forward to working with you much more in the future with Top Speed Golf. Good luck with your golf.
Clay Ballard
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@wg7313 2 жыл бұрын
This is blowing my mind right now. I've been racking my brain for over 2 weeks trying to figure out why I'm hooking it so bad. I kept trying to come more in to our and now I realize why that made it even worse. It's 940 at night and I want to immediately hit a range.
@45PISTOL45 2 ай бұрын
Thanks Carly! You’re the BEST!!! This is exactly what I needed to get rid of my snap hook. STAY IN POSTURE!
@TopSpeedGolf 2 ай бұрын
Happy to help!
@rayaguon7434 2 жыл бұрын
Such a great video. Everyone I went to said it was "over the top" or I have a "closed face" now I know that I'm just coming too much from the inside. Thank you. Worth subscribing to!
@lakelizard7574 Жыл бұрын
Clay you are the man for this. I play a nice fade with my irons, but have somehow been stuck on the idea that I need to swing in->out with my driver. I've had a horrible snap hook all season and the driver has perplexed me. Why didn't I just think to try a cut. So much suffering for no reason.
@TopSpeedGolf Жыл бұрын
Glad to help!
@shebdavis 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been watching all kinds of videos trying to figure out my hook. The cut swing. It’s all in the cut swing. Went to the range tonight after watching your video. I was hitting bombs in the desired direction. Thanks for the tip!
@TopSpeedGolf 4 жыл бұрын
Glad to help!
@bamadude2863 4 жыл бұрын
I have never snnaped hooked a ball until recently. Did not know how to correct it. Now I do. Thank you!
@TopSpeedGolf 3 жыл бұрын
Glad to help!
@KMSchriver 3 ай бұрын
I have these same numbers when I duck hook and this is super helpful. When I am on course, I just think of doing the outside to in but it is still in to out. Haha. Can't explain how it works but this does.
@TopSpeedGolf 3 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@IronDrummer91 2 жыл бұрын
This is what's been killing me when I used my hybrid (which should be the easiest club in the bag) - will give this a try! thanks!
@daltonspeers1171 2 жыл бұрын
Quite possibly the best video on KZfaq
@jamiemoulder 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Top Speed... you described it exactly and my thought process was that I was coming across , out to in. So to correct it I was trying to come more inside and it became worse! Now to the range to fix it!!
@TopSpeedGolf 4 жыл бұрын
Hope it helps!
@dementus420 5 жыл бұрын
I battle this from time to time. I actually fixed it by doing this before, but the staying in your posture tip is good. I'll have to make sure I keep doing that also.
@TopSpeedGolf 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Oliver!
@CorekBleedingHollow 5 жыл бұрын
I've been hooking my 3 wood really often... it's very frustrating especially when I'm trying to reach a par 5 green in two after a good tee shot.
@benkelley6561 3 жыл бұрын
I've been hooking my drives on probably 1 out of 3 holes. Probably an overcorrection because I was a chronic slicer before. *facepalm*
@ezra9401 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds great - will give it a go next time at the range. Cheers!
@glennwatson3313 6 жыл бұрын
I do sometimes hit a snap hook, yet I know my swing is inside out. I see now that as you say, I am swinging too inside out, and and hitting with a closed face. That makes sense.
@TopSpeedGolf 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Glenn, thanks for sharing. Glad you liked the video. Play well! ~ Quentin | TSG Instructor
@MrMark945 4 жыл бұрын
Same man, every time I snap hook I just kept trying to fix the issue the wrong way...its been a big problem...kept drooping my hands even lower and it just kept hooking worse and worse...well then I decided to weaken my grip and then the blocks and block slices started...went out today and tried to hit a fade, I felt like I was coming massively over the top but to my surprised the ball drew...golf makes no freaking sense
@connermurray6476 6 жыл бұрын
Makes sense from being a former baseball player. Been trying to figure this one out for awhile now! Hope this helps.
@TopSpeedGolf 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Conner, glad you like the video. Let us know how it goes. Play well! ~ Quentin | TSG Instructor
@ez209livas 4 жыл бұрын
my natural flight is a draw, but every time i try to kill one i tend to snap hook. i believe this video will help. tnx.
@TopSpeedGolf 4 жыл бұрын
Best of luck!
@elliehayes5593 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks went out practiced my take away wider then played and shot a 74 great information
@linkbelt111 7 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of my tendencies, swinging too far to the right. This was a big help! Thanks!!!.....
@TopSpeedGolf 7 жыл бұрын
Hi Ed, glad you like the video. Thanks for the comment. Play well ~ Quentin | TSG Instructor
@jakepadgett5569 3 жыл бұрын
Ive always had a slice and watched some these videos and learned that i probably wad coming over the top so now im trying to stay inside the ball and im hooking the crap out of it. It m so used to seeing the ball go right and now its going left.
@NoPlaneSwing 8 жыл бұрын
Great video. This shot has been killing me lately with driver, but I think I'm getting stuck behind with driver, accentuating the issue.
@stackleft2925 6 жыл бұрын
I have been struggling with a hook for the past few years and I am soooooooooooooooooo tired of it. If I don't get this fixed I'm selling my clubs.
@Heli-Adventures 3 жыл бұрын
How are you going 2 years later?
@jfuentss 2 жыл бұрын
Now he’s pushing the ball lol
@yesbrandon77 3 жыл бұрын
I love your videos Clay, I watch them all the time. I snap hook it all the time and have tried everything possible. Can I send you my swing? Is is possible to be too steep and still flip your hands and snap it?
@TopSpeedGolf 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Brandon, yes, you can come down too steep and then drop it under plane late resulting in the snap hook.
@MrJohng64 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Clay this has been useful advice for me.
@tigerbricks 6 жыл бұрын
Clay hello . . I hit the woods great but irons 5 to 7 .. 8 all do as per your video go left stay left . .
@jts024 7 жыл бұрын
How can you coach tennis AND golf. I'm blown away. I watched all of your tennis instructional videos and applied that to my own game; and here I am correcting my snap hook. If I see a video of you teaching drums or how to do a stoppie on a dirt bike, I'm done.
@TopSpeedGolf 7 жыл бұрын
Hi jts024, Yea Clay has worked hard to master the skills you see and he hopes your can do the same. Thanks for the positive feedback, let us know how your game comes along. Keep on grinding my friend ~ Andrew | TSG Instructor
@sirmichaelhunt1087 11 ай бұрын
3 wood is the only club in my bag that no matter what I try to do, I am snap hooking the ball left! I swing in to out with my driver and it goes straight! HOW!?
@krod2162 2 ай бұрын
I've heard that what makes you get out of posture and stand up like that. Is because the ball is too close and your brain naturally makes you stand up to try to hit it.
@lvensel 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Clay, Excellent instruction! I have been struggling and you solved it in minutes for me. FlightScope doesn't have club path data, What tool are you using for club path analytics?
@nickkenis1615 6 жыл бұрын
Clay, when coming too far from the inside, is it also possible to come down with a case of the...ahem...shanks? Lately I'm either snap hooking it left or shanking it to the right.
@elliehayes5593 8 жыл бұрын
Hi great lesson so that swing path could also cause a push right ?
@TopSpeedGolf 8 жыл бұрын
Yes, that is correct. It will be a block/push right, hook, or if the face is just right a 10 yard draw. Play well out there!
@mikeknights6937 6 жыл бұрын
A big snap hook and a double cross are two different things. A snap hook is exactly as you described. ( nice down the line view by the way, oops you didnt show that :/) . A double cross I think to most people, is when they try to aim down the left side and hit a fade but then swing left and close the face and end up hooking it. In reality its not really a double cross , more like a single cross as the fact that your face being closed to the path is the main problem. A double cross if you are trying to hit a hook would be to leave the face open and push or slice it right. So a snap hook , which is big in to out with a closed face to path isnt a double cross its just a snap hook.
@TheElmMan 5 жыл бұрын
Agree. The bottom line is that the face is closed relative to the path. The double cross occurs with the intention of fading the ball (meaning out to in path with an open face relative to path) but instead, the face closes relative to the path, often from stalling the lower body and flipping the club.
@lainemelrose1383 8 жыл бұрын
i have this problem with hybrids on occasion
@MarkwayHomes 7 жыл бұрын
Can you snap hook it coming over the top and being to open w your chest and flip it? I don't think a snap is only caused by coming in too far on the inside and flipping it. What do you think?
@stackleft2925 6 жыл бұрын
99.9 percent of the time is when your club is under plane or "stuck" behind you. Trust me, I'm an expert in hitting snap hooks.
@Stucrompton1 8 жыл бұрын
great video clay, whats the app called?
@TopSpeedGolf 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks. That is a FlightScope X2 Elite Radar. They are about $12,000. The app that runs it is just to display the numbers. Hope you're playing well!
@matthewmiller1882 6 жыл бұрын
Dose this cause toe hooks with irons
@avp802 8 жыл бұрын
Does the same apply for the apparent "push-slice"?
@TopSpeedGolf 8 жыл бұрын
Yes, the face is just open instead of closed.
@avp802 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks again! I assume you mean the face is open to an already right (positive) swing path. I tend to hit a couple of hooks and push-slices during a bad round. Would make sense that my path is fairly consistent, but what the club face is doing at impact is not.
@cobra7282 7 жыл бұрын
Going by the physics explained in this video a push/slice would be a path to the left (OTT) with an open face. Though I suppose it could work with a path to the right as well, but the face would have to be way open.
@TexasGolfer 7 жыл бұрын
I think Taylor is right. I judge swing path by directional launch relative to target line (push/pull). I then judge club face based on how the ball flies (left/right, right/left or straight). I am no expert; just how I gauge things.
@golfeverysecond 7 жыл бұрын
1:32 you said your club head was 161 I know you meant 116 But it's kinda funny ehh
@TopSpeedGolf 7 жыл бұрын
Whoops :-)
@MrTuberguber 8 жыл бұрын
On rare occasions I snap hook it seems it's when my backswing is to flat.
@subashjeram8954 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Clay which flight scope do you use?
@TopSpeedGolf 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Subash, we use an X2 Elite. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
@subashjeram8954 5 жыл бұрын
Top Speed Golf - Clay Ballard thank you, much appreciated 🙏
@wjjohns04able 6 жыл бұрын
Why wouldn't you just weaken your grip or open your clubface some, and keep the inside path? 10 degrees right is probably too much but still. Seems like you wouldn't lose as much distance hitting from the inside as you would trying to hit that fade, which could introduce the hosel or heel of the club. Most amateurs fight a slice to begin and work hard to grove a more inside swing so I'm a little confused with you would try and work backwards, even if it's just a "feel".
@andyb3320 6 жыл бұрын
Under the same launch conditions draws do not travel further than fades
@wjjohns04able 6 жыл бұрын
Misc Ellaneous Im not sure how that's possible. Playing a cut over the top always reduces the distance, hence decades of devices teaching people how to hit from the inside. 10 degrees out may be too much but I'm not sure what launch conditions would exist where those two shots carry the same distance. You also never see long drivers hit fades when going for maximum distance.
@andyb3320 6 жыл бұрын
If one person swings over the top then the launch conditions wouldn't be identical. Draws do not go further than fades under the same launch conditions.
@wjjohns04able 6 жыл бұрын
Misc Ellaneous Clear as mud. But to be honest that explanation is typical of golf instruction.
@PaulO-zb8gt 6 жыл бұрын
Having lessons at min on my Driver . This is the problem I have at present. I know what I am doing it's just putting it into practice. Enjoy your vids.
@TopSpeedGolf 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul, hope this video can get you straightened out. Best of luck! ~ Quentin | TSG Instructor
@PaulO-zb8gt 6 жыл бұрын
Top Speed Golf - Clay Ballard . Thanks Clay . Will try this out at the range . I know I am coming into out.