The goal? To help your game and lower your scores ASAP. Shanks are a terrifying ailment. One swing everything is fine and dandy, and the next your ball is shooting at a degree angle into the trees. The shanks are something that can happen to anyone, and at any time. But how do you correct the shanks in the midst of your round? We asked some experts for their advice. The shanks are caused by an open club face and a cast pattern during transition and release 95 percent of the time.
Close the club face and try to intentionally swing and miss the ball to the inside closer to you from a normal address position. This will get your contact away from the hosel and toward the center of the clubface.
Shanks on the course for high-handicap players can be scary. Too far away and the momentum of the swing will cause you to lean into the ball through impact — again, the shank is the most likely result. To help, picture a weightlifter just before they lift.
Their shoulders are over the middle of their feet, with their weight sitting over the balls of their feet. This is the right distance to be standing from the ball and should help you set the perfect posture. If you are asking yourself, why do I shank, the next checkpoint is your grip and in particular, your grip pressure. Some players have such a light grip pressure that the club moves in their hands during the swing.
Again, this could be the problem. To check yours, place some grass firstly on top of your left thumb and then between the butt of the club and the pad of your left hand. This grass should remain in place during the swing. If your grip pressure is too light it is likely to fall down. Setting the perfect golf grip both in terms of pressure and the position of your hands on the club should make a big difference to your game. When looking at the main golf shank causes, perhaps the most common reason relates to the swing path.
Most golfers know that the ideal swing path through impact comes from inside to outside the ball-to-target line. However, this knowledge and the desire to attack the ball from the inside causes players to whip the club off on the inside in the takeaway. The shank happens because the clubface is closed and the toe of the club hits into the ground producing a long, skinny divot.
Again, the shank happens because the club is dramatically shut at impact NOT open. The shot is actually produced by taking the club to the inside and producing an over the top swing path at impact. Most golfers think its because the club is open at impact but again this is not the case.
The other reason is that your weight is off and you lose balance mid swing. Usually, your weight tends to get more on the toes and over the ball. Remember, the shank is caused by coming over the top with a very closed clubface. Keep this in mind as you use these few drills on the range to help you cure the shanks. If you need more than the headcover drill, check out this shank drill from one of the best instructors in the world David Leadbetter.
Personally, I like the first one more as I can see how this drill could cause even more shanks. But this is a great drill if you are more of an intermediate golfer as it requires more knowledge of your own swing path. Yes, the shanks can also happen during chipping and pitching around the greens! Watch this video and follow these instructions to help you cure the shanks when you are close to the green.
If Ian Poulter can bounce back from a lot of shanks on the biggest stages in golf, you can too.
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