How can i cure a golf "shank" (Hitting the ball in the hozel)?

Question

A high % of Iron sots go to the right at 45 degrees

Answer 1

Shanking is the hardest fault to diagnose because it happens to good and bad golfers. It creeps into your game with the early signs hard to recognise. Basically the club is moving outside the arc on the downswing. Causes:
1. tenseness in the hands and fear of swinging the club. [top hand does not move smoothly to pronation].
2.club goes back too much on the inside and wrists do not"break".
3.weight coming forward during the downswing.
4. stance in relation to the ball, too close?
You need to check everything about your swing: grip, position at set-up, position at top of back-swing,and particularly any movement during the down-swing that will cause the club head to move outside the correct arc putting the hosel into the ball instead of the centre of the blade.
If this is a general fault with all irons your swing could be the main problem. If it occurs mainly with short iron chip shots look at your stance and hand action through the ball.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Golf Shank Cure

Answer 4

I have found that the shank is caused be a round house type swing. What I've done is to practice a more upright swing(thats why you dont shank with your long irons or woods) Another thig I've done is address the ball and really concentrate on starting the swing with my left shoulder and putting that shoulder under my chin. When I start shanking I was always getting "handsy" and getting into my round house swing which took the club out and around thus hitting the hosel. There is a wedge on the market I believ called the F2 or FX2 that claims you cant shank a club. Look on ebay for the club if your still doomed . I feel for you because Ive Been stricken myself where the harder I tried the worse it got and sometimes I had to walk off the course ready to hang myself. Work on that left shoulder contol center for starting your swing. Good luck

Answer 5

First of all - stop worrying about it. If you carry on you might end up quiting all together - I know, I nearly did!

It is usually a shot that starts in the short irons, (wedges), usually in the chipping and pitching. It also occurs when you are tired.

Step back a bit in your basics. Take short half swings and try to maintain a solid strike. Work your way up to a longer swing. Remember you don't have to take a wedge upto the horizontal in the back swing.

Daft as it may seem, try standing on your left leg only when you are doing this, it will help you to keep still, maintain balance and turn properly.

Don't pick the club up in the back swing, let the arms take the club away till the club is level with your waist and then use you body to turn.

I left it a long time, (too long), before I sought the help of teaching pro, thinking I could sort it myself. Within 10 minutes of being shown what was causing it, (for me anyway), I understood what I had to do to get out of it. Every now and again I still get them, but because of that one lesson I now know how to cure my own personal shanking problem. So get yourself of to a good pro who will let you go and warm up without pressurising you. My pro actually sneaked out of the shop and hid behind a hedge and watched me hitting balls before he came over to me because he knew I would only shank when he wasn't there by my side.

If all else fails, give it a rest for a fortnight and then pack it up altogether!

Keep your balls dry!

Answer 6

The solution is the opposite of what you would think. Stand maybe two inches closer to the ball and make sure that you don't slide your head towards the target on your downswing. Your head must remain even with or behind the ball until after impact.

If you are actually hitting the hozel, it is most often cause by a severe in to out path caused by reaching for the ball. If you are simply not getting the clubhead closed in time, it is usually caused by sliding towards the target. If you are too close, you will come over the top and pull the ball left.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Its just a saying that people use to tell the specific person to hit the ball more than 50 yards. Alice is the girl in " Alice in Wonderland'. People chose tis girl because she looks weak and feeble.

Answer 9

Practice half a swing building up to 3/4 then a full swing , it is all confidence

Answer 10

when you address the ball stand slightly further away and position the ball at the toe of the club