Golf Instruction & Swing Tip - How to Stop Shanking the Ball

This is a video segment taken from the Tees2Greens.com Virtual Golf Pro featuring Stuart Smith as he discusses how to stop shanking the golf ball.

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• hosel

[forthefew]

good tip, kn3ckel. and glad you like it, genosd. i'll have more posted soon.

[justinp766]

"Shank Gone! Party On!" lol best part

[vanguard1952]

Brilliant. It works. So easy. Thank you.

[xxxnewbreedxxx]

it all depends on the beer cart girl on whether we party on ....as all you golfers know?

[bubbawatsonisbeast]

can someone help me to make me stop hitting the ball thin and off the toe?

[chriskeenan1]

@cobracrane Also try standing a couple of inches further away from the ball at setup. Your hands should hang below your chin when you are set up to hit the ball. Hope this helps. If you need any further help please contact me. GOOD LUCK.

[chriskeenan1]

@cobracrane The feeling I get is that I'm hitting it off the toe. Most people who shank shots, usually come over the top slighly at the top of the backswing/beginning of downswing (the transition). If you get the feeling that you want to impact the ball with the toe of the club, it usually corrects the over the top movement.

At the beginning of the downswing, try to get the feeling that you are going to hit it with the toe of the club. It works for me. No more shanking.

[cobracrane]

@chriskeenan1 i am really shanking it at the mo, but i always feel like i got control when i bring my hands down the shaft, i know this is the wrong thing to do ;( but when i but my hands on the grip and take a shot, my ball as a one way ticket to the bushes. so are you saying aim the ball of the toe of the club?

[chriskeenan1]

I used to shank the ball a lot during games. I was watching a golf video, and a pro said he always feels like he is hitting the ball with the toe of the club. I went out the next day and tried to get the feeling of hitting the ball with the toe of the club, and I've never shanked it since. THE MOST TERRIFYING SHOT IN GOLF IS THE ONE DIRECTLY AFTER A SHANK SHOT.

[jjj77734]

You may not be releasing your wedges through impact which can cause the hosel to make contact with the golf ball first. Try making sure the club releases nicely through impact and you should be fine.