Shanking happens, when the ball is hit on the area towards the back of the clubface (where the clubface connects to the shaft). Most golfers suffer from these erratic shots, when using their long-irons (1 to 4 irons).
When too much body weight is on a player's toes, it causes the clubhead to move on an outside-in swing-path. This results in a cutting action across the ball, which can send it off in an erratic way.
1. Tee your ball up slightly higher.
2. Set your clubface, feet, hips and shoulders, square to your target at address ? during practice, lay two clubs on the ground, parallel to your target to help you with this (see above picture).
3. Train yourself to swing through on an in-to-out path - on your downswing, focus on dropping your hands down, between your feet and ball, then swing out to your right.
4. Focus on hitting the ball out of the middle of the clubface. Colour a circle on your clubface, before hitting balls on the driving range - the marks left on your clubface will show you whether your balls are coming out of the centre of the club or not. Return to 'instruction home'
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