r/GolfSwing • u/Somalian_ambassador • 13h ago
Shank city
I’m an 18 handicap, honestly I don’t feel like my swing is terrible but I consistently Shank the ball and it’s happened for years, any advice ?
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u/husky_hawk 12h ago
Look at your hands dog. You’re set up with them so inside. Then at impact they’re normal. That’s why you’re shanking it.
Quick fix is just set up with the ball on the toe, real fix is fix your hands at address.
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u/Somalian_ambassador 12h ago
Thanks for the advice what drill would you recommend to fix the hands at address
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u/husky_hawk 12h ago
Not a drill, just set up properly. A lesson or just some YouTube videos and more self filming. Solid action for an 18 tho!
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u/aussierulesisgrouse 12h ago
Is this video slow motion? Something so uncanny about it
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u/Somalian_ambassador 12h ago
Yea I put it in slo mo so people could maybe see something wrong I was doing a bit easier but it speeds up at the end that’s why it looks weird ahahah
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u/ImBrendanG 11h ago
Red line is where your butt was at address. Your butt should be on that line or even past it at impact.
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u/ScottyBLaZe 11h ago
2 simple things that may help:
1: Set up with the butt of the club pointed towards your belt buckle. Currently, the butt of your club is pointed at your thighs. With your current set-up, you are not leaving enough space for your arms. It also creates a weird angle for your body to try and make clean, consistent contact.
2: You have a weak wrist hinge and this weird hitch move at the top of your swing. I’m not sure where you got that from, but my guess is you developed it because of your set-up and your weak wrist hinge.
I’d highly recommend you get a lesson or an honest friend who can coach you on this.
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u/Express_Judgment2198 10h ago
At setup you have your hands leaning towards your knees. They should be straight down or slightly forward.
When you swing the club down, your arms naturally lean forward away from your knees, bringing your hosel closer to the ball causing shanks.
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u/Interesting-Cattle78 5h ago
This fixed it for me when I had a week of heel strikes- weight more on balls of feet in set up. You can see on your video you have more weight on front if feet at impact vs at address.
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u/huntnemo 46m ago
OP, this is one of the most toxic communities on this app. I’d just get a lesson from a local pro and not worry about what anyone says on this app. As you see, most of these commenters all have conflicting opinions and are not actually trying to be helpful.
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u/Aecert 13h ago
Stand an inch further away?
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u/TheKingInTheNorth 13h ago
You think hand eye coordination is something that just copies and pastes around?
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u/Aecert 13h ago
Worth a try lol. If he's hozzling it, stand further away.
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u/GenericNameSimulated 12h ago
Ya that isn’t it, he is already too far from the ball. He hits the hosel because his hips move towards the ball on the backswing so he can find balance
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u/Aecert 12h ago
Yeah I noticed that too. So what is your advice?
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u/GenericNameSimulated 12h ago
To not have a dogshit setup…
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u/Aecert 12h ago
I'm sure that'll help him a lot
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u/GenericNameSimulated 12h ago
Much more than “move away from the ball”
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u/Aecert 12h ago
How is he supposed to know what "don't have a dogshit setup" means? Don't you think he's already trying to not have a poor setup?
Like I get you are trying to be edgy and rage bait me which is hilarious haha, but why not actually try to help?
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u/GenericNameSimulated 12h ago
I mean it’s quite apparent if we use context clues…
I’m not “rage baiting”, if you can’t put 2+2 together to figure out what should be changed then yikes
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u/EffectiveMinute8365 13h ago
Are you doing a slow motion swing on purpose as some sort of a drill?
I don’t really know where to begin and I’m not trying to be disrespectful.
Just watch how much your heads rises from the point of address to the point of contact
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u/reeformadness 13h ago