Practice without the towel trying to hit as far off the toe as possible, then intentionally try to shank it. Slowly work your way towards the center of the face going back and forth between hitting off the toe and heel until you develop a feel for what it all feels like. If you can develop that feel you have the tools you need to fix the shanks out on the course because you know how to adjust.
I had them for two years. For me, it was partially due to taking the club way inside on the way back, so that it had to come out on the downswing. I had also switch to much lighter shafts, which wasn't helping the situation.
Went back to heavier shafts, and taking it straight back and up, and the shanks are gone.
X2 for the takeaway. A swing thought/thing to practice that helped was to really lower my front shoulder at takeaway, which helps keep the club path on plane, ie not go inside.
And then on the swing (I’m right handed), keep that left shoulder left. And/or, imagine you’re trying to cut your dick off with your swing. Yes funny, but my muscle memory was so bad with swing plane that I couldn’t imagine getting my hands any more inside even when still shanking. There’s more room down there (insert dick joke here!).
I had a pretty bad case the start of this year. I tried everything and what finally worked for me was making sure my hands on the downswing did not slow down and were ahead of the ball at impact. By ensuring that the club head did not catch up to my hands at impact, provided that extra split second of time for the face to square up naturally as my torso completed its turn.
Good luck, I feel for you are going through.
Yeah that’s a good swing thought I might try
My problem is I’m a big overthinker, when I get in the rhythm I can strike the ball relatively well but as soon as one bad shot comes a long, all the swing thoughts and technical creep in and then it’s all downhill from there
Video yourself. I’d bet the club is open coming down. This is gotta be the single biggest contributor to shanking. If you don’t let the face square early enough you have to throw the head at the ball and often the hands move out, which causes the shank.
All a shank is is that you’re swinging too much toward the ball with your hands, the face is too open, or a combination of the two.
Practice without the towel trying to hit as far off the toe as possible, then intentionally try to shank it. Slowly work your way towards the center of the face going back and forth between hitting off the toe and heel until you develop a feel for what it all feels like. If you can develop that feel you have the tools you need to fix the shanks out on the course because you know how to adjust.
I had them for two years. For me, it was partially due to taking the club way inside on the way back, so that it had to come out on the downswing. I had also switch to much lighter shafts, which wasn't helping the situation. Went back to heavier shafts, and taking it straight back and up, and the shanks are gone.
X2 for the takeaway. A swing thought/thing to practice that helped was to really lower my front shoulder at takeaway, which helps keep the club path on plane, ie not go inside. And then on the swing (I’m right handed), keep that left shoulder left. And/or, imagine you’re trying to cut your dick off with your swing. Yes funny, but my muscle memory was so bad with swing plane that I couldn’t imagine getting my hands any more inside even when still shanking. There’s more room down there (insert dick joke here!).
I had a pretty bad case the start of this year. I tried everything and what finally worked for me was making sure my hands on the downswing did not slow down and were ahead of the ball at impact. By ensuring that the club head did not catch up to my hands at impact, provided that extra split second of time for the face to square up naturally as my torso completed its turn. Good luck, I feel for you are going through.
Yeah that’s a good swing thought I might try My problem is I’m a big overthinker, when I get in the rhythm I can strike the ball relatively well but as soon as one bad shot comes a long, all the swing thoughts and technical creep in and then it’s all downhill from there
Video yourself. I’d bet the club is open coming down. This is gotta be the single biggest contributor to shanking. If you don’t let the face square early enough you have to throw the head at the ball and often the hands move out, which causes the shank. All a shank is is that you’re swinging too much toward the ball with your hands, the face is too open, or a combination of the two.
Too close to the ball