Shanked Wedges :(

[carpediem4300]

Right guys ive jsut spent best part of 2 hours googling and searching on here reading through copious amounts of threads and advice as to why i shank my wedges

Ive only just recently stopped shanking my irons, but is after many hours of practice and completely re-working my swing form scratch, i basically started again as i feared I had started learning to many bad habits trying to resolve issues and consequently creating another problem

So my irons are getting better

but my wedges are still dreadful, and after all the reading ive done and going through my head about what im trying to do is it possible im playing the ball to far back in my stance?

ive struggled with alignment lately, doing the school boy error or aiming dead centre or right and then pushing the ball to the right of target, but ive corrected that.

could i be playing it to far back? i think my swing is okay, it doesnt feel any different to my other swings, and i play with my arms quite close to me body naturally anyway

[Kieran123]

Originally Posted by carpediem4300

Right guys ive jsut spent best part of 2 hours googling and searching on here reading through copious amounts of threads and advice as to why i shank my wedges

Ive only just recently stopped shanking my irons, but is after many hours of practice and completely re-working my swing form scratch, i basically started again as i feared I had started learning to many bad habits trying to resolve issues and consequently creating another problem

So my irons are getting better

but my wedges are still dreadful, and after all the reading ive done and going through my head about what im trying to do is it possible im playing the ball to far back in my stance?

ive struggled with alignment lately, doing the school boy error or aiming dead centre or right and then pushing the ball to the right of target, but ive corrected that.

could i be playing it to far back? i think my swing is okay, it doesnt feel any different to my other swings, and i play with my arms quite close to me body naturally anyway

Place a ball between two tees and focus on hitting the ball and not the tees, do this for around 5 - 10 minutes and then remove the tees and keep hitting for another 20 minutes. Repeat if necessary

Shanks will be gone.

[carpediem4300]

Thanks Kieran will try that,

Doesnt explain why im only doing it with my wedges though :( i do appreciate without seeing my swing it could be a tad difficult to answer properly lol

will give it a go a the range tonight, might bunk of work early to ;)

[vikramraju]

Problem seems simply not closing the face on impact since the ball is in the back of your stance. Kieran123's advice should work fine. Try a stronger grip (just for your wedges). This encourages squaring the club at impact for a short back of stance swing.

[bkoguy07]

Yeah sometimes I shank when I start decellerating at the ball... so I'll just give one a huge swing and usually I'm fixed haha

[carpediem4300]

I make a concious effort now to not wimp out of the shot, but shanks remain

Will try the two tees drill Kieran mentioned

Then try the ball forward in my stance a little,

[senorchipotle]

keep your arms pinned to your body and rotate your whole upper half, not just your arms.

[carpediem4300]

Have been doing that to, part of my new "basic" swing, shoulders and hips turn simultaneously leading the arms into the back swing, and not the arms leading the shoulders etc etc

bunking off now to catch an earlier train home, will report back tomorrow!

[carpediem4300]

Well i sorted my wedges, hit them really nice, moved thr ball forward in my stance, kept.my head down Then went onto my irons and hit will Then for no apparent rrason started slicing everything! Think i may have burnt.myself as its my 3rd day straight at the range but damn i couldnt hit a shot.for love nor.money, was ridiculous Excuse spelling using my phone and got butter fingers!

[saevel25]

Shanks are caused by the following,

1) a severe over the top swing bringing the hozel into play

2) Your waist getting closer to the ball during the downswing forcing you to swing away more, bringing the hozel into play

3) club face is way to open, which can cause a shank type shot, but not a true shank