Out Side Swing Path Causes Golf Shank (Video) - by Pete Styles
Out Side Swing Path Causes Golf Shank (Video) - by Pete Styles

If we can now investigate one of the main reasons why golfers shank the golf ball. But looking from down the line here, so I am nicely lined up pointing at my target and the distance there. Everything is set up; I am a good distance from the ball. I am nice and balanced. I'm confident and I'm not going to shank it. And then I go ahead and swing the club out this way. So I'm taking the golf club effectively outside the line, and lift it up in front of me. I then bring the golf club over the top and outside the line. Now at this point, you might see or feel that that heel is running directly in towards the back of that golf ball.

And that is one of the biggest reasons why golfers shank the ball. So they are steep outside the line, the heel runs into towards the ball and you have to at point pull that golf club quite aggressively back across your body. Now if you don't efficiently pull that club across your body, you could be leading with the heel from the outside. The heel runs into the ball first and there you go. You've got your shank. So here's a little tip and a little exercise and drill to try and encourage the golfer to swing the club a little flatter, a little bit more away to the inside, and a bit more from the inside into the golf ball if that's the reason why they're shanking the ball. We’re simply going to take a golf club, golf glove [Phonetic] [0:01:20], open it up and place it under your trailing elbow. So for me it’s that right elbow. Put the golf club in there and just hold on to it. Then I go ahead and make my set up and make my backswing. Now with the elbow holding the glove in this position, it's very difficult for me to lift the golf club out this way and pull it away from me because it would fall out apart from the fact that it’s held on by Velcro. So let's just get rid of the Velcro, so that can’t hold on to my jumper, and there we go. I am going to make my backswing too steep, lift it up, and it falls out this way. So I am not going to hold that in there, try and make my golf swing a little bit more round, a little bit flatter. And you can see that holds the golf glove in position here. I can now bring the club down from the inside line. I am going to feel tighter to my rear leg with my rear forearm. So my right forearm or my right leg are very close together. And I attack more from the inside which is going to be my anti-shank advice. Rather than picking the golf club up, the glove falls out and then chopping from over the top. So practice with that golf glove underneath your right elbow, try and encourage that more around and inside approach. And hopefully that's one great way that you can stop shanking the golf ball. 2016-07-08

If we can now investigate one of the main reasons why golfers shank the golf ball. But looking from down the line here, so I am nicely lined up pointing at my target and the distance there. Everything is set up; I am a good distance from the ball. I am nice and balanced. I'm confident and I'm not going to shank it. And then I go ahead and swing the club out this way. So I'm taking the golf club effectively outside the line, and lift it up in front of me. I then bring the golf club over the top and outside the line. Now at this point, you might see or feel that that heel is running directly in towards the back of that golf ball.

And that is one of the biggest reasons why golfers shank the ball. So they are steep outside the line, the heel runs into towards the ball and you have to at point pull that golf club quite aggressively back across your body. Now if you don't efficiently pull that club across your body, you could be leading with the heel from the outside. The heel runs into the ball first and there you go. You've got your shank. So here's a little tip and a little exercise and drill to try and encourage the golfer to swing the club a little flatter, a little bit more away to the inside, and a bit more from the inside into the golf ball if that's the reason why they're shanking the ball.

We’re simply going to take a golf club, golf glove [Phonetic] [0:01:20], open it up and place it under your trailing elbow. So for me it’s that right elbow. Put the golf club in there and just hold on to it. Then I go ahead and make my set up and make my backswing. Now with the elbow holding the glove in this position, it's very difficult for me to lift the golf club out this way and pull it away from me because it would fall out apart from the fact that it’s held on by Velcro. So let's just get rid of the Velcro, so that can’t hold on to my jumper, and there we go.

I am going to make my backswing too steep, lift it up, and it falls out this way. So I am not going to hold that in there, try and make my golf swing a little bit more round, a little bit flatter. And you can see that holds the golf glove in position here. I can now bring the club down from the inside line. I am going to feel tighter to my rear leg with my rear forearm. So my right forearm or my right leg are very close together. And I attack more from the inside which is going to be my anti-shank advice.

Rather than picking the golf club up, the glove falls out and then chopping from over the top. So practice with that golf glove underneath your right elbow, try and encourage that more around and inside approach. And hopefully that's one great way that you can stop shanking the golf ball.