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my golf handicap is a 12.1, I play atleast once a week and I am slighty better than the average golfer. Not very often but sometimes I will shank the ball when I do a half swing, most of the times I'll go rounds and rounds without shanking the ball, but sometimes when I use my wedges for a 50-80 yard shot ill do this nasty shank that i guess hits the hose of the club and it just shoots to the right. Its very weird because I cant control it and seems like I cant fix it, It will just pop out of no where some times, ill pretty confident in my chips and pitches, but sometimes ill just shank the ball and it goes way right out of no where, what can I do to fix this? I heard someone say that it might be me shifting weight to my toes.

This is common. Make a full follow-thru on those half swings. Your not turning your body thru the ball on those short shots causing the shank. Even if you take half shots take the follow thru like a full swing and it won't happen.

Sometimes I stand a little further from the ball to force the turn.

When it happens to me, I usually open my shoulders on line with my feet instead of being more square to the target line. I like to open my feet in order to get my hips out of the way for the partial shot and keep my shoulders square to the line of flight. When I do the former, it causes me to take the club back to the outside then redirect it down the target line increasing the odds of a "skank" greatly.
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Bob

I think birdie has a good idea. Get the body turning early in the swing and finish with the chest facing the target. The only other thing I could think of is letting the club come too far inside.

my golf pro told me to start it really low.

and ive done that and thought about it.

that does help everything with gettting it on the right track to begin with.

most likely what is happening is when you swing easy your falling on your toes through the swing next time when you swing try and focus on keeping your weight evenly throught your feet and keep it evenly throught the swing

Another possibility is too flat a swing, a swingplane flatter than your normal one. Another possibility is your normal swingplane but you are standing closer to the ball with your hands in closer to your body. You could check to make sure your hands are the same distance from your body as on full shots and as on the longer clubs. There is a possibility that your normal backswing starts out inside and then rises more upright; then the shorter swings would only be using the flatter inside part of the backswing, increasing the chances of the shank.

This is good advice in my opinion. If you take the same approach, ie, body rotation, as you do with full shots, you'll be able to control all aspects of those short wedges much better, including imparting significant spin on the shortest of them. (If desired of course). It also simplifies swing thought and feel throughout your arsenal.

thanks for all the good tips guys, U know im hitting the range up and its helping me a lot, i like the tip how i should turn my body to follow thru, and also someone mentioned that i could be starting my swing inside and then coming upright, which is a great possibility, If i dont shank a lot of times i pull the shot, i mean it just goes 10- 20 yards left of my target, so I think i could be coming out to in on my swing. thanks for the tips guys, its been helping me a lot for sure. BUT plz tell me whats a good drill to do to prevent the OUT to IN swing plane that cause me to shank or pull the shot?

If every thing else is in place, likely left shoulder disconnect, which lengthens radius near the top causing a throwing of the club out and back in; pulls and pull hooks. Make sure the left armpit flesh starts and stays "glued". It also helps to feel as if you are pulling it all back down from the top with the left shoulder. This is a "feel fix", because in my opinion, the goal is to glue the flesh of both armpits causing the shoulders to anchor both arms functioning as one unit. Doing so eliminates any worry of misplaning, either out/in or in/out.