When you block a shield with your main hand on left, the shield is held higher and blocks the centre of the screen and the crosshair.
Edit: I should specify that the shield should be in your offhand
To recreate:
Put Main Hand on Left, and a shield in your offhand and then block.
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Duplicate of MC-98631.
I was unable to recreate this in 1.16.4 and 1.16.5