Ok so before we are able to fix our golf slice it will be useful to know what causes it in the first place and what is happening to the ball to give it that perfect arc ( if you meant it to happen it would be impressive)
Firstly the ball makes that arc usually to the right because of the spin that is placed on the ball at impact with the golf club – so straighten up the club at impact and theoretically the ball should travel in a straight line, simple really – if only it was that simple in practice!
To stand any chance of straightening up the club face we need to know what is causing the miss-aligned impact, this can be due to several things.
- The Grip – how we grip the golf club has very little to do with the direction the ball will travel in but a lot to do with how the club-face impacts the ball. Issues with the grip can be caused by a number of things – the wrong grip type, wrong placement of the hands and twisting of the hands can all affect the grip and thus the club-face at impact.
- The Golf Stance – This also can be a major factor in creating or curing a golf swing slice it stands to reason that if your feet are mis-aligned with the rest of your body and ultimately the direction you want your golf ball to travel in there are going to be issues when you strike the ball often causing the club-face to hit the ball off centre. So before making your shots double check that your stance is not off centre, a good way of ensuring this is to put a golf club on the ground just in front of your feet and then stepping back and having a look at the direction the golf club is pointing in – if it’s off-centre you can then straighten your feet up and try again ( if being off centre is an issue practice hitting the ball with your feet aligned up with a club on the ground pointing in the right direction, after a while you will automatically line up straight and hopefully cure your golf swing slice).
There are other parts to the swing that can cause a slice like the back swing and the down swing, but the stance and grip are good places to start for now.
I can’t tell you how good it feels to of finally corrected my golf slice and in a few short weeks. To find out how i was able to correct my slice please click here.
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