Super slice

Now that you have helped me with my chipping. I have another part of my game that needs a little work. When I pull out my driver or woods I have to turn to my left in order to hit the ball in the fairway. I have spent a number of hours at the range trying different approaches but so far the only thing I can come up with is to leave them in my bag. Doing that would drastically hurt my distance ...... I know I am losing distance by hitting the * banana ball * ....... any suggestions ???


T.J.

I used to have the same problem. I figured it was impossible to fix and all i had to do was compensate for my slice and the ball would end up in the fairway. Well by opening up your stance you acomplish the exact opposite of what you want. Try closing your stance quite a bit. i.e. if you usally aim 15 yards left of the fairway try aiming 15 yards or so right. Think in your mind about still swinging to the left side though. This causes your hands to come around faster and you might start to draw the ball a little. Just play with your stance and try to come up with a happy medium. No idea if you understand what i mean or not but it worked for me. Good luck.

My slice was caused by turning my shoulders around my spine (imagine spinning or turning a 'T') - this was accentuated by pulling and pushing with my right shoulder (I'm a RH Golfer). This push with my shoulder caused me to hit from the outside, leaving no choice but to compensate and bring the club back inside - giving an out to in swingpath, causing a slice.

My swing is now reaching across my chest with my left arm instead, letting my upper right arm hang and my right arm fold, keeping my right elbow down. Now I leave my right shoulder 'dead', and my swing path is in to out - and my slice is gone except for when I try to kill the ball (and pull and push with the right shoulder).

When im driving i seem to have a slicing/fade but im not to shure what your on about? do you have any pics of wat you mean?

Guys, turning to the left just makes the slice worse!!!!
Slicing is caused by chopping the clubhead across the ball at impact. Again use the 'inside corner of the cube' image to sort out your impact position. Have the feeling of swinging straight back taking the club away low and slow and coming back through well inside making it hard to cut across the ball.

With a slice its a case of vicious circle time. you get snatchy because you dont know where its going which causes you not to attack the ball resulting in a cut across it with a de-celerating clubhead and then you aim left which opens you up making you cut across it more until it get to the stage where you hit the ball further right than forwards. Aim straight and attack (i mean really attack be positive) the ball from the inside. A few hours practice at this should curb the fear and the slice, you may end up with a reasonably big fade but thats no problem.

D.