The slice is one among the foremost common faults in golf –
perhaps not as destructive as a hook, but never conducive to putting an honest
score together. And sadly, it’s not always easy a fast fix.
This is because that big left-to-right, distance-sapping
shot of yours (we’re pertaining to right-handers during this article) could be
the results of several factors.
PGA professional Keith Williams is here to supply some
advice. These are his 5 recommendations on the way to avoid slicing the ball.
1. Work on the right weight shift
Almost all slicers have an incorrect or inefficient weight
transfer – I see it all the time.
It’s common to ascertain players get to the highest of
their backswing, then the primary move is from the shoulders and arms. this is
often where the expression ‘coming over the top’ often comes from.
The feet grind to a halt within the ground and there’s an
excessive amount of weight on the rear foot.
With good weight shift, the right sequence of movements
starts with the lower body – feet, knees, hips – then the upper torso, arms,
and hands follow, therein order.
It all happens rapidly, of course, and that i wouldn’t
teach it as basic one to 6 points. But when the sequencing is true , the hands
and arms will almost certainly have the prospect to drop the club down, keeping
the proper elbow closer to the body.
In other words, the hands, which control the club, are
going to be on a more inside path, and therefore the shaft and clubhead will
follow.
2.
Turn through impact
A good player who has an efficient weight shift turns their
body through impact and in most cases doesn’t have a problem slice.
If you look at almost all the top players at impact, their
shoulders would probably be 15-30 degrees left of the target and the hips will
be anything from 30-60 degrees leftwards. So, they’ve moved those forward and
started turning left before they even get close to impact.
Points 1 and 2 above are about body motion being a more
sustainable way to cure the slice.
There may be other reasons why you’re losing your ball to
the right, of course…\
3.
Don’t aim for a slice
We’ve all seen it – and we’ve probably all tried it at one
point, hoping it’s the solution . It’s not!
When you’re playing during a left-to-right wind, the slice
is exacerbated. Even worse goes into a wind that’s coming off the left, and
therefore the ball goes nowhere. It just slices up against the wind and has no
forward momentum.
You’re never getting to make progress if you aim more left.
What tends to happen is that you simply swing more left to right of the target,
which inspires you to open the face even more.
Improving your swing path is merely of any use if you'll
learn to urge the face more squared up.
You have to form a committed effort to face up the stance a
touch then specialise in that correct weight shift and on turning the body
through impact.
4.
Try a stronger grip to form it easier to face up the clubface
The clubface is of course trying to rotate closed because
it approaches impact, but many players struggle to permit this to happen
effectively.
No pro seems like they’re giving an excellent lesson when
they’re trying to urge the player to consciously rotate the clubface so as to
face it up at impact.
To perfect it's almost impossible – just what proportion
rotation is required?
Some people will overdo it and suddenly they’ve gone from a
slice to a huge pull left – so now they need two bad shots!
However, you’ve need to attempt to get the clubface squared
up. a method of doing that's to strengthen your grip a touch , which features a
tendency to deliver the club more closed.
For a right-handed player, this suggests seeing more
knuckles of the left and, if absolutely necessary, dropping the proper hand
slightly more under the shaft.
Of course, it’s not guaranteed. Dustin Johnson possesses a
robust left-hand grip, a shut clubface, and he produces a fade, so he clearly
hits it with a rather open face at impact.
5.
Use softer flex shafts
As a player swings down, the clubhead is initially lagging
behind the hands, even for a poor player.
As we know, a top pro can keep it lagging right down near
the ground behind the hands.
Stiffer and heavier shafts make it much more difficult to
catch up correctly, whereas a light and flexible shaft helps kick the clubhead
forward pre-impact.
What that does is when it kicks it forward it creates more
rotation of the face which helps square the face up and also adds loft to the
clubface minimising the sidespin applied to the ball at impact.
That’s why a softer, lighter shaft can minimise a slice
contrary to what people think, which is that it’ll act like a fishing rod,
staying flexible and encouraging a bigger slice.
A softer shaft should be recommended for someone who
slices, and a player who has real problems with a hook should probably try a
heavier, stiffer shaft, which would minimise the tendency to turn the face
over.
I’d also recommend using more loft, so switching to hybrids
instead of using 4 and 5 irons, certainly for those mid handicaps who really
suffer with a slice.
A 5-iron loft today is at least equivalent to a 3 or 4-iron
of yesterday. My 3-iron when I played on Tour in the eighties is the 5-iron in
your set, but we didn’t have the option of hybrids. \
Loft is great for the average player – you’ll get a better
ball-flight, more control, and longer, straighter shots.
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