I'll explain. Want more help playing consistent golf? Check out our video series here. After five minutes practicing the three steps first we'll check your grip and driver specs , you'll be finding the left side of the fairway. It works every time. Before you make your first practice swing, you need to evaluate your equipment. Almost all slicers use a driver with too little loft, because they're reacting to their high, weak ball flight. The new adjustable drivers let you increase the loft and move weight to the clubhead's heel.
Instead of swinging a 9-degree driver and making it 10 or 11 degrees because you hold it open through impact, you want more loft so you can release your hands and turn a Two grip mistakes make a slice almost inevitable. Many players use a grip that's too weak--with the thumbs pointing straight down the handle. Make your grip stronger, so your hands are turned away from the target and your palms are parallel with each other. If you drew lines up from the base of your thumbs, they should hit the point of your collar on the right side of your shirt.
Also, gripping too tight keeps the hands from releasing through impact. Do you have any suggestions? Werner, Appreciate the kind words. Hopefully your tip will help! Love the series. One suggestion — Can you slo motion after the golf swing by Todd?
This would give me and others an opportunity to study a little better. Good morning Todd and thank you for your tips. Toward the end of the video on how to change your driver slice to a draw you said to move the left foot slightly forward and aim the shoulders slightly right. Does this mean to swing toward the right or should I swing toward the target line with the club face also aimed at the target?
Thank you. Great to see you back playing. You want the clubface pointing at the target while swinging the club along the toe line. Make sense? Armin, Thanks for the kind words. We will make a note to discuss grip thickness in one of our videos. In general, the thicker the grip the more prone to slicing you will be. I think your last tip works because it puts the sweet spot in the right position for the swing.
If you put the club down, the starting position for the swing is different and you have to correct the difference between the laid down and the hovering club during the swing. As the driver does not touch the ground during the swing you need to correct that. For players this is another source of error that they must be aware of and which then often leads to heely shots and those favoring the slice again.
Thanks for the very insightful articles and videos! Your email address will not be published. By Todd Kolb. Proudly Sponsored By. Next post: Holiday Golf Gifts Guide. David Hall. Todd Kolb. Great video. Peter Sauter. Nick Anson. And while all golfers are built differently and postures may vary, allowing some bow from the hips so that the arms can relax and hang will allow you to be balanced and athletic.
Being balanced and athletic will allow you to make a proper backswing for you. Some of us are more flexible than others for sure. Often times you will see women with really long backswings and this is often because they tend to be more flexible.
If your flexibility is limited, it can be really difficult to get proper body rotation on your backswing. The rotation of the body on the backswing allows the club to get deep enough on the backswing, therefore allowing the proper downswing path.
If you fall into this category, you can make an adjustment in your set up to make it work today. You can take your back foot and drop it back into a closed position as if your lower body is a bit turned away from the target. This will immediately create effectively more flexibility and allow you to get the club into a more powerful position in your backswing and help to improve downswing path and more distance.
If you play golf from the side other than your dominant arm this can often lead to a ball that slices. I learned this when working for Mike Adams and it has served many of my students very well. When you play golf from the side other than your dominant side, that lead arm is so strong is tends to delay natural release of the club face on the forward swing.
You can adjust for this by taking your trail hand grip and turn in under more to be able to see your finger nails. Do you hit most of your clubs straight to a nice draw, but slice your driver? I see this all the time and most often it is a ball position issue and understanding how your shoulders should be slightly different with your driver than when the ball is on the ground.
Though it may initially feel uncomfortable, it will force you to keep your club on a better swing path throughout the backswing, allowing you to swing straight through the line of the ball on your downswing and follow through.
Golf Slice Towel Drill: Hold a towel between your right elbow and body throughout your swing. This will force you to keep your elbow in throughout your swing. Another way to make sure your swing path is straight is with a swing path trainer:. Transferring your weight during a golf swing is a relatively simple concept, yet many players are not doing it correctly. On the most basic level, your weight should move more towards your back foot as you swing back, then return towards your front foot as you begin your downswing and hit the ball.
A common mistake amateur golfers make is to transfer their weight onto their back foot during the backswing, and leave it there through the downswing and follow-through. Leaving your weight on your back foot causes you to open your club face, and swing outside the line of the ball. This often occurs with players who are also not properly releasing the club see Step 7. The perfect recipe for a big slice. Learn how to properly transfer your weight during your golf swing. A simple way to practice this is to place something next to your front foot, and touching your left thigh during your set up.
This can be a golf bag, or any object which will stand up straight and reach your thigh. As you swing back, your thigh will move away from this object slightly, indicating the transfer of weight towards your back foot. As you begin your downswing, if you properly transfer your weight your thigh will again come into contact with the object. If you leave your weight on your back foot, your thigh will stay separated from the object, and you will likely see your ball swinging out to the right with a big slice.
Releasing your club is often the final step in fixing your slice. This can not only cause the ball to spray out to the right, but also contributes to the left to right spin which creates a slice.
There is only a split second between timely forearm release — and a straight drive — and a forearm release which comes too late, which means developing a proper release can take some practice. A proper release is one of the most important to get right because while incorporating 7 of these simple slice fixes will help you get rid of the dreaded slice, if you continually release the club too late your results will remain inconsistent.
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