Tag: Slicing
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Take a look at a simple and fun drill to put your sliced shots away once and for all.
How many times have you been told the reasons why you slice, without
being told what you actually need to do to stop slicing? Too often I
hear instructors explaining the cause and effects of sliced shots,
without providing a shred of information on what kind of swing is
required to prevent banana balls. If you find yourself agreeing with
me, then my lesson in the next few pages should be right up your alley.
As most of us know, the slice is probably the most common fault in all
of golf, particularly for the recreational player. Though that fact
isn’t particularly surprising, what is surprising is how long people
are willing to struggle before seeking a legitimate method of
eradicating the slice from their game.
Want to fix that slice forever? Maybe you just want to hit massive hooks around stuff. Either way, Jeff Ritter demonstrates how to hit a hook every time—guaranteed!
We’ve all experienced this one time or another. Midway through the
round, after hitting what seems to be a decent number of fairways, the
ball starts to slice. And not only does the ball begin creeping to the
right, the slice becomes more and more pronounced with each swing. This
then causes the body to tense up and limit the needed rotation of the
hands through the impact zone. Now that’s an awful thought, isn’t it?
Over the years, there has been an ongoing debate regarding the proper
position of the right elbow at the top of the backswing. Some players
like John Daly swing with their elbow flying out, while others like
Sergio Garcia keep it in, proving that it’s possible to hit great shots
with either method. However, my biomechanical studies with PGA Tour
pros using the K-Vest, developed by Bentley Kinetics, indicate that the
flying right-elbow position favors a fade ballflight while a tucked
right elbow promotes a draw.
If you’re one of the millions of golfers who battles a slice, odds are
you compensate for the left-to-right ballflight by aiming to the left.
However, no matter how far to the left you aim, the ball still slices
to the right—sometimes worse than it did before. On the occasion you do
hit it straight, well, it doesn’t do you much good because you were
aimed toward the trees or deep rough on the left. Hmm—you’re doing what
you think will fix the problem, but it’s only making the problem worse.
Like anyone else, I have days when I’m not hitting the ball as crisply
as I’d like. If I’m blocking my golf shots or hitting weak pushes, I
always go back to basics and make sure I’m releasing the clubhead. Once
I start releasing the clubhead properly again, I’ll regain my
distance—and my accuracy.
The majority of recreational golfers fail to achieve the balance needed
to excel at golf or any athletic activity. One of the reasons why most
golfers don’t swing in balance is that they swing too hard. A rule I
like to impose on my students is “Swing as hard as you want to as long
as you finish the swing in balance.”
Body alignment is one of two key setup elements most frequently changed
by amateur golfers (the other is ball position). Because players often
associate the alignment of their upper body with the starting direction
of the ball off the clubface, they tend to incorrectly alter their
alignment for a variety of reasons, the most common of which is to
compensate for a chronic pull slice. While the logic of aiming the
torso further left to prevent hitting the ball to the right may appear
sound at first, this faulty compensation actually causes more harm than
good in the long term.
