Golf slice

freddie1970 · 28-09-2016 9:50am #1

Suffering terrible with a slice on my drive its destroying my game ..have been watching a few videos on youtube to get rid of as well as lessons ...
Has anyone here incorporated anything into their game that has help get rid of it ??.ah few things i have look at is changing the grip so club is more closed on addrees ..or using a clothes hanging when practising swing....

Tom.D.BJJ · 28-09-2016 9:56am

Its tough to diagnose without seeing the swing, but the best advice is to get a lesson. I fade the ball, and sometime the slice takes over when i swing too much to the inside. It took a lesson and a lot of practice to reduce it, but it sometimes creep in when i try to hit the ball too hard.

CMOTDibbler · 28-09-2016 10:08am

freddie1970 wrote: »

Suffering terrible with a slice on my drive its destroying my game ..have been watching a few videos on youtube to get rid of as well as lessons ...
Has anyone here incorporated anything into their game that has help get rid of it ??.ah few things i have look at is changing the grip so club is more closed on addrees ..or using a clothes hanging when practising swing....

Lydia Ko has a practice routine that she says helps make sure that the club stays square through impact. What she does is move her right hand down the grip separating it from the left hand by an inch or so. According to her, it's the one training exercise that she relies on most.

alxmorgan · 28-09-2016 11:15am

Have a watch of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muRaZFR9PZM

Really good explanation of why it happens and understanding is half the battle

Halfprice · 28-09-2016 11:19am

Make sure your shoulders arent pointing way left either at set up. Found it helps me as i often by way to open

alxmorgan · 28-09-2016 11:22am

Following on from previous video....where does ball start ? At target ? left or right of target ?

freddie1970 · 28-09-2016 12:04pm

https://youtu.be/lnopJFvTa3Q

Anybody ever try this ..has got a huge amount of hits and comments on youtube

ThunderCat · 28-09-2016 1:43pm

A trick that helped me was that on my downswing I would make a conscious effort to hit the ball to 11 o'clock (or 1 o'clock if you are a lefty). 12 o'clock is obviously straight ahead but by trying to hit the ball to 11 o'clock it promotes the swing shape needed to eradicate that slice. Best of luck with it.

CMOTDibbler · 28-09-2016 1:51pm

freddie1970 wrote: »

https://youtu.be/lnopJFvTa3Q

Anybody ever try this ..has got a huge amount of hits and comments on youtube

Worth trying. Nice and simple and very well explained.

Montgolfier · 28-09-2016 2:25pm

Have you checked your impact on the driver face? Sometimes when your slicing your trying to come so far from the inside to get rid of the slice, you actually start hitting the heel of the driver. Which is no good as gear effect will make it slice no matter how good your the club path.
You can use masking tape, foot spray even a cigarette lighter to blacken the face.

Raisins · 28-09-2016 7:29pm

Struggled for years and years with a bad slice off the tee. Finally went to a really good pro recently for my first lesson in years and he changed my grip and my swing and gave me some great drills. I could have been on YouTube for years but my grip was fundamentally wrong while I was assumed for years it was correct.

You need to stick to the same pro and work hard on the drills they give you. It sounds basic when you write it down as advice but it really is the only long term solution. Two thoughts that help me is to make sure my hands never travel on a path outside of their starting position, and to keep my arms connected to my torso.

CalamariFritti · 28-09-2016 11:04pm

Halfprice wrote: »

Make sure your shoulders arent pointing way left either at set up. Found it helps me as i often by way to open

I'm the total opposite, I cut across the ball when I start slipping into a closed stance, aiming to the right of the target, bad alignment basically. Then I come over the top to pull it left where my brain knows the target actually is.

What I'm trying to say is there can be a number of reasons why someone slices, I don't think there is a one fits all diagnosis. Self diagnosis and youtube fixing is also difficult and can tie you in knots. What we think we are doing and what we're actually doing is rarely the same thing in golf.

Let someone else have a look at you ideally a pro would be my recommendation too.

freddie1970 · 29-09-2016 3:35pm

Actually thinking off putting down the driver for a while and getting myself a hybrid for teeing off ...just umtil i start to feel comfortable with the game

Todd Toddington III · 29-09-2016 6:22pm

alxmorgan wrote: »

Have a watch of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muRaZFR9PZM

Really good explanation of why it happens and understanding is half the battle

What a great video...I've just realised I lean to the side (or lean back) rather than move my hips forward in the address position!

PARlance · 29-09-2016 7:43pm

alxmorgan wrote: »

Have a watch of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muRaZFR9PZM

Really good explanation of why it happens and understanding is half the battle

It was one of his lesson videos where the penny finally dropped and I realised what I was doing wrong. Online videos can get a bit of stick but this guy got rid of my slice. Understanding is definitely half the battle, the first half of it.

And shortly after, I started doing the same as the video below. Still do it to this day, it's great for promoting a high angle of attack... if you're hitting up at the ball, it's almost impossible to slice it.

freddie1970 wrote: »

https://youtu.be/lnopJFvTa3Q

Anybody ever try this ..has got a huge amount of hits and comments on youtube

Todd Toddington III · 29-09-2016 8:23pm

Saw that second videos before, it's very good...now that I've seen the first one I can't wait to hit the range tomorrow to put both lessons together

CMOTDibbler · 30-09-2016 10:00am

Todd Toddington III wrote: »

Saw that second videos before, it's very good...now that I've seen the first one I can't wait to hit the range tomorrow to put both lessons together

A propos of the thread on singles play, sometimes it's better to try these things on the course. On the range, you don't have to worry about where the ball has to go, but on the tee box, you deal with all the issues that get in your head during a normal round.

It'll give you a lot more confidence in the process if you can do it on an actual hole rather than in the very forgiving environment of the range.

Todd Toddington III · 30-09-2016 10:41pm

CMOTDibbler wrote: »

A propos of the thread on singles play, sometimes it's better to try these things on the course. On the range, you don't have to worry about where the ball has to go, but on the tee box, you deal with all the issues that get in your head during a normal round.

It'll give you a lot more confidence in the process if you can do it on an actual hole rather than in the very forgiving environment of the range.

Yeah I know but you can't hit 50 balls on the course. Happy with how it went...After 5 balls in I was hooking rather than slicing. By the end I was hitting a lovely draw with one ball pushed and 1 pulled out of my last 10 strikes. Just have to get the muscle memory going now...plenty of time over the winter and a couple of lessons with my coach dave to get it down

freddie1970 · 01-10-2016 7:20am

Todd Toddington III wrote: »

Yeah I know but you can't hit 50 balls on the course. Happy with how it went...After 5 balls in I was hooking rather than slicing. By the end I was hitting a lovely draw with one ball pushed and 1 pulled out of my last 10 strikes. Just have to get the muscle memory going now...plenty of time over the winter and a couple of lessons with my coach dave to get it down

Hey what main changes did you make ..did you follow the 2nd video centre of gravity

Todd Toddington III · 01-10-2016 11:25am

freddie1970 wrote: »

Hey what main changes did you make ..did you follow the 2nd video centre of gravity

Hey. A few minor tweaks. Moving my hips forward rather than leaning back on setup. Putting a bit more weight on my lead leg for stability. Keeping swaying to a minimum on the backswing. Keeping the driver I'm line with the shirt buttons rather than at the ball on address. Keeping my centre of gravity behind the ball. Keeping my hands slightly ahead of the ball. Keeping my arms as straight as possible by rotating elbows towards each other. Pretty much everything mentioned in the vids I tried.
Played around with everything until it felt right tbh

freddie1970 · 01-10-2016 11:40am

Was out this morning on the driving range ..i stopped using a full swing now only a 3/4 and lowered the tee ..made a huge difference im only playing 12 months or so ...i will progress to full.swing when i get more control ..will leave it at 3/4 for irons and drivers for a.while ..

Todd Toddington III · 01-10-2016 12:18pm

freddie1970 wrote: »

Was out this morning on the driving range ..i stopped using a full swing now only a 3/4 and lowered the tee ..made a huge difference im only playing 12 months or so ...i will progress to full.swing when i get more control ..will leave it at 3/4 for irons and drivers for a.while ..

Your 3/4 swing might actually be a full swing! Found that out last winter when I got a lesson.

freddie1970 · 01-10-2016 1:46pm

You know what you could be right .I think i may be going to far back ..i now go as far as where my wrists break the swing forward ..much better contact

freddie1970 · 01-10-2016 4:01pm

Im after getting the young fella to video a swing ...what i thought was 3/4 was a complete full swing ...i have been swing back to far altogether which was ruining my game

ligerdub · 05-10-2016 2:01pm

I'd struggled with this for years. It's still my natural tendency so I have to work a lot to not do it.

A big change for me was shoulders and feet (alignment of).

I now line the clubface up to my target (or slightly to the right of it), then take what I consider to be my square position in terms of the alignment of my feet. I then drop the right foot back a little bit (away from the ball), and do the same with my right shoulder. It might feel like your shoulders and feet are aimed way to the right but give it a try. The sensation when you do it right is that you're left side is pulling on something as you're about to hit it (that's the way it feels to me anyway).

Taking a wider stance also helps I find (changes the angle of the shoulders if somebody was looking at you face on), it promotes hitting the ball with an upward blow rather than a downward one.

Also, be sure not to hold the club too firmly, and be sure that you're body is free from tension. I found it frustrating to be hitting lovely shots on the range, gentle spin (fade or draw) but ended up with high cuts on the course. You have to complete your turn and allow the club to swing freely in order to get the shot you're looking for. Tight hands and tight body movements are problematic.

If you can, try to take the club away while not quickly moving the club too far on the inside. If anything try to keep the clubhead outside the hands (imagine you are looking at your swing from behind you towards the target) in the takeaway.

Even with all this I still struggle. I tend to sway my body and I'm chopping down at the ball as I hit it. It's much better than the old way though.

Montgolfier · 05-10-2016 7:03pm

What shaft do you have in your driver? I've always uses stiff shafts as my swing speed is 108mph but I borrowed a cobra fly z with a regular shaft and I found it much easier to turn over the ball and get it drawing. Makes the more flex the more the face closes at impact.

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