| Golf swing Fix will give you tips on improving your | | | | not square to the intended line of flight. It is aimed |
| swing. Learning how to hit the golf ball straight is the | | | | somewhere to the right side (for righties). Both of |
| biggest challenge for all golfers whether they are | | | | these things - coming across and having an open club |
| rank beginners or more advanced. But it is especially | | | | face - result in side spin, and that results in a slice. |
| difficult for beginners because they don't understand | | | | There are two major problems with a slice. First, it |
| how the golf swing works, or why the ball flies the | | | | curves like crazy, so the only way a slicer can get |
| way it flies. | | | | the ball into the center of the fairway is by "starting |
| Almost everyone's first tendency when they take up | | | | it out over the cornfield". That means they aim quite |
| the game of golf is to swing as hard as they can. | | | | a bit to the left and hope the ball will curve back into |
| They see professional golfers like Tiger or Nat hitting | | | | the middle. This is certainly not the best way to cure |
| it a mile. And when they look at the way Tiger | | | | a slice, but it may be the only way you can keep the |
| swings they might think "Hey, he really swings hard. | | | | ball in play - at least until you have a chance to spend |
| He's almost coming out of his shoes." | | | | some time at the range trying to figure out how to |
| However you soon learn that one of the | | | | fix things. |
| time-honored truths of golf is that you should not | | | | The second problem with a slice is that it loses |
| swing hard. In fact, the harder you swing, the less | | | | distance. Because the ball is spinning sideways so |
| chance you have of hitting the ball correctly. Swing | | | | much any amount of wind at all will make it rise |
| hard enough and you might not hit it at all. | | | | quickly, curve to the right abruptly, and then continue |
| Eventually beginning golfers learn that the ball doesn't | | | | to roll to the right when it hits the ground. |
| always go where you want it to go, and their mission | | | | What most golfers tend to do when they see this |
| in life while they are on the course is just to hit the | | | | happening is they try to compensate for their lack of |
| ball straight. Often that means reining in their | | | | distance by swinging harder. That just makes the |
| expectations and working with the talent they've | | | | problem worse because usually "swinging harder" |
| been given. | | | | means throwing their shoulders and arms out even |
| In most cases that means simply trying to keep their | | | | more as they swing in a mighty effort to smash the |
| drives in the park. Their biggest enemy is the | | | | ball as hard as they can. |
| dreaded slice. Almost anyone who swings reasonably | | | | Trying to fix swing faults like the one that produces |
| hard will have a tendency to "slice" the ball until they | | | | a slice is almost impossible during a round of golf. The |
| learn how to avoid it. | | | | driving range is the place to go to work on |
| A "slice" happens when the ball is struck so the club | | | | adjustments and experiment with different swing |
| puts side spin on the ball. If the side spin is clockwise | | | | thoughts. |
| the ball will curve dramatically to the right. If the side | | | | But for many beginning golfers "working on their |
| spin is counter clockwise the ball will curve to the left. | | | | swing" at the range may actually be doing more harm |
| A right handed golfer's slice goes to the right while a | | | | than good. They may be reinforcing the very errors |
| left handed golfer's slice goes to the left. | | | | they are trying to get rid of. As most experience |
| The slice usually happens because the club makes | | | | golfers will tell you, going to a range or an indoor |
| contact with the ball as it "comes across" at an angle. | | | | virtual golf location and just pounding out balls is not a |
| Rather than coming straight into the ball from behind | | | | very smart way to practice. |
| the clubface actually comes from somewhere | | | | I hope you enjoyed this reading and to get further |
| "outside" the intended line of flight, and often with an | | | | teaching with added an bonus check out the link on |
| "open" clubface. | | | | the Sig file below. |
| When we say the clubface is "open" we mean it is | | | | |