slicng help

[slicerdude]

Hi,
Slicing your tee shots, has got to be the worst feeling in golf,you crush one and it slices, thats what i`ve been doing for the last two years, i`ve watched videos, dvds, and read articles, books, had lessons off pro`s and yet i can`t shake that slice, it is only with the driver or any fairway wood, so guys if you did something that stopped you slicing , pass your tip on to me, email me if you want .

Slicerdude

[Pa Jayhawk]

There are many different reasons you may be slicing. Outside~in swing, casting, opening the club face, not releasing, to weak a grip, Etc. So it would be hard to know the reason without seeing you swing. There are also many different variations which may help diagnose the problem and give an idea of the position of the clubface at impact, as well as the path of the swing. Pull slice, ball starting left thing slicing. Straight slice, ball starting straight then slicing. Push Slice Ball start right then continuing. (If your are right handed). These may help.
http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline...cetest,00.html
http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline...rivatelessons/

When I started, my ball would start straight and slice. To fix this I had to learn to release the club. Using imagery that my left palm should face the sky as if to "catch raindrops" after impact. This fixed my slice.

The best thing you can do until it is fixed is to better use the tee box and the fairway. If you are right handed, tee off on the far right side of the teebox and aim down the left side of the fairway (or farther), which may better keep your ball in play. Even on a good ball it should be in play.

Good Luck!!!

[SiberianDVM]

My tee shot usually only slices if I try to hit it too hard. I don't know a whole lot about why it happens, but I think it's because my hips turn back faster than my shoulders and arms, leaving an open club face at impact.

[Adam Pettman]

If your Slicing with your driver try teeing it higher its not possible to hit a draw of a low tee.
Also try standing further away from the ball. If you stand to close you will chop down on the ball.
Finally try posting your swing on here.I will warn you It will lead to extreme criticism and joking but it'll make it easier for everyone to help.

[slicerdude]

i`ve got about five minites footage, taken by my golf pro, so how do i post it ?
cheers
slicerdude

[obagain]

There is only one thing that creates a slice.
The club goes outside and you pull it back thru the hitting zone.
I have posted a quick remedy before. Do a search and you will find it.

[VtDivot]

OB is right - OTT is why you are slicing. How you move your hips, or where you tee the ball MAY contribute to you making this OTT move. Best way to cure, is to see a PGA pro and get video, then you can analyse in slo-mo to see where your plane is getting fecked up.

[slicerdude]

Guys your advice is all really spot on and everything mentioned has been studied and analyzed by me and two different pro`s , both told me that my address was spot on, and the take-away was spot on, I seem to lose it on the downswing, if I tee it high, i sometimes sky it , man this a game killer, i am really fed up taken three stokes on tee shots, there is absolutely no way i will quit, because the good iron shots are more than the bad tee shots. I feel sometimes that i don`t roll my back to square quick enough and sometimes i am to quick and get a weak hook, is this what is called releasing the club, wish i could buy a good swing on ebay.
Guys keep the help coming, someone will imput something and it will click with me and i may even turn the push slice (got it checked) into a sweet fade.
Cheers all

[Pa Jayhawk]

Originally Posted by obagain

There is only one thing that creates a slice.
The club goes outside and you pull it back thru the hitting zone.
I have posted a quick remedy before. Do a search and you will find it.

Sorry, but I disagree. I think it also involves the position of the clubface at impact, in relation to the swing path. I do not feel that a straight swing path with an open club face generates much less spin than a outside~in swing with a clubface square to the target. It just changes the initial direction the ball begins to travel. In the same sense that a Outside~in swing with a closed club face will probabably result more in a pull as opposed to a slice. I think it is important to understand the relation of the club path and face position to really be able to diagnose the problem.

The direction the ball begins to travel is in relation to the path of the swing. The spin on the ball is more in relation to the degree the face of the club varies from the path of the swing. I repeat, varies from the path of the swing, not just where it is at impact.

So even if your swingpath is 1* in~out you can slice the ball if the clubface is 10* open. In the same sense, if you swing is 5* out~in you may create a powerful pull if you clubface is extremely closed. Yet people that do not understand this and would possibly assume they have a fairly straight swing because they hit a powerful straight shot 1/2 the time, but just a little to the left.

Again, I used to slice the ball, but my angle of attack was not Outside~in, I simply did not release the club leaving my clubface wide open at impact.

Might not hurt to check out a launch monitor with angle of attack and clubface position to know how to better address the issue. Just act like you want to buy a new driver and check out what your clubface and path are like.

Although I may agree that probably 90% of the people that slice the ball may in fact have an outside~in swing and their ball most likely start left of the target line, although it is important to understand that if that is not where your ball starts out, you may be pointlessly trying to fix something that is not an issue.

[VtDivot]

Good swing with open clubface = block or push

OTT = slice

there is a difference since the slice usually starts off as a slight pull left of target and then heads right.

Basically I agrre the the dude from KS, but I'd look at my transition to try and get that set first. It's way easier to square the face at impact, if you're already on the right plane IMO

[ezra76]

I corrected mine by staying inside inside with my swing path and making sure to break my wrists. I went to the range one day and set up with a closed stance, ball higher and further forward. I set up with the face open and concentrated on turning the face closed at impact. I started to hit hooks and just adjusted back gradually to straight shots. I learned to hit a decent draw this way too. I can hit an awesome low fade by holding the face open through impact with the ball teed lower and further back in my stance. Works great on iron shots as well.

[Canadriver]

We all could talk swing changes till the "cows come home" and Slicer could spend a year trying to mend his swing.

But if you want a fix that doesn't require re-mortgaging your swing ... and keeps good yardage IMMEDIATELY simply close the face of your driver by about 1/4". This will get rid of your slice on the very first swing ... and then you can learn how to adjust your swing with time.

[Scotty01292]

For me it was cause I was bending my left arm. If I concentrate on keeping it straight the ball goes straight as an arrow.

[VtDivot]

Originally Posted by Canadriver

We all could talk swing changes till the "cows come home" and Slicer could spend a year trying to mend his swing.

But if you want a fix that doesn't require re-mortgaging your swing ... and keeps good yardage IMMEDIATELY simply close the face of your driver by about 1/4". This will get rid of your slice on the very first swing ... and then you can learn how to adjust your swing with time.

LOL - a band aid if there ever was one!

[slicerdude]

Hey guys,
Luv`in these replys, Canadriver, I`ve turned the clubface a 1/4 before i start the up swing and it doesn`t help, i know that anybody that can crush a sweet straight drive and split the fairway,time and time again are sick listening to guys like me, but i see this as a sort of last resort,and every reply adds to my checklist , somebody is gonna check the right box,
and one more thing, you all talk about releasing the club, what is it ? where in the swing do you start to release? and how do you achieve a good release? tick this box guys and I may be on my way to straighter
shots.

Slicerdude....