If you cannot shake the slices, a prime instructor says strive utilizing an alignment stick.
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At one level or one other, most golfers undergo a bizarre (and irritating) stretch of slicing the ball again and again. Even whenever you suppose you’re doing the whole lot the identical as you usually did whenever you didn’t slice, the ball simply comes off the membership bizarre and finally ends up going method proper (for a right-handed participant).
Whereas there are just a few completely different causes for a slice — from having a nasty grip to coming into influence on a poor swing path — on the finish of the day, gamers slice the ball as a result of their clubface is open.
Scottie Scheffler’s coach swears by this straightforward anti-slice drill
As an alternative of going to the vary and beating ball after ball, it’s time to get extra intentional about bettering your ball-striking.
To assist, GOLF High 100 Trainer Dom DiJulia suggests utilizing an alignment stick drill that may shortly (and effectively) enhance your slice. So try DiJulia’s clarification beneath — and lastly get better from persistent slicing as soon as and for all.
Why you retain slicing the golf ball
“Should you’re slicing frequently and don’t know why, like most golfers, there’s a great probability that you simply’re swinging over-the-top — which implies the membership is coming throughout the ball,” DiJulia says.
When a [right-handed] participant comes over-the-top, the clubface opens up and creates a great quantity of left-to-right spin, which is why your ball all the time appears to tail off in direction of that facet of the opening.
So how will you repair this difficulty to be able to treatment your persistent slicing? DiJulia suggests utilizing an alignment stick.
“Swinging from inside-to-out fairly than outside-to-in (over-the-top) requires correct sequencing,” he provides. “This implies you might want to first begin your movement from the bottom up utilizing your ft, knees and hips, avoiding the temptation of transferring your arms and shoulder first.”
The next drill teaches you ways.
Strive utilizing an alignment stick to repair your slice
Begin by having a pal or your golf instructor lay an alignment stick straight throughout your elbows, in order that it’s parallel to the bottom. Swing to the highest, cease, and have them maintain the rod in place.
Subsequent, make your on a regular basis downswing.
1 simple swing hack to assist clear up your over-the-top tendencies
Should you accurately begin your downswing along with your decrease physique and swing the arms from the within, the rod ought to drop parallel to the bottom — or with the back-end placing the turf first. But when the entrance strikes the bottom first, you already know you’ve swung over-the-top. If the latter occurs, restart the drill.
To assist get the texture for the proper membership path, strive bumping your left hip ahead and over your lead ankle [the left one for a righty player] as you’re taking your backswing. Cease there and ensure the rod remains to be sitting parallel to the bottom and throughout your elbows.
