Curing A Slice With 4 Easy Tips
Many beginning and weekend golfers suffer from a slice, especially when hitting off the tee. Although this can be extremely frustrating for players, it is often the result of just a few curable bad habits, such as:
- Club being pulled inside on the backswing.
- Big in-to-out loop.
- Swinging left through impact, which leaves the club face open.
To address these issues and cure your golf slice, it’s important to practice at producing an inside-out swing plane and to focus on what the club and your body do throughout your swing. Here are four basic tips to help you stop slicing balls out of play and start putting shots on the fairway.
- Don’t round your back: The angle of your spine as you address the ball tends to determine your swing plane. If you stand too tall, you’ll have a flat swing plane. Too round, on the other hand, and you’ll have an upright swing and a steep plane. Fix this by standing with a straight back and bending from the hips, not the waist, when addressing your ball.
- Inside-out swing plane: Practice an inside-out swing plane by rotating the toe of the golf club past the heel through impact and by turning your left shoulder under your chin on your backswing. This will prevent the club face from opening and keep the club from looping during your backswing.
- Rotate hands through impact: Pretend you’re standing in the middle of a clock staring at 12 o’clock. The shaft of your club should be positioned toward 2 o’clock before impact and at 10 o’clock after impact. This helps prevent the club face from opening and keeps you from pulling the club inside on the backswing.
