| A slice is caused by one thing, the angle of the club when it makes contact with the golf ball. () |
Learning to stop that slice
By How can I stop slicing the golf ball? We get this question asked virtually everyday!
First, let's discuss what causes a slice. It is not an outside-to-inside swing as many would have you believe. Curvature of the golf ball is produced by one factor - the angle of the clubface relative to the path for the clubhead when the ball leaves the clubface!
What this means is you can be perfectly on plane with your golf swing and still hit pushes, fades, slices, pulls, draws, and hooks because of the clubface alignment.
The clubface is controlled by the target side hand - left for right-handed golfers.
So the hands control the clubface and the clubface controls the golf ball. Plain and simple - the breakdown is:
1. Learn to control your hands
2. Control the hands you control the clubface
3. Control the clubface you control the golf ball
4. Control the golf ball and you control the game
September 1, 2006
Chuck Evans, G.S.E.D., a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher, is one of only 31 golf instructors worldwide designated to hold a doctorate in golf stroke engineering. He is executive director of instruction for the Medicus Golf Institute and has served as director of schools for the PGA Tour Golf Academy, and as director of instruction for the United States Golf Institute. He is also the author of "How To Build Your Golf Swing."
Golfers need to learn Ball Flight Laws for maximum swing self-correction
To improve your swing, you must know why the ball does what it does in flight. That way you at least know what really caused the errant shot and perhaps can make the correct fix. You must understand the simple Ball Flight Laws.
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