| Correcting a golf slice on course is not easy | | | | |
| since the pressure of hitting the fairway or | | | | Practice and Adjust - Then Practice Again |
| the green is too great to enable you to relax | | | | |
| and work it out. The practice range is the | | | | Play a few practice shots and if you are |
| best place to correct your slice since you | | | | still slicing adjust your grip slightly |
| can try out several small adjustments till | | | | around the club. When you are hitting the |
| you get it just right. | | | | ball either the club face has not quite |
| | | | turned enough to be square to the ball, or it |
| Most golfers slice the ball sometimes, and | | | | is square and you are hitting across the |
| when it happens you shouldn't panic. Just | | | | ball. The adjustments you make to correct |
| keep in mind what causes it and you should be | | | | the slice are designed to resolve either of |
| able to resolve it, given time. | | | | these two problems. |
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| If you start to slice during a round you can | | | | Hence, if you grip the club slightly more |
| get by through a slight adjustment, such as | | | | clockwise than normal, you will turn the club |
| strengthening your grip by holding the club | | | | face round to the left slightly so that it is |
| slightly more clockwise than normal. This | | | | squarer to the ball when you hit it. |
| will do temporarily, and if this doesn't | | | | Adjusting your stance simple by moving your |
| work, try aiming further left. | | | | feet more in the direction of the target |
| | | | should stop you from hitting across the ball. |
| Sometimes you Have to Break the Rules | | | | |
| | | | Watch Your Shoulders |
| "What? You're not supposed to do that!", I | | | | |
| can hear you yell. But hold on just a | | | | Another problem that can cause you to swing |
| minute. This is emergency time. You are in | | | | across the ball is lifting your left shoulder |
| the middle of a round with no time to | | | | during the swing This will pull your swing |
| practice and you have just tried a stronger | | | | across the ball, as would rotating your chest |
| grip without success. | | | | past the ball before you hit it. These are |
| | | | all problems that you can work at on the |
| "Needs must when the devil drives" or so they | | | | practice range. There is little you can do |
| say, and a very appropriate saying that is. | | | | about such faults during your round. |
| It means do what is necessary to solve the | | | | |
| problem, no matter how wrong it seems. | | | | If you can visualize what is happening when |
| | | | you slice the ball you will recognize the two |
| After your round, correct your slice properly | | | | situations whereby the club face can impart |
| on the practice range. Check your stance. | | | | clockwise spin on ball, and the various |
| It should be as wide as your shoulders, but | | | | faults in your grip, stance and swing |
| feel comfortable. Your shoulders themselves | | | | mechanics that can create these situations. |
| should be lined up towards the target as | | | | |
| should your hands. You grip is important in | | | | Correcting a golf slice is simply a matter of |
| ensuring that you don't slice. The back of | | | | correcting these faults, and this is best |
| your left hand should point at the target | | | | done on the driving range where you can test |
| with the back of the right hand in the | | | | a number of adjustments to your stance, grip |
| opposite direction. | | | | and swing. |