You tired of hitting a big old slice, seeing that ball drift out to right field?
Today, I'm going to cure that slice of yours, and we're going to have your ball flying nice
and high, and straight.
So, let's first talk about what causes a slice, what I usually see coming through the bay,
and what I'd usually do to fix it.
So, what causes a slice?
We have a path that is travelling too far left of our intended target with the club
face open.
So, the club's travelling left, the face is open.
So, in the sense of a baseball diamond, we're trying to get to second, pass head to third,
the face is looking at second or right of second, and the ball is heading out past the
out-of-bounds post.
So, we've got to get our path fixed and our face fixed, and that correlation in order
to get rid of the slice.
And so, what I usually see golfers doing, when they come to see me for a lesson, that
have a chronic slice condition, they usually lack rotation of their torso, and they, ergo,
use their arms incorrectly.
So, sometimes, I'll see a golfer twist, shoulders get really flat, steep into the downswing.
When that happens, their shoulders get flat, and then their shoulder steepen, and then
you can see how that golf club will start to travel up and out.
Or, the opposite, where they try and twist, and they just end up tilting, now my shoulders
are tilted too much.
They'll come down, pull up and out, and that one's even worse out to the right.
So, a lot of it has to do with the bad use of their body and their torso, and we've really
got to clean it up to cure the slice.
So, one of my favorite drills to get players out of right field and hitting nice beautiful
draws is a little three-step stopper, or two-step stopper, really, the third one being the finish.
We get set up.
The first thing I'll have them do is turn their body so that the golf club rests behind
their right heel.
So, we're set up, we twist, and the club ends up behind our heel, and it's on the ground.
If the buttons on your shirt don't match with the club head and you're here, you did not
do this effectively.
Get the buttons on your shirt looking to the golf club.
So, we start with a twist, we then fold our right elbow.
Our right elbow's in, our buttons are over our right toe, and then we would come in for
the hit.
You will start to hit a push.
A push is not a slice.
A push is a straight ball flight out to the right.
A slice is a curved ball flight to the right.
So, if you hit a push first, you're on the right track, and I'll tell you why and how
we'll face this.
So, first, let's try this drill to start with.
So, we turn, fold our elbows, our elbows are in our ribs, buttons are over our right foot,
club looks at the golf ball, finish the golf swing.
And, of course, I hit it to the right, the reason being, if you start hitting it to the
right, most of you have turned your shoulders more than what you're accustomed to.
So, if you've only turned your shoulders 20 degrees, and now we've got you going back
to 50, that's 30 degrees more rotation that you have to do in the downswing, so you will
hit this to the right.
But, the simple fix is, once you get back there, (and this is the beautiful part, ladies
and gentlemen), you'll be able to turn back into the ball as hard as you want.
So, the faster you turn at that point, the better it is.
We set the club back, hinge the club in, elbows on the ribs, buttons over the shoe, golf club
pointing at the ball, finish our golf swing with a good turn, and that gets our ball flight
a lot straighter.
If you're still blocking it to the right, one thing we need to fix is the flexion in
your wrist.
The flexion in your wrist is probably more at an extended state, where your left hand
is extended like a push-up instead of flexed like a tour player.
So, when we get into that position, where we've turned, hinged, we want to flex our
left wrist without trying to change the golf club.
Flex the left wrist, and now we turn and finish, and the ball's on line.
We do this drill, we'll fix that slice.
If we do it effectively, too, we'll increase your lag and shaft lean, and I'll promise
we'll be hitting the ball further.