| Correcting a golf slice is possible by examining your | | | | downswing. This also forces the right elbow to stay |
| swing and solving any deficiencies you may have. | | | | close to your side. |
| Lord knows I had plenty of problems with my swing. | | | | 3. On the back swing focus on taking the club back |
| I can not tell you how many times I would slice the | | | | straight until your lead arm is at 8 o' clock and then |
| ball and loose it in the rough or water. Of course I | | | | begin to coil your upper body from that point. At 8 o' |
| would then line up left to compensate for my slice | | | | clock the the club blade should be pointing straight up. |
| and actually hit the ball straight for once and loose | | | | 4. Keep the shoulders pointed to the right when |
| another ball left. Talk about making me insane. | | | | starting the swing. Another reason why people slice is |
| Why do we as golfers think that we can just play | | | | opening their shoulders at the point of impact thus |
| through our swing problems instead of figuring out | | | | opening the club face. Point the shoulders right to hit |
| why we slice and what can be done to fix our swing. | | | | it left. |
| It's almost maddening. Well I am here to be the | | | | 5. Sweep the ball off the tee instead of hitting down |
| sound of reason and to tell you to fix that swing | | | | or pinching the ball. Try to picture your spine staying |
| today. It will make golf a lot less frustrating. Here is a | | | | in a near-perpendicular angle to the ground at all |
| five step guide to starting you on your way. | | | | times during the swing. Now, just swing around the |
| 1. Analyze your grip at setup. You want to make | | | | center of it. Make sure that you have a sweeping |
| sure you can see at least two or three knuckles on | | | | motion and do not have too steep an incline on your |
| your left hand (right hand for lefties). Furthermore, | | | | back swing. |
| relax that grip. Gripping the club too tightly will cause | | | | These five tips will help you right now cut down on |
| you to slice or at least that was one of my problems. | | | | the instances of slicing. To fix my golf swing I got |
| 2. Pull the imaginary rope when at the range. Picture a | | | | further help to understand why I was slicing and |
| rope attached to a tree above you. Now, imagine | | | | training for how to fix my swing issues. Focusing on |
| yourself pulling that rope straight down. Try to pull | | | | proper golf swing mechanics made the difference for |
| your club straight down when starting the | | | | me and it will for you as well. |