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Slicing is the bane of many high handicap players, it seems to be the single biggest stumbling block in learning the correct swing.

Slicing can be caused by a variety of factors, some of these are a too tight grip or an improper grip. A wide open club face caused by a swing type that requires a forearm roll to square the club face but does not have one. But most of the time it can be attributed to a larger out to in swing which is generally accompanied by a too steep down swing plane.

The out to in swing and steep down swing has been described as the over over the top move. This means that the club travels back to the ball on a path that brings the club head into the back of the ball from outside the flight line to inside the flight line through the ball. It can be a nightmare to cure if improperly diagnosed, but simple to fix once the correct fix is ​​applied.

Usually the player in trying to get the ball to end up farther to the left than his traditional zip into the right tree line shot pulls hard as he tries to put a more leftward starting direction to the ball. This action makes the slice worse, by increasing the out to in path of the club head through impact.

The next error he makes is to shut the club face severely at address or in lieu of that to rotate his hands to the right on the grip to get the club face more square at impact. These things never work, since they do not address the true culprit, the out to in swing path. If the player can somehow make these radical adjustments work he has handicapped himself quite as to ever getting the club to swing properly through the hit.

Once the player realizes that he is cutting across the line he must make the following adjustments to correct the flaw. First the grip must be correctly applied (see Ben Hogans 5 lessons) then the initial path of the club as the swing starts down must be controlled by the lateral weight shift. There should be no attempt to turn the hips, a simple step from the right foot to the left foot as the player attempts to bump his left hip into an imaginary wall while trying not to turn back to the ball starts the club down the perfect path every time. The swinging of the club with the arms must be slightly delayed to give the legs a chance to correctly control the club path. Once the down swing has been started this way the arms will then be able to swing the club through the hit from the inside and then on the right path.

If the player can then learn the non-forearm rolling release he can forget his slice forever.

Dan Shauger

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Source by Dan Shauger