Adrian Fryer – PGA Teaching Pro

So the slice shot the dreaded slice is the curse of millions of golfers all over the planet, and the reasons are essentially the same of the science behind it is the same. Every slicer generally has got the club face open to the path swinging the club arm so respective of my path whether my path is straight but often with a slice of it's coming across the golf ball but the club face is aiming right of where this part is looking. So that's going to create some curvature on the ball whenever you get the face looking in a different direction to the path it will creates some sort of curvature, and why does it happen. Well obviously you've got to get you set up and your grip right I would encourage you to have a stronger grip. So if my hands were twelve o'clock I want them position more one half oneish so I've turned my hands more to the right for a right handed player that's going to encourage some rotation and square the club face up to impact, but the other big common problem with slicing is that when you get to the top of the swing you want to murder it. So the shoulders go hard you try to put a lot of effort in the body up a body spins to early the right heel you can see it gets high and this results in me throwing the club out over the top, and glancing across that golf ball.

So let's assume we've now got the correct set up I've got the grip right I have to altered my shoulders I've got the ball forward so I'm in a good place to encourage to myself to hit the ball, and at least encourage myself to hit it it straight. There is one key thing I'm going to ask you to do is control what your left shoulder movements doing. When you've got to the top from here I want your left shoulder to be quieter and feel like it goes slightly up giving you a chance for the club to release and catch up. Remember I said before the body runs off. There's an old saying in golf the club the swing is only six inches long that sounds stupid, but if you look at where my right shoulder the left shoulder sorry travels you'll see from here it only moves about six inches and then when I come back it's only gone about six inches again, but if it runs off too early I'm going to come across it. So if I can pacify that shoulder that gives me a chance to get the club head catching up and squaring that face and getting all the energy going into the club head. Let's give it a blast. That was a lovely bit of draw control that left shoulder try that I think you'll find a little square the club face will put you in a lot straighter.