Natalie Adams – PGA Teaching Pro
Here we are going to look at what a slice golf shot is, what causes that shot to happen, and then once we have addressed these issues we are going to work on a drill that will help you correct the problem so that you move towards hitting straighter golf shots. So a slice golf shot is a shot which starts on the left of the target, and then it swings in the air to the right finishing on the right of the target. So it’s a left to right curve, starting left, finishing it on the right. If we look at what's causing that, if we look at the alignment pole here on the floor to represent the target line as we hit the shot, the clubface is aiming left of the target.
So that’s why the ball initially starts on the left, the clubface is 85% responsible for where the golf ball flies. So the clubface is aiming left of the target as you are striking and the reason that you are getting the curved flight is the club head is moving on an out-to-in swing path. So as you are striking the ball starts on the left of the target and then it swings to the right because there is a difference between where the clubface is aiming and the direction of travel of that club head. If the club head was swinging on an out-to-in swing path, so it’s moving this way across the target line. If the clubface is pointing in the same direction, the ball would just be hit straight left. The reason that you get in the difference here with not hitting a straight shot is because the clubface isn’t pointing in the same direction that the club head is traveling. The clubface here is pointing more to the right of where the club head is traveling and that’s imparting tilted axis spin, so the ball is the traveling in the air, left or right and finishing right at the target. So we are going to look at how to correct that for you now and the way we are going to do that is just block this area of the swing up. And how I am going to do that is I am just going to put a range basket in, to block the area, so that if you were hitting a slice, you would swing down and your club head would clip that basket before it hits the golf ball. So if we block that area off, we can swing the club back and as we swing back in, work on swinging inside that basket to get the club traveling down the target line. If we have got the club traveling down the target line and we have got the clubface pointing at the target, down the target line and at the target, we are going to hit a straight shot. So to correct your slice, work on that drill, work on encouraging the club head to swing down the target line, so your swing path is a longer target line. And remember to keep the clubface aiming at the target as you do that, if your clubface is aiming at the target and the club head is moving towards the target, you are going to hit the golf ball at the target. 2013-10-15 Natalie Adams – PGA Teaching Pro
Here we are going to look at what a slice golf shot is, what causes that shot to happen, and then once we have addressed these issues we are going to work on a drill that will help you correct the problem so that you move towards hitting straighter golf shots. So a slice golf shot is a shot which starts on the left of the target, and then it swings in the air to the right finishing on the right of the target. So it’s a left to right curve, starting left, finishing it on the right. If we look at what's causing that, if we look at the alignment pole here on the floor to represent the target line as we hit the shot, the clubface is aiming left of the target.
So that’s why the ball initially starts on the left, the clubface is 85% responsible for where the golf ball flies. So the clubface is aiming left of the target as you are striking and the reason that you are getting the curved flight is the club head is moving on an out-to-in swing path. So as you are striking the ball starts on the left of the target and then it swings to the right because there is a difference between where the clubface is aiming and the direction of travel of that club head. If the club head was swinging on an out-to-in swing path, so it’s moving this way across the target line. If the clubface is pointing in the same direction, the ball would just be hit straight left. The reason that you get in the difference here with not hitting a straight shot is because the clubface isn’t pointing in the same direction that the club head is traveling. The clubface here is pointing more to the right of where the club head is traveling and that’s imparting tilted axis spin, so the ball is the traveling in the air, left or right and finishing right at the target. So we are going to look at how to correct that for you now and the way we are going to do that is just block this area of the swing up.
And how I am going to do that is I am just going to put a range basket in, to block the area, so that if you were hitting a slice, you would swing down and your club head would clip that basket before it hits the golf ball. So if we block that area off, we can swing the club back and as we swing back in, work on swinging inside that basket to get the club traveling down the target line. If we have got the club traveling down the target line and we have got the clubface pointing at the target, down the target line and at the target, we are going to hit a straight shot. So to correct your slice, work on that drill, work on encouraging the club head to swing down the target line, so your swing path is a longer target line. And remember to keep the clubface aiming at the target as you do that, if your clubface is aiming at the target and the club head is moving towards the target, you are going to hit the golf ball at the target.
