High handicap players often find it a problem.
A variety of factors can lead to slice, including a loose grip and an incorrect grip. An open club face is caused when a swing style requires you to roll your forearms in order square the club face. Most often, it is due to an extreme out to swing that is usually accompanied by a too steep downward swing plane.
This is the ultimate move. The club will travel back towards the ball using a route that takes them from the outside to the inside of the flight line. This can prove to be difficult to treat if it is not properly diagnosed. However, once you have the right fix in place it will become a headache.
In order to force the ball further left than his usual zip into the right trees line shot, the player pulls harder and tries to give the ball a leftward start. The club head’s out to in trajectory through impact is increased, making the slice even worse.
He then makes the next mistake, closing the club’s face at the address. Or in place of that, he rotates his grip right to make the club face squarer at impact. They don’t address the root cause, which is the swing path. These radical changes may seem to work, but the player is severely handicapped in the long-term.
The player must correct his mistake once he realizes he has crossed the line. To begin, it is important to correctly grip the ball (Ben Hogans 5 lessons). Then the lateral shift weight must be used to control the first path as the swing begins down. The hips should not be turned. A simple move from one foot to another, while the player attempts bumping his left hip against an imaginary wall and trying to keep the ball away from it, will ensure that the club follows the correct path. To allow the legs to control the club’s path, the arm swing must be slightly delayed. The arms will be capable of swinging the club along the correct path once the down swing has begun.
The player will be able to learn non-forearm rolling releases and can forget about his slice for good.
Dan Shauger