Slicing is the most common fault made by golfers, especially beginners. Slicing means the ball starts to the left of the target and finished well to the right. In general, slicers use too much body action in their swing which is opposite golfers who hook, have too much hand action and not enough body.
A QuickTip to Prevent The Slice
1. Relax your mind and body, especially body. Don’t try to hit a ball hard and think that it will give you an extra distance - this is totally wrong.The proper amount of distance will come in time. Your goal here is to stop causing the ball curving from left to right – if you are right-handed golfer.
2. Make sure your grip is not weak which can noticed by knuckles of your lef hand (for right-handed golfer). If you can only see one knuckle, it means that your grip is weak. So try to grip your golf club so that at least two or three knuckles are visible and then place your right hand that each palm is facing one another. This will close your clubface more and reduce the chances of slicing.
3. Adjust your stance so that it is slightly closed, with the right feet pointing just a few degrees towards the right of your target line. This will stop you from swinging the club outside-in.
A Practice Drill
Here is one simple drill that can be used to fix your slice by Gary McCord, CBS golf analyst and PGA Champions Tour champion.
Step 1: Address the ball as you normally do.
Step 2: Turn your body until your butt is toward the target and your feet are perpendicular to the target line. You will feel a bit strange but belive me, it works.
Step 3: Twist your upper body to the left so that you can again place the club head behind the ball.
Step 4: Hit about 20 shots and switch to your normal stance and try to reproduce the feeling you had before but in the correct way.
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