Stop Slicing Today!
July 14th, 2012 | 
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For slicers the challenge has always been that their misses are to the right and as a result they instinctively swing to the left. You need to swing at the ‘demons’ in right field in order to slay them!
This is a fantastic video from Joseph Mayo (@TrackManMaestro) on how to lose the banana ball for good. His five main keys are as follows: (for right handers)
- Align your entire body slightly to the right of your target – shoulders, hips, knees and feet. This will encourage you to make a swing that is more rightward relative to the target than the one you currently employ.
- At address keep the hands in front of the face. The shaft should lean towards the target slightly.
- Have the weight feel like it is on your lead/front foot through out the swing. Driving the hips, and thus the weight, on to the front foot decreases spinning out – and trust me, you’re working the spin move.
- Through impact feel the handle moving up and out. Swing to the right of your target.
- Extend the arms through impact and into the follow through. This can be done more easily by feeling the elbows staying close together through the hit.
Now go out there and practice – it’s lovely out!
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Though obviously the geometry is good and correct and all, some people will instinctively “swing to the right” if they’re aligned a fair amount LEFT of the target. This feel works for my brother-in-law, for example. If he aims right he’ll pull his arms across to the left to try to steer the ball that way. When he aims left he swings to the right more.
It’s instinctive to swing towards where you want the ball to go, so for some, if your body feels like it’s aligned left, they’ll swing more to the right to “push” the ball out that way.
Hi Andrew,
I’m struggling with slicing and really lock forward to gonig to the range to try these concepts!
Is it really true that backspin can’t block sidespin? You and trackman maestro keep saying that the ball can only have one spin and it it backwards on a tilted angle. I agree with that but the greater the backspin forces are, the greater the sidespin forces needs to be to tilt the axis.
Ever tried the experiment with holding a bicyclewheel with two handles through the middle? The faster you spin the wheel, the harder
It is to tilt the axis of it. So with the same difference between swingpath and clubface, with a more lofted club wont the spinaxis be less tilted?
To be honest I have no idea what this guy is saying, it would help if he demonstrated what he talked about.
All great tips. One additional thing that helped me cure a slice:
When transitioning down from the top, I would feel as if my shoulders would stay ‘closed’ while my arms would come down first, i.e. I would try open the angle between my lead arm and shoulders more quickly. Prior to this adjustment I was moving shoulders and arms together on the downswing which created a slower, over-the-top type of move that left no room for the club to come into the ball with an in-to-out path.
Emphasizing more of an arm swing through impact with my shoulders slightly closed to target in my setup dramatically changed my iron ballflight and consistency.
Spot on PJ – this is a good anti-slice tip too!
Andreas – it’s a very intricate explanation regarding Spin Loft. The wider the spin loft (PW) the less the spin axis will tilt and the narrower the spin loft (driver) the more the axis is tilted.
I am waiting for the stop hooking video