Golf Tips - Correcting Your Slicing the Ball
The most common explanation of a sliced shot (the ball curving too much
from left to right) is that the ball is being struck from the outside to the inside of the
target line. However, you can just as easily slice the ball from the inside to the
outside which could be worse as the ball starts to the right and then slices.
Most of the time the reason the ball slices is because there is no rotation or crossover (the left arm rotating with the right arm crossing the left throughout the hitting area). The pros have a tendency to hook more than slice because they all have a rotation in their swing. Left to right players (faders, which means slightly left to right) have to hold the rotation in the hitting area.
In order to develop a rotation in your swing you must go back to my fundamentals:
- a good grip
- keep your elbows together in the hitting area
- keep the center (the upper front of your torso) moving
If you keep the elbows together in the hitting area and keep the center moving, the
rotation will automatically happen. A bad grip ruins everything.
Rotate around your axis and maintain the same posture throughout your swing in order to pivot properly
CHRIS TOULSON demonstrates pitching basics including set up, wrist hinge, turning of the body and finish position
Staying behind the ball is one of the most common causes of the slice, you must move through the ball to the finish
Build a solid swing by merging the three elements of the swing together: your arms, body and weight shift



