Golf Slice Causes

There are two possible reasons why your grip may be contributing to your slice. One, you are holding onto the club for dear life. By gripping the club too tightly, you are creating tension in your arms, which often results in a slice. Imagine holding onto a squirrel. Your grip will be strong enough to keep it from getting away, but weak enough so you won't hurt it. Thinking another way, on a scale of 1 to 10, your grip should be a 6 or 7. Two, you have a so-called "weak grip," where your thumbs are more on top of the club. If you are right-handed, simply rotate your hands a bit so you will see three to four knuckles of your left hand.

One of the biggest mistakes you can make resulting in a slice is moving your head toward the target during your swing. By doing so, you prohibit your hands from rotating at the bottom of your swing, and you leave the club face open. Simply concentrate on keeping your head behind the ball throughout the entire swing, and you will lessen or eliminate your slice. That action will force your right shoulder to turn under your left, and you will automatically rotate your hand correctly.

Many who have a chronic slice tend to address the ball in such a way as it is too far forward in their stance. That will tend to make the club head stay open at impact, and you will slice it. Simply move the ball back in your stance to the middle, or slightly behind that point, and you are likely to see an improvement in the flight of the ball.

You may have gotten into the habit of addressing the ball with most of your weight on the side closest to the target, and you fail to shift it away properly during your backswing, and then back to its original position on the downswing. To force yourself to correctly shift your weight, try taking a step toward the target on your back foot after you have finished your swing. If it has worked for Gary Player all these years, it probably with work for you.