how to fix a wickid slice?

Question

ok im a lefty, and all my drives slice WAY left and all that what should i do to fix it (i have 2 days to fix it then i go onto vacation)

please help!

no matter where i aim i slice it way left of the pin like today i aimed 30 yards to the left of the pin and it still went a good 10 yards to the right of it

and another part: how to fix an inside out swing

Answer 1

Slicing
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how to fix that dreaded slice. Learning to swing your club on an inside-to-out path through impact, Hilts says, is a permanent fix
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three drills you can do to help cure that frustrating slice.

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Answer 2

Note. Your story is a bit mixed up because first you say you are a lefthander and that you slice to the left of the target, which makes sense. But later you say you are aiming left and still hitting to the right of the target which does not sound like a lefthanded slice. Anyway, the below is written to help correct a lefthander's slice (i.e., a slice to the left).

You don't have an inside out swing. If you slice, you have an outside in swing. Your clubhead is cutting across the ball and traveling down the swing line to the right of the target. Aiming further to the right exacerbates the problem because it makes you take the club back outside the target line and then you have to return it to the ball from outside the target line to inside the target line, which is "wrong" and produces the slice.

Do these things. Learn how to supinate your right wrist when coming into impact (basically, this means that you need to keep your right wrist flat or slightly bowed with the palm flexed in toward the inner arm). All slicers arive at impact with a pronated wrist (that is, the back of the right wrist (for lefthanders) is cupped with the knuckles flexing back toward the "wrist watch" part of the arm). Pronation is absolutely the wrong way to strike the golf ball. No decent golfer pronates. And all bad golfers pronate. It is easiest to keep the wrist flat or supinated all during the swing (or at least at the top of the backswing) rather than trying to bring it into this position as you approach the ball.

Keep the swing moving toward the ball from the inside (aim at the inside back "corner" of the ball) while keeping the right wrist flat or supinated. At and after impact, try to maintain the feeling of the back of your right wrist staying flat and moving toward the target or even slightly to the LEFT of the target. Make sure the "flatness" of your right wrist does not break down until well after you have struck the ball. That should be your feeling.

It's going to feel very strange to you because you have never swung like this (properly) and you will not have confidence that this can possibly be correct. But it is. Get Gary Middlecoff's "The Golf Swing" and look at the pictures of all the pros just before and at impact. You might be able to gain confidence that the supination is correct by working on it while chipping or pitching. At first you will probably be amazed at the way the ball jumps off the clubface, but you will realize that this can be (and in fact is) the proper impact position.

Answer 3

There are two main reasons why the club slices:
1. Outside to Inside Swing Path
2. Open Club Face at Impact


In order to figure out which you are you need to examine your divots. If your divot is directed at or just a tiny bit left of your target then it's an open club face. If the divot you normally make is pointed far left of the target then you have an outside to inside swing path that is causing the slice.

1. Outside to Inside Pah: Take 3 golf clubs. Place one on the ground pointed at a target. Then take the other two golf clubs and make an X with them and place them on top of the club that is pointed at your target. It will look like an X with a line running through the middle of it horizontally. If you look at the diagram your swing plane following a similar pattern as the golf club that is at the highest on the right hand side. You're coming from outside the swing line and cutting across it, thus you're cutting across the ball and slicing it. Take a can paint or some other device and make a line straight back from the ball toward to the target. On your downswing you need to swing on the line. What usually causes and outside to inside swing path is that you are starting the downswing with your shoulders and not with your hips which is a MAJOR NO-NO in golf. Start the downswing with your hips and follow the line behind and through the ball toward the target.

2. If you have the proper swing line then the cause of the slice deals with an open club face. This can be caused by several reasons. Either your grip is not correct at address, your grip is lagging and not at the proper position during impact, or your weight transfer is off. The grip is extremely important and you must fix it before you move any further. Take a few slow practice swings and stop at impact and look at your wrists and the club face. You may need to move your wrists faster on the downswing or you are simply moving your wrists too much throughout the entire swing. If it's your weight then you aren't properly striking through the ball and transferring your weight properly. The weight at the top of your backswing should be on the right heel (if you're right handed) and then it will feel like you push off from it as you swing down and transfer your weight onto your left side.

Answer 4

A slice is generally caused by an out-to-in swing path. Do your divots go diagonally from left to right? If so, try closing your stance. That means, when you stand ready to hit the ball, put your right foot more forward than your left. If you were to put a club along your toes, the club would be pointing diagonally from right to left. Go to the range and hit balls with varying degrees of closing your stance until you find the right balance to hit the ball straight.

The most important thing is for you to also close your shoulders on the same line as your feet. I know it sounds counter to what you think, but it works. I had a horrible slice before too, but I don't anymore since I started closing my stance and shoulders.

Answer 5

Aim the way your sliceing and the hit it and it will go the other way

Answer 6

stay behind the ball keep your weight back and have a flat wrist at the top

Answer 7

take lessons