how come i always fade my drives!!!!?

Answer 1

More than likely, you are pronating your wrist. Try supinating your wrist and concentrate on hitting the inside of the ball with a swing that is coming from the inside.

I advise against taking a stronger grip. This often makes you pronate the wrist even more, which leads to opening the club face.

Answer 2

if its a fade, its your natural swing, dont screw with it.
if its a SLICE then, yes you need some work.
a fade would be about 3-7% off centre in yardage, anything more is a slice.

so if you hit 250 yards and your ball lands 12-15 yards right of your target, its a fade, let it be. the changes will be too minor and chances are youll screw something else fixing it, you need a great coach and 5-6 hour daily practice routines to fix something like that.

for a slice, check your grip, get a stronger grip, make sure 2-2.5 knuckels on your leading hand (left for RH players) show.
keep your head down and finish with your leading elbow long , & extended.
basically in a slice your club face is either open, our your swing path is out to in. based on this logic , try to fix your problem yourself.

i dont think you are sliding sideways becaus that would be a push slice and thats horrible, no one calls that a FADE!!

have fun, email me for more help.

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

It is one of 2 things:

When you make contact, your club face is "slightly open" (angled to the right if you are right handed).

You are coming "over the top" with your swing, rather than "inside out".

Work on keeping your right elbow close to your body when you swing.

Also, pick a spot on the ball slightly closer to you as your target rather than at the very back point of the ball.