What are some tips to stop slicing or hooking the ball?

Answer 1

Didn't you read any of the previously asked questions about hooking or slicing a golf ball? This has been asked a thousand times.

Answer 2

Golf is one of those things. It can never be perfected. You will forever work on your swing because it will never be all that it can be. That said...

Along with everything everyone else has said...

Try changing your grip. If you have a strong grip, you may be swinging too hard and your hands may be going forward ahead of the club head.

You may want to make sure you have the right flex for your swing. A pro shop with a video analyzer can tell you if you need more or less flex. They will also tell you what grip you are using.

Pay attention to how you shift your weight from back to forward. Are you tucking your elbow into your body on your trailing arm? Does your clubhead follow a flat swing plane or does it make a little loop at the top of your swing? If you are leaning forward over the ball try standing up a little straighter and let the clubhead get the ball for you. Should feel like walking a dog, not taking a slapshot.

Get back to the basics and then concentrate on consistency. If you are both slicing and hooking, it sounds like you're not employing a systematic swing and it will be hard to correct if you are doing it different every time.

Answer 3

The most common shot in golf is the slice. The slice, for a right hand player is the ball trayectory from left to right. This is caused because on your downswing you tend to come from the outside and finish on the inside plane. This is called a outside/inside swing. This produces sidespin on the ball and makes it go to the right. Try this:
Pick a target on the midle of the driving range, then use a club to point at that target (club A).
Use another club to point to the right of that target (club B) about 20 degrees.
put your ball between the clubs. Use club A to set your feet and club B to guideline your swing path. Remember to point to the target with the face of the club you are swinging and to finish your swing to the outside.
This should produce a nice draw and it will help you understand the cause/efect of a slice or a draw.
Then you can practice and make the necesary adjustments to your swing.
Hope this answer yuor question!

Answer 4

Some good answers heres mine: assuming you are right handed tee the ball off your front foot, then think of the ball as a clock with 12 facing at your target, hit the ball on 7 exit the ball on 1. That swing path with be more to the inside and when done correctly will probably make your flight path be a draw.

Answer 5

Best way to learn anything is hands on, so you should get a golf pro to give you a lesson or two to fix that hook or slice. Every golfclub should have a golf pro (There are some who do not) to set up an appointment call the club or go to there website. CAUTION: Usually an hour lesson costs maybe 50 USD and it may take more then one session to fix your hook or slice, so this could cost you 100 USD+.
Good luck,
TigerWoodsFan.

Answer 6

if you're slicing the ball trying moving your left foot backwards to help you hit a draw, so that will just straighten out the ball. If you're hooking move your right foot back.

Answer 7

quit trying to hit the ball so hard .. go to the driving range and work at hitting them without overswinging .. work on form keeping your club head from drifting offline during your backswing. the hook and slice are from the clubhead moving inside out or outside in during contact with the ball..

Answer 8

I like the first guy who responed, take a lesson - nothing like having a person there to give you direction. Are you better than tiger woods? Phil Mickleson? They take lessons, so should you. I'm a single digit handicap and it took me 10 years to do it. I wish i'd take lessons (like a am now) and I'd have done it sooner and probably been scratch by now.

2nd, learn from observation... go to www.v1golfacademy.com and download the free software. Once you have it you can download the free swing video's of the pro golfers (Aaron Baddely is a good one and so is Grant Waite) and look at them frame by frame to see what they do.

3rd tip is balance and knee flex. Look at the swing videos once you have them and notice that their RIGHT KNEE for right handed golfers remains flexed through the backswing and back to the ball. Minimize your mistakes by keeping the swing simple. GOOD GRIP, GOOD ALIGNMENT, MAINTAIN KNEE FLEX!