Fix Your Golf Slice in 2 easy Steps And Review of Golf Training
Equipment
by Bruce Dillon
My free golf swing tip to help you correct a golf slice is as follows.
Give yourself a good grip. By this I mean a grip that is at least neutral
and even bordering on strong. To do this turn both of your hands slightly
to the right on the golf club grip so that the vees formed by the thumb and
forefinger of both hands are pointing at or to the right of your right
shoulder.
Okay, now you are going to start this exercise with small swings, that is,
only take the club back to hip height.
And in doing this, and this is crucial, you need to maintain the angle at
the back of your left wrist just as it was at address. This angle will be
slightly concave and you need to maintain that angle with this short swing
back to just hip height.
Then turn through and hit the ball solidly. You will not slice the ball, in
fact you will draw the ball or hit it straight.
What this tip helps you prevent is a problem for many amateur golfers who
slice and it is this..the roll their wrists in the takeaway and backswing
which opens up the face of the club to the plane of the swing and coming
back into impact the clubface is still open, hence the slice.
Once you practice this tip and work at it diligently you will be anxious to
incorporate it into your full swing and you simply complete your backswing
with your arms swinging up, not around, and your shoulders turning.
The shoulders turning take care of the ‘around’ part of the swing, the arms
take care of the ‘up’ part.
But please, please maintain that angle at the back of your wrists which is
the whole point of this free golf swing tip to help you to correct a golf
slice.
Golf Training Equipment
The use of golf swing software and golf training equipment has brought the
idea of golf swing tips to a whole new level. Can they help your game?
Golf instruction tips, before the use of advanced technology such as golf
swing software, golf training equipment, dvd and simulators used to be
mainly confined to newspapers and magazines.
The increasing use of advanced technology means that the role of golf swing
tips has lessened considerably..because now with golf swing trainers, dvd
box sets and golf swing software which allows your teaching pro to analyse
and critique your swing and look at it in the whole.
Golf instruction tips in this environment have a limited role..somewhat
akin to putting on sticking plaster when you are suffering from pneumonia.
There is no doubt that some tips will help you improve your swing and
scores in the short term. But there is a certain placebo effect at work
here..and if your swing is fundamentally unsound then a more thorough
overall approach will reap rewards in the long run.
Tips that you may receive from your friends or teaching pro will assist you
practically immediately, but if your overall swing is fundamentally flawed
through poor fundamentals such as grip, set up or posture, then your
original problem will occur again.
It is for this reason that I would strongly advise that you make the most
of the advances in technology such as the use of golf swing software, high
speed photography and golf DVD to improve your swing.
