It appears the more common miss-hit is a slice that is a shot that will curve through the air in a left to right flight for a right handed golfer or right to left for the left handed player. While there are a number of issues that can conspire to produce such a result today’s Tee Talk will provide you with two swing drills to assist in over coming such shots.
A very large percentage of slicers have a grip that is too weak, that is where the top hand is showing two knuckles or less when you look down from the set up position. While some tour professionals use such a grip my opinion for the vast majority of club golfers is to use a stronger grip position. Please remember that a stronger grip refers to the position of the hands and not grip pressure.
If you are experiencing a slice try turning your top hand (left hand for righties or right hand for lefties) over until at least 3 knuckles become visible this will allow for more hand rotation at impact and help the clubface to return to square to the target line at impact. The second drill is called the knee high drill, that is where we hold the club head above the ball at our knee height and swing the club back and through at that height.
The advantage of this drill is it allows the feeling of a more rounded swing and creates an inside the target line approach to the ballplayers that slice approach the ball from outside the target line. The target line is simply the line from the ball to the target. Good golfing until next week.
