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The clubface being open to the swing path may be the technical cause of all slices but it.s the outside-to-inside swing that makes the slice so complicated and so difficult to cure. An outside-to-inside swing will in most circumstances encourage you to hit the ball with an open clubface producing a slice. Yes, you could hit a pull or a pull hook, but this occurs far less frequently than the slice.

For most golfers both the open clubface and the outside-to-inside swing work together to cause the slice. If you cure just one factor you will most likely still slice! This is what makes the slice so difficult to cure. If all slices were hit with a straight swing path (just with the clubface open), the slice would be a relatively easy problem to cure.

Let’s say that you have the perfect set up, what other factors could cause your slice?

The swing-path through the ball is the most influential, for a slice to occur you will be swinging the club on an outside to inward swing-path, this when contacting the ball imparts a sideways or clockwise spin on the golf ball.

How can we stop this? Well once you have set up correctly try swinging the club in an opposite swing-path. In other words try to swing the club on an inside to out swing-path, making sure that you release your wrists through impact. Taking the club away from the ball low and slow on the back swing can help here.

To practice this technique you can start to practice with half swings to get a feel for the shot. If you have been habitually slicing you will have become so accustomed to swinging out-to-in that you wont even know that you are doing it. Make sure your hands are not too tight on the grip and that your wrists are free to release at impact.

When practicing at the golf range place two clubs parallel to each other pointing towards your target. One club should be six inches behind your ball and the other should be just in front of your feet. This will help you to align your body and also to help give you a line to play to for trying to swing in to out.

The key points to correcting a slice is, set up your alignment square to target line.
Check that your grip isn’t too tight, too much tension in the grip means that you will not be able to release your wrists through the ball. Check and make sure that your ball position isn’t too far forward and make sure that your posture is good and that you are well balanced.

One last tip, try hitting some golf balls from a side hill lie with the ball above your feet. This can help as it assists in promoting an in-to-out swing path. Make sure that you will go through this golf swing instruction tips, if you want to be expert.

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