Notice this player has a deep backswing turn , which allows the club to get around his body . Then he keeps the club behind his body during the downswing , allowing for an in-to-out path . |
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by JOSH APPLE , Director of Instruction , Raspberry Golf Academy
The unfortunate reality is that the golf world is full of slicers . There are countless videos and articles on fixing that dreaded slice ( here is yet another ), but what we don ’ t often see is an analysis on why this fault is so prevalent . So , let ’ s start with why slicing is so common . For players looking for the “ cure ” to slicing , we ’ ll address that as well . |
THE “ WHY ” OF SLICING The first ingredient of a slice is an out-toin swing path . For most of the golf community , the golf club lives outside the body during the swing . In other words , the club stays out in front of the swinger on the golf ball side of the body . The most successful players , on the other hand , get the club around the body , meaning the club lives behind the body for most of the swing . Keeping the club out in front of the body is rather easy , whereas getting the club behind the body is quite challenging . |
The second ingredient of a slice is an open clubface . Similar to the path problem , an open clubface is easier than a closed club face for the majority of the golf community . For the same golfers who struggle to rotate their body , there is a commonality of over-rotating the wrists and therefore over-rotating the clubface . On the backswing and in the transition to the downswing , the action of opening the face is easier than maintaining a square face . These golfers with an excessively open face have to flip the face closed through impact and hope to get lucky to avoid the slice .
With an out-to-in path being more likely and an open clubface being more likely , the slice lives on like a pandemic . But fortunately , there is a cure .
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JOSH APPLE |