How can I fix my slice? I want to hit a golf ball straight.?

Question

I can never seem to hit the ball straight. Does anyone have any pointers on fixing a slice?

Answer 1

first slow your swing down, 2nd rotate your wrists at impact like you are opening a door, also try not gripping the club so hard. if your grip your club as hard as u can think of that as a 10 , you should be gripping the club at a 4 or 5, go to a range and try these things out you will see the a differerence

Answer 2

Try hitting the ball with a inside swing path..It will square the face at impact, and your ball will fly straight !!....Its the proper way you should swing your club period !!

Answer 3

It is kind of hard to give advice if we cannot see you swing. Typically a slice will result from a bad stance, the face of the club, movement of your head or body. Check all of these things while you swing. Have a friend observe your swing. Check how far away you are from the ball. If you are reaching for the ball when swinging, it will usually result in a slice. Bring the ball closer and try to hook the ball. Once you've hooked it, try the middle ground and that should be your optimum striking point.

Answer 4

Make sure you rotate your wrists at the point of contact.  

The trick I like to use is to conciously try to overrotate the club head (hit the ball with the toe).  But my swing is so fast the club face actually hits square.

Answer 5

There are to many things that can produce a slice you won't find your answer here.  You have to play and find the answers yourself.  Most of them had good tips, the best is to slow your swing down to the point that you're hitting the ball straight and then slowly increase the speed back up until the ball is straight and you're swinging fast again.  Many people, myself at one time, put flaws in their swing when they swing at full speed and they don't notice it.

Answer 6

It’s funny how hard it is to get that little ball to stop curving right!  You are in luck, though, because today I’m going to let you in on a secret that may cure your slice forever.  

First, the first rule in golf is, no matter what you are trying to remedy, whatever seems logical won’t work, and in fact, the opposite of logical will more than likely equal outstanding results.  This rule rings true for stopping your slice as well.

The physics of the slice are straightforward: when a golf ball is struck, the ball is thrust (if you are right-handed) with a left to right spin that encourages the ball to move from left to right in the air.  The more spin, the more slice.  It may seem like a slice occurs because you are taking the club too far inside on your downswing, leading to a right shot (if the ball starts right, it is probably an aiming problem, which I would be happy to address some other time).  That is actually not the cause.  What happens is the downswing is coming on an out to in path, putting the left to right side spin on the ball.  Don’t believe me?  Let me give you a visual: imagine you wanted to spin a tennis left to right with your hand, how would your hand approach the ball to make it do that?  You would approach from the outside and hit the ball so it spins right to left.  Your golf club is acting just like your hand when you slice.

Fixing a slice and hitting it straight is easier than it seems.  And, true to form, as one might think, it is not stopped on the downswing.  The backswing is actually the critical action affecting a slice.  Next time you are practicing on the range, try this gem and see your slice stop immediately.  First, take the club back to what feels like extremely outside your normal swing.  The feeling you want is like trying to roll a volley ball straight backward behind your golf club.  Second, when about half-way up your backswing, make sure your club and left arm point directly backward.  After that, take the club up as you normally would (a less steep backswing – hands around shoulder instead of above head) and let it rip.  The plane you put yourself on with your backswing will make it extremely hard to put a big slice on the ball – its physics at its best.

Go out to the practice range and try this gem out.  Your slice will be fixed, you’ll hit the golf ball straight, and you will become a better golfer.

Hope this helps!

Answer 7

take lessons

Answer 8

First.  take some lessons.  A good pro can often fix most problems.  Second.  Make sure your clubs specs are set up for you.  Stiffness, lie angle, etc.  Club fitting always helps.  There is no instant fix.  Work on developing good pre-swing (setup) and swing mechanics and use the right equipment.  That should help.  Also, learn to play with your strengths.  Ultimately, you want to be able to hit fades, draws and straight shots.  High, low and middle trajectory shots are also some things that can help.

Answer 9

many slicers start their downswing by turning their shoulders.  Try to start with your hips and delay your shoulder turn as the club starts down.  This will create an inside to square path as opposed to outside to inside.  It will also help square the clubface.

Answer 10

One thing that I have seen work for others is to change your takeaway.  Put a tee down about 1 foot behind your ball.  Take your stance and take the club away as you normally would.   Move the identify the intentify where you took the club back to.  Chances are you are taking the club on an outside-in path.

Place another tee about 6 inches inside the other and concentrate on taking the club over the top of the 2nd tee on the takeaway.  This should promote an inside out swing path.

Answer 11

Turn the club counter clockwise (if you're right handed) during your swing.  If you have the club perfectly perpendicular to your direction of swing at the moment of impact the ball will go strait (neglecting wind and other factors).  Also if you want to hook or slice around something you can adjust the angle so it is no longer perpendicular.