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The Anatomy Of Slicing The Golf Ball |
By:
Jeff O'Brien |
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In order to slice a golf ball (impart a left to right ball
flight for a right handed golfer) you have to strike the golf
ball in a manner that will cause a clockwise rotation of the
ball. The more dramatic the rotation the more dramatic or worse
the golf slice.
For the context of this article, I will speak from a right
handed golfer's swing and perspective.
When defining the golf slice there are a couple of basics
characteristics to the ball flight. First, there is the slice
that initially may start down the target line then move off line
in a left to right movement. This type of slice tells us that
the swing path was traveling down the intended target line, but
at impact the club face was left open and did not get back to a
square position at impact. Usually this type of golf slice
doesn't produce as sever of left to right movement of the golf
ball since the swing path itself was not cutting across the ball
in an outside to inside manner. This type of slicing of the golf
ball is more easily cured. And can usually be done so with a bit
of work on the golfer's setup, alignment, and or grip.
The second type of golf slice is the one that plagues the vast
majority of beginning and high handicap golfer's. This is the
type of slice that produces the 'banana ball' type of flight and
is very uncontrollable and frustrating.
The attributes of this type of slice for the golfer are the ball
will initially start left of the target line indicating that the
swing path is incorrect right from the get go. When the ball
immediately begins left of the target line that tells you that
your swing path has come from the outside to the inside.
Now, having done that with your swing, doesn't necessarily
guarantee that you are going to slice the golf ball but you sure
have made much easier for a slice to occur. Now combine the
outside to inside swing path with an open clubface at impact and
you now have a golf shot that starts left and has the double
whammy of a slicing swing path across the golf ball, and an open
club face. With these two laws of physics going for you; you
have just produced one beautiful slice. One that only a proud
parent could love! You know the one I'm talking about. The ball
that travels 300 yards total distance, but only about 220 yards
further down the course (if you can find it all).
A golfer who is plagued with this type of golf slice is going to
require quite a bit more work in order to correct this because
their basic swing is flawed and must be corrected. But, it's
important to understand what it is in your golf swing and your
golf swing mechanics that makes the ball do what it does. Once
you understand the 9 rules of ball flight you'll be more able to
understand what it is in your swing that is producing the flight
of the ball you are seeing, and as such you can more quickly
address and adjust to ensure success.
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Article Source: http://www.friendsofvista.org/articles/article30172.html |
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