Secrets to Fixing the Slice
Slicing on the golf course is frustrating, embarrassing, and typically uncontrollable. You stand there helplessly as you watch your ball make its way toward to rough and you know that you will be lucky to find it again.
Slicing the golf ball is the most common golfing ailment there is, and plenty of people who have wandered the golf course before you feel your pain. Slicing occurs when the body is improperly aligned with itself and the golf ball. Because both factors have to be fixed in order to improve the slice, it can be a very frustrating time in a golfers life.
For starters, check your golfing stance. Fixing a slice requires focus and awareness on the body. Your shoulders and feet should line up parallel to each other, as well as the ball to pin line. While standing there, make sure your chest is aligned as well, forming a nice straight line facing the golf ball.
The slice starts by heading off toward the left and then curving back around to the right while still in the air. Physics tells us that the golf ball can only travel in a curved direction when it is hit in very specific areas of the ball. The golf ball would...