Your backswing is normally the cause of your ball going in the wrong direction. The process starts with your stance, which should have your legs shoulder-width apart and with your knees slightly bent. Your shoulders should be squared over the ball with your torso slightly tilted forward. Your grip should be secure, but loose enough for wrist movement. Your swing should come back in an arc, bringing the club over head straight and flat, like holding a tray. As you swing back through, keep your eye on the ball and bring the club square to it, continuing through the arc. Any change in position with throw it off. If you stay in stance, relaxed and focused on the ball, this golf instruction for your backswing will keep it on track.
Feb 11
No matter how you slice it, your ball loves to make that right hand turn and go off to parts unknown. Here are some techniques that will keep the slice to the sushi makers at your favorite Japanese restaurants.
1. Get a good grip with your fingers instead of the palm of your hand — when you come down with the swing, you should see a minimum of 2 knuckles of the left hand.
2. In golf, like in poker, knowing when to fold is a good idea. Right around the time of the follow-through, straight-arming it will make that ball turn right faster than Rush Limbaugh.
3. Shoulders right — move left. Don’t aim to the left! You’ll leave your shoulders open. Instead, tilt your shoulders to the right when it comes to the address. Surprisingly, the ball will be forced into the correct route.
Trying these is a crucial first step to solving the slice, and making that ball move straighter. You’re well on your way to saying “sayonara” to the slice!
Dec 09
Have a work golf tournament coming up? A bachelor party that will start with a round (of golf, that is)? Are you ready to show the boys who has the best golf swing? If you answered “no”, then you can pretty much stop reading. If you answered yes, then let me give you the best advice you will ever hear. Are you ready? Picture yourself lining up to the ball. Your legs are shoulder width apart. You’re envisioning the line of your ball as it will fly down the fairway. Your grip is perfectly firm and your shoulders are lined up square to the ball. Now, I will give you the secret to the best golf swing ever. It’s one simple word. Relax. Sound too good to be true? Try it.
