Posts Tagged ‘club face’

Golf Tips for the Slice

Posted in Uncategorized on November 5th, 2010 by admin – 1,300 Comments

One of the main causes of the slice is the incorrect rotation of the arms in the backswing. When the arms rotate incorrectly and too much, this action causes the face of the golf club to fan open. An open club face at the top of the swing will lead to an open club face at the impact potion, which will cause a slice.

One golf tip that may help to fix the slice is to make sure that the back of the left hand (in a right handed golfer) faces the golf ball during the backswing. This ensures that the face remains neutral or slightly closed at the top, which will stop the slice. At the top of the swing, the left wrist should be flat instead of cupped.

Golf Slice Tips

Posted in Uncategorized on October 21st, 2010 by admin – 1,284 Comments

The slice is the bane of most amateur golfers. An ugly and weak shot that starts off right and keeps going that way, the slice can rob a golfer of distance and scores. One golf tip that may help to solve the slice is to make sure that there is not too much forearm rotation in the swing.

During the swing, if the forearms rotate too much, the club face will be fanned open, setting the golfer up to hit big slice. One way to solve this is to make sure that the back of the left wrist for a right handed golfer faces the golf ball on the takeaway instead of the sky. When the back of the left hand faces the ball, it ensures that the clubface will be square.

Golf Instruction Tip for Alignment

Posted in Uncategorized on August 30th, 2010 by admin – 1,852 Comments

One part about the game that many golfers take for granted is their aim. If they are not lined up properly, it is impossible to hit the golf ball in a predictable direction and manner. One golf instruction tip to avoid this problem is to practice alignment.

A helpful tip for fixing an alignment problem is to lay a club down on the ground to use as an aiming tool. To do this, a golfer must select a target in the distance. The next step is to lay down a club that is pointed at the target. This is the aiming line, which should be perpendicular to the club face. Finally, another club should be placed parallel to the aim line, which represents the line on which the golfer’s feet are aimed.

Golf Iron Help

Posted in Uncategorized on August 25th, 2010 by admin – 1,153 Comments

Hitting crisp and accurate iron shots is one of the most important parts of the game since it can help golfers to place their balls into positions from which they can make birdies and pars. However, a lot of golfers are poor iron players. Many times, they have problems hitting their irons high enough or with any accuracy. To help with this problem, golfers need to understand how to hit a good iron shot.

In order to hit good iron shots, the ball must be impacted with a descending blow in which the club makes contact with the ball first. When this happens, the ball gets pinched against the ground and rolls up the club face, imparting spin and altitude to the shot, both critical components of hitting good iron shots.

Improve Your Golf Grip

Posted in Uncategorized on July 29th, 2010 by admin – 914 Comments

Having the proper grip is crucial to hitting good golf shots. but a lot of amateur golfers have poor grips that are causing them to spray the ball all over the place. If you have problems with your grip or lack confidence with the way you hold the club. try this tip for improving your golf grip. The most common problem with the grip is that golfers hold the club too much in the palm of their hands. making it difficult to square the club at impact. In order to fix this. the club needs to be gripped more in the fingers. Instead of taking your grip with your hands facing upwards. take it with your palms facing down. This will encourage you to take the grip more in the fingers. leading to better control of the club face.

Golf Tips Slice

Posted in Uncategorized on June 17th, 2010 by admin – 2,023 Comments

For most amateur golfers, the slice is their biggest problem on full shots. A slice is a ball flight in which the ball starts to the left (for a right handed golfer) and then turns sharply to the right, often landing out of bounds or in the water. The slice can result from a number of problems, but they all boil down to having an open club face at impact. Having an open club face at impact imparts slice spin on the ball, which will send it off course. In order to fix an open club face, it’s always best to start by looking at the grip. More often than not, a bad grip will be the cause of a slice. In order to check your grip, make sure you can see at least 3 knuckles on your left hand when you grip the club. This will put your grip in a stronger position, which will help to close the club face.

Anti-slice golf instruction

Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2010 by admin – 1,413 Comments

Stop Slicing, Start Scoring

Most slices are the result of an open club face and a bad swing path. Make sure you have a neutral or slightly firm grip. A good excercise to improve your golf swing so you make square contact is to place two clubs, parallel to each other and about 12 inches apart. Place your golf ball between the two clubs and swing away. This anti-slice excercise will train you to learn the proper swing path for your club. From impact to follow through, keep your club between the parallel clubs. Practice until your club stays between the golf club guides. Through repetitive swinging, you will find your golfball sailing straighter and your golf score getting lower.

Golf Swing Tip

Posted in Uncategorized on September 21st, 2009 by admin – 1,460 Comments

Getting the ball to go where you want it to go has everything to do with the delicacies of your swing. If you are totally focused on how hard you’re hitting the ball, your body, your arms and your hands tense up and you’ll most likely slice, which means sending the ball far off to the side of your target. So worry less about how hard you’re hitting. Focus instead on keeping your left arm straight if you are right handed; your right arm straight if you are left handed. Keeping this arm straight all the way from your back swing to your follow through will keep the club face in the correct position and it will contact the ball at the angle necessary to create a straight, clean trajectory. Once you can control the direction of your ball, then worry about hitting the back wall at the driving range.