How to cure your golf slice in the golf fitness studio
The majority of golfers have been discouraged for years because they keep slicing the golf ball. Initially looked at, the flaw looks mechanical; but if you look a little deeper, you’ll see it’s much, much more, and there is a way to correct the slice problem.
Given you have a descent grip, proper address posture bending from the hip joints not the with the knee joints. With perfect alignment to target.
We can correct the slice by training the body not to go left on the downswing despite the natural tendency of the body’s physical literacy to want all ground reaction sprots to be power left. How is this done? First, it’s important to understand what power left is:
Power left is for the right handed golfer Swing to want to swing left with power.
Let’s look at a power left move in sports. Baseball it’s a lot easier to pull the ball left over 3rd base with power than over first base. In tennis one can swing a power left over hand left that right. In cricket the term is called your 6. Cricket players hit power moves left more than right. When you look at these similar movement patterns. It would make since the same movement pattern would happen in golf.
It’s not the fact that we do not come over the top because we are right hand dominate, it’s opposite from the truth. It’s that righthanded golfers are power left hitters. This move will cause many to come over the top and wither slice the ball, pull the ball, or top the ball. This cause the angle of attach to a +, the smash to decrease, the spin to increase and the distance and accuracy to decrease.
This decrease in distance will make the central nervous system kick into gear, and will early release the club. The body will do everything possible to pull the club back to the ball. This will cause the body to decelerate so that it pulls back the club to the ball. It’s this decrease in distance between the body and the ball, and the reaction of the body to get the club face back to the ball that causes the out to in path and other mechanical effects.
Right handed students with early extension might also experience chicken wing, cupping and scooping. These will cause the ball to pull left or slice to the right. And, these kinds of misses (both to the left and right) can be harmful in players’ quest for obtaining lower scores.
Physical reasons why early extension can occur:
- Bad lead hip internal rotation
- Bad separation of lower and upper body
- Short incomplete backswing
- Basic lower body stiffness, muscle imbalance and joint rigidity
- Weak core and glute strength
- Failure to maintain control of the pelvis
(Having one of these limitations can be detected with a golf fitness assessment)
You should understand that the inability to control your pelvis in a squat can have a negative impact on your posture at address which can cause early extension during downswing. Thus, you need to learn how to control the pelvis correctly in a squat.
A Look at the Squat:
The squat is a worthwhile indicator of your ability to control the pelvis position. During the movement, be sure your knees do not extend beyond the toes and that the hips are back and down as much as possible without any pain. If you cannot perform this movement correctly, then it’s going to be a bit difficult to move the pelvis correctly during the downswing.
The Truth:
If you want to become a more consistant golfer, here’s what you need to remember: You must correct and train your body to do what you want it to do.
Put Some Focus into the Hip Joints
Downswing –
With the shoulders turned properly. (inverted vs. around)
The trail shoulder coming down will initiate the lower body to move properly (clear) If the shoulder are not moving properly, you will experience a hip spin and over the top pattern.
Posture –
Focus on hip joints
Versus the knee joints.
Squat –
Be sure the hips move back and down
versus forward and down
What To Expect Now?
Now you’ve got the tools you need to fix some of the physical limitations that result in an the “Early Extension” swing fault. While you should have a golf fitness professional do an assessment to learn the exact limitations you have that must be corrected, you can use the information provided here to help you “clean” the body’s weaknesses and imbalances. Thus, when the golf pro tells you to get into a certain position, you’ll do it in far less time.
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