Cover Story Your 5 Minute Slice Fix. Theres one simple fact about shot shape On the road you take to playing good golf, nowhere is there a slice. You can go from hooking to good golf, but if you dont learn how to stop hitting shots with an open clubface, you wont get very far. The unfortunate reality is that a large majority of players maybe 9. They dont have a good grip, they make a steep swing into the ball, and they dont understand how the hands work in a good release. Those things combine to produce high, weak shots to the right. No Slice Drivers' title='No Slice Drivers' />One teaching strategy that has always worked for me is to figure out a students major flaw and devise a plan for practicing the opposite of that flaw. Exaggerate the fix as much as possible really feel the change. Thats how my new slice drill was born. Slicers everywhere need an easy way to feel the correct path and plane. My three step drill will get you feeling a radically different swing shape, starting by tracing backward circles in the air. Ill explain. After five minutes practicing the three steps first well check your grip and driver specs, youll be finding the left side of the fairway. It works every time. Ive played two rounds of golf with it and without a. Offset M80 LightSpeed SST gives any golfer the. MYGOLFSPY LABS Performance Enhancing Lube MYTH. MYGOLFSPY LABS Performance Enhancing Lube MYTH. Like adjustable drivers and No Slice. Hank Haney. GET A DRIVER THATS FIT FOR THE JOBBefore you make your first practice swing, you need to evaluate your equipment. Almost all slicers use a driver with too little loft, because theyre reacting to their high, weak ball flight. The new adjustable drivers let you increase the loft and move weight to the clubheads heel. Instead of swinging a 9 degree driver and making it 1. Hank Haney. SET YOUR HANDS SO THEY CAN RELEASETwo grip mistakes make a slice almost inevitable. Many players use a grip thats too weak with the thumbs pointing straight down the handle. Make your grip stronger right, so your hands are turned away from the target and your palms are parallel with each other. If you drew lines up from the base of your thumbs, they should hit the point of your collar on the right side of your shirt. Also, gripping too tight keeps the hands from releasing through impact. Take a soft grip. REVERSE YOUR LOOPMY 3 PART DRILL TO FIX YOUR SLICEOk, youve got the right club and the right grip. Our goal now is to substitute the swing loop youre making the pull inside then loop over the top one with a loop that goes in the opposite direction. I used to try to get students to take the club back on an upright plane and then flatten it coming down, but they didnt change much. Do Anti Slice Golf Drivers WorkoutI got to thinking there had to be a way for players to start the correct shape earlier, so they had it down through the ball. Turns out, its as easy as starting with a simple clockwise circle from the players perspective. Hank HaneyPractice Making Circles in step 1 of the drill, place the clubhead in front of the ball and draw a big backward circle starting toward the target, then over your head, then down and over the ball. STEP 1 DRAW A BACKWARD LOOPChecking your new grip, take your normal stance, with the ball just inside your front heel. But instead of soling the clubhead as usual, set it in front of the ball. Then make a slow circle with your hands, swinging the club toward the target, continuing above your head and then down and over the ball above. Focus only on the loop. As you swing, the club will naturally drop onto a shallower plane as it approaches the ball, and your hands will start to release, or roll over. Hank HaneyDD A TURN in step 2, start from a normal setup, lift the club over your head, turn back and swing over the ball. Sketchup Crack 2015. The club will swing on a shallower plane. STEP 2 LIFT AND TURNThe next step is to incorporate some body turn into the drill, and to move the start of the loop from in front of the ball more toward your normal address position. Once youve grooved the clockwise circle motion above, keep that loop going and add your shoulder turn. To do that, start with the clubhead behind the ball and lift it up over your head, until your hands are in front of your face A. Turn your shoulders back and feel the weight of the clubhead, keeping it on the shallower plane youve established B, then swing over the ball C. Youre making half of a clockwise loop from the position over your head down to the ball which keeps the club on the correct inside path. STEP 3 TURN AND RELEASEThe last step of the process is the transition from practice drill to real golf swing. Lift the club into a two thirds backswing position, with your left arm in front of your chest A. Then make your full backswing turn B, and graduate from swinging over the ball to actually hitting shots C. Youll continue to feel the backward loop that you started in the first part of the drill, and you should immediately see a right to left ball flight. It works for any player, at any handicap level. Just take it slow, and do it in parts. I walked the range and helped dozens of slicers at our slice a thon, and everybody, from a 2. They could see in five minutes that getting rid of their slice is the first step to playing to their potential. Hank Haney. BLEND IN A SWING In Step 3, start with a two thirds backswing, make a full turn and start hitting shots. Youre close to making a real swing and losing your slice. Haney, a Golf Digest Teaching Professional, runs the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy in Hilton Head. Days To Better Golf 3.