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Have you ever thought about what your hands and forearms are actually doing at the moment of impact? If not, please give this a try because it's one of the most important parts of the swing.
Try to get into the impact position, like you are about to make solid contact with the ball. Now flip your trailing wrist like you were casting a fishing pole. This is referred to as a wrist break, and it's not a move that you want to make in golf. So if you are trying to "flip" your hands through the ball at impact, this tip may help you understand the correct way to make this happen.
If you put a wrist watch on you'll be able to visualize the correct moves to make. As your leading arm approaches impact the watch face should be getting close to pointing exactly down the target line, or to the flag. Now simply ROTATE the watch face so it's pointed at the ground. With a club in your hands, you'll see that this move makes your trailing wrist and forearm "flip" on top of your leading wrist and forearm.
You also see that this will help to "close" the face of your club nicely, that will both reduce your slice, and add distance. This is the correct move to be completing through impact.
It's important to note that your forearms should be working together as well. Try to keep your forearms as close to each other as possible through the impact zone. If you can master this move, you'll find increased distance and it will also do wonders for your slice.

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Clubface is open at impact, causing the ball to curve to the right.


This is one of the biggest problems for the average golfer. That's why there are a lot of tips.


Here are some solutions.

• Check you grip to make sure the Vs in both hands are pointing toward your right shoulder.


• If this doesn't work, try strengthening your grip by gradually rotating both hands to the right.


• Check you stance to make sure that your feet, knees, hips and shoulders are parallel to your target line.


• During the downswing, try to keep the clubhead along the target line a few feet before and after impact.


• Concentrate on leading the club into the impact area with a straight left arm and rotate the arm to the left before impact.


• Line up ball on the heel of club at address to promote an inside-outswing path.


• Use a strong grip, light grip pressure and relaxed forearms. This helps square the clubface at impact.


• Grip club in fingers.


• Take club straight back on backswing,and change the swing plane to inside-out on downswing.


• To get proper swing feel, pretend that an elastic cord connects your right
  elbow to your right hip and your left elbow to your left hip.On takeaway through downswing, keep your left wrist straight and your right wrist cupped.


• Don't let your body get ahead of your arms and hands on downswing. Try
  to hold your body back.


• Square shoulder alignment is critical. On downswing,pull down with both arms, as if you're ringing a bell.


• Flatten swing plane.


• Transfer weight from top of swing diagonally toward right of target, while letting right elbow come down.


• Keep back towards target longer and delay hipturn on downswing to avoid
  outside-in swingpath.


• Practice hitting the ball with back to target to get proper feel.


• On downswing, swing with arms and hands, not shoulders and body.

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BEST TIP: Keep a relaxed grip and swing with the force of a seven-iron.

Think smooth takeaway, full extension, long, slow, sweeping swing and smooth acceleration on downswing.

Start with 60% of weight on right foot.

Keep body relaxed and grip soft.

During swing, think only of following through and finishing the swing down the target line.

For accuracy, pretend you are throwing a basketball down the fairway underhand with
our right arm.

Hit with the same tempo you use for a seven iron.

You should feel as though you are throwing the driver straight (not far or hard) down the fairway.

Make sure your left hip never passes your left foot on the downswing.

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No golfer enjoys hitting slice shots and learning how to stop slicing a golf ball can be a difficult challenge even for those that get to practice and play a lot. There are a lot of things that can cause a slice so you really do need to understand your swing and what an ideal swing plane is that will not impart slice spin on the golf ball.

One of the biggest causes of the slice shot is having a swing plane that promotes an outside to in path of the club head. Trying to swing too hard can cause you to swing from the outside so make sure that you are swinging well within yourself. Once you feel confident and are hitting the ball straight you will naturally swing harder as you gain greater confidence with the mechanical accuracy of your full swing.

Using your right hand too much (right handed golfers) can also create an outside to in club head path that promotes a slice shot. Keep the right hand passive and use your left hand instead to initiate both the backswing and downswing. Getting the right hand involved too much can lead to an early release which can cause not only slice shots but also result in much less distance than you are capable of.

Lifting your head up too early can also result in hitting slices. Make sure you keep your head down as long as possible and let the momentum of the follow through bring it up. Tension in the golf swing can also lead to poor swing mechanics resulting in slice shots. Most golfers get tense when they start thinking too much so the best way to get rid of tension may be to simply quiet your thoughts when it comes time to hit the ball and simply look and react to the targets.

Rotating your hips too early can also lead to an outside to in club path. Be sure to make a lateral movement of the hips toward the target instead of rotating it. Your hips will naturally rotate once you complete the follow through. An open club face at the setup position can also lead to slice shots. Make sure your club face is square to the target at the address position. Slicing a golf ball is annoying.

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