THE BEST WAY TO FIX YOUR SLICE 🤯

Here’s a lengthy convo on how to finally get rid of that dreaded slice. Believe it or not, it’s not happening because you’re simply over the top. The number one cause is actually an OPEN CLUBFACE, so the goal here is to get that sorted out first. Enjoy!

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all right guys if you are somebody who
is looking to correct your slice there
is one fundamental movement in my
opinion you can do that will go a long
way to benefiting virtually all of you
you know you hear a lot about
fundamentals to the golf sing right most
people in the older days used to talk
about the setup the ball position the
grip type and of course those things
will affect the golf swing I do believe
there’s one thing that most people can
do that right off the bat would help
them to straighten out not only the path
but also get the club face in a stronger
position you know if you’re somebody who
slices the ball more often than not
you’re either going to have one of two
struggles potentially both first one
gets the club face to open right golfers
who come in way too open the ball’s
going to start way off to the right in
my case as righty or they’re going to
then cut across the ball to try to close
the club face it’s like a subconscious
reaction and that could lead to a path
that gets way too far across the ball so
the whole purpose of this video is
actually to talk to you about the lead
wrist so the lead wrist as a
right-handed golfer would be my left
wrist the one that has the glove on it
and how it moves in transition and how
this can benefit so many of you you know
we had the we have the advantage now
where there’s a lot of things that have
been tested in 3D and a large majority
of tour players are doing this specific
movement that we’re going to talk about
so most people who struggle right what
you will typically see with that lead
wrist is the knuckles of the hand on the
way down will start to hinge up above
the forearm what that basically means is
that wrist angle will go from a flatter
position so one where you can think of
like the hand and the palm of the hand
forms a straight line with your forearm
and then into the transition the
knuckles will hinge upwards so the wrist
effectively is cupping on the way
down why is this so bad for so many of
you well because no matter where the
club is in space no matter what the club
face looks like if in transition my lead
wrist is going to work towards a cued
position not only will this influence
the shaft towards a steeper pattern
obviously we know steep for the most
part is a death sentence for a lot of
you you’re going to have to find a way
to compensate for it a lot later on in
the golf swing but also you can see when
this wrist cups out how the club face
gets a lot more open so on the way down
into this golf ball you’re going to see
the shaft get very steep you’re going to
see the shaft angle get very narrow in
relation to my chest you can actually
see this here and then you will see the
club face get very open so many bad
things are happening that are going to
penalize you so this is why I actually
consider this more of a fundamental than
a lot of setup stuff is because so so
many of you can improve with a change to
what the wrist is doing on the way down
so obviously it goes without saying I
want you to be doing the opposite so
rather than having this wrist angle go
from a flatter position to one that is
much more cued on the way down like this
I want the wrist to be doing the inverse
so what’s the inverse taking those
Knuckles and actually curling them
underneath the forearm on the way down
into the ball why is this so beneficial
well because number one one if you just
think of where the shaft is in space as
these Knuckles curl under the forearm
this way so the wrist is bowing or
getting more flexed you will see that
I’m going to apply a force to the shaft
that’s actually going to help me to
shallow the club obviously this is very
beneficial because shallowing the club
is going to help the club head to swing
more from the inside of the ball it’s
also going to create a precedent that
will allow my body to be able to move
better there’s so many different
advantages to this but then also if I
get this lead wrist in transition to
actually work towards a flatter position
what happens to my club face it doesn’t
even matter so much if the club face is
wide open at the top of the Swing if I
do this on the way down I’m effectively
closing this clip face so obviously I’m
showing it to you here just to give you
a clear visual but if we’re at the top
of the back swing and the wrist is
somewhat cued and the club face is open
it’s not even so bad as long as this
lead wrist on the way down is curling
under the forearm so you can see the
knuckles of this hand is actually
flexing right well if I were to do that
on the way down into this golf ball what
you will start to see is that my shaft
is going to shallow a lot better and my
club face progressively is getting more
closed there are many of you out there
who would just benefit from having the
lead wrist in a flatter position at the
top and then retaining it you know some
people prefer when they’re working on
swing changes and I see this a lot in my
lessons where if I just got the club
face more closed and the wrist flatter
at the start and then kind of retained
it through the golf swing they would
find that a lot easier that’s totally
okay okay but not everybody needs to do
that a lot of you like I said can work
on that movement on the way down because
even if you are somebody who’s going to
get the wrist in a flatter spot on the
way back I would much rather you
actually keep that at the top and not
lose it right there’s no benefit to
getting the wrist angle in that flatter
position getting the club face closed
here so that stronger element that we
want if on the way up and then in
transition you’re going to lose it all
of the work of what you did prior to
that is kind of gone out the window
right it’s thrown out it’s useless so in
this case I’m preferring to see the
leadis flatten in the transition some
amount because of the force that’s going
to apply to the club because the club
face so what are some simple ways to do
this well I’m a big believer of doing
what we call dry rehearsals which
basically means rehearsals where we
don’t have a golf ball sometimes we
don’t even have a club in our hands you
know it’s winter time right now for many
of you here you can actually benefit
from working on something like this
where you don’t even need to be outdoors
or actually hitting balls on a driving
range take your two hands put them
together
you go to the top of your back swing and
then as you start to transition down so
as you’re transferring your weight and
working on rotating the same way you
normally would when you hit a ball I
want you to feel as though that lead
wrist is bowing down a lot more so it’s
going to feel like as that’s happening
the trail wrist is bending back some
amount it might feel like the elbow is
tucking in front or in on the side of
the body that’s okay but the priority is
really through the glove hand and almost
feeling like we’re applying a force
downwards this way so the knuckles of
this hand curling under the forearm so
when I put my two hands together and I
go to the top I’m applying that force on
the way down so I’m really of course
there is a little bit of a timing
component to this at first so a lot of
people might do it a little prematurely
some people might do it a little too
late that’s totally okay as you get more
and more reps you’re going to feel that
timing a little bit smoother but you are
going to have to manipulate a little bit
at first if you’re somebody whose lead
risk goes the other way the reason why I
say we tested so many people is because
there are very very few tour players who
have the lead risk actually working
towards a cut position on the way down
obviously famously the most common or
popular name that shows up is Will
zalatoris is somebody who does that his
wrist is on the flatter side at the top
and then it cups on the way down but he
compensates for it in other ways and
most people do not have the skill set
that he has to repeat that from one
swing to the next I would just much
prefer for the lead RIS to move the same
way of the majority of tour players
because of all of these benefits that
we’re referring to not just because of
the association to Pro Golf of course
and so once you get that feeling with
those two hands on the club right can
even do this where I’m just holding the
club in between the Palm my hands and
I’m just trying to create that sensation
and then I can put my two hands on the
club and try to recreate that so I’m
going to go up try to recreate that
sensation I’m going to go up try to
recreate that sensation and again every
single time I do this you can see my
shaft shallows and my club face gets
more closed so if I’m going to hit a
golf ball over here of course we are
exaggerating so what does that mean when
you’re exaggerating the goal isn’t
necessarily to hit perfect shots the
goal is to see an opposite of your usual
tendency
this is a very specific move that’s
going to help golfers to swing more from
the inside but also close the club face
so if you’re cutting across the ball or
your face is open it’s going to help you
to straighten it out if you exaggerate
it enough you might hit a few hooks
often times at first when we are working
on this you’ll see golfers hook the ball
quite a bit uh but don’t get scared if
you do that it’s a good sign it means
something is changing right something
new is happening uh and that’s going to
allow you to work towards obviously this
improved compression and bul light that
everybody’s chasing this is why to me
personally this is a far more important
fundamental to the golf swing than like
having the ball position in the exact
same spot as every other golfer cuz
that’s not something that I personally
consider fundamental so you’re going to
set up to the ball we’re going to try to
hit one here you should see an
exaggeration where I hooked the ball
quite a bit and basically I’m going to
go to the top of my back swing and then
I’m going to apply that force on the way
down I used to tell people it’s almost
like revving the engine of a motorcycle
right if I’m like doing something like
this I know that’s not always the case
sometimes it’s the inverse but you get
the idea right I’m really curling the
knuckles under the forearm so think of
that revving of the engine and then I’m
going to set up to the ball I’m going to
go up to the top obviously there’s a
timing component to this so it won’t be
perfect right away I’m trying to create
that feeling on the way down and then
I’ll hit one and if I do this really
well I should in theory hook the ball
quite a
bit so again I did something that helped
me to shallow the club a lot I did
something that helped me to close the
club face this is quite possibly as
Extreme as you can do obviously for me
it’s really easy to exaggerate that
feeling so I can get that going really
hard to the left when I’m doing it I
can’t imagine it’s going to be the case
for many of you but it’s a good sign so
I have the numbers on the screen in
front of me club path at 6.5 to the
right I actually exaggerated the club
face so much it didn’t even necessarily
capture it 120 ft of curve to the left
that is 40 yards of curve to the left
think about how extreme that is but how
beneficial right if we associate a
positive to this that this is going to
be for somebody whose tendency is to
curve the ball too far right don’t freak
out if you do this it’s going to be a
lot harder to do it on the golf course
so you probably won’t exaggerate as much
but this is basically what I want to see
a lot of you start to do if you have to
change your grip type to match it
eventually those are things that you can
consider in the past but get that lead
wrist working towards a flat position on
the way down you’ll get rid of that
slice and you’ll create so many good
habits in your golf swing that are going
to be beneficial for you long term