Rotate your body to stop slicing
Golf Monthly Top 25 coach Keith Wood has some valuable tips on how to rotate your body to stop slicing the golf ball.
Golf Monthly Top 25 coach Keith Wood has some valuable tips on how to rotate your body to stop slicing the golf ball.
One of the biggest keys to a good golf swing is the quality of your body rotation. Of course, not all of us are able to turn like Rory McIlroy, but what you should be looking to do is maximise your rotation. If you are losing shots to the right think about how you rotate your body to stop slicing.
A common mistake – I call it a ‘cheat’ – is when players turn a small amount, setting the club moving on the right path, but then complete the backswing by just lifting their arms. This is a cheat because you are not rotating properly and it’s an easy position to hold. The result here is that the swing plane is changed and the angle of attack becomes too steep.
On the range, hold a club across your chest and practise your turn.
You should feel your weight set onto your right foot as you turn back. If you can make a solid turn without lifting your arms, you will rotate your body to stop slicing. It should be a difficult position to maintain – this is good. From here you’ll have a better angle of attack and more time to get the club back squarely to the ball. Both of these things will help fix your slice and maybe even turn it into a soft draw.
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