Danny, are the shoulders open, square or closed at impact? I ask because if closed at impact, isn’t there a chance you can hit the ground on the downswing, plus it feels more natural to have the hips open and the body slightly open too? Your thoughts and advice.
Great question, Robert. For a slicer who typically opens up the body too soon, a good idea is to "feel" the shoulders closed, or back to the target for longer. Of course, this can be overdone, like anything, and if you also add in too much side bend, with lowering of the arms there's a good chance you'll drop the low point too far back, and hit the ground before the ball. I hope that helps.
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Great video Danny, as a slicer with all my clubs do you think it's worth doing these drills with the Driver before working on irons? I've been working on my 7 iron but really struggle to not default back to my slice patterns when on the course.
Hi James, thank you for watching. These drills would help fix a slice with any club in the bag. I put "driver" in the title mainly to attract people to watch the video, as typically this is the club in the bag that most people struggle with directionally the most. With the driver being the longest club in the bag, and lowest lofted providing a tilt axis on the ball that is going to provide the most curvature if the face is open to the path. I would try putting yourself under more pressure situations in practice working on correcting the slice, and then playing some holes on the course on your own hitting a couple of balls from each spot, off the tee, and approach (course and pace of play permitting of course). Taking the range game to the course is challenging, and it takes time to trust a new pattern. Good luck.
I found that I can hit my driver down the middle ( average carry only 175 yds ) by " feeling " like I drop the club behind me and taking an easy, steering type swing , but as soon as I try to add a bit more swing speed , I hit a big slice....please help ....thanks much
Hey Gary, thank you for your comment. That makes sense. Typically adding in hard rotation (body pivot) in the downswing, is a steepening move. I.e. hand path will work more out toward the ball and the shaft pitch may get steeper. Both of which will encourage a more out to in swing path. It sounds like reducing the rotation as you lower the hands and arms is something that may help. Next step will be matching up/closing the clubface. I hope that helps. Danny
Actually, using the left side of the range is a great idea if you're trying to stop a slice, as it enables you to "swing out" toward the open area of the range (for the right hander). You just have to make sure you close your clubface to the path! A tip I was given by a top England coach when I was an amateur. I hope it helps!
Thank you, it was a solid lesson.
Thank you for the kind feedback. I hope it helped :)
Danny, are the shoulders open, square or closed at impact? I ask because if closed at impact, isn’t there a chance you can hit the ground on the downswing, plus it feels more natural to have the hips open and the body slightly open too? Your thoughts and advice.
Great question, Robert. For a slicer who typically opens up the body too soon, a good idea is to "feel" the shoulders closed, or back to the target for longer. Of course, this can be overdone, like anything, and if you also add in too much side bend, with lowering of the arms there's a good chance you'll drop the low point too far back, and hit the ground before the ball. I hope that helps.
How do you stick the tee on the face of the drive? Thank you.
I just use some blu tac. Blu tac, and a tee, the most cost effective training aid for clubface angle awareness on the market today 🙌
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Great video Danny!
Where did you get hackmotion from in Australia?
Hi, I purchased mine directly from hackmotion in Latvia. They ship express free to Australia. It came very quick. More information here on my affiliate link with them hackmotion.com/affiliates/dannymalcolmgolf
Any other questions, please let me know.
Great video Danny, as a slicer with all my clubs do you think it's worth doing these drills with the Driver before working on irons? I've been working on my 7 iron but really struggle to not default back to my slice patterns when on the course.
Hi James, thank you for watching.
These drills would help fix a slice with any club in the bag. I put "driver" in the title mainly to attract people to watch the video, as typically this is the club in the bag that most people struggle with directionally the most. With the driver being the longest club in the bag, and lowest lofted providing a tilt axis on the ball that is going to provide the most curvature if the face is open to the path.
I would try putting yourself under more pressure situations in practice working on correcting the slice, and then playing some holes on the course on your own hitting a couple of balls from each spot, off the tee, and approach (course and pace of play permitting of course). Taking the range game to the course is challenging, and it takes time to trust a new pattern. Good luck.
I found that I can hit my driver down the middle ( average carry only 175 yds ) by " feeling " like I drop the club behind me and taking an easy, steering type swing , but as soon as I try to add a bit more swing speed , I hit a big slice....please help ....thanks much
Hey Gary, thank you for your comment. That makes sense. Typically adding in hard rotation (body pivot) in the downswing, is a steepening move. I.e. hand path will work more out toward the ball and the shaft pitch may get steeper. Both of which will encourage a more out to in swing path.
It sounds like reducing the rotation as you lower the hands and arms is something that may help. Next step will be matching up/closing the clubface. I hope that helps. Danny
I use the furthest bay on the left at the range and there still isn't enough room to keep my ball in bounds 😅
Actually, using the left side of the range is a great idea if you're trying to stop a slice, as it enables you to "swing out" toward the open area of the range (for the right hander). You just have to make sure you close your clubface to the path! A tip I was given by a top England coach when I was an amateur. I hope it helps!