This week's Question:

What’s the best way for someone who continually ‘Slices’ the golf ball to learn how to ‘Draw’ the golf ball? Or in other words – how can a right handed Golfer whose ball curves right learn to curve it left?

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ANSWER: D - Become more connected

Trying to roll your wrists (or forearms) over at impact is one of the most prescribed ways to fight a slice – yet it creates more inconsistency in your golf swing; as opposed to the consistent 'Draw' you're looking for.

Setting up with a closed stance (meaning a right handed Golfer aligns their body to the right of their target, while their club face is aiming straight at the target) will only influence you to push your shots more to the right. And after seeing enough shots going far right, you’ll eventually over-correct for the push by compensating somewhere in your swing and thus producing drastic, low, line-drive shots that curve quickly to the left that are actually worse than the slice you were trying to correct.

Swinging from the inside to outside will most likely have the same results as the closed stance above. And yet, with both (closed stance and inside to outside swing), you'll most likely make matters even worse by grooving a swing that consists of learning to consistently hit a push slice shot well right of the fairway, along with the once in a while Duck Hook to the left mentioned above. Which would be even more inconsistent than the slice that you were trying to correct!

Staying connected in your golf swing is the #1 process in learning to correct a 'Slice' and possibly creating a 'Draw' because it means that you're now able to control your club head. None of the other answers above have anything to do with controlling your club head. In other words, staying connected means having all parts of your body working together during the golf swing to allow yourself to stay in control of your club head. Why is it important to stay in control of your club head? Because the front section of your club head is the club face. And the club face controls the direction the golf ball flies and spins.

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