The Proper Way To Swing A Golf Club

Often when you first start playing golf you will find it extremely difficult to get your golf swing right. You may well find that even though your swing looks right you are still having difficult in getting your golf score down. This is because often you have not spent enough time in learning about the proper way to swing a golf club. Certainly a lot of golfers are mistaken that just because their swing looks good then they will be much more successful at playing the game. Even if your swing does look good it does not mean that you have actually learnt the right or proper way in which it should be swung. In fact when it comes to swinging your golf club correctly you may well find that it takes you a long time to master this particular skill.

Below we provide some tips which should help you to learn about how to swing your golf club properly and this may well help to take a few shots of your overall golf score next time you play.

The first thing that you can do in order to improve the way you swing your golf club is to look at the way you grip the club and then start to improve it. Often a lot of players who have taken up golf as a hobby will forget about the way in which they are actually gripping the club in their hands. It does not matter what kind of grip it is that you use (whether it be intertwined or over lapped) you need to make sure that the pressure you are placing on the club handle is neither to tight or loose. Also make sure that you are gripping the handle with your hand rather than just your fingers and that your wrists remain relaxed at all times, but neither should they be loose.

As well as looking at the ways your hands are gripping the club you should look carefully at the way you stand. Your stance and your body should at all times be level with your feet and these should be far enough apart in order to provide you with a good level of balance yet you should still feel comfortable whilst stood in this position.

As for when you go into the back swing position (where you take the club up and behind your head) it is important that this is relaxed and your arms are in a position which is level with the grass under your feet. Generally your club should be held in a position of around 90 degrees.

Above we have looked at some of things that can help to ensure that you learn the proper way to swing a golf club. But even using these will not help to improve it overnight, in fact it may take weeks, months even years before you are actually swinging your golf club in the correct manner.

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What Causes a Golf Slice and How to Cure It

The slice is the most common fault in golf and in this article I plan to explore what causes a golf slice and how to cure it.

The slice is an uncontrolled shot that causes the ball to curve off to the right of the ball-to-target line, causing a loss of both direction and distance.

Most slices are the result of an unintentional out-to-in swing path, though other faults may also produce slicing. Whatever the swing path, the clubface always moves across the ball from far right to near left (right handed players). This causes the ball to spin in a clockwise direction, which moves the ball from left to right as it flies through the air.

Faults that lead to a slice occur at either the address position or during the swing itself.

Possible Causes During Set-up.

Bad Grip.

A club that is held too tightly creates tension in the arms and can cause the player to have an out-to-in swing. Try to relax your grip by imagining you are holding a little bird. You dont want to squeeze it to death but at the same time you dont want it to escape.

Having a weak grip. A weak grip tends to cause an open clubface at address. If this is your problem try turning both hands clockwise on the club.

Both these problems are covered in articles Golf The Correct Grip which is a 3 part series and can be found in the Ezine Article directory or on my blog.

Alignment.

May be open, which promotes slicing, or closed, which promotes an over the top swing. Align your feet and shoulders so that they are parallel to the ball to target line.

Ball Position.

Do not place the ball too far forward, this is a common fault which causes the shoulders to open and promotes an outside-to-in swing path.

Move the ball back in your stance, but still forward of center, so that when you set the club down your shoulders are parallel with the ball-to-target line.

Clubface angle.

An open clubface at address will cause the ball to slice. Ensure that your clubface is aligned square to the ball-to target line.

Possible Cause During The swing.

Poor weight transfer.

If you are not transferring your weight from your back foot to the front (target) your clubface will be open through impact.

Use the famous Gary Player down the fairway drill, where you play your shot and take a step forward on your follow through and walk after the ball.

Another drill is the stepping drill whereby you grossly exaggerate your weight transfer by lifting your front leg on the backswing, shifting all your weight on to the back foot and then stepping on the front foot and lifting the back foot on the downswing and follow through. Try it, it works.

Also very effective is to swing with your eyes close and concentrate on the weight shift. Do not worry about the ball when using this drill.

Club follows an out-to-in path (points to left of target at top of back swing).

With your club in this position you will have an out-to-in swing path.

Use the following drill to cure this. Address the ball as normal and then raise the club about 18 inches above the ball so it is hovering directly above it. Make a backswing that is not pulled quickly inside. Note the angle of the plane going back. Now make a forward swing in which the plane is under or shallower than the backswing plane. A back under, back under routine. Lower the club to the ball and repeat.

Upper body tension.

This is probably caused by gripping the club too tight. See above for holding a bird. Also relax the tension in the arms.

I trust that this article has helped you understand what causes a golf slice and how to cure it. It wont happen overnight but if you practice the above drills you will soon find yourself playing golf without slicing.

As a qualified EGTF golf professional teacher I get great pleasure in helping people improve their game. Why not head over to Better Golfing and take up my challenge to reduce your golf handicap by 25% within 6 weeks?

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