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Not necessarily. You can hit up on the ball, and if you take a 10-degree driver and close it down to 5 degrees and swing out like 10 degrees. You can hit some nasty snap hooks. (been there and done that 😉).  Might not help with the duck hook. Swinging up more can cause a person to swing out, which will cause it to hook more. Swinging down and left (a fade or slice path) feel might be better. I had a nasty hook for a while, to play functional golf, I had to feel like I was swinging like 20 degrees outside to in through impact. I would hit it straight. The swing felt like I was hitting down, but the ball went normal trajectory.  Feel isn't real. I wouldn't suggest mechanisms that cause the ball to draw more to someone who is duck hooking the ball.  Again, to the OP, create a My Swing thread, and lets some of us get some eyes on the swing for more concrete suggestions.   

@HitemHard, The first thing that I am going to say is, "feel is not real". This has been proven true with video, and now systems like GEARS which can accurately measure and track the golf swing. A lot of what you said will likely not translate to the original poster unless they are fluent in biomechanics. This is the struggle with those who are technically knowledgeable trying to explain to people who have no knowledge of the subject. Talking in terms of external rotation, and supination, is all and good, but it does nothing to give a proper visual or is even relevant to someone who actually wants to fix their swing. I have been through many lessons with a great instructor, and watched good YouTube sources, and believe me they DUMB DOWN the technical aspects of the golf swing because I and the rest of us do not need it.  That being said,  I would disagree with this. It probably is dependent on the golfer. example, I am very right side dominant. So, I feel things much more in terms of right wrist angles. This means that I control the clubface by feeling the general position of my hands and my right hand. So, my existence disproves this statement as the only way to control the golf club.  Yea, I am going to disagree here.  First again, feel is not real. For some, the feel of the left hand pointed to the sky will produce a club position way out of position. For me, I had to feel like the back of my left hand faced away from my body. On video, this got the club in a good position. Again, feel is not real.  I do not believe the body pulls the club through impact. PGA tour players get their hands down FAST from the top of the downswing. The hands need to accelerate to a high rate of speed before they start to slow down before the hands get through impact. This happens in a very short window. The hands are not passive.  That all being said that entire post was pretty non-sensical to me. I think most people would struggle to understand it.  To answer the OP's question.  A slice and a pull are the same swing but with clubface control differences. If you square the face to the path, then you pull it. If you do not, then you slice it.  The issue is a pathing issue. That can be caused by many things. As was posted above, having the OP start a My Swing thread, posting their swing would be more beneficial. 

Could the face balance or torque balance stuff influence a golfer, sure. It's probably minimal compared to other things. It might be like 1 putt made over 1000 putts or something.  I think what matters more is weight distribution for distance control, and face configuration with alignment markings for lining up the putt. The rest is mostly just sales pitch stuff to stand out in my opinion.   

Day 7: 12/16/2024 I was anxious to get some practice in so I've already been working on my PPJ in front of the mirror for a while this morning. Starting to feel more natural.  I got in the garage net and that went well. ... Topped a few. I noticed that sometimes the J part of my PPJ gets really vertical. Things go a lot better when I drive my lead leg straight away from the ball and not up. (That's the thought in my head anyway.)  If none of that makes any sense to you, don't worry. I'm sure everyone's working on their own priority pieces and I don't need to understand the details of what you are working on. Just as long as it works for you.  On a side note, I feel like I'm actually grasping this priority piece a little quicker than I thought I would. When Yoda first laid it out for me I thought it might take me forever to get the timing down. But, I'm getting it right now (or at least better than it was) a lot. And that's encouraging. Maybe I'm not as uncoordinated as I thought. ... I say that as I spill coffee down the front of my shirt. 

That's hilarious.  When I got the email for the pre-order they didn't strike a cord with me at all. I mean I grew up in the 70's and 80's so obviously I played Pac-Man, but I don't feel the kind of connection in which I'd want Pac-Man paraphernalia.  I got another email about "Limited" RedBull Racing TP5x golf balls. I felt even less connection there.  My guess is TaylorMade (maybe others too) are going to keep coming out with these "limited edition" golf balls. Some will probably appreciate in the short term, some probably not. But my strong feeling is that none of them will be valuable in the long run.  Hmmm... I'm not on Callaway's mailing list, but I just noticed they've got a crap-ton of "limited edition" golf balls as well.  Callaway has seasonal ones: Valentine's Day, Halloween, Christmas (ugly sweater), etc..  I guess this is now a thing. ...