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Well a couple of weeks ago when i played i was slicing the ball to the right, last week i also did that and i finished up my day with driving about 60 balls, i finally got to where i dont slice it as much but still a little, but then i went today and i hit about 3 of my drives completely straight, about 3 sliced and 3 hooked to the left, is there any suggestions on what i am doing and what is causing the hook to the left?

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Are you sure its a hook and not a pull... most slicers, when the ball goes left, tend to pull it.

But to give you a simple answer... if you are hooking it, you are probably coming too far from the inside. If you are slicing it, you are probably coming too steep and over the top.

The thing that works best for me is a nice, slow back swing and a 75% downswing... this tends to straighten me out.

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alright thanks, and ur right, it might be that i am pulling it.

Its not always how you drive the ball, but how it arrives.


The ball flight will tell you everything you need to know. If it starts straight left, it's a pull (outside in). If it starts straight right, it's a push(inside out). If the ball curves left later, then the face is closed relative to your swing path. If the ball curves right later, then the face is open relative to your swing path. You can any combination of the above. Just watch the ball flight closely! You can have a pull hook, pull, pull slice, straight hook, straight, stright slice, push hook, push or push slice.......exhausting huh?

What happens with a perfectly square club face at impact on an inside out swing path?

Will the ball flight be a straight line or will there be a curvature to it? What would you call this ball flight?

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What happens with a perfectly square club face at impact on an inside out swing path?

I would say it would just start going right to begin with and have little curve to it if I had to guess.

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Well a couple of weeks ago when i played i was slicing the ball to the right, last week i also did that and i finished up my day with driving about 60 balls, i finally got to where i dont slice it as much but still a little, but then i went today and i hit about 3 of my drives completely straight, about 3 sliced and 3 hooked to the left, is there any suggestions on what i am doing and what is causing the hook to the left?

How did you get there to not slicing that much anymore? I see people artifically closing down there clubfaces or manipulating with their hands to get rid of the slice - which obv. isnt a good solution? What in your opinion do you do different to the time when you reguallry sliced the ball?

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How did you get there to not slicing that much anymore? I see people artifically closing down there clubfaces or manipulating with their hands to get rid of the slice - which obv. isnt a good solution? What in your opinion do you do different to the time when you reguallry sliced the ball?

well my nana and grandpa helped me, and they said that in my follow through swing i was kinda stopping and not following through as good, so then i made sure i followed through better and i hit it perfectly straight, and they also told me i wasnt using my hips at all and that added some yards too

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