Hooking a ball

[Arsenal8807]

I had an occasional case of the slices at times and power fades and it went away for about a week and now is on the to left side haha.. I shot 10 over on our 9 hole today and my shots were okay for a while but when I hit a bad shot it was left. I don't know if its my tempo or I am leaving my hands to far back and not more with my shoulder on the backswing. Any tips?

[Stu.C]

  Arsenal8807 said:

I had an occasional case of the slices at times and power fades and it went away for about a week and now is on the to left side haha.. I shot 10 over on our 9 hole today and my shots were okay for a while but when I hit a bad shot it was left. I don't know if its my tempo or I am leaving my hands to far back and not more with my shoulder on the backswing. Any tips?

Are you pushing the ball left?

Push, straight-fade, slice could all be part of the same problem. Look here - http://thesandtrap.com/playing_tips/ball_flight_laws

[Zeph]

Slice/fade turning into a pull/hook is probably because you have closed the clubface a bit. You are swinging over the top, which with a square or open clubface (relative to the target line) will slice to the right. The same swing, but with a closed club face, which would be square to the plane, or even closed to the plane, would result in a straight pull or pull-hook.

Learn the ball flight laws and start working on getting rid of your over-the-top move.