NO intended slice ........ sh$#@$$t

[Gerald]

I am getting bored ........ I play to a decent level and I can work the ball, straight to baby fade is my natural swing (inside-square-inside), working the ball from right to left (draw) or intended hook ...... no problem, but curving the ball with an intended slice ...... BIG problem.

Mostly I just hit it dead straight to the left even when I open the clubface, I figure I just close/square it before impact and the ball ends up left of the green at best.

I have been experimenting with ball positions etc., but moving the ball more forward makes no sense to me as I play about all shots from the inside left ankle.

I studied the ball flight laws, etc......

The best results came sofar from weakening the grip, trying to play from outside to inside, ball more to the middle ...... is maybe a nice fade, but not enough for curving around a tree.

Do I need this shot ???? not really ....... but I should be able to do so, when it is needed, might save an extra shot now and then.....

[injury]

Would that I were you and couldn't slice. But since I can't keep it on the same fairway maybe I can help heh.

Don't you mean moving ball backwards in the stance, so you don't have time to square up the club before impact?

Could give you the rundown of things my instructor has me working on to quit slicing into the next county and you can do the opposite...relax grip so I don't lock out arms, ball more forward to give a chance for the clubface to close, get weight back to front better (had me doing front foot only hitting drills, maybe you could try hitting off your back foot). Then of course open up to the taget.

My real doozy drives (go out 150-200 then about 75 yards dead sideways and look like they may keep turning to make a u turn back to me) feel like if I had a samari sword from the top of the backsing I'd slice the inside third of the ball with the club, leading with the hosel kind of feel but makes contact with the face instead of a shank.

If you can figure out how to do it, maybe I can figure out how to reliably STOP doing it.

[Gerald]

I can slice ...... it is about as easy as it can be, but hitting a controlled slice around a tree is different .......

In theory the slice I need in an swingpath 10 degrees from outside in inside and a club face that is about 5 degrees open at impact from the swingpath and 5 degrees closed to the targetline, so starting off to the left and curving back to the right.

In your case you will be probably coming over the top, resulting in a outside inside swing..... if your blade is directed towards the target, the ball will start a bit to the left and turn right severely, but from what I read from your problem , your swingpath might even be more extreme from the ouside to inside with a clubface directed to the right of the target line ...... and it takes of to the right and keeps on going to the right even more,