NSA 3.0 : the eleventh part ...

[Vilo]

Hi all,

Back to NSA video and my own slicing issues.

For my 2 last golf practice sessions, I've tried to focus on keeping my left wrist flat from backswing to impact.
After these 2 sessions, I'm pretty sure the my left wrist is flat on top af the backswing, but the slice has not gone away ...
My typical ball trajectory is a straight flight that goes right after a while, thus I think that my club path is not bad (otherwise I would have a pull flight).
One other symptom is a certain lack of distance.

My feeling is that my left wrist is flat until impact, but my grip pressure is way to tight (7-8 on the common 1-10 scale), preventing the club to release, and making the clubface opened at impact.

As this issue is obviously a very frequent problem for beginners, it could be interesting to deal with it in a future video (maybe the eleventh part of NSA 3.0).

 

[starretj]

Hey Vilo, if your ball is starting at your target and then slicing then your face is good, but your path is outside to inside of your target line. You mentioned that you had a certain lack of distance, this may include an overly steep path to the ball also. I would suggest more axis tilt on your downswing, this should help you shallow your angle of attack into the ball and also help you not swing OTT. Keep at it and I hope this helps.

Jim S.

 

[Vilo]

Hi Starretj,

Yes indeed, my path might not be perfect, and I guess it is slightly out/in, but not much.
What makes me think so, is that when I do not focus on "flat left wrist", the ball flight is straight, and at mid distance the ball turns hard to the right.
When I focus on FLW, the "right turn" is greatly reduced, but the path is not affected.

I thought an "out/in path" would produce a pull/slice, and this is not my case.

 

[starretj]

I thought an "out/in path" would produce a pull/slice, and this is not my case.

Vilo, For the most part, the ball starts in the direction that the clubface is pointing at separation. The ball will then curve depending on the difference between the clubface orientation and the clubhead path. Clubface direction is responsible for about 75% of the initial direction that the golfball starts. I want to make sure that you understand this because if you don't, you will work on the wrong aspect of your swing and it won't work as you think it should and you will become very confused and possibly make very bad adjustments to your swing. I know this from experience! If I had only been given the correct ball flight laws a few years back, it would have saved me countless hours of trying and practicing wrong "corrections" for my swing.

Jim S.

 

[Vilo]

Yes Starretj, the comprehension of what the ball should do for a certain type of swing is very valuable to me, because I'm practicing alone, without video help, and thus I have to "rely" on my own knowledge and feelings to make adjustments ...

I'm pretty sure that my grip pressure is too tight and leads to open face at impact, and this is a very easy thing to deal with.
Working on club path is not as easy, so I will try to get some help (friend/video).

Tks.