Need help fellas, been struggling with a very weak push slice its so bad that I cannot play golf right now. I believe my takeaway is too inside and I’m just pushing it right or getting blocked. Here is where I get messed up. Tom says ”low hands” a lot. I used to suffer from being steep and disconnected. So I really try to keep the top of the backswing lower. It all made sense when I watched the section on wrist angles and wrists breaking. Folding the trail arm when the lead arm goes across the chest combined with tilting, turning, and extending. You should have an ideal backswing. I understand that, it makes plenty of sense, just can’t execute it. For some reason then ball starts right and spins more right (I am right handed). What messes me up is in the videos he says a swing too inside should promote hooks. There are no hooks here all big push fades. I watched the videos on the grid too. It’s very frustrating, I was playing good golf early March when I began the program and then it went away after watching the grid videos. I don’t doubt the system, I know it’s me doing something wrong. So my question is, what causes this push fade?
Thank you all!
Also, the sections I did finish are the golf swing simplified and the shot shaping course with the grid.
First, don’t let this worry you. It’s a new swing pattern. Your brain has to figure out the muscle firing sequence before you will get consistent results. I should say consistent good results, since right now your results seem to be a consistent push fade.
Lets review the ball flight laws that result in a push fade. First, the ball starts in the direction the club face is pointed at impact. Second, the ball curves due to a mismatch between the club face direction and the swing path direction at impact. A push fade/slice is caused by the club face being pointed to the right (right handed golfer) of the target line and the swing path bringing the club head from out to in in relation to the club face direction at impact. The more the difference between path and face direction the more curved the ball flight.
So, why is your swing presenting the club face open to the target line while coming from outside to inside?
This is best solved by video analysis. If you post a video of your swing from face on and from down the the target line you will get plenty of help from this forum.
Absent a video I will offer these suggestion. Check your grip. If you have a weak (both hands rotated to the left too much, none or one left hand knuckle showing when you look down at the grip) it can be difficult to square the club face at impact. If your grip looks good ( two to three knuckles visible) you may be rotating your arms clockwise in the backswing. You know this is the case when your club face is not aligned with tilted spine half way back. If you notice the toe is pointed straight up half way back, you rotated the arms. Try to keep the club face pointed toward the ball as you take the club back. I think you may be facilitating the “hands in” backswing by rotating the arms. I think you will find keeping the club face pointed at the ball in the early part of the backswing will stop the forearm rotation and you will find that you must tilt and turn more to get the hands in.
To tackle the club path problem. First, be wary of getting the hands too far in and to low. If this happens, you will most likely come over the top as your arms get stuck and have no other way to get the club head to the ball. The other thing to look at is your construction of the grid. Make sure the hands and club head guides are positioned correctly. Finally, assuming your backswing is on plane make sure you start the downswing with a bump of the left trouser pocket toward the target. This bump clears a path for the hands and arms to approach from inside of the target line and reaching the ball before the club head gets outside the path.
Long answer, sorry. Post a video and we can better zero in on what is causing the push fade.