Comments on: Pulling with the left side to eliminate the weak slice http://www.zenchili.com/2010/02/06/pulling-left-side-eliminate-weak-slice/ For any golfer who wants to play great golf Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:24:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: wm http://www.zenchili.com/2010/02/06/pulling-left-side-eliminate-weak-slice/comment-page-1/#comment-8856 wm Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:37:11 +0000 http://www.zenchili.com/?p=689#comment-8856 Newbie player here. Started about 6 months ago and Ive got a mentor who plays a good game who has been helping me out. He had me try the left side golf swing a while back and the accuracy improvement was immediate and astounding. I have been adding in a little right side but as soon as it gets to be a bit too much the accuracy is gone again. I was adding a little right side to get more distance since it dropped some when I started the left side swing, but recently Im finding that I can get good distance with the left side swing by using other things to get the speed up, including making sure to lead with the hip more. Doing so gets my clubface into the groove so its inside to out which helps stop any slices, plus it helps me snap thru the impact zone better to get more club head speed. I used a 7 iron today and dropped 7 balls onto the green of a 145 yard par 3, so it cant be all bad. Even my short game is MUCH better with a left side swing. Not sure why that is entirely, but theres no doubt about it. Not to mention that with the left side swing ALL of my divots end up about 1-2 inches AFTER the ball. When the right hand is too active I hit more fat shots than I can count in a round. Its not to say that I cant hit at all using my right side. Its just less consistent. When I get good shots they are fantastic. Dead straight and long as can be, but I just cant get any reliable consistency until I switch to the left side swing again. Great article. Newbie player here. Started about 6 months ago and Ive got a mentor who plays a good game who has been helping me out.
He had me try the left side golf swing a while back and the accuracy improvement was immediate and astounding.

I have been adding in a little right side but as soon as it gets to be a bit too much the accuracy is gone again.
I was adding a little right side to get more distance since it dropped some when I started the left side swing, but recently Im finding that I can get good distance with the left side swing by using other things to get the speed up, including making sure to lead with the hip more.
Doing so gets my clubface into the groove so its inside to out which helps stop any slices, plus it helps me snap thru the impact zone better to get more club head speed.
I used a 7 iron today and dropped 7 balls onto the green of a 145 yard par 3, so it cant be all bad.

Even my short game is MUCH better with a left side swing. Not sure why that is entirely, but theres no doubt about it.
Not to mention that with the left side swing ALL of my divots end up about 1-2 inches AFTER the ball. When the right hand is too active I hit more fat shots than I can count in a round.

Its not to say that I cant hit at all using my right side. Its just less consistent. When I get good shots they are fantastic. Dead straight and long as can be, but I just cant get any reliable consistency until I switch to the left side swing again.

Great article.

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