Use Baseball Swings To Fix Your Slice!!

One of the most common faults I see in amateur golfers is the slice. For most players, this comes from an overly steep downswing and a swing path that cuts across the ball from outside to in.

A simple and highly effective way to fix this is by using the baseball swing drill.

The idea is to change your feeling of how the club moves through space by taking it away from the golf ball and exaggerating a more rounded motion.

Start by holding the club out in front of you, roughly parallel to the ground, as if you were about to hit a baseball. From here, make practice swings around your body, focusing on keeping the club moving on a more circular path rather than lifting it steeply up and down.

The key feeling is that the club should travel around your body, not just up and down. This helps you reduce that steep, chopping motion that often causes the slice.

Many golfers struggle because their downswing gets too vertical, which leads to the club cutting across the ball and producing that left-to-right shot shape (for a right-handed golfer). By rehearsing this baseball-style motion, you start to feel how the club can stay more “on plane” and approach the ball from a more neutral direction.

Once you’ve done a few practice swings, take that same feeling back to the golf ball. Set up normally, but try to maintain that sense of swinging more around your body rather than chopping down steeply on it.

You should feel like the club is moving more around you on the downswing, which encourages a shallower path and helps reduce the slice.

With consistent practice, this drill helps you develop a more natural swing path, better sequencing, and improved control over the clubface.

If you want help overcoming your slice, contact David Waters Golf Coaching at Emerald Lakes Golf Coaching Centre.