[aNoBVsUW]

Today was my golf team's first practice. I recently got a new set of irons that I seem to have a constant fade with. I didn't have that with my old clubs, but this is besides the point. My friend pointed out on one of my practice swings that my swing plane was way off and I was coming too far from the outside to the inside. I never noticed that I did this before until he pointed it out and this would explain why I fade the ball.

Any tips on how to get a more inside to outside swing plane? Does it all start with the take away or the beginning of the down swing or am I forgetting something else at the moment?

All I want right now is to be able to hit the ball straight consistently, then I'll worry about trying to fade/draw the ball. I hope this is in the right section, sorry if it's not.

[durootrium]

Might repost this in the "Ask a pro" section. The thing that works for me on a must be straight shot, is to close my stance a little to be sure to be a little more inside to out, or a bit of draw swing. I also use a pretty strong grip for the draw/straight shot and a little weaker grip for the fade.

[Kvkcgktl]

as above,i would check and see how your shoulders and feet are aligned.chances are they are open to the target which will cause you to swing along this path.you need to try and stand more square to your target and in turn your swing path will follow suit.

[2CNWXAqN]

I'm fighting this too. One of the ideas that my instructor has out into my head is, straight back, right field (baseball reference because I used to play). I have have that feeling of TRYING to have a go in to out (which naturally turns into a straight one unless I really exaggerate). Eventually, it will become second nature.

[hotsaucemidl]

First of all your posture and alignment have to be right, if your body is aiming to far left of the target you will swing back out across your line and then go farther outside to try and pull the ball that way, you want to feel like you are aiming to the right of the target some and hitting the ball out to the right of the target somewhat in order to stay inside the line. Second make sure that you set up with your back elbow (right arm if you are right handed) closer to your body at setup than your left elbow. If someone stands behind you looking down your target line they should be able to see a gap between your left elbow and your right elbow. Your target should be just to the right of your left shoulder as you turn to to look at your target. If you setup this way as long as you do not drift or rock back off the ball on your backswing you will hit the ball straighter or even right to left. Neutral grip works best. When people take too strong a grip they will often compensate by taking a weak stance and moving the ball too far back in their stance, opposite is true with too weak a grip. Keep your right arm somewhat relaxed on the back swing and the start of the down swing or a stiff right arm will throw the club outside the line you want. Hope this helps.

[dAy2EWlg]

Its strange that the new irons are causing this. Are the specs the same or are you now swinging a longer club?

Obviously there are a million things that could cause you to be blocking and pushing things out to the right. Like the others said, make sure your alignment is in order.

There are two things i think about when I start to do this... 1) Smooth takeaway where I visualize drawing back to where the baseball catchers mitt would be. 2) Make sure I get a good shoulder turn.

Best of luck to you and enjoy your teams season!

[aNoBVsUW]

Well, despite this thread being several months old, I figured I would update here instead of making a new thread.

After posting my swing in the Ask the Pro section the other day, I was able to get a lot of great advice. Since it was my first time seeing my swing in a video, I realized that my shoulders were nowhere near lined up with my feet. I also believe my knees also needed a bit of work. Since the end of the golf season, I haven't had time to get out between school as well as work. Now that the weather is nice again here in Pennsylvania, I've been to the range several times to try and fix this. Right now I'm focusing on trying to get the feel of the shoulder change mainly with my PW before I progress down the clubs.

Before I seemed to slice the ball or at best fade it, and now I'm able to get a rather consistent draw with my PW. As Hank Haney has said several times, you can't go from slicing into being a good golfer but you can go from having a hook or draw into becoming a good golfer. So going off of this and how things are progressing, I am extremely hopeful!

[BV6lwvXf]

Good luck JiffishHank, keep up the good work and keep us posted.