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Originally Posted by BunkerBound21
Just curious to know where everyone lines up their ball we ready to tee off. The reason I ask is because i am trying to fix my slice, and i think it is because of where i line up in relation to the ball....
basically i line up with the ball about 2 inches inside my front foot... and i think that where i am making contact with the ball is when my hands are past the center of my body, resulting in a right to left contact on the ball, causing the same spin resulting in the slice... makes sense and seems like a logical place to start to fix the problem.
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In a good golf swing, the face of the club should be approximately square to the path on which the clubhead is traveling through the hitting zone, so ball position alone is unlikely to be the culprit.
Consider: a slice is caused by a large difference between the direction in which the clubhead is traveling and the direction in which the clubface is facing. Since the clubface is usually moving from an open position at the top of the backswing to a closed position at the end of the through swing, then if your clubface is open very late in the hitting zone (up near your front foot) then it's likely to be even *more* open earlier in the hitting zone.
So, no, I don't think that changing your ball position alone will cure your slice.
Try to work on having the clubface travel through the hitting zone more square to the line of travel. Start with small swings. Work the club on a path that begins from inside the ball, moves out to it and then comes back inside again. All the while keeping the face pointed not at the target, but in the direction of the clubhead's motion.
(The dashed lines are there to force the spacing to stay correct but also represent the direction to the target)
Assuming you're a rightie:
<-------------------------|---------------------------<-----------
\ -------------------------------------------------/---<--(direction to target)
<---------Left foot----------------Right foot
End inside--------Out to the ball-----Start inside.
All through the small swings, the handle of the club should pretty much be pointing at the centre of your torso.
Then all your misdirections should be smaller and fairly straight.
Ball position should be dictated more by how aggressively you swing -- you can get more power by shifting your weight (and thus your swing centre) to the front foot, and by the kind of contact you want to achieve (downward moving swings for the shorter clubs dictating position further back; longer clubs hit nearer the bottom of the arc further forward). Match your ball position to those factors and learn how to correctly aim the face of the club through the hitting zone.
Hope this helps.