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Originally Posted by Route_2
My natural tendency from when I first picked up a club is to start my downswing by turning my shoulders out towards the ball first and from there I can only just dump everything across my body to the left. Slice city most of my life. I also do a bit of goat humping to counteract and drop the club down to a degree.
I've tried every slice fix drill under the sun over the years. Some with better results than others. What seems to work the best is a feeling that I'm sitting down more in transition, like lowering my butt onto a stool slightly and feeling like the clubhead stays along an imaginary wall behind me for a bit, so I don't turn and get the club out in front of me too soon. Then I have to sprinkle in a bit of feeling the club face closing sooner than I'm used to.
It's a work in progress. This year I bought a little device that holds my iPhone on my golf bag so I can film my swing at the range to check positions and progress which has helped a lot. I need that instant feedback or I just fall back into my old habits.
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I would take lessons if that is an option but aside from that your shoulders should be in line at address, then front shoulder should be going back to being in line with your back foot on the back swing with no dipping, can always check this in a mirror without even having a club in your hand.
I hit a slight draw and irons are the strength of my game, one of the drills I do constantly (daily just about) is having two feet together and swing just with my arms every club wedge to driver anywhere from 25-75 yards. A lot of people try to fix all sorts of things while doing a full swing at full speed over and over, what matters the most is impact. If you do this drill regularly you'll own the bottom of your swing, after that it's just adjusting feet and ball position to whichever club you are hitting and rotating more to get into a full swing.
The other drill I do is the pump drill and really trying to make sure the butt end of the shaft would be hitting a wall with the shaft being parallel to the target line before impact (Justin Rose does this before every swing), this has helped me get my hands away from my head at the top of my back swing and shallow out the swing plane. It also helps add lag and distance.
If you work on these drills it seems like you would be making your swing more shallow, more rotational, and get away from going over the top. It shouldn't take years to correct a swing flaw. I might be saying stuff you already know but just thought I would share what has worked for me to get on the right plane, also have been taking lessons for years. I'm obsessed with swing mechanics and learning about it
but it's helped me a lot, BruceW can also help!