For you slicers!

If you (or maybe a friend you know!!) suffer from the common fault of the ball starting left of target and fading right, then find a slope with the ball above the feet and hit loads of practice shots from there. Slopes are a great way of giving us an improved feel for the correct shape to the swing. Up until now you would have felt a very steep swing, with the club moving on a very steep plane and from out to in, with the divots pointing left of target. Practicing with the ball a few inches above your feet allows the club to work a little more around the body, allowing a nice shoulder turn to be completed during the back swing. Then the momentum is set for the downswing, when the club naturally approaches the ball more from the inside path and a little more shallow than your used to. This in turn will help control the ball flight and you might even be able to turn the ball over from right to left.

For you hookers!!

If on the other hand you have the opposite ball flight to our friend above, maybe a controlled (or otherwise) draw flight from right to left, then you need to find some slopes with the ball below your feet and hit plenty of practice shots from there. In the past you are used to the club coming into impact too much from an inside path, on a very shallow plane and the face closing through impact, hence the right to left shape. With the ball now several inches below your feet this slope will encourage the club to swing more up and down on a steeper plane and angle of attack, thus leaving the clubface more neutral and less right to left shape on the ball, you might even fade one or two from left to right!!