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To induce too much back/sidespin onto the ball causing it to fly dramatically from left to right. (Granted you're a right handed player)
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A type of golf shot in which the flight path of the ball is influenced as a result of clockwise spin (for right-handed players) imparted by the club face being open at impact. Cure Your Slice
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To hit (the ball) so that the face of the club draws across the face of the ball and deflects it.
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A shot that curves violently to the right. This is the most common ball flight for a beginner.
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A ball curving sharply to the right due to an outside-in swing path and an open club face at impact.
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When a golfer takes a shot that curves from left to right, the opposite applies to left-handed golfers. A slice is the result of too much backspin.
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A shot hit with both backspin and sidespin; as a verb, to hit such a shot.
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A shot that curves from the left to the right.
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You use Backspin to perform this type of shot. Often used as a defensive shot to return fast served ball deep into your opponents court and slow the game down. Similar in execution to the Drop Shot.
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A specific left-to-right trajectory shape for a golf ball created by a significant tilt of the spin-axis to the right. This is opposite for lefties. A slice usually ends up right of the target line, and the term is often used when the curve in the trajectory is extreme and unintentional. The less extreme version of a slice is called a fade.
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hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction
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hit a ball so that it causes a backspin
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a ball flight that curves from left-to-right (for right-handed golfers, right-to-left for the left handed)
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a curving shot with a lot of sidespin which sends the ball left to right rather than straight
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an action of the ball spinning clockwise
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a shot that spins off to the right (for righties) or off to the left (for lefties)
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a specific left-to-right trajectory shape for a golf ball created by a significant tilt of the spin-axis of the golf ball to the right, or a clockwise spin
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a string of consecutive macroblocks of arbitrary length running from left to right and top to bottom across a picture
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Mis-hit where the ball curves dramatically left for right-handed players or right for left-handed players.
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A ball that curves from left to right to a greater degree than a fade.
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A shot in tennis that slows the speed of the ball and makes it bounce lower.
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Faulty shot which curves left to right in the air (right-handed player).
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Assuming a right-handed player, a shot that tends to start to the left of the target and curves to the right of the target.
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(rally) hitting a tennis ball with underspin; (service) serving with sidespin
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To induce backspin onto the ball causing it to move from inside to out on your swing. Opposite is Hook. From a right-handed perspective; arcing the ball to the left with side spin
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Ball curves to right of line for right-handed player.
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a poor shot that, for a right-handed golfer, curves sharply to the right (may occasionally be playedintentionally but is difficult to control)
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a ball that travels sharply right by a right-handed player, it would travel left for a left-handed player.
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A ball flight which curves to the right of the target. (If made by a right handed player; to the left if made by a left handed player.)
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a shot that travels dramatically from left to right for a right-handed player.
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A shot that curves sharply from left to right (for a right-handed player).
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A shot that uses backspin to create a low bounce and travels back in the direction from where it came.
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A shot that tends to start to the left of the target and curve to the right of the target, most often more that the player desires (assuming a right-handed player.) A slice is the most common shot among amateur golfers.
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To hit the ball with the racket oblique so the ball loses speed and bounces lower.
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A backspin serve or shot,that makes the ball stay in the air longer.
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A shot that curves strongly from left to right as a result of sidespin. The converse applies to a left-handed player.
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The opposite to the hook where the ball flight that is severely curving to the right for a right handed player ( vice versa for a left handed player ). To help overcome a slice please contact one of our Women Pros or your local PGA professional.
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Ball flight with a left to right curve for RH golfers, or right to left curve for LH golfers.
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See Spin.
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For a right-hander, this is a shot that curves away considerably to the right.
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When a right-handed player strikes the ball such that it curves sharply from left to right.
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A shot that curves sharply to the right (for a right-handed golfer).
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To induce too much backspin onto the ball causing it to travel through the air following outside to inside on your swing. Opposite is Hook.
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A shot that curves strongly from left to right, for a right-handed golfer, because of clockwise rotation. As a verb, to hit such a shot.
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