What are the laws of ball flight?<\/p>\n
The laws of ball flight are a basic teaching principle that golfers use to understand what is causing their shots. It’s a combination of where your clubface is pointing at impact, and where your club path is traveling at impact. Put those two things together, and you can get nine different, basic ball flight combinations.<\/p>\n
Why this matters<\/p>\n
The reason why this matters is because different ball flights\u2014even ones that go in the same general direction, are caused by different things.<\/p>\n
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Using some images from our Ball Flight Builder Tool (which you can check out right here<\/a>), we can see how.<\/p>\n A slice, for instance, is a shot that curves wildly and ends to the right. It’s caused when the club path is moving left, and the club face is pointing to the right\u2014and there’s an extreme difference in the two.<\/p>\n \/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2022\/Screenshot 2026-05-26 at 3.55.34 PM.png<\/p>\n A push, however, is a shot that also ends to the right. But instead of curving to the right, it flies straight to the right. This is because their clubface and club path are both pointing to the right. There’s no difference between the two.<\/p>\n \/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2022\/Screenshot 2026-05-26 at 3.55.51 PM.png<\/p>\n Golf Digest+ members can dive deeper into this important concept using our new interactive Ball Flight Builder Tool right here.<\/a><\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The slice golfer needs something like an over-the-top tip (like this one!)<\/a>; something to stop their swing path moving so far to the left.<\/p>\n![\"\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2022\/Screenshot](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/62789e813c8c1ed45dfe50a12211a9c8.jpeg\"\/)
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