Although most golfers know what a slice is and know several tips for fixing it, shots such as the push, pull, hook and fade receive less attention. A push is a ball that travels to the right of your target but without sidespin. Unlike a slice, which curves noticeably from left to right--if you are a right-handed golfer--a push travels left to right in a straight line. You can correct a push by making slight adjustments to the fixes you use to straighten out a slice, or using similar techniques for drawing a ball to the left.
Step 1
Set your club on the ground with your clubhead facing the direction you want your ball to go. Doing this will help increase your chances of getting back to this position at impact.
Step 2
Hold a stronger grip, with the palm of your lower hand facing more upward than forward. This will help close the face of your club at impact.
Step 3
Stand farther away from the ball than you do when you push. This will create an inside-to-outside swing path and closing your clubface more at impact.
Step 4
Place the ball farther forward in your stance. This will get your hands forward sooner and help close your clubface at impact, creating a more straight ball flight.
Step 5
Turn your wrists and forearms over slightly sooner than you do when you push. This will close the clubface earlier.
Step 6
Exaggerate each of these fixes until you begin to pull your ball to the left of your target. Once that happens, move your correction back to where you were prior to the exaggeration to find the correct degree to which you should be changing your stance, ball placement, grip or wrist snap.
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