Lost my fade

[AlanN]

Until recently, I was able to hit quite a nice shaped fade, which is useful on the course I play. I'm a leftie and there's a a couple of left hand dog legs.

After playing really badly in the last few weeks, I decided to break down my swing to try and work out was going wrong. Much to my amazement (and horror) I found that I was reverse rotating my arms through impact. This, probably, explains all the shots that I hit off the toe of the club; almost shank-like, insofar as direction is concerned

A few sessions down the driving range and I'm now hitting the ball much more solidly with a draw shaped flight. The downside is that I can no longer fade the ball.

Any suggestions as to how can I get the fade back without sacrificing the solid ball striking which I've rediscovered?

[GregJWillis]

Re: Lost my fade

Either a slight out-to-in path will create the fade (in control). This means all you have to do it push your arms outward a bit in the takeaway, then pull then inward a bit into impact.

Or

Start with the face slightly open at setup and grip normal. Don't grip it, then open the face...you will return back to square or worse, closed into impact. You need to setup with the face open, THEN take your grip.

[AlanN]

Re: Lost my fade

Thanks for that Greg. I'm inclined to go with your latter suggestion as I don't want to tinker with my swing plane. I've done enough of that recently