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Post by Roberto Busatto on Dec 22, 2015 8:41:34 GMT -5
Hi all, I have this problem since my early days here at TGC. I keep working on it but it looks like after the last december upgrade I'm back again with my problem. I am not able to figure out how to "swing" the joypad (I have a XBOX 360 cabled pad bought 3 months ago with win 7 drivers correctly installed). I'm not asking 100% straight lines 100% of the time... I just NEED to avoid that 30% of my shots are going sliced bananas. If someone has the way to manage it I'm asking a short detailed video on how you move the pad... should I go fast ? should I move it all the way forward after the little stop on top of the swing or a little flick is enough? I even tried to use both hands with no luck... Hope to receive some hints as Christmas present  Roberto |
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Post by splittailace on Dec 22, 2015 9:12:11 GMT -5
I have found that the back swing is very important. If it is off center by just a hair you will get a bit of draw or fade depending on which side of the axis you are pulling the stick back on.
Myself and many others don't even look at the screen while we're swinging. We look at our controller to make sure we're hitting our marks. I have a controlfreek skin on my controller with two distinct marks on it (one for back swing, one for the down swing). I've even heard of people using a paint marker to mark their controller on both sides of the joy stick.
Use something like this for visual aid and it'll help. Good luck!
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Post by TimB on Dec 22, 2015 9:38:43 GMT -5
Wired Xbox one Controller, into PC here I suffer from chronic slicititis in a bad way. Look at my avatar. Usually not as bad as that but still in the cone, off by a pixel or two. I've been playing TGC for a year and a half, been though all the swing changes. Last June'ish one update I could not adapt to, I found I had to be somewhat aggressive in my upswing. End of the summer they changed the swing again and I had a hard time adjusting, my usual aggressive swing was causing me a problem. Slicing worse than ever. Over the last few weeks I've tried to change my swing a bit, not aggressive at all, in fact a very light touch. It has seemed to work. There is a fine line for me though, if I go to light, I slice bad. I have to consciously make an effort to swing light yet firm. Most important for me is I need warm up time. I just did 13 holes of my CC12 practice, could not find my groove at all. I don't have a video of my positioning, but it takes me a while to get my hand comfortable. I barely even hold onto to the controller. Left hand is just thumb and one or two fingers just to steady it a bit. then my right hand I feel almost as if I rotate my elbow up a bit to make my hand "feel" more straight. In the summer I went into the course creator, laid out a perfectly flat fairway with distance markers every 10 yards, left and right. Then hit shot over shot, many of them just to see how far my slice was taking me off. I average 3 to 8 yards if in a rut. So if I have a bad day of slicititis, like today, I'll aim my shot normally, then add one or two ticks left draw to combat the slice, it seems to work for me. I still have not rid myself of the slice, but have just learned to play around it. Also, i find my aggressive swing comes back if trying to catch up a bad hole, I forget to swing light and it puts me into all sorts of trouble. I have to make a concerted effort to "calm down" relax and swing light again. Hi all, I have this problem since my early days here at TGC. I keep working on it but it looks like after the last december upgrade I'm back again with my problem. I am not able to figure out how to "swing" the joypad (I have a XBOX 360 cabled pad bought 3 months ago with win 7 drivers correctly installed). I'm not asking 100% straight lines 100% of the time... I just NEED to avoid that 30% of my shots are going sliced bananas. If someone has the way to manage it I'm asking a short detailed video on how you move the pad... should I go fast ? should I move it all the way forward after the little stop on top of the swing or a little flick is enough? I even tried to use both hands with no luck... Hope to receive some hints as Christmas present Roberto |
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Post by bogeyman on Dec 22, 2015 16:50:07 GMT -5
Roberto, I was a slicer when I first started TGC and every shot I had to allow for a certain amount of slice. I was using my left thumb on the left controller stick (PS4) purely because that was how I played Tiger Woods. I decided to make a change to the right hand/right stick and haven't looked back. Took about a week of practice to get used to it but now I can drive pretty straight with the best of them. Also now I can hit a target if I want to (think cart paths,bridges etc) I know it sounds drastic but it worked for me. Good luck!
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Post by elguapo79 on Dec 22, 2015 18:40:00 GMT -5
I slice ever so slightly, so I've just started accounting for it with my swing.
However, I was suffering the same problem you describe of having 30% or more out-of-the-cone shots which was ruining the game for me.
Unfortunately, my solution sounds as if it might not work for you. I was using a 2nd hand wired 360 controller that, as far as I could tell, was quite loose in the stick. As soon as I switched to a wireless 360 controller, my problem was instantly solved.
Maybe there's something with the wired controllers, but I doubt it. Since yours is only 3 months old, I'm sure it's not as worn out as mine was. Do you have any other controller you can try on the off chance that it is the controller?
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Post by Roberto Busatto on Dec 23, 2015 11:30:33 GMT -5
I slice ever so slightly, so I've just started accounting for it with my swing. However, I was suffering the same problem you describe of having 30% or more out-of-the-cone shots which was ruining the game for me. Unfortunately, my solution sounds as if it might not work for you. I was using a 2nd hand wired 360 controller that, as far as I could tell, was quite loose in the stick. As soon as I switched to a wireless 360 controller, my problem was instantly solved. Maybe there's something with the wired controllers, but I doubt it. Since yours is only 3 months old, I'm sure it's not as worn out as mine was. Do you have any other controller you can try on the off chance that it is the controller? I have some spare PS3 controllers... a non original one should be PC compatible if I remember well.... I will give it a try... Thank you for your hint  |
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Post by TimB on Dec 23, 2015 11:46:31 GMT -5
You know one thing to consider if considering the controller being the problem is. Pull the stick out, it will click and stiffen it up a bit, I went down the "its the controller" route myself trying to fix my slice, bought a new one, did nothing. Wasted 60 bucks. Sure they do wear not discounting that.
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Post by Roberto Busatto on Dec 23, 2015 13:47:42 GMT -5
I'm the problem not the pad  |
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Post by elguapo79 on Dec 23, 2015 18:34:10 GMT -5
I'm the problem not the pad Ah, too bad! Ever since I made the switch, I've convinced myself that there must be others out there having the same problem. |
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Post by BillySastard976 on Dec 25, 2015 15:54:17 GMT -5
As has been said,look at the controller when you play your shot. Once you get in a groove you'll find yourself not looking at it,but I still do if I really must hit a shot dead straight. Also,pause when you bring the joystick back,before pushing forwards.
Best advice I can give is to up the difficulty to 'hardest' on drives and learn to hit those straight (most of the time) Get it right on that setting and normal/hard is very easy.
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Post by JV17 on Jan 10, 2016 19:49:36 GMT -5
I know I'm late here, but I fixed my wicked slice two ways... I put marks at the top and bottom of the controller as mentioned... Helped a little. Then I slowed my swing down a lot. Just as in real golf it helped a lot... I'm way more consistent now. Just occasional errors but both left and right now, but not nearly as far off as I used to be. Good luck!
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