Correcting a push slic

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Here's my take on this:

All balls can spin. Golf balls, when hit with golf clubs will end up with backspin in thousands of rpm and normally 'side-spin' (or at least an axis of rotation that can be considered such) in 0-a few hundred rpm. So the effect of side-spin is much less.

Footballs not only have a much smaller 'back-spin' rotation but can also have zero rotation - or even a touch of topspin. Also, because of the size of the ball, it is possible for the striker to put a relatively large amount of sidespin (in relation to any backspin) on it.

Tennis balls can have considerable amounts of topspin applied - and there was even a short time when large amounts of random spin could be created with a stringing system that was quickly made illegal!

Table-Tennis can also create relatively large amounts of top or side-spin - something deemed worth legislating for by having a different coloured face for the high spin side to the low/zero spin one!

But if, as described in the OP, the ball is starting right, then curving further right...the clubface is open to 'target' at impact and the path 'closed' in comparison to the clubface. It may even be to the left (for a rightee) of the target - something that traditional slicers often try to 'correct' the slice as they progress around a course, but end up magnifying it instead.
 

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Here's my take on this:

All balls can spin. Golf balls, when hit with golf clubs will end up with backspin in thousands of rpm and normally 'side-spin' (or at least an axis of rotation that can be considered such) in 0-a few hundred rpm. So the effect of side-spin is much less.

Footballs not only have a much smaller 'back-spin' rotation but can also have zero rotation - or even a touch of topspin. Also, because of the size of the ball, it is possible for the striker to put a relatively large amount of sidespin (in relation to any backspin) on it.

Tennis balls can have considerable amounts of topspin applied - and there was even a short time when large amounts of random spin could be created with a stringing system that was quickly made illegal!

Table-Tennis can also create relatively large amounts of top or side-spin - something deemed worth legislating for by having a different coloured face for the high spin side to the low/zero spin one!

But if, as described in the OP, the ball is starting right, then curving further right...the clubface is open to 'target' at impact and the path 'closed' in comparison to the clubface. It may even be to the left (for a rightee) of the target - something that traditional slicers often try to 'correct' the slice as they progress around a course, but end up magnifying it instead.

Golf balls in flight don't have any side spin, they have backspin only (except when they have been badly topped) When struck with a oblique blow the axis of rotation tilts left or right to create a curving flight path. Is this what you mean?
 
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