Holding a golfing club well is indispensable. Get it wrong and the ball will head off in the wrong way. And the room for error is tiny. Here are some methods to try that have made it easier for me!
Even the professionals could struggle with their grips now and again. I was told the story a couple of days ago of a professional player who had been nowhere in contests until a new coach persuaded him to change his grip ever so vaguely. Since then, he has started winning.
And why was I being told this tale? Well, it was the precise matching grip transformation as I had been coached into the previous week, with the equal results.
I am assuming that you are reading this with at least a straight forward knowledge of a grip and have developed into one of the conventional grips. So, I will only look at tweaks that will allow you to make better the grip.
And that should be the initial clue - 'grip'. It is not 'hold on for dear life to the club', you grip the club. Grasp it with all your might if you have got to, but it will not aid and will impede.
There are two foremost aims of the grip. The first is, perceptibly, steady control of the club. The second is that it should allow you to correctly manipulate the club during the swing motion. If you are holding the club too tightly, your hand will not be able to turn through the swing properly.
Next, the actual positioning of the club. For about 18 months I have practised with a grip trainer to mold a nice 'two knuckle' grip (back to that in a minute!). This was my demise. The change was to strengthen then left hand and use a 3 knuckle grip. Trying this with the grip trainer leaves the club head pointing in totally the wrong route, but with a driver (and irons), the ball flies straight and true.
So what around these? Well, look at the V shape between your thumb and first finger on both hands. Where is this pointing to? As we are always told, they should both be pointing in the direction of the right hand shoulder (left for left handed players).
Usually this will mean that when you look down at your left hand you should merely be able to see the first two knuckles of that hand. Hence the two knuckle grip. But, if like me you have a propensity to slice the ball, it could be that you are not rotating the club fully in the downswing. There are motions to correct this whereby you rotate the right hand over the left as you pass the ball, but this is very subjective and sometimes you get it right, other times it goes badly wrong.
But by making your left hand stronger, you rotate your left hand over the top of the club slightly more so that you now see the first three knuckles. It feels dreadful at first, but it could really help to square the club at impact and manufacture the shot you want.
Get it right, and it is extraordinary. And holding the golfing club properly is the start of a good about of golfing.
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Written by Keith Lunt of 18-Holes, where you can find more about golfing gear and golfing training .
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