Holding a golf club correctly is essential. Get it wrong and the ball will head off in the wrong path. And the room for error is tiny. Here are some tricks to try that have helped me!
Even the professionals could struggle with their grips once in a while. I was told the story a few days ago of a professional person who had been nowhere in competitions until a new coach persuaded him to change his grip ever so slightly. Since then, he has begun winning.
And why was I being told this narrative? Well, it was the exact same grip change as I had been coached into the previous week, with the alike consequences.
I am assuming that you are reading this with at least a key knowledge of a grip and have developed into one of the customary grips. So, I will just look at tweaks that will permit you to progress the grip.
And that should be the primary 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 to, but it will not help and will get in the way.
There are two major aims of the grip. The first is, obviously, steady control of the club. The second is that it should allow you to correctly manipulate the club throughout 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 around 18 months I have practised with a golf swing trainer to mold a nice 'two knuckle' grip (back to that in a minute!). This was my ruin. The change was to strengthen then left hand and use a three knuckle grip. Trying this with the golf grip trainer leaves the club head pointing in totally the wrong direction, but with a driver (and irons), the ball flies straight and true.
So what about 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 to the right hand shoulder (left for left handed players).
Frequently this will mean that when you look down at your left hand you should only be able to see the first two knuckles of that hand. Hence the two knuckle grip. But, if like me you have a predisposition to slice the ball, it might be that you are not rotating the club completely 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 in excess of the top of the club slightly more so that you now see the first three knuckles. It feels dreadful at first, but it can really help to square the club at impact and construct the shot you want.
Get it right, and it is remarkable. And holding the golfing club properly is the start of a good about of golf.
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Written by Keith Lunt of 18-Holes, where you can read more about golfing gear and golf training.
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