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| TEST YOUR GRIP, DRILL TO IMPROVE IT (Ben Witter) | |||
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Check your grip to insure proper swing dynamics. OK... try this right now... Take a golf ball in your hand like you're going to throw it. Take notice to the pressure points where the ball is making contact with your hand. Now, move the ball so the pressure points are 1/2 inch closer to the palm of your hand. Feels kind of weird, doesn't it. Imagine how much more difficult it would be to throw the ball in that position. You'd probably have to change the way your body moved in order to throw it, wouldn't you? The positioning of the pressure points of the ball in your hand completely determines your body motion in a throw. If this is true of throwing, imagine how if affects your body motion in the golf swing. The pressure points of the golf club in your hands influences your swing. If your hands are positioned correctly, your wrists will hinge naturally and the club will flow around your body in an efficient swing plane and allow you to use effortless power by utilizing centrifugal and sequential force. If your hands are positioned incorrectly, however, your wrists will not hinge correctly and your body will be forced to compensate in a less efficient motion that will force you to create power through force rather than physics resulting in a strained and inefficient swing. TRY THIS DRILL: Take your golf club in your left hand and position the grip so the shaft lays in the groove made by your fingers and the palm of your hand. The pressure points will be on the outside of your forefinger and the heel pad of your hand. You should be able to comfortably hold the club with your left hand only without even closing your hand and without the club twisting. Now, gently close your fingers around the grip and set the club into an address position. Your thumb and forefinger should have created a "V" that points toward the inside of your right shoulder and you should be able to see 2 knuckles. Now, place your right hand on the grip so your right palm completely covers your left thumb. You can interlock, overlap, or keep all 10 fingers on the grip, but make sure to have your left thumb fit into your right palm like pieces of a puzzle. Once you've got your right palm covering your left thumb, wrap your fingers around the grip until your fingers find a comfortable position. The grip should be mostly in your fingertips and not in the palm of your hand. The pressure points of the right hand on the golf club should be similar to that of where the golf ball was when you were about to throw it. With your right hand in position, your thumb and forefinger should have also created a "V" that points just inside your right shoulder. With a proper grip, you can reduce grip pressure and eliminate many of the swing flaws that are directly related to the body mechanics which are caused by excess grip tension. Get a grip on the club and a grip on your game will soon follow. |
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