Gripping the Golf Club
Although very basic, the golf grip could be the most important aspect of the golf swing.Improper tension in your golf grip can throw your entire swing off.An improper grip can impede accuracy, and the shaping of shots by advanced golfers.
There are primarily two types of grips that a golfer should use, and neither of them is a hand-over-hand baseball, or axe handle, grip.The hands interlock where the left index finger slides between the ring and pinkie fingers of the right hand.To overlap your grip you will want to lay your left index finger on top of the right pinkie or on top of the notch between the pinkie and ring fingers.The grips encourage the hands to steady the club throughout the swing.
Start your grip about one finger from the end of the club. Move down for shorter controlled shots.You should hold the club in your fingers and pads of the hand, not in your palms.The thumbs should align straight down the club when the hands are closed.You will want to form a V with your forearms down toward the club.
Your grip should be firm enough to keep the club from moving in your hands, but otherwise very loose.Resist the urge to tighten the grip, try to keep it loose. Because there is no rulebook on the grip, it is just one of those aspects of the game that the golfer will have to experiment with, and adjust, through repetitive practice and play.
Through practice, the grip is something that should become second nature to the golfer. It is not something that should require as much thought as other aspects of the golf swing, but its importance should never be forgotten.The recommendation is that a golfer always keep a club nearby to practice the grip.
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