Every time I try to change it to a neutral grip, I have such a hard time swinging it. It feels so unnatural to me. I feel like I’ve tried so many tips already but everything feels unnatural. Btw, I am a primarily self taught beginner that occasionally gets taught by friends who have been playing for a while. I know I should get lessons but for now I don’t have the money for it. Any tips?
by Glad-Insect-2112
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Trail hand is way to weak. Elbows need to turn in more also.
Grip changes always feel unnatural at first. You could try one of those grip training aids to get use to the hand position and feel.
Grip changes always feel unnatural at first. You could try one of those grip training aids to get use to the hand position and feel.
Make a change, stick with it. It’ll feel natural eventually.
The grip shown here is wayyyy too strong.
Your grip is super super strong. However why do you want to change it? I would assume your miss is a duck hook or a slice (or both).
If you want to keep the strong left hand match it with a weak/neutral trail hand so you can’t turn the face over as easily.
One thing I will note is that the one consistency among tour pros regarding their grip is that their trail hand is never as strong as you have it. Makes it hard to apply pressure properly to the shaft and causes a lot of roll if you have it the way you do.
However there is a lot of variability with the lead hand. From Fitzpatrick to Rahm in terms of strength
https://imgur.com/a/Ci1QLJU
Ludvigs grip here is probably what you’d want to try and move to.
Different grips require different wrist matchups and releases.
Edit: I’ll also note that the way you interlock forces your trail hand to be more under. If the webbing on the fingers touches each other you’re always going to be super strong with the trail hand.
Why do you need/want to change your grip?
Just hold onto a club at home while watching TV and whatever, until it feels natural.
I’d hook the ball into next Sunday with that grip.
you have to match your grip with the specific wrist angles for that grip. there’s about a billion YT videos out there explaining it.
Practice slowly. Take little hip high swings and work up. Grip changes make the club feel totally different in your hands. If you make a big change in grip and start trying pound balls you’ll revert back to your old pattern because you’ll fight those new little subconscious feelings and cues.
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Get one of these.
Any change is uncomfortable. You have to embrace the uncomfortable and over time it will begin to feel more natural.
(Prefacing my next comment with not saying this is referring to you, just a general comment) I firmly believe this is why some give up on lessons or say the lessons didn’t work because changes were made that were uncomfortable and they didn’t want to put in the time to make it work so they revert back to what “felt more comfortable.” It was comfortable because that‘s all you knew. Change is hard.
If it’s unnatural you’re doing it right. Suck it up, your current grip will NEVER give the results you want.
Drilling new mechanical feels will always feel unnatural. You can either stay with what you know is flawed, or feel unnatural for awhile in the attempt to get better. Nice thing about a grip change is you get to statically set it so the actual “how” behind changing it is easy. Changing transition moves or club path issues, now that’s a nightmare
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You just change it. There’s no way around it feeling unnatural for a period of time. You just have to work through it until you start getting used to it.
For me, my right hand grip is quite lose and I’m only really holding the club pinched between my thumb and index finger. I feel like the right hand doesn’t need to be tight on the grip. You can still do interlock with my grip.
Move the hands so the back of the glove hand is facing more towards the direction you want to hit to. Move the right hand in the same direction.
What you have now is a strong grip. Very strong in fact.
There are lots of good videos about how to set your grip. Padraig Harrington has one, Danny Maude, Rick Shiels and I think Bryson DC does too.
You can also buy clubs that have a good grip built into then. Then there are grips you put on your regular grip that guide you too. These are a little slippery so you can tape them in place.
I bought my wife a glove that had blue markings where the shaft should be, what you should see when holding the club. I got it on Amazon for $20ish.
I suspect you grew up playing baseball, and a common problem for those learning golf is to think you should hold and swing a club the same way you swing a bat. But the club isn’t designed like that, and you don’t need the massive whole-body baseball swing to send the ball 400 feet (a smooth, effortless golf swing *when done correctly* will do that with an 8 iron).
Start with a neutral grip, chipping and pitching the ball just 30 – 70 yards until you recognize what clean contact feels like, and you will get used to it.