Stop losing distance! Learn the grip-end drill for a better driver golf swing.
Tired of slicing your drives and losing distance? This video will teach you how to hit the driver correctly by focussing on a part of the club most golfers ignore – the grip. This simple yet powerful golf tip will transform your driver golf swing basics and help you finally stop coming over the top.
Using a visual cue from the top and bottom of the grip, I’ll show you how to create better club path and body sequencing – the real secret to hitting the driver longer and straighter. Forget confusing swing thoughts and start controlling the part of the club you actually touch!
✅ Learn the easiest way to stop slicing
✅ Understand how grip awareness controls your club path
✅ A bonus drill that trains your hands to work in sync
✅ Start striking your driver from the inside like a pro
If you’re working on your driver golf swing, or just want to finally understand how to hit a driver correctly, this lesson will give you the feel and feedback you need.
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let’s stop coming over the top losing distance
slicing drives losing them off to the right You can fix this problem It’s a common problem but you
can really fix it And what we’re going to do today is really change the way you think about the golf
club as a whole and how it swings around your body This is such a simple driver lesson that’s going
to help you hit this longer and straighter every time So we’ve all seen that kind of drive You do
it your friend does it We see these actions where the club wants to get out over here early and
then we’re pulling across the ball even backing up into it and hitting slices Let’s stop that And
the easiest way for you to stop that is to change the part of the club you’re actually thinking
about So often what golfers are thinking about is maybe where their hips are going maybe a little
bit about where their arms are going and certainly maybe thinking like the club needs to be coming
from in here and where’s the club coming from so they’re really latching on to this part of the
club or maybe an internal part of their body But today I want you to think of this bit the grip
This is the bit we’re going to start thinking about And in particular I want you to think about
a top end and a bottom end So this is the bottom end This is the top end Now at my grip I’ve got
a white bit around the top and a white bit around the bottom And I’m gonna reference these two
white circles around my grip in relationship to each other So as I set up to the ball the bottom
part of the grip is forwards of the back part of the grip So if this is back this is forwards This
is back of this which makes sense You obviously aren’t setting up this way or with them stacked
on top of each other Then as the club goes back what will get slightly confusing but hopefully not
too confusing is they’re going to switch positions Meaning that’s now the top That’s now the
bottom But I’m going to refer to this always as the bottom Even when it flips So the bottom
part of the grip to the top part of the grip is how I’m going to reference it And yep they’re
going to flip because obviously the club’s going up and over your shoulder Now as I set the
club back point one you need to try and do As I set the club back I want the bottom part of
the grip to be back of the top part of the grip which I think lots of you know you’re not going to
set it back here You’ll stop and look It’s going slower at this point You’d feel that’s crazy Lots
of you will do that where the bottom part of the grip is back of the top bit Now here’s the real
kicker Then what I’m gonna do on the down swing is to get my club coming more from the path
I want it to come from here to try and stop me over rotating early and chucking everything
out here where they start to stack up So from this camera you can see they’re starting to get
on top of each other Bottom of the grip to the top I am going to try and get the bottom of the
grip to stay behind So behind the top of the grip for as long as I physically can because what will
happen at the bottom is they’re going to catch up So if you think about this angle this is back of
this If I just rotate my body because the camera’s fixed they’re going to catch up I’m not actually
moving that out That club is just catching up with that camera meaning it’s lining up Then to hit
the ball that bottom part will just throw out So by trying to keep the bottom end of the grip
back of the top end of the grip by default you’re going to start hitting from the inside It’s
just going to happen And the more I do this with students getting them to not focus on where
the club is but the bit they’re actually holding the bit they’re putting forces through the easier
it gets for them to start controlling their drives to get a little bit more of that shape in there
So think about this as a drill next time you’re practicing with your driver to get rid of that
over the top action to get rid of those slices I want you to hit a few shots Don’t worry where the
ball goes where you make demo back swings where you try and keep this end back of this end So the
that circle’s back of that circle and you can even stop and look and then just chip that ball out in
front of you It’s not going to go in the air cuz there’s not enough speed It’s going to dip and
go left hopefully But this is going to train you to feel where the bottom and the top end of the
grip in relationship to each other are and get away from the head which so many of you cannot
feel where it is And the main reason I think so many have success with this is you’re holding on
to this bit So you can control this bit easier because you could even think about where you’re
bringing your force through the club So let’s say as I start down I’m putting force kind of on the
top side of the club just to push it down I’m not running force this way through the club to get
this to catch up with this So again to try and feel that you can just drop your hands down trying
to keep this back from this end And at the same time you’re not putting force that way through the
grip pushing it that way You can feel that That’s something that’s tangible for you to feel And then
you’re going to find this club’s coming from this better path and then out to the ball Because we
see so many golfers they over rotate definitely too early but they also then want to put force
this way through the shaft also that way through the shaft which stacks it up And the bit you’re
holding controlling this end to this end is huge And one little bonus tip if you’re struggling
to feel it set yourself up split your hands on the club So hold the bottom bit with trail hand
hold the top bit with lead hand And what you’re going to find is that you’re much easier to just
hold that top bit back for a little longer this way Get the feeling of this end of the grip
bottom being behind top Bang And then you’re going to try and apply that to your drives In the
comments down below does that make sense or not is it something you thought about and tried over
just thinking about the club and if you want to find out how far you should be hitting this driver
watch this video It’s got all the information you
6 Comments
What your best driver tip for controlling the over the top move?
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This drill changes how golfers think about the driver swing.
Nice shoes
Great way to change people’s mindset. We’re all guilty of
Focusing on the part of the club that makes contact with the ball.
As a wise man once said… “if you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting.” 😂👍
Interesting, looking forward to trying this out. Might give a similar feeling to one of your previous videos which had that feeling of the grip rolling in trail hand during transition which worked well for me. I’m going to be that annoying person that asks, same for irons?!