After 30 years of coaching Todd Kolb has identified five grip secrets that have helped his students pick up at least 15 yards with their driver — and most golfers have never heard of any of them. In this video Todd breaks down all five and explains exactly why each one unlocks more clubhead speed and more distance off the tee.
🏌️ The 5 Grip Secrets:
1. Grip in the Fingers, Not the Palm
The most foundational grip secret — holding the club in the fingers rather than the palm allows you to leverage and hinge the club properly, which is how clubhead speed is created. Todd explains the simple glove wear test that tells you immediately whether you’re gripping it correctly.
2. The Side Grip Process
A newer teaching technique that Todd has had huge success with — instead of placing the club in front of you and gripping it, let your arms fall naturally and grip the club on the side. That natural position puts the club straight into the fingers automatically.
3. Short Thumb vs Long Thumb
Long thumb bad, short thumb good. Sliding the lead hand thumb up the shaft moves the club more into the fingers and unlocks the hinging and leveraging that creates clubhead speed. One of the simplest and most effective grip changes you can make.
4. Full Hand on the Club
The entire pad of the lead hand should be on the golf club. If the pinky is hanging off the end and the pad is off the grip you lose the ability to hinge and leverage. Golden nugget — your lead hand pinky should be about one inch from the butt end of the club.
5. The Trigger Finger
The most underrated distance secret in golf. A slight separation between the trail hand index finger and the rest of the hand allows the trail side to hinge and leverage the club — creating the clubhead speed that produces maximum distance. No gap equals no trigger finger equals less speed.
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📖 CHAPTERS:
0:00 5 Grip Secrets for 15 More Yards
0:24 Secret 1 — Fingers, Not Palm
1:43 Secret 2 — Side Grip Process
3:04 Secret 3 — Lead Hand Thumb
4:14 Secret 4 — Lead Hand Location
5:32 Secret 5 — Trigger Finger
6:32 Secrets for Maximum Distance