Today we dive deep into WHY having a world class grip is so important. There are so many correlations the grip has to proper movement and so many ways you can go wrong before the golf swing has even begun. This is SO IMPORTANT for building a golf swing from the ground up!
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Just about to hit the sim.. timing couldn’t be better!
Love the content lately! First saw you guys with coach Milo. You guys and Milo are my go to for all things swing. Again, would just like to say thank you for sharing your knowledge! My quest to having a simple, rotational golf swing continues. Stand and flip has got to go LOL
Another pearler. Love to see some more on the takeaway on how our ribs start the swing along with pressure shifts. Such a good channel
Can you please do a full video on rib sway?
Great video, I enjoy how deep you get into you explanation. I understand the strong or stronger lead hand grip. But I have found with my trail hand if I have a weaker grip I tend to rotate the hand over. Could you explain what I may be doing wrong? When you have a weaker trail grip should the the elbow be facing your more to your body and not to right of your body , I noticed in the video during the downswing the trail elbow leads down and comes in towards the hip pocket .
The line formed with the left hand points to the trail clavicle, where does the line formed with the right hand point?
This video could of been 60 seconds. Just saying the same thing everyone has said for hundreds of years using played out medical terms.
what are your thoughts on the feel of giving blood with right arm them turning right hand to left to place right hand on grip?
Not a sexy video, but very important. Nice to know your instructors have the basics and a reason for them. Very impressive. Again, thanks for spending your valuable time to help all of your followers.
Love this vid! I think videos on wedge play or the short game would be a great addition for us amateurs in the future! Also, I've seen Luke B. post a lot about how the lead arm has separation at impact (some ppl think it's a chicken wing). To clarify, as long as you have the elbow, hand, and club aligned, it's okay to have that separation?
Be interested to see/hear your thoughts on a long thumb on the lead hand. I cannot grip with a short thumb my hinge is so much less this way, so it's always felt better with a long thumb
These videos are fantastic
2 questions old golfing machine cat…1 flat left wrist according to tgm is an alignment of the shaft moving in line with the left arm like hammering you just hammer on a different plane in golf…so the wrist anatomy will be different to comply with alignment hence fleetwood cupping…question do y’all like going wrist fully uncocked thru ball?
2 that shallowing thing keeping the stars in line was great so does that come with some rotation in the humerus too?
Thanks gentlemen! This just helped me a lot!
About 12 minutes in, you said the strong-weak lead-trail hand set paired well with some extension to get some more distance. What does that mean — extending up through impact?
What a great video! I really enjoy listening to you talk through these concepts. I've recently switched to your "preferred" grip, i.e. strong lead/neutral trail, and I've seen my rather severe several-year golfer's elbow nearly disappear. Note that I've done everything recommended by experts as far as rehab, consistently without much recovery. My theory is that I was continually re-injuring my elbow because of the nature of my swing and grip. I haven't quite figured it out, but with a very "neutral" grip it felt like I had to "crank" really hard at the bottom to deloft my irons. In any event … also, I love the Orion's Belt metaphor. I've never heard that. It's a really good reminder not to shallow by extending the lead wrist but via supination of the forearm aided by thoracic rib bend. Awesome stuff. Thanks again!
Very educational once again. Guys plz do an exhaustive video on the Driver
The part about having the club sit in the middle digit and only the first two joints of the index/pointer finger wrapping around the club was very helpful also a big key to not roll the forearms in the takeaway. Overall a very well detailed yet easy to understand video, don't be afraid to keep doing deep dives into topics because more people would become better at golf if they understood the swing as a system of movement rather than trying to patch things together chasing some "magical" tip or drill.
Awesome and complete explanation
Great content!!! Keep it up
Yeah to much on tech speak, need close up of the the index finger on trail hand and why that finger is held differently and how to set the club at the top.
I don't think the weak grip, which goes along with the bowed left wrist (most of the time) is a quirk. For me I could never get proper compression on the ball when I would be coming in with a bunch of knuckles. If you just stand there and take very short swings with a weak grip just using the wrists, you will see that the wrist joint kind of cradles the club and delivers it back and forth perfectly. People will also accuse the player with the bowed wrist of just turning super hard through impact, as if they're not doing anything with the hands. Jerry Kelly said this on the subpar podcast, as if it's a crap move that only the modern player uses that only works with the new equipment. Never mind Ben Hogan and Lee Trevino who had bowed wrists at the bottom, albeit Ben hogan was cupped at the top. Anyway, I think you can actively accelerate the hands through impact because they're loaded (bowed) and then unloaded (cupped) in the through swing.
Also I think the reason bad golfers can't swing properly with a weak grip is because it is way too much in their palms. Once you get it into the fingers (that is a whole other skill that is not obvious), the forearms work independently of the humorous and then you can swing with power with a neutral or weak grip. But it looks real bad on most high handicappers because they're always trying to square it right from the top because it feels so open. Also good instructors like Malaska advocate a strong grip for students (which I see the reason why) but he himself does NOT have a strong grip himself. My dad went and saw him and my dad's grip wasn't weak before, and when he got back it looked like Paul Azingers damn grip. Then looked at Malaska and his face was hanging pretty straight down at the top with not much cup (pretty neutral).
Anyway just some thoughts, and just for reference I'm a 2.5 hdcp and should get below scratch this year. Golf was something else because I'm athletic with plenty of speed, but I have STRUGGLED with golf like no other for YEARS. What a game. It's more complex than other sports (one reason is the center of gravity of the club is not in line with the shaft like mostly all other sports). Also I appreciate the instruction and insight you give for the more advanced player, as most is just the whole over the top instruction for the hack golfer. So thank you. Also sorry for the lengthy thread, I enjoy talking golf.
btw I just looked at Jerry Kelly's swing. That is probably the weakest grip I have ever seen that has literally no bow anywhere in the swing. Interesting. Super straight hitter. Also, if you're into looking at swings I've got mine on my channel. Thanks.
I am really enjoying your channel and the way you talk about the swing.
Great deep dive on the grip, and I appreciate you using proper anatomical terms. Just one correction on what you said at 5:24: you had "digits" and "phalanges" reversed. Each finger is a digit, and each digit is comprised of three phalanges.
Finely, someone explained the reason for gripping the club in a manner that makes sense .
Bravo!
Fabulous explanation. Last 3 vids you’ve done. Footwork and full coil whilst at p2 kinda has made me a lot cooler during transition. Gonna implement new grip today. Left guild / right leverage. Never got left arm throwing frisbee method whatsoever. This Works with my 🎾 coach / player previous. Thank you
OMG. Stop showing off. There should be a warning to this type of over technical instruction. As a coach I understand everything he coaches. There is a reason why I don’t go on YouTube and confuse the heck out of golfers. I would stay clear of coaches like him. And yes, I am a renowned coach.
is the grip in your fingers or in the palm of the hand. Also would the grip be stronger for older or senior players than young to middle age player.
The best video I have seen on grip. I now realize why I have a tendency to hit toe shots – my right hand is too strong. One of the best rounds I’ve ever had I played with a Rory type grip (strong left, weak right) and flushed everything.
For someone whose been piecing together a swing as a hobby this video is incredible. Thank you!
Help! At 14:00 in vid. Discussing shaft points between center chest and inside lead elbow. When in the swing??? Address? Impact??
So there are two “Orion’s belts”. When? During entire swing or just impact?
A little jem from joe Norwood He use to say what people calls a strong grip is actually a weak grip. He would prove this by having some grip the club with a strong right hand and pull the club out of there hand . grip it with a so called weak right and the club can’t be moved 😢