The Correct Golf Grip Depends On The Pressure Points
Author: ukibas | Category: Tips
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The grip in golf is very important. Good golf starts with a good grip.
More important is the position of the hands on the golf club. Everybody has to find their own best hand position for their individual golf swing. Just like ball position, proper hand position on the club cannot be taught.
The important thing about the hand position in the golf grip, and ball position too for that matter, is that it be consistent.
Learn and practice gripping the golf club consistently the same.
What is for the most part overlooked in discussions of the golf grip is where the pressure comes from. The generic, conventionally wise advice is that the pressure in the golf grip should be felt in the last two or three fingers of each hand.
Conventional wisdom is illogical and wrong. In the golf grip, the pressure in the left hand (for right handers) should be firmest in the last two fingers. The problems start when the same advice is given for the right hand.
Logically, the the action of the right hand is the exact opposite as that of the left. Although both hands are turning the same direction, opposite muscle groups are used to achieve this kind of rotation for each arm.
Now turn palms to the inside. You will notice that the muscles on the top part of the forearm are doing most of the work.
Keep in mind, of course, that all of the muscles are used and pressure is felt throughout both hands and the forearms in the golf grip. As far as the right hand in the golf grip, the pressure should be the firmest in the right thumb and forefinger.
To sum it, in the golf grip the points of maximum pressure on each hand should be as far away from each other as possible.
By Darell Mckissick
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