Getting the Right Grip for Your Swing

Golf Digest posted an article called Match Your Swing to Your Body Like Sergio Garcia . You might not realize it but this article is about matching your grip to your swing. The article explains how that works with Sergio's grip, but the real meat of this article is the short explanation of how you can find the right grip for you.

Sergio hitting shot at Augusta

Here's the basic take a look at. Note that when the textual content says to preserve the club in your proper hand, it way your TRAILING hand:

Hold a membership in only your proper hand, first with an exceedingly strong grip (wherein your hand is underneath the lowest of the handle). Make a few half velocity swings and observe if the face swiftly closes, stays square or has a tendency to stay open. Do the identical workout with a impartial grip (on the aspect of the deal with) and a vulnerable one (with the hand more on top). The grip that produces the most rectangular, natural-feeling release is going to be the quality one for you.

"Once you have observed the right one, use that as your proper hand grip," says [Top50 Teacher Mike] Adams. "It dictates the direction of the hinge. It will dictate what your right elbow does, and what your course does. You don't ought to think about it. Each folks has a sample that suits us fine."

You'll want to read the entire article to understand how this can help you. There's a full explanation of Sergio's grip, but the key here is that your trailing hand grip determines the direction that you'll hinge the club in your backswing -- on an upright, neutral or flat plane. It should be obvious that if you're making a flat swing but hinging the club in an upright plane, you're going to need compensations in your downswing.

And compensations simply make it more difficult to hit proper photographs.

It's an amazing article that covers some instruction that isn't frequently talked about -- and does so in a clean, comprehensible way. Check it out!

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