As I've gotten older I've made moderate adjustments to my swing. Most of them are things I skip directly to other players who're having similar troubles. But there may be one trick I've used for a reasonably long term that I by no means exceeded on -- generally because I notion it changed into something quirky approximately my swing. (Most gamers have something like that, a trick that works for them however would not work for maximum different gamers.)
And then I found this new article about fixing a slice by Sean Foley on the Golf Digest site. My gosh, it's not a quirk after all! So let me share it with you now.
Generally speaking, players are taught one of two ways to grip the club. Either they use a neutral grip (both thumbs are on top of the club handle) or a slightly strong grip (both thumbs are turned slightly to the trailing side of the club handle). In each case, one hand mirrors the other -- that is, if the club handle wasn't in the way, both palms would be parallel with each other. And most teaching methods reinforce that idea.
But that's not the case with my grip. My lead hand is turned slightly strong but my trailing hand is in a neutral position. In other words, my hands aren't parallel -- they form a 45 degree angle. Here, take a look at the photo accompanying Foley's article. See how the thumb of his lead hand is turned to the side of the club's handle (1) but his trailing thumb is more on top (2)?
I turned into taught to play with a neutral grip, but as I got older I had extra hassle squaring the face at impact. But once I bolstered my grip a little, I had the equal hassle -- my trailing hand just became under and opened the face even greater. And if I simply reinforced my grip, I'd turn the club at impact.
Somewhere along the line I realized that it felt natural for my trailing hand to return into the effect position in a impartial function -- in all likelihood from mastering to apply tennis rackets and ping pong paddles. Likewise, it felt natural for my lead hand to are available in barely robust -- once more, possibly from years of gambling with a Frisbee?. So sooner or later I simply positioned the two together and it labored, so I stayed with it.
The quality element is that it seems to make hand positions automatic. If I placed my trailing hand on in its impartial function, the thumb on my lead hand fits proper beneath the heel of my trailing hand.
So after all these years it appears that my quirky grip is not so quirky in the end. Thank you, Sean Foley.
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