Every golf instruction book you read teaches you how to take your grip by showing you where the club goes across your palms and fingers.
Try looking at the outside of your hands for a change.
This will simplify the process of setting your grip, and give you a more secure grip at the same time.
First, we need to have an anatomy lesson.
The bones in your fingers are called phalanges.
There are three rows of them.
The proximal phalanges are the ones next to the hand.
The medial phalanges are the next ones up.
The distal phalanges are the fingertips, but they are not involved in taking the grip.
Second, we will call call the bottom hand the one closest to the end of the grip, and the top hand the one closest to the clubhead, when you have taken your grip.
Here are the four steps that get you holding the golf club the right way.
1.
Wrap all ten fingers around the grip like you would a baseball bat.
Hold the club in the fingers, not the palms.
Hold the club so that the proximal phalanges of the bottom hand are lined up with the medial phalanges of the top hand.
You have the segments of eight fingers parallel to each other, forming one flat surface.
2.
Take the thumb of your bottom hand off the club and tuck it inside the pocket formed by the palm of your right hand.
Make sure the phlanages of each hand are still correctly aligned.
3.
Lift the little finger of the top hand off the club and slide that hand down so rests against the bottom hand.
Are the phalanges still lined up? Put the raised little finger on top of the index finger of the bottom hand, or tuck it between the index and middle finger of the bottom hand.
4.
Unwrap the thumb of the top hand and rest it in a neutral posture along the handle.
You now have a good golf grip.
You will notice that your top hand is locked against the bottom hand without being forced against it.
This will keep your hands together throughout the swing, which helps keep the clubhead aligned in the same way it was at address.
When the hands come apart slightly, the clubhead can rotate and not get back to where it was.
With this grip, you will never have that problem.
Try taking your grip on the club this way and see if it isn't an easier way that leads to better shotmaking.
Try looking at the outside of your hands for a change.
This will simplify the process of setting your grip, and give you a more secure grip at the same time.
First, we need to have an anatomy lesson.
The bones in your fingers are called phalanges.
There are three rows of them.
The proximal phalanges are the ones next to the hand.
The medial phalanges are the next ones up.
The distal phalanges are the fingertips, but they are not involved in taking the grip.
Second, we will call call the bottom hand the one closest to the end of the grip, and the top hand the one closest to the clubhead, when you have taken your grip.
Here are the four steps that get you holding the golf club the right way.
1.
Wrap all ten fingers around the grip like you would a baseball bat.
Hold the club in the fingers, not the palms.
Hold the club so that the proximal phalanges of the bottom hand are lined up with the medial phalanges of the top hand.
You have the segments of eight fingers parallel to each other, forming one flat surface.
2.
Take the thumb of your bottom hand off the club and tuck it inside the pocket formed by the palm of your right hand.
Make sure the phlanages of each hand are still correctly aligned.
3.
Lift the little finger of the top hand off the club and slide that hand down so rests against the bottom hand.
Are the phalanges still lined up? Put the raised little finger on top of the index finger of the bottom hand, or tuck it between the index and middle finger of the bottom hand.
4.
Unwrap the thumb of the top hand and rest it in a neutral posture along the handle.
You now have a good golf grip.
You will notice that your top hand is locked against the bottom hand without being forced against it.
This will keep your hands together throughout the swing, which helps keep the clubhead aligned in the same way it was at address.
When the hands come apart slightly, the clubhead can rotate and not get back to where it was.
With this grip, you will never have that problem.
Try taking your grip on the club this way and see if it isn't an easier way that leads to better shotmaking.
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