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- Hello, Adam Bazalgette here,
founder of Scratch Golf Academy
at the beautiful Club at Mediterra.
Today's subject, two gold grips, strong versus weak.
Which is really the winner, which is the one to go with?
Well I'll show you what they are, number one, define them
and then we'll look at some parameters.
What are the preferences for each
so you can customize the best grip
to make you the best golfer you can be.
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So what is a strong grip and what is a weak grip, let's say?
Well, it's when this lead arm is more turned this way
in your lead hand, that's a strong grip.
Makes it a long easy to close the club face through impact.
I'll show you a little bit later in the video
the kinds of players I think that could help
or certainly styles of swing that complement that.
A neutral grip would be more here, just slightly over
and of course, a weak grip is more over there.
I would not recommend a weak grip for any golfer.
You have to be extremely strong and coordinated
to consistently square the club up.
So let's have a look if you have that weak grip.
Okay, if you do have a weak grip,
that would be one where you'd see
barely any of the back of your left hand, maybe one knuckle.
Typically, you can see a little bit
of the fingertips when you look down.
You definitely don't want to see that.
If you have that kind of a grip,
this may seem like odd advice, don't strengthen it,
or don't strengthen it by wrenching your arm over.
Here's what you need to do.
Almost certainly, your grip is too much up in the palm,
and that's why it won't wrap over the club properly
so don't take a bad grip and wrench it over.
Relax your hand, make sure that fleshy pad
is completely and comfortably on top of the club.
The club's more down in the nape,
the curl of the pinky finger.
You grip it down there,
your hand should wrap over sufficiently.
Alright, once you've gotten advice like I just gave you,
here's the next pitfall people fall under.
They want to see what's going on in that hand
so they take what's a natural hang of your forearm there
and they wrench it under and flatten their hand,
trying to see what they're doing.
Well that's all good and well,
but it just doesn't work properly because first off,
the club will probably roll up into your palm
but secondly, your arm will be too much over there anyway.
So relax your arm, don't try to look inside there,
and feel for the good grip.
Now let's have a look at a couple of pros in action
with different sorts of grips
and see if we can see how the compatible swing components
work with those grips.
Okay, by way of review, that's a strong grip on the left.
You'd note it by having the V,
maybe pointed at the outside of the trail shoulder there,
the neutral grip maybe say the inside of the trail shoulder.
Certainly you'd see maybe a couple of knuckles here
and three, or most of the backhand there,
but both are reasonable.
The strong one on the left there,
the neutral one on the right.
Let's put the weak one up there for a second.
Now in this grip, if you drew a line up the golf club,
almost the entire hand
and certainly the wrist is on this side of the club.
That makes it weak.
The golfer looking down there
would probably see no knuckles, and he might see
or she might see a bit of the fingertips of that hand.
To me, that is an extremely hard way to play
so neutral or strong would be the way I'd go.
Let's have a look at a couple of players.
There's Lee Westwood, I'd call that a pretty neutral grip.
Stronger grip, Zach Johnson.
Not the strongest grip I've ever seen,
but pretty strong.
Now watch what happens with him.
The tendency of the strong grip player
is to get the club face closed at the top,
see it pointed straight up there?
You really can't see any of the club face.
Whereas Lee Westwood, a more cupped left wrist,
you see a lot more of the loft toe hanging down.
He has a lot more loft to work with.
Now here's how the body motion has to be a bit different.
If you have the de-lofted shut clubface,
you've got to have a powerful body drive
because you can't afford to let the club snap past the hands
for fear of hooking it,
and you'll see in through the ball there,
just power through with his body
with very little re-hinge of the wrist.
Now, you can be a consistent player that way.
Duval, Azinger, Trevino to some extend,
they play that way with a lot of body motion,
not much hand crossover and release.
I think though, if you're not pretty strong and athletic,
it's hard to hit the ball as far as you might doing that
and I think also, it brings into question longevity
for the average person as they get less athletic.
Can they be that dynamic with their body?
So let's look at Lee Westwood.
He's got plenty of loft on the club
and when he gets down there, he can really lash it
and let that club release a lot more.
So just look at the difference
not only in how the clubs release
but look how much less body motion he has
through the ball than Zach does.
Both tremendous players, though.
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So what kind of a grip am I recommending?
Well, I'm not recommended a weak, palmy grip,
that's for sure,
but between fairly neutral and somewhat stronger,
do what works best for you.
What helps you square the clubface up consistently,
still allows you to release it a little bit
and get some speed?
And remember, whatever your natural physiology is,
you don't want to fight that too much.
Some people are just burly and strong
and their arms turn in a lot.
You don't want to take that kind of player
and make it too weak.
Go with what's natural for you.
Generally speaking, fiddle around with it
and you'll find out what you do best with.
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Look for those two grips, the strong versus the weak
and if you can find the one that's right for you,
dial it in, you'll play better.
Thanks.
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