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Shaun I was happy to hear your discussion about gripping too tight that your draw shot would not come back. I had let my grip get too weak and it has allowed me to strike my irons crisp and actually have a draw. With my driver it’s been more difficult to make the draw happen. I think my pressure is correct because I am hitting it solid and my wrists are turning over. Sometimes I get that knuckle ball nose dive left. Could I have the ball too far forward in my stance? I moved the ball back some and that seemed to help a little. Need more exploration, but I know it’s close.
I would check out my “driver for accuracy shawn clement” video on youtube and see how you do with that first; then gradually raise the ball up on the tee and increase tilt and a bit of ball position.
Hi Shawn, I just found out I’ve been gripping the club to ‘loss of circulation’ and then some (but all on the left hand- left is the lead arm) and nearly none on the right hand. I’ve realised my grip on the left hand is so tight because I’m swinging really hard at it, and i suppose that’s because it would probably fly out of my hand otherwise.
Problem I’m now facing is that i have to tighten the nearly non existent right hand pressure and that’s causing the ball to hook a lot
Hi Rohan! Very important here: you are securing your grip to deliver an action through the stem of the dandelion towards the target; not to hit the ball. You definitely need to keep the strain away from the action so don’t feel that you are WORKING HARD at squeezing the grip, feel that the grip being secure will ALLOW YOU TO WHIP CUT through the stem and into the direction you want to start the ball.
Great video. The grip till you draw blood drove too much tension up the arms. 7-8 was okay and able to keep wrists loose with firm grip. One fault that used plagued me is my right hand would close the face on the down swing. WIG has solved that (if I keep with the target) but it will take a while to clear that fear from my head.
Right on Tim! Great feedback! We always advocate to do things without strain; I just wanted to show how far you can go with grip pressure without affecting the swing because I see too many “bird holders” out there preventing themselves from ever getting that blissful compression through the ball. Did you see the “squaring of the club” and the “goldie locks series” videos?
Shawn, as related to grip pressure and proper release what is your opinion of the Jumbo Max grips as used by Bryson DeChambeau?
Hey Pat! Bryson’s release pattern is very much like what we show in our “lead hand release” “trail hand release” and “release fine tuning”. Bryson has simply gone the extra mile to get used to the feel of these grips so that it matches up with his way of thinking. I can tell you that Moe Norman played his whole career with an overlapping grip and only switched in his later years to accommodate Natural Golf to get compensated to suit their methods better.