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good golf grip activates the muscles you want to use in the golf swing while an
incorrect grip encourages use of the wrong muscles.
By
placing the grip under the heel pad, you free your wrists to hinge properly
throughout the golf swing. To encourage the correct thumb length, take your
grip with your arms fully extended in front of your chest and close your left
hand [opposite for lefties] around the club handle. You should find that your
left thumb falls slightly to the right of the top of the handle. This places your wrist square to the clubface,
which is important because when centrifugal force straightens your arms through
impact, your wrist joint, elbow joint, and shoulder joint seek alignment. Therefore the clubface must be set at address
to prepare for the inevitable alignment of those joints. (Note: Ignore the markings on the grip - they
are not meant as guides for your hands).
Your target thumb [the thumb of the highest hand on your grip] plays a
major role in the rotation of the clubface through impact. In addition to its anchoring capabilities, the position of
your top thumb on the club handle determines the direction in which force is
applied to the shaft during your release and therefore how much the face of
your clubface will rotate through the impact. When your thumb is on the top of
the shaft at address, the pressure exerts down the middle of the club shaft
reducing clubface rotation through impact -- and unless there is compensation,
you'll hit a fade or a slice. With your target thumb down the back of the shaft
the direction of the force causes your clubface to rotate aggressively through
impact imparting the characteristic spin of the draw shot.
I use the medium thumb because it best fits
the swing length I want.
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