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 Perhaps the oldest cliche in golf instruction is that a sound grip is the
foundation of a sound swing. Every golf book ever written contains a chapter
about the grip. With every detail of the grip lavishly illustrated.
Unfortunately, the function of the grip in the swing is less frequently
discussed. If it were, players would have a better understanding of the
importance of an "orthodox" grip, and how to achieve it.
As the details of the orthodox grip are so well known, how is it that so
few golfers actually possess such a grip? The tragic fact is that the orthodox
golf grip simply will not work for most players... they have too many errors
in their swing actions to live with it! Most of them spend years searching
for a grip . . . any grip . . . that will minimize the errors in their swings.
Hence the endless variety of grotesque grips one sees on the course.
Go to any golf range. Most of the victims can be seen fiddling with their
grips, experimenting endlessly in the hope that natural selection will provide
them with a position that will reduce, or eliminate the slice. They should,
of course, be rebuilding their swings, not their grips!
So get your grip right, and stick to it. If you can't play golf with an orthodox
grip, it's your swing that needs attention . . . not your grip. You can't
cure a bad swing with an equally bad grip.
It is not generally appreciated that the set-up and grip are closely
inter-related. A poor set-up makes a good grip more difficult, and a bad
grip affects the set-up. This is important. So relate what is said about
the grip to what I say elsewhere about the set-up, particularly of the arms.
They are the two sides of the same coin.
Like every other aspect of the swing, common sense principles govern the
"orthodox" golf grip. You should be aware of them.
First, what is the role of the grip, in the swing? In all "bat and ball"
sports we aim to get the striking surface of the "bat" (or racquet, club,
etc.) moving squarely along the intended line of flight of the ball. If the
face of the striking implement is not moving squarely along the intended
line of flight, sidespin is imparted to the ball, and it does not fly straight.
A correct grip simply enables one to swing the club backwards (to the top),
and return it to the ball (in the downswing) so that the club-face is both
square to the intended line of flight (as it was at address), and traveling
along the intended line of flight at impact, and slightly beyond.
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