Does or can hitting lend itself to a firm (read VERY firm) grip pressure. Was doing a little experimenting before the snow hit the ground and was hitting some real quality golf shots. Felt like a hit and hold on (invision the stinger) but the ball was going long and straight short irons seemed to have more spin. Felt like I was really able to keep the hands and wrists from breaking down more. I know Mark Evershed who worked with Tomasello advocates a firm grip, but I believe that may be from the relationship he had with Moe Norman and a belief in the non deviating club face or something like that.
Thoughts??
Does or can hitting lend itself to a firm (read VERY firm) grip pressure. Was doing a little experimenting before the snow hit the ground and was hitting some real quality golf shots. Felt like a hit and hold on (invision the stinger) but the ball was going long and straight short irons seemed to have more spin. Felt like I was really able to keep the hands and wrists from breaking down more. I know Mark Evershed who worked with Tomasello advocates a firm grip, but I believe that may be from the relationship he had with Moe Norman and a belief in the non deviating club face or something like that.
Thoughts??
I would consider myself a 9 on a scale from 1 to 10 as far as grip pressure. I'm preparing the pressure points to be applied, #1 most importantly. When I think of pushing against something, anything really, I would not imagine that I had a live bird between me and the object. That old Snead comment has most certainly ruined many pressure points.
I hate grip pressure crap like this for a one main reason:
the grip pressure you employ at address WILL NOT be the same during the rest of the swing. Its impossible. It almost always INCREASES.
So for that reason i keep a "firm enough" grip pressure so that i can keep my alignments in place at the top/end of my swing, thats it. Because when i start going through the ball the grip pressure is much higher.
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I would like to thank Ted for his reply, it confirmed what I was working on.
For Jim I don't neccesarily like the term "grip pressure crap" I think all discussions here have merit of some point. It's amazing how something so simple can be overlooked by the majority of players, such as grip pressure and a stationary head. And as far as your analysis of most players increasing their grip pressure during the swing I would say that in reality even though they may attempt to squeeeze the grip firmer most amateurs LOSE pressure in the connection of the two hands leading to a flat right wrist and a loss of the proper angles and alignments.
mcflog the only place in the swing that an amatuer or really anyone for that matter "could" lose grip pressure is somewhere near their top/end position from 1) a faulty grip to begin with 2) an incorrect wrist motion in the same place.
sorry for the "crap" designation....
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mcflog the only place in the swing that an amatuer or really anyone for that matter "could" lose grip pressure is somewhere near their top/end position from 1) a faulty grip to begin with 2) an incorrect wrist motion in the same place.
sorry for the "crap" designation....
I think the crap classification, "x", was listed for anyone that would like to include crap in their swings.
I saw a Playing Lesson with the Pros' on GF with Sam Torrence. He stated that he liked to have a softer grip at address because "I don't care who you are, it will firm up on the way down".
I would echo Jim on this one... start just firm enough and then let the swing firm it up even more.
Hitting and swinging are, to a fair extent, opposite sides of the same coin. Hitters will tend to have firmer grips, and swingers lighter grips. It is a bigger issue for swingers IMO, as it is far too easy to allow a tight grip to overcome CF. I don't think I'd ever tell a swinger to grip 9 out of ten!
Firm, secure, stable, solid - not 'tight'
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