Recently I purchased a Taley Mind Set, and it has been very helpful teaching me the feel of a FLW. As I have been more successful and comfortable with a FLW, another issue has come up. Funny how that happens! It started with 20-30 yard pitches: they were flying very low and with a lot of hook spin. Trying to figure out why this was happening, I figured out that I have been setting up with a very closed face at address. At adjusted address, the face of my clubs, all of them, face to the left of the plane line. Here is the issue: I realize that this hook-face at address is what I am comfortable with; and I found that when I corrected the face at address, I would unconsciously re-grip the club in the backswing to the hook face again. It seemed that when I took a practice swing or two to monitor my alignments, by the time I went back to address, my closed face had returned. It was an incredible effort for me not to re-grip the club on the backswing, and when I did not, I had a very high tension level which made it difficult to swing on plane. Can anyone give me some advice on how to fix this problem of re-gripping, or on whether I am thinking about this issue correctly? Thanks for all your help.
Practice and repetition to re-program the computer. The big step was discovering the problem, with that knowledge you will have no problem working at what you KNOW has to be accomplished. Just like a big grip change, it feels awkward at first...
Kevin
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I could be wrong. I have been before, and will be again.
It should be impossible to regrip during the swing.
You may grip it way too lightly.
Consider your hands as "clamps" - clamps do not have wobble.
The common advice to grip it very lightly (hold a bird!) is very wrong and misleading.
On a scale from 0 (club falling of your hands) to 10 you should be at last at 6 - no wobble - no regrip possible.
But a firm grip doesn't mean locked wrists: This is the key - a firm grip with supple wrists - no wobble but still a lot of mobility.
Regards.
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"From Putter to Driver, the Clubhead Lag technique is indispensable..." (6-C-2-A) Lag is the SECRET of golf!
Recently I purchased a Taley Mind Set, and it has been very helpful teaching me the feel of a FLW. As I have been more successful and comfortable with a FLW, another issue has come up. Funny how that happens! It started with 20-30 yard pitches: they were flying very low and with a lot of hook spin. Trying to figure out why this was happening, I figured out that I have been setting up with a very closed face at address. At adjusted address, the face of my clubs, all of them, face to the left of the plane line. Here is the issue: I realize that this hook-face at address is what I am comfortable with; and I found that when I corrected the face at address, I would unconsciously re-grip the club in the backswing to the hook face again. It seemed that when I took a practice swing or two to monitor my alignments, by the time I went back to address, my closed face had returned. It was an incredible effort for me not to re-grip the club on the backswing, and when I did not, I had a very high tension level which made it difficult to swing on plane. Can anyone give me some advice on how to fix this problem of re-gripping, or on whether I am thinking about this issue correctly? Thanks for all your help. RP
rprevost,
As with many TGM disciples I assume that you employ a hitting procedure for most of your less than full shots. So, there should be no problems with you gripping the club at, and starting the swing from, Impact Fix - rather than your more normal start point.
Adopting this (hitting) procedure should take you away from the normal "comfort zone" set up you currently employ at address and still defer to despite your better judgement.
I suffer from the re grip problem sometimes. I wonder what Luke or Yoda would recommend drill wise.
IMO TGM is all about swinging the Hands or more specifically the pressure points on plane. You must put your mind in your pressure points and sense their feedback or messages of pressure. Dont let them go silent. Lag Pressure at the #3, the direct drive pressure of the Accumulators applying force to the left arm and club (at the pressure points #1 and 2. 4 being up in the left arm pit). Pressure point maintenance is Throw Away and re grip prevention.
Here's what I do for whatever its worth:
-When I suspect a regrip on the range, I check my grip after the swing. Is it intact or not?
-adjust the grip pressure and focus on the pressure points until I can (without a ball) continuously swing , no stopping, without the grip changing. Four or five reps should about tell the story.
-with practice you will be able to feel the grip when it slips during the swing. This is a good thing maybe as your awareness and focus is where it should be. Making the whole sorry bad habit less likely.
With the grip taken at fix and the waggle a turning on of the pressure points to brain channel of communication..........keep the messages coming for as long as possible. When #3 Pressure goes silent, is lost, Lag is lost , the clubhead has passed the hands. When #1 Pressure goes silent, the Hitter has lost his Pressure on the aft of the grip, the Accumulator #1 has stopped driving etc. Any slack in the Radius can turn things off too.
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