You are bang on what you should be doing and I applaud you for discovering this for yourself! Many tour pros do this including Anthony Kim, Nick Price, Steve Lowery, and the list goes on; Thanks for the comment! Shawn

Think about the grip this way; you are connecting a new bone to the body to form a club-arm unit hanging from the shoulder sockets; the grip should be secure enough so that when you swing back and through, there is no detaching in any are from the club; see “Golf Pro lesson grip awareness” and “golf pro lesson weak grip or strong grip”; thank you for the question; Shawn

Why don’t other people teach like you? I moved my comment - it seemed more appropriate. After watching many of your videos I noticed that when I choke up a little more, closer to the “golf pride” than you, grip doesn’t move around (I have those marks on the pad of hand), hinging, and get a nice momentum whip easier. Used to hit the ground a lot, but by moving hands up I can maintain posture and clubs have more room to fly through. My clubs are not cut or lengthened. Is this ok in the long run?

Hey Shawn, interesting video…I had a lesson with a golf pro who did in fact talk about things in very similar ways to yourself, but one thing he did say was that I should try to grip the club more loosely.

Now I believe the point he was trying to make wasn’t so much about the grip I had, but in fact the tension that kind of spread to the rest of the area, which was stopping my wrists from hinging properly. Do you think this might have been a result of the grip, or maybe something else?

The best drill that describes what you are asking is the “Golf Pro lesson perpetual motion drill”; I get this question a lot and the answer is not what you think; see also “Golf pro lesson golf swing medicine” and “golf pro lesson momentum toss” part 1 and 2; you will see that gravity and momentum do all the work; Shawn

HI Shawn,

Its so interesting to watch your videos. Now, please guide me through the process of downswing. On the top of the backswing, what is the first move? Or what should be my first thought? And how to do it so that my head is behind the ball at impact and the right shoulder is below the left one and my eyes are able to watch the impact?

Super! Thanks for posting! Shawn

Yes, it means that the body is in the way in the backswing and causing the elbows to separate and the grip gets pulled open; see “golf pro lesson grip awareness” for this; thanks for the question! Shawn

I have seen this grip work very well and every bit as effective as any other; you have my blessing! Shawn

Hi Shawn,

I am curious as to what you this of the Reverse Overlap Grip for the full swing. I started swinging my medicus with this type of grip and surprising the club has a hard time breaking.

Thanks!!

Shawn, Am RH & am finding I cant keep the RT thumb & trigger finger together through out the swing. Somewhere they come apart and the trigger finger wears a groove in my thumb. My grip is as per your instruction (Overlap). Is this a result of a swing flaw ?

Shawn, thanks again. I went to purchase new grips last week.I was asked “What size glove do you wear?”.”Mens medium, then these are the grips for you.” I replied, ” No, I want to try them all and squeeze the differant sizes till I squeeze the right one.”In the end I chose one size bigger than mens standard and the same style and size that he used. He also had the same exact hand size as mine. Thanks,I normally would have assumed he new best and taken the first grips that he recommended.

If you want to be great ball striker 3-4 pressure is perfect.

When you begin to learn how to whip your arms/club you’ll have be loose throughout your body to promote proper release and to generate ideal clubhead speed.

Try taking a proper grip and setup to the ball with your tricepts resting on your chest. When your ready to swing just concentrate on your right tricep initilizing the movement back. It should feel like your flipping your right arm back, but in a controlled manner.

As long as you can hinge both wrist together without anything moving in the hands and this allows you to whip the snot out of the club to the target with the ball flying straight and powerful! Shawn

Shawn your instruction to place the right thumb on the side of the club feels okay to me but it feels more natural to put my right thumb directly on top of the club, in line with my left thumb. It slightly changes the right hand angle, but doesn’t do anything to the club face. Any thoughts?

Right on Aaron! Frank is a world class coach and you are in the very best of hands!!! Keep me posted as to your progress as I want to learn from your exchanges please! Email me on my website! Shawn

The right arm folding in the backswing will begin the process of hinging and then gravity will finish it off and set the wrists fully; they will also hinge more going down as you whip the club through the ball; see “golf pro lesson arm motion” and “golf pro lesson takeaway and starting the swing”
Shawn

Quick question: Do you deliberately hinge your wrists or is it natural because I’ve never given it any thought during my swing?

After watching this I think it may be the best video I’ve seen about golf on youtube.

frank not fran sorry

hey shawn i am learning from fran mcrestal

See the “golf pro lesson chicken wing across the line”, “Golf pro lesson elbow close?” and “golf pro lesson grip awareness” videos to fine tune;
Shawn

Hey Shawn!
Love your videos, I have a quick question.

I find that my left wrist hinges and cups naturally as you say is correct here, but if i let it work that way i get the club well across the target line at the top.

Is this a position which should result from hinging your wrists in this way, and is it one you support?

I feel like its leading me to expect a draw but when it goes wrong I’m blocking it right.

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Thanks, for trying to answer my question. But after watching the video, I’m still a smidgen confused as to whether it’s okay to cup the right wrist (not the left wrist) at the top of the backswing. (for a right handed golfer). It seems everybody wants to talk about the left wrist when my question is about the right.