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Why You Struggle With Your Golf Grip
By Lee MacRae
Are you always on the lookout for the perfect grip? Well, maybe you already have it! The reason I say that is because so many people are always trying to change their grip because they keep hooking or slicing or topping the ball on the course. And for some reason they usually blame their grip. But if you are constantly changing your grip you may be messing your game up even more. In fact, you may be losing the perfect grip you already have!
Why would we say that? Because there are only 3 basic grips and that is it! You have the Overlap grip, the 10 finger grip and the Vardon grip. Three grips, no more and no less. But you have problems driving the ball straight don't you?. It hooks, it slices, you top it, you shank it. Something is wrong and your grip just doesn't seem right. So you go looking for a better grip. The problem is you're just making things worse. Just because you grip doesn't feel right doesn't mean it is wrong.
The basic grip has just one basic function-that is to ensure that you grip the club in such a way that the clubface always strikes the ball square to the target. That allows the ball to be driven straight to where you want it to go. No more and no less. And yet, if your grip is perfect or proper then why do you still have problems?
A bad setup will make your grip seem like it just isn't right. If your swing is not correct, if it is not in the right swing plane, then you will drive the ball off course, not where you want it to go. And when that happens far too when many people start to blame their grip, trying to figure out why they are
not hitting the ball squarely. Even if your grip IS set up to drive the ball squarely, the other problems will still create a bad shot. Trying to constantly re-do your grip can only lead to more and more problems.
Here is a good tip that you can try. Go on the Internet or go to your local sporting goods store and look for a good swing training aid that has a built in molded grip on the handle. This will ensure we were that you always have your hands gripping the club properly. If you get one of the swing training aids that breaks at a hinge when you swing it, then you are going to begin to see exactly where you were going wrong in your swing and not in your grip. These induced training aids break anywhere in the swing plane where you are swinging incorrectly. You don't have to guess. It will help you to understand exactly what you're doing wrong.
Stop being one of those golfers who keeps changing his grip because he thinks that has to be the answer. It more than likely is not. Once you have been trained in the proper way to grip a club, don't change it. Use the good training aids that are on the market to actually zero in on your real problems, not your imaginary ones. What you get the perfect grip keep it and watch your scores begin to go down. Create the proper grip by buying one of the golf swing teaching aids on the market.
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