{"id":228961,"date":"2019-12-20T20:53:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T20:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/feel-it-in-your-fingers-golf-grip-tips\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T08:26:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T08:26:06","slug":"feel-it-in-your-fingers-golf-grip-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/feel-it-in-your-fingers-golf-grip-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Feel it in your Fingers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Try this hands-on (and thumbs-off!) drill to get a real sense of the way encouraging \u2018lag\u2019 in your swing unlocks your potential for generating clubhead speed. – Nick Bradley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thumbs off thumbs on – for extra lag and speed <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If you could distil the ingredients of great ball striking with an iron in your hand it would probably come down to two elements; lag and speed. You see, lag has the ability to produce a great angle of attack with an iron, complimented by the added bonus of increased clubhead speed. Hands up who doesn\u2019t want to hit it better and hit it farther?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lag is often a mystical concept in golf \u2013 many golfers have tried to create \u2018lag\u2019 or a \u2018late hit\u2019 position only to find themselves even slower through the ball than before. Lag is not a static position, in fact it\u2019s probably the least static and slow position we can have during the swing due to its dynamic forces. The moment you try to replace \u2018motion\u2019 with \u2018position\u2019 you generally kill speed! Lag is nothing more than the increasing of the club\u2019s swingweight through angular momentum. That sounds like a mouthful but essentially all this means is the wrists cock or flex a little more during the downswing due to the pulling weight of the club. All we do to lag the club is to allow this sense of \u2018heaviness\u2019 to happen through the pliability of the wrists \u2013 yes they must feel soft and receptive to a dynamic change of direction in which the club feels really heavy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n


Heighten the sense in your fingers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This drill is going to give you that sense of weight, change of direction and speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The way to get this message through is to first take your regular grip; you are then going to lift both thumb pads off of the grip just as you see in this close-up picture. As you do this you will immediately gain a sense of the handle of the club increasing its weight into the fingers (which is why you should grip the handle there \u2013 i.<\/a>e.<\/a> low in the fingers \u2013 to begin with!). Take the time to get used to this dense heaviness, a feeling I doubt you would ever of had if you have been guilty of casting the club. Let the grip end bounce a little in your fingers as if somebody had asked you, \u2018How much do you think that weighs?\u2019 Only now will you begin to create the right feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thumbs off in motion \u2013 and repeat<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The trick to this is plenty of practice swings and rehearsals! Start to make a backswing but keep the thumb pads off of the grip handle until you reach the top of your swing and initiate the change of direction. When you sense your downswing has started let the handle of the club drop back onto the thumb pads; as this happens time and time again you will start to pick up on the rhythm and the physiology needed to create lag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Return to your set-up position, with a regular grip, and then rehearse your first move to this point, again lifting both thumbs up off the shaft as your hands reach waist high. Bounce the club a few times, then repeat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Keep the thumbs up off the shaft until you change direction and feel the club drop as lag is created<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lose control to gain control\u2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n

What do I mean by physiology? Any golfer I have ever seen in my 20-year career that has created little in the way of lag always demonstrated a tightness in the hands that severely altered the bodies ability to create lag and this extra angle into the ball. The most common example can be found with lady golfers who grip the club tightly to support its weight and motion but in doing so kill the swings ability to create leverage. The paradox is that if you want lag, speed and distance you have to \u2018let go\u2019 of control (CEO\u2019s and CFO\u2019s take note!) and give the club a little life of its own; let it bounce a little and have some motion! So, I want you doing this time and time again: \u2018thumbs off\u2026thumbs on\u2019\u2026.. \u2019thumbs off\u2026.thumbs on\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you feel you have that down just clip a few half shots away trying to replicate that same softness the hands during the drill. you will be amazed at the pop the ball seems to now as it leaves the face. So, whenever there\u2019s a lack of fizz from the ball and your strike pattern has become a little \u2018uncompressed\u2019 go back to \u2018thumbs off, thumbs on\u2019. In a short time you will enjoy that terrific feeling of natural lag in your swing and can focus on firing your iron shots start at your target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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