Neutral Hand Grip Explained

Katie Dawkins PGA Professional demonstrates what a neutral grip is.

Transcript

00:00Hi there I'm going to talk today about the neutral grip. What is a neutral grip and why is it so

00:09important for your golf? Your hands are the only connection between you and that golf club and

00:14they control the face of the club. If your hands are in a neutral position and by neutral I mean

00:20that they're holding the club how they naturally hang so everyone's a little bit different but

00:26it's really important that you know how your hands naturally hang. As a general rule most people's

00:30arms will hang down it's important not to have any tension if you were to clap your hands together

00:35the palms would be looking at each other and you then make gentle fists out of your hands your

00:41club then needs to fit into the fingers of your fists it's a bit of a tongue twister that but it's

00:46quite easy to remember so the club fits into the top hand into the fingers a little bit sits on top

00:51the other one comes on like a full hand and sits into those fingers there you link your hands

00:58however you want to on the club some people like to link some people like to overlap others will

01:03prefer just a baseball grip that's up to you but the most important relationship is the one that those

01:08hands have to each other so palms looking at each other fingers hanging down pointing towards the ground

01:14and gently folded round that's going to return that club nicely square impact if you don't hold

01:22your hands in that way on the club so say for example you've got a bit of a strong grip so a

01:27strong grip is where the top hands a little bit more on top bottom hands a bit more underneath they

01:32are still going to return to that position where they're facing each other and playing a forehand to

01:37the target like that that's the effect you're going to have on that club face and vice versa if you've

01:42got the bottom hand too much on top clubs going to return like that you've got an open face so a

01:48neutral grip is really really important if you want to hit that ball straight and also you don't

01:53necessarily want to involve any other complications or compensatory movements within your golf swing

01:58practice it at home lean a club up by the bathroom door every time you walk past it shake your

02:03hands clap them together make that little channel in the fingers and sit that club in it fold the

02:11hands over have a waggle and put it back you do that a few times a day and after a couple of

02:17weeks you'll start to hold the club a little bit better on the course and your hands will be more

02:21neutral