00:03Hi there I'm going to talk today about the neutral grip. What is a neutral grip and why is it
00:09so
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
00:46it's quite easy to remember. So the club fits into the top hand into the fingers a little bit, sits
00:51on top. The other one comes on like a forehand 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
01:14ground and gently folded round. That's going to return that club nicely square at impact. If you don't
01:21hold your hands in that way on the club. So say for example you've got a bit of a strong
01:26grip. So a
01:27strong grip is where the top hands a little bit more on top, bottom hands a bit more underneath.
01:31They are still going to return to that position where they're facing each other and playing a
01:36forehand to the target like that. That's the effect you're going to have on that club face. And vice
01:41versa. If you've got the bottom hand too much on top, club's going to return like that. You've got an
01:46open face. So a neutral grip is really, really important. If you want to hit that ball straight
01:52and also you don't necessarily want to involve any other complications or compensatory movements
01:57within your golf swing. Practice it at home. Lean a club up by the bathroom door. Every time you walk
02:02past it, shake your hands, clap them together. Make that little channel in the fingers and sit that club
02:09in it. Fold the hands over, have a waggle and put it back. You do that a few times a
02:15day and after a
02:16couple of weeks you'll start to hold the club a little bit better on the course and your hands will
02:21be more neutral.
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