Grip

[power fade]

Struggling a bit at the moment and seem unable to properly release club head. Hitting the ball straight right, and too high with a wide open club face - the ball is going nowhere distance-wise. Also hitting a lot out of the hosel which is even worse.

At the moment I am trying to make my grip stronger, by showing more knuckles on left hand, but its not going well

I am now thinking of changing to an overlap grip from an interlock grip. I have swung the club in the house and this seems to give me more feel and appears easier/more natural in respect of a release.

I would appreciate it if you could pass on any experiences or knowledge on how to help with release, possibly drills or feelings, and if grip change is maybe the way to go.

Thanks for any replies

Power fade

 

[stevelev]

Best thing would be to visit your local pro or post a video on here then at least people can see where the issues may be.

It may not be the grip where the problem lies, it could be one of many factors. I'm no expert but always best to check all the basics, grip, ball position, stance, backswing and transition all these affect the impact of the clubface and ball.

There are several drills such as the pump drill, headcover drill, a gate, putting the ball further forward than normal, practise swings with feet together. But before you try any of these prob best to either post a video (face on and down the line) or visit a pro.

Good luck with whichever way you choose

 

[guest100718]

I dont think swapping from interlock to overlap will really make a big difference. Best to get your swing on film and see whats happening.

 

[Oddsocks]

I'm finding more and more that grip errors cause swing faults, get ya grip checked by a pro

 

[power fade]

Thanks for reply, If problem persists I will see pro. In the mean time I am just looking for some feedback from others in forum who have had similar issue and what the outcome was for them to share

 

[guest100718]

I do find my grip gets a little weak on the left hand over time and cause a push fade. Although I have juts re gripped all my clubs with undersize grips to combat this.

 

[Oddsocks]

I do find my grip gets a little weak on the left hand over time and cause a push fade. Although I have juts re gripped all my clubs with undersize grips to combat this.

Ironically I find its if my right hand gets strong

 

[USER1999]

I have a new grip. It's bizarre. Apparently what's neutral for someone can be weak / strong for someone else. One size does not fit all.

Hate to say it, but go see a pro, who understands your swing.

Or, do something weird that works for now, and have to make odd swing movements to make it work.

 

[London mike 61]

I agree with most of the comments about seeing a pro , but if your budget is tight for lessons then I would watch a few videos on you tube that may help . I bought a DVD by Tom Watson called lessons of a lifetime that is very thorough in all the lessons and it's only about £20 . Whatever you decide to do I wish you all the best of luck.

 

[Dave B]

Given what you have described it could be set up, alignment, grip, swing plane, weight transfer or any combination of the above. Ten minutes with a good pro would sort it out and give you some fundamental basics to build on.

You won't get a quick fix because if you try DIY you will simply compensate one fault with another.

A change in grip while sounding simple can change the whole mechanics of your swing. It took me best part of a season to come to terms with a change in grip however because of the chain reaction it can cause you are best off going to a pro.

You can post a video on here but chances are after the comments you'll end up with a head full of magic and still not know where the real fault lies. Pay the £20 - £30 and take the pain out of equation

 

[harpo_72]

How you set your grip will affect how your hands move through the shot, strong grips promote wrist rolling.

 

[sawtooth]

I use a vardon overlapping grip which is neutral.

My left hand is placed where the thumb goes down the shaft just right of center. That is strong enough for me. Overap or interlock is a matter of what is more comfortable. Normally dictated by the size of your hands. Interlock suits smaller hands.

 

[One Planer]

When my pro took me back to, pretty much, the beginning at the start of the year, my grip was the first thing he looked at.

I use the interlocking grip as my hands aren't particularly big (Med/Lrg glove) as I finid it the most comfortabe and consistent for me.

 

[davidy233]

I've spent most of the last three or four years messing around with my grip because I thought it was causing me problems - when i had my first lesson a couple of months ago first thing I asked my pro was to have a look at my grip - he looked and said "Your grip is fine" - everything else about my set up was wrong though, but being told my grip was Ok was a 'light comes on' moment for me.

 

[El Bandito]

No expert - so can't comment on the grip. Have similar shot issues - albeit the other way around as a leftie. My pro has me working on the tension in my grip and hence forearms. To quote him, "the only thing stopping you releasing the club is YOU". He has me doing a Dufner type waggle to get the tension out of the arms. Its working...

 

[jimbob.someroo]

Thanks for reply, If problem persists I will see pro. In the mean time I am just looking for some feedback from others in forum who have had similar issue and what the outcome was for them to share

I changed from an interlock to overlap when I started playing again. Found that I was hitting everything right with interlock and mainly with cut-spin. Overlapping hasn't solved all the issues but am familiar with the right-going right sort of shot you talked about in your first post and changing worked a bit for me

 

[Foxholer]

Struggling a bit at the moment and seem unable to properly release club head. Hitting the ball straight right, and too high with a wide open club face - the ball is going nowhere distance-wise. Also hitting a lot out of the hosel which is even worse.

At the moment I am trying to make my grip stronger, by showing more knuckles on left hand, but its not going well

I am now thinking of changing to an overlap grip from an interlock grip. I have swung the club in the house and this seems to give me more feel and appears easier/more natural in respect of a release.

I would appreciate it if you could pass on any experiences or knowledge on how to help with release, possibly drills or feelings, and if grip change is maybe the way to go.

Thanks for any replies

Power fade

What works for one/some won't necessarily work for anyone else!

A Pro (that already knows your swing) is indeed the best place for a correction.

Vardon/Overlap grip should tend to promote more wrist action than Interlock. But that can be dangerous as well as helpful.

It may be that you are simply hitting at the ball rather than swing through it, so 'holding off'. Or there could be a timing problem and you are getting your body ahead of your arms through the strike zone.

Or any of quite a few other possibilities!

Though it's always better to fix the fundamental cause of a problem than simply address the symptoms. Changing your grip from something 'natural' that has worked well for you in the past seems to be more like treating the symptoms than the cause imo.

 

[mcbroon]

I use overlap, used to use interlock. Can't remember why or when I changed but I've messed about with interlock recently and it feels weird. Anyway...

I had the same issue as you - weak grip and my stock shot was a high fade which lacked distance. I went for a lesson and the pro stregnthened my grip, which felt very strange to begin with. Best thing to do is commit to it and hit a bunch of balls until it begins to feel a bit more natural.

To help with release, the pro got me to swing a tennis racquet as if I was hitting a topspin forehand. I'm hopeless at tennis - it's not a prerequisite. That promotes the feeling of releasing the hands through the ball and also helped to get me turning through the shot better. Stock shot (when I'm swinging well, anyway) is now a nice draw. I strike the ball much more solidly and it's worth a few extra yards, too.

Might not work for you. As Foxholer says, what works for one may not work for another, but it certainly helped me. Best bet is to go for a lesson, though.