| Many swing errors are traceable to your
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| | the shaft. A shorter thumb is much more
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| setup. The setup places the component
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| | effective than a fully extended thumb, as
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| parts of your body in a balanced state
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| | I've explained sometime ago in my golf
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| with the club before setting it in
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| | tips.
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| motion. That's why adopting the correct
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| | Adding the Right Hand
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| setup is vital. It's one of the keys to
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| | Having taken the left hand grip, hold the
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| playing good golf. That's why I devote a
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| | club out in front of you and look down
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| couple of golf lessons to the setup
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| | the shaft. You should be able to see two
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| whenever I work with new students.
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| | or three knuckles on the back of your
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| One of the key topics in these golf
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| | left hand. If you can't see them, there's
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| lessons is the correct placement of your
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| | a problem. You should also be aware of an
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| hands. Placing your hands correctly on
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| | increased sense of feel for the clubhead.
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| the club is essential to generating power
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| | The right and left hands should play
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| and achieving accuracy. If your hands are
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| | equal parts in a good swing. They should
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| incorrectly placed, you'll not only
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| | work in unison when hitting the ball. The
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| produce a slice or a hook, you'll also
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| | problem is that people who are naturally
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| short-circuit power and inhibit accuracy.
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| | right handed (or left handed) tend to
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| Check your grip periodically to make sure
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| | grip the club too much in the palm of
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| your hands are placed correctly on the
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| | their right hand (left hand) as if the
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| club.
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| | were holding a hammer. In other words,
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| Learn To Free Up the Hinge
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| | the right hand dominates the left hand.
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| Placing the left hand (right for
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| | This grip creates a series of problems,
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| right-handers) on the club is critical to
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| | which collectively help render the swing
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| a good set-up, as I've mentioned in my
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| | powerless.
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| golf tips. As the first point of contact
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| | Maintaining a Neutral Position
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| between the player and the club, the left
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| | To create an effective working union with
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| hand represents the essential coupling
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| | the left hand, your right hand must be
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| required to hinge the wrists and swing
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| | applied to the club in what some people
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| the club freely. However, it's not always
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| | describe as the neutral position. For
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| easy to tell if you're gripping the cub
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| | improved feel, the club should be held
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| with your left hand properly. What you
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| | primarily in the ringers of the right
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| think might be the correct left-hand grip
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| | hand. The shaft should run diagonally
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| may actual conceal several flaws upon
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| | from the base of your little finger
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| closer examination.
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| | through the joints of the second and
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| Here's how you can tell if you're holding
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| | third fingers and on the middle of your
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| the club correctly in your left hand. If
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| | index finger. When you close your right
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| the shaft runs across the palm of your
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| | hand the left thumb should be totally
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| left hand, your ability to hinge your
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| | covered, fitting snugly beneath the
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| wrists properly will be inhibited-a fault
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| | fleshy part of the base of your thumb.
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| that can cost you distance and accuracy.
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| | When you have a completed grip, check to
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| An easy way to tell if your left hand is
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| | see that your hands are parallel on the
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| incorrectly placed is to examine your
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| | club. Also, there should be a slight gap
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| golf glove. If you wear a hole quickly
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| | between the index finger and second
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| through the fleshy pad at the heel of
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| | finger on your right hand. The index
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| your hand, chances are you're holding the
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| | finger should be hooked around the grip
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| club with the palm of your hand.
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| | in what's known as the "trigger"
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| Instead of the shaft being in the palm of
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| | position, its tip lightly touching the
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| your hand, it should run diagonally from
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| | end of your right thumb. The index finger
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| the base of your little finger through
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| | and the thumb are responsible for much of
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| the middle of your index finger. Although
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| | the "feel" in your right hand, which you
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| primarily a palm grip, you should sense
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| | can appreciate by waggling the club head.
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| that the club is more in the fingers than
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| | The hands play a critical part in
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| the palm. This grip improves the
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| | unleashing the power of your swing,
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| flexibility of your left wrist and
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| | regardless of the type of grip you use.
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| encourages the free-hinging motion
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| | Placing them correctly on the club
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| necessary to create the maximum clubhead
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| | generates distance and increases
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| speed through impact. Clubhead speed is
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| | accuracy. Proper placement of your hand
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| the key to more distance.
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| | is also one of the keys to a correct
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| When examining your grip, make sure that
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| | setup. And a correct setup will help
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| the clubface's leading edge and the back
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| | eliminate many of the swing flaws weekend
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| of your left forearm are parallel. Also,
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| | golfers exhibit. If you're really serious
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| try to position your thumb so that it
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| | about lowering your golf handicap, make
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| points straight down the shaft, slightly
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| | sure your holding the club properly.
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| right of centre. And keep it "short" on
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