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Golf Grip Instruction Myth – Video Transcript<\/strong>
Here’s a golf instruction myth<\/strong> about the golf grip<\/strong> that can’t die soon enough. The myth states that you should grip the golf club<\/strong> based on however your hands naturally hang when standing normally. Let’s take a look at what that actually looks like \u2014 and why following this advice leads to a fundamentally flawed grip position<\/strong>.

If I’m standing upright in neutral joint alignment<\/strong> with my shoulders retracted, or “in the box” as we call it, the hands will hang down to my sides with the palms facing my thighs. This is normal anatomy<\/strong>. If you took all muscles off my body and hung me up by my skeleton, this is the position the hands would fall in to.
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From the side view, you can see this more clearly. That’s how your body is designed to set naturally at address position<\/strong>.

Now, what a lot of golfers do is they let their shoulder blades protract into a slumped posture with the shoulders rolled forward. From this collapsed position, the arms will be naturally internally rotated and the palms will then face the front of the thighs instead of the sides. Many golf instructors take this to mean that this is the golfer’s normal, natural posture and therefore, that’s how they should grip the golf club<\/strong>.

Of course, nothing could be further from the truth \u2014 this is simply bad golf posture<\/strong>! Out of laziness, the golfer has allowed his shoulders to fall into this poor position and it can then wreak havoc throughout the entire golf swing<\/strong>. A compromised grip position<\/strong> creates a cascade of compensations: altered swing plane<\/strong>, reduced power, inconsistent clubface control<\/strong>, and increased injury risk.

Therefore, it is critical that you not only understand what good golf posture<\/strong> is, but also how to maintain it as you setup to the golf ball. As you hinge forward to take your setup position<\/strong>, gravity wants to pull your arms down toward the ground, causing this slumped posture. You must engage the muscles in the back that retract the shoulder blades in order to counteract the force of gravity. Doing so will give you a nice feeling of connectedness between your arms and body \u2014 a connected address position<\/strong> \u2014 that makes it easier to control the arms during the golf swing<\/strong> and transmit power during the downswing.

So again, NOBODY’s arms naturally hang this way! If your golf instructor tells you that you should grip the golf club however your arms naturally hang at address<\/a>, RUN! A proper understanding of golf biomechanics<\/strong> and neutral joint alignment<\/strong> is the foundation of every other fundamental in the game. Want to see how your setup mechanics<\/strong> are scoring? Try our AI swing analyzer<\/a> to get objective feedback on your address position<\/strong> and overall swing mechanics<\/strong> instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read the full article: Gorilla Grip Golf Myth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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