Face Awareness or Grip

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Okay, in this concept video, we're going to discuss the wrist movements versus

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the grip

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for clubface control.

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So there are three main factors for where is the clubface pointing in your

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swing.

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One is how did you set up with your hands on the club?

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Did you set up with the top of your wrist more on the right side?

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Did you set up with it more on top?

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This is what we refer to as strong or weak with either hand.

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So if the hands are more on top, this is in a weak position, which just means

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that as

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you extend the arms, you will see the clubface tends to come back pointing more

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to the right

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or with more loft.

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The more that you put your hands on the side, on the trail side or underneath.

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Now as your arms release out in front of you, the club will tend to deloft or

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come in more

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closed.

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So I call that a strong grip, so how I set up with my hands is one factor, but

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then how

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I use my hands is the other.

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So if I set up with my hands like this and I twist my wrist or bow my wrist,

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the more

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that I do these movements that twist the club, that tends to close the clubface

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So those are the two main ones that I can influence the grip with.

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The third one is shaft lean or body position.

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So the problem is I don't want to adjust that one too much because it impacts

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contact more

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than just what I'm doing with my hands.

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So by getting the good merry-go-round, by getting into a good impact position,

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that

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puts the clubhead ahead of the golf ball, creating the shaft lean.

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And if I don't change anything, that shaft lean typically opens the clubface

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somewhere

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in the 20 degree range, 20 to 30 degrees is what I usually say.

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So then I either have to balance that by setting up with a stronger grip or by

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twisting the

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clubface closed.

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If I want to try to figure out which one I want to change, I can look at the

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references

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of a shaft parallel.

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So if I look at the takeaway and I look at the clubface there, this gives me a

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sense

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of where the clubface is compared to the grip.

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And then if I compare it on the way down, that gives me a sense of, well, what

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did I do with

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my hands to square the club?

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But that last parallel checkpoint is a really kind of easy way to see do I need

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to adjust

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if the ball's not flying straight or I'm struggling with low point because I'm

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not squaring the

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clubface appropriately, that last parallel checkpoint looking at it both in the

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takeaway

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and comparing it to the downswing is a great way to figure out should I change

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my grip

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or is it something that's happening with my swing?

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Many times I've had lots of situations where golfers are slicing the ball and

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they say,

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you know, should I strengthen my grip?

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And we'll look at it on video and at this point here, the clubface is actually

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pointing

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more towards the ground kind of like this.

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But then they tend to have more of this hold off kind of scoop style release,

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which it's

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more of a push fade.

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So by changing the grip, that wouldn't really do the best long term solution of

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correcting

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what is causing the clubface open, because if we look at the timeline, it wasn

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't open

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until the release happened.

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So hopefully this video helps you figure out if you're struggling with your

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curve, be smart

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about it and look at the timeline or look at the checkpoint so you can figure

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out how

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am I going to adjust my clubface, am I going to do it with a little grip change

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, am I going

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to do it with different hand movements, or am I going to do it by working on

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the motorcycle

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or the merry-go-round and my pivot drill?

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Those are your three ways to really impact the clubface control, and when you

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find your

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balance, you will ultimately have smooth and consistent clubface control, and

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you'll be

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able to shape your shots hopefully within a reasonable amount of curve.