Weak Grip Causing Too Extended At The Top

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In this video, we're going to discuss two extended at the top of the swing

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being caused

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by having a weak grip at setup.

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So while this one's not one to one, there are ways around it.

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Oftentimes if you have a very weak grip at setup where basically your hand is a

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little

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bit more straight on top kind of here or the wrist is in more of a flat

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position kind of

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like this.

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So a weaker grip that's going to predispose you to a couple movements that are

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going

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to encourage getting to extended at the top.

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First with that really weak grip, often golfers will get an inside takeaway

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kind of like this

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where they flex the wrist and pulled it in so that then they've pulled it

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around first

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and then the second movement is going to be much more vertical or more of this

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lift to

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get ready to kind of throw the club or chop down as their main power source.

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So if I bring it inside because that weak grip, when I do this vertical raise,

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that's

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when I'm going to tend to overextend the wrist and get into this extended

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position

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at the top.

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Now I can make the argument, if your brain thinks that you need to just throw

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the club

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head at the ball kind of like this, then extending the wrist actually makes

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that more powerful.

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So that's why I would start with a little bit more of the impact and release or

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follow

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through training, kind of look at how well you can get into a good impact

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position and

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hit it more with your body.

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If you can do that, and then it still breaks down in the full swing, then there

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's a very

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good chance that this weak wrist and lift and chop pattern is something that

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you're going

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to have to confront.

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So we've got good drills on how to feel more of that wrist being flexed, but it

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's going

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to be hard to do if you start with it already in too much of a flex position.

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So you want to get your hand a little bit more neutral so that it's just off to

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the

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right side of the center of the grip, then when you turn your body, you'll be

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able to

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have a little bit more flexion of the wrist to still control the club face.

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And that flexion of the wrist is going to prevent you from getting into too

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extended

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at the top of the swing.

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So hopefully this video helps you understand how some of these pieces fit

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together and

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how getting into too extended at the top of the swing can be caused, or at

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least heavily

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contributed by a weak grip at setup.