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Check Your Grip: Fix Issues at Last Parallel Position
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify if your grip is too strong or too weak at the last parallel
- Evaluate how your wrist position affects your club face angle
- Make informed grip adjustments to enhance your ball striking consistency
Learn how to assess your grip strength by checking your position at the last parallel. This crucial drill helps you understand grip adjustments for better ball control and consistent shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.270
This drill video is checking the grip at last parallel. So one of the one of
2
00:00:07.270 --> 00:00:07.320
the
3
00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:12.520
tricky things to figure out is how strong should your grip be? Right? Think
4
00:00:12.520 --> 00:00:17.240
about it. I mean we work off of a model that's based off of you know what what
5
00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:20.960
would be ideal biomechanics but not everybody uses what would be ideal
6
00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.720
biomechanics. So how should we decide what your grip strength should really be?
7
00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:29.360
Well one of the ways that I've had some of the most success is if we check last
8
00:00:29.360 --> 00:00:35.600
parallel. So let's say I'm hitting it out in the weeds over here. If I was to
9
00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:39.680
take a full swing and I was to come down to this position right here this is
10
00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:39.920
when
11
00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:44.360
the club is last parallel to the ground and this is a great place to check and
12
00:00:44.360 --> 00:00:48.480
see if you need to make a grip change or not. Because with modern high-speed
13
00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:55.520
video it's pretty clear that you can see whether that left wrist is cupped flat
14
00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:59.840
or bowed and as a result you can see where the club face is either straight
15
00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:05.520
up open closed whatever you want to call it. But what you can see is if you get
16
00:01:05.520 --> 00:01:09.560
into this position and that left wrist is pretty flat and your club face is
17
00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:14.200
straight up and down then you probably even if you feel like you have a strong
18
00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:17.640
grip you probably don't because it wouldn't be possible for you to have
19
00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:21.560
that left wrist bowed and the toe straight up and down. I've had the number
20
00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:24.800
of times with people who are first learning how to do the motorcycle they
21
00:01:24.800 --> 00:01:28.760
find out that they had to not only do the motorcycle but they had to strengthen
22
00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:33.680
their grip just a little bit. The other thing can happen is if the club is
23
00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:34.160
pointed
24
00:01:34.160 --> 00:01:39.800
way down and you have that left wrist cupped then well the motorcycle is
25
00:01:39.800 --> 00:01:44.920
probably not the best move for what you're doing currently with your grip or
26
00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:49.160
what you would need to do is slightly weaken your grip. This is definitely the
27
00:01:49.160 --> 00:01:54.000
less common of the two. What I typically see is a good wrist position but a
28
00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:54.040
club
29
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.920
face that is open because most people aren't aware of how to check the grip
30
00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:02.360
strength of their grip. So just a quick refresher from the grip video if you
31
00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:02.560
take
32
00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:06.640
your normal grip and then you were to hold the left wrist so that it's flat
33
00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:11.840
and vertical like so we want that club face to be somewhere 20 to 30 degrees
34
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:17.320
compared to zero. So if we had zero right here that angle to the club face
35
00:02:17.320 --> 00:02:22.680
should be 20 to 30 degrees for a neutral grip. Many many times I will have
36
00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:22.920
players
37
00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:27.440
who straighten that arm and it looks just like that and there's you basically
38
00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:32.200
can't have body rotation if you're gonna have that grip unless you have just a
39
00:02:32.200 --> 00:02:36.280
massive bowing in the left wrist like some of the guys on tour do. So check the
40
00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:39.960
grip at last parallel or if I've told you or highlighted in your video this is
41
00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:44.040
what I meant when if we look at the last parallel your grip reveals that we
42
00:02:44.040 --> 00:02:47.480
might want to do some strengthening with it and this is this is a good
43
00:02:47.480 --> 00:02:51.480
strategy for how to determine when and why.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.270
This drill video is checking the grip at last parallel. So one of the one of
2
00:00:07.270 --> 00:00:07.320
the
3
00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:12.520
tricky things to figure out is how strong should your grip be? Right? Think
4
00:00:12.520 --> 00:00:17.240
about it. I mean we work off of a model that's based off of you know what what
5
00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:20.960
would be ideal biomechanics but not everybody uses what would be ideal
6
00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.720
biomechanics. So how should we decide what your grip strength should really be?
7
00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:29.360
Well one of the ways that I've had some of the most success is if we check last
8
00:00:29.360 --> 00:00:35.600
parallel. So let's say I'm hitting it out in the weeds over here. If I was to
9
00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:39.680
take a full swing and I was to come down to this position right here this is
10
00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:39.920
when
11
00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:44.360
the club is last parallel to the ground and this is a great place to check and
12
00:00:44.360 --> 00:00:48.480
see if you need to make a grip change or not. Because with modern high-speed
13
00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:55.520
video it's pretty clear that you can see whether that left wrist is cupped flat
14
00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:59.840
or bowed and as a result you can see where the club face is either straight
15
00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:05.520
up open closed whatever you want to call it. But what you can see is if you get
16
00:01:05.520 --> 00:01:09.560
into this position and that left wrist is pretty flat and your club face is
17
00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:14.200
straight up and down then you probably even if you feel like you have a strong
18
00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:17.640
grip you probably don't because it wouldn't be possible for you to have
19
00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:21.560
that left wrist bowed and the toe straight up and down. I've had the number
20
00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:24.800
of times with people who are first learning how to do the motorcycle they
21
00:01:24.800 --> 00:01:28.760
find out that they had to not only do the motorcycle but they had to strengthen
22
00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:33.680
their grip just a little bit. The other thing can happen is if the club is
23
00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:34.160
pointed
24
00:01:34.160 --> 00:01:39.800
way down and you have that left wrist cupped then well the motorcycle is
25
00:01:39.800 --> 00:01:44.920
probably not the best move for what you're doing currently with your grip or
26
00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:49.160
what you would need to do is slightly weaken your grip. This is definitely the
27
00:01:49.160 --> 00:01:54.000
less common of the two. What I typically see is a good wrist position but a
28
00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:54.040
club
29
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.920
face that is open because most people aren't aware of how to check the grip
30
00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:02.360
strength of their grip. So just a quick refresher from the grip video if you
31
00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:02.560
take
32
00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:06.640
your normal grip and then you were to hold the left wrist so that it's flat
33
00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:11.840
and vertical like so we want that club face to be somewhere 20 to 30 degrees
34
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:17.320
compared to zero. So if we had zero right here that angle to the club face
35
00:02:17.320 --> 00:02:22.680
should be 20 to 30 degrees for a neutral grip. Many many times I will have
36
00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:22.920
players
37
00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:27.440
who straighten that arm and it looks just like that and there's you basically
38
00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:32.200
can't have body rotation if you're gonna have that grip unless you have just a
39
00:02:32.200 --> 00:02:36.280
massive bowing in the left wrist like some of the guys on tour do. So check the
40
00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:39.960
grip at last parallel or if I've told you or highlighted in your video this is
41
00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:44.040
what I meant when if we look at the last parallel your grip reveals that we
42
00:02:44.040 --> 00:02:47.480
might want to do some strengthening with it and this is this is a good
43
00:02:47.480 --> 00:02:51.480
strategy for how to determine when and why.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Check Your Grip: Fix Issues at Last Parallel Position
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify if your grip is too strong or too weak at the last parallel
- Evaluate how your wrist position affects your club face angle
- Make informed grip adjustments to enhance your ball striking consistency
Learn how to assess your grip strength by checking your position at the last parallel. This crucial drill helps you understand grip adjustments for better ball control and consistent shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.270
This drill video is checking the grip at last parallel. So one of the one of
2
00:00:07.270 --> 00:00:07.320
the
3
00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:12.520
tricky things to figure out is how strong should your grip be? Right? Think
4
00:00:12.520 --> 00:00:17.240
about it. I mean we work off of a model that's based off of you know what what
5
00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:20.960
would be ideal biomechanics but not everybody uses what would be ideal
6
00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.720
biomechanics. So how should we decide what your grip strength should really be?
7
00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:29.360
Well one of the ways that I've had some of the most success is if we check last
8
00:00:29.360 --> 00:00:35.600
parallel. So let's say I'm hitting it out in the weeds over here. If I was to
9
00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:39.680
take a full swing and I was to come down to this position right here this is
10
00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:39.920
when
11
00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:44.360
the club is last parallel to the ground and this is a great place to check and
12
00:00:44.360 --> 00:00:48.480
see if you need to make a grip change or not. Because with modern high-speed
13
00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:55.520
video it's pretty clear that you can see whether that left wrist is cupped flat
14
00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:59.840
or bowed and as a result you can see where the club face is either straight
15
00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:05.520
up open closed whatever you want to call it. But what you can see is if you get
16
00:01:05.520 --> 00:01:09.560
into this position and that left wrist is pretty flat and your club face is
17
00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:14.200
straight up and down then you probably even if you feel like you have a strong
18
00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:17.640
grip you probably don't because it wouldn't be possible for you to have
19
00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:21.560
that left wrist bowed and the toe straight up and down. I've had the number
20
00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:24.800
of times with people who are first learning how to do the motorcycle they
21
00:01:24.800 --> 00:01:28.760
find out that they had to not only do the motorcycle but they had to strengthen
22
00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:33.680
their grip just a little bit. The other thing can happen is if the club is
23
00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:34.160
pointed
24
00:01:34.160 --> 00:01:39.800
way down and you have that left wrist cupped then well the motorcycle is
25
00:01:39.800 --> 00:01:44.920
probably not the best move for what you're doing currently with your grip or
26
00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:49.160
what you would need to do is slightly weaken your grip. This is definitely the
27
00:01:49.160 --> 00:01:54.000
less common of the two. What I typically see is a good wrist position but a
28
00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:54.040
club
29
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.920
face that is open because most people aren't aware of how to check the grip
30
00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:02.360
strength of their grip. So just a quick refresher from the grip video if you
31
00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:02.560
take
32
00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:06.640
your normal grip and then you were to hold the left wrist so that it's flat
33
00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:11.840
and vertical like so we want that club face to be somewhere 20 to 30 degrees
34
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:17.320
compared to zero. So if we had zero right here that angle to the club face
35
00:02:17.320 --> 00:02:22.680
should be 20 to 30 degrees for a neutral grip. Many many times I will have
36
00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:22.920
players
37
00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:27.440
who straighten that arm and it looks just like that and there's you basically
38
00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:32.200
can't have body rotation if you're gonna have that grip unless you have just a
39
00:02:32.200 --> 00:02:36.280
massive bowing in the left wrist like some of the guys on tour do. So check the
40
00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:39.960
grip at last parallel or if I've told you or highlighted in your video this is
41
00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:44.040
what I meant when if we look at the last parallel your grip reveals that we
42
00:02:44.040 --> 00:02:47.480
might want to do some strengthening with it and this is this is a good
43
00:02:47.480 --> 00:02:51.480
strategy for how to determine when and why.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.270
This drill video is checking the grip at last parallel. So one of the one of
2
00:00:07.270 --> 00:00:07.320
the
3
00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:12.520
tricky things to figure out is how strong should your grip be? Right? Think
4
00:00:12.520 --> 00:00:17.240
about it. I mean we work off of a model that's based off of you know what what
5
00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:20.960
would be ideal biomechanics but not everybody uses what would be ideal
6
00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.720
biomechanics. So how should we decide what your grip strength should really be?
7
00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:29.360
Well one of the ways that I've had some of the most success is if we check last
8
00:00:29.360 --> 00:00:35.600
parallel. So let's say I'm hitting it out in the weeds over here. If I was to
9
00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:39.680
take a full swing and I was to come down to this position right here this is
10
00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:39.920
when
11
00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:44.360
the club is last parallel to the ground and this is a great place to check and
12
00:00:44.360 --> 00:00:48.480
see if you need to make a grip change or not. Because with modern high-speed
13
00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:55.520
video it's pretty clear that you can see whether that left wrist is cupped flat
14
00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:59.840
or bowed and as a result you can see where the club face is either straight
15
00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:05.520
up open closed whatever you want to call it. But what you can see is if you get
16
00:01:05.520 --> 00:01:09.560
into this position and that left wrist is pretty flat and your club face is
17
00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:14.200
straight up and down then you probably even if you feel like you have a strong
18
00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:17.640
grip you probably don't because it wouldn't be possible for you to have
19
00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:21.560
that left wrist bowed and the toe straight up and down. I've had the number
20
00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:24.800
of times with people who are first learning how to do the motorcycle they
21
00:01:24.800 --> 00:01:28.760
find out that they had to not only do the motorcycle but they had to strengthen
22
00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:33.680
their grip just a little bit. The other thing can happen is if the club is
23
00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:34.160
pointed
24
00:01:34.160 --> 00:01:39.800
way down and you have that left wrist cupped then well the motorcycle is
25
00:01:39.800 --> 00:01:44.920
probably not the best move for what you're doing currently with your grip or
26
00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:49.160
what you would need to do is slightly weaken your grip. This is definitely the
27
00:01:49.160 --> 00:01:54.000
less common of the two. What I typically see is a good wrist position but a
28
00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:54.040
club
29
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.920
face that is open because most people aren't aware of how to check the grip
30
00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:02.360
strength of their grip. So just a quick refresher from the grip video if you
31
00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:02.560
take
32
00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:06.640
your normal grip and then you were to hold the left wrist so that it's flat
33
00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:11.840
and vertical like so we want that club face to be somewhere 20 to 30 degrees
34
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:17.320
compared to zero. So if we had zero right here that angle to the club face
35
00:02:17.320 --> 00:02:22.680
should be 20 to 30 degrees for a neutral grip. Many many times I will have
36
00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:22.920
players
37
00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:27.440
who straighten that arm and it looks just like that and there's you basically
38
00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:32.200
can't have body rotation if you're gonna have that grip unless you have just a
39
00:02:32.200 --> 00:02:36.280
massive bowing in the left wrist like some of the guys on tour do. So check the
40
00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:39.960
grip at last parallel or if I've told you or highlighted in your video this is
41
00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:44.040
what I meant when if we look at the last parallel your grip reveals that we
42
00:02:44.040 --> 00:02:47.480
might want to do some strengthening with it and this is this is a good
43
00:02:47.480 --> 00:02:51.480
strategy for how to determine when and why.
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