Hovering the Club Discussion
Hovering the club is useful for a couple of situations. First, it can be helpful for golfers who tend to snatch the club away in the takeaway. This is usually caused by using the arms too much and the body too little. With a one-piece takeaway, the lower body and core should be involved in the takeaway more than the arms. Hovering the club can help make it easier to use the core by preactivating some of the core muscles.
Hovering the club can also help golfers who do last-second grip changes. If you struggle with changing your grip, then hovering the club will make you more aware of the movements of the club in your hands.
Hovering the club is useful for a couple of situations. First, it can be helpful for golfers who tend to snatch the club away in the takeaway. This is usually caused by using the arms too much and the body too little. With a one-piece takeaway, the lower body and core should be involved in the takeaway more than the arms. Hovering the club can help make it easier to use the core by preactivating some of the core muscles.
Hovering the club can also help golfers who do last-second grip changes. If you struggle with changing your grip, then hovering the club will make you more aware of the movements of the club in your hands.
Video Transcript
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In this concept video, we're going to discuss hovering the club.
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So there are a couple different scenarios where I'll advocate my students do
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more of
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a hover instead of grounding the club.
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If I hover the club, then I don't have to overcome a resting inertia or the
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club sitting
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on the ground.
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So for some golfers who tend to really kind of snatch the club away, this can
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help
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smooth out the takeaway.
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So this can be a really good tempo pattern for golfers who tend to get a little
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snatchier
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a little quick.
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The other common time that I use it is some golfers have either a really weak
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grip or
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a really strong grip.
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And when we get them in a more neutral grip, as right before they go to swing,
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they'll
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turn it one way or the other.
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And they're often not aware of it and then I'll show them on medium like I don
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't even
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feel like I'm doing that.
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So a common time for if you're working on getting a grip position to feel a
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little bit
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more comfortable, I'll recommend hovering the club.
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With the irons and wedges and things, you're going to hover it just barely off
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the grass.
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With the driver, you can hover it pretty close to the height of the golf ball.
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In fact, I think that hovering it with the driver can help with angle of attack
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and flat
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spot, partly from smoothing out and getting more of the body working.
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So if you struggle with either a really poor tempo and trigger with your
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takeaway, then
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I'd recommend hovering the club on most shots.
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And if you're working through a grip change and you see on video that it just
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keeps reverting
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back to your more comfortable grip, then I'd also advocate hovering the club.
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It'll make you a little bit more aware of what your hands are doing as you
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start your
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swing.
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You'll hover it just above the grass right there.
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Hovering the club is useful for a couple of situations. First, it can be helpful for golfers who tend to snatch the club away in the takeaway. This is usually caused by using the arms too much and the body too little. With a one-piece takeaway, the lower body and core should be involved in the takeaway more than the arms. Hovering the club can help make it easier to use the core by preactivating some of the core muscles.
Hovering the club can also help golfers who do last-second grip changes. If you struggle with changing your grip, then hovering the club will make you more aware of the movements of the club in your hands.
Hovering the club is useful for a couple of situations. First, it can be helpful for golfers who tend to snatch the club away in the takeaway. This is usually caused by using the arms too much and the body too little. With a one-piece takeaway, the lower body and core should be involved in the takeaway more than the arms. Hovering the club can help make it easier to use the core by preactivating some of the core muscles.
Hovering the club can also help golfers who do last-second grip changes. If you struggle with changing your grip, then hovering the club will make you more aware of the movements of the club in your hands.
Video Transcript
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.320
In this concept video, we're going to discuss hovering the club.
2
00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:12.940
So there are a couple different scenarios where I'll advocate my students do
3
00:00:12.940 --> 00:00:13.240
more of
4
00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:16.800
a hover instead of grounding the club.
5
00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:23.560
If I hover the club, then I don't have to overcome a resting inertia or the
6
00:00:23.560 --> 00:00:24.000
club sitting
7
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:25.240
on the ground.
8
00:00:25.240 --> 00:00:29.470
So for some golfers who tend to really kind of snatch the club away, this can
9
00:00:29.470 --> 00:00:29.840
help
10
00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:32.100
smooth out the takeaway.
11
00:00:32.100 --> 00:00:37.550
So this can be a really good tempo pattern for golfers who tend to get a little
12
00:00:37.550 --> 00:00:38.320
snatchier
13
00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:39.760
a little quick.
14
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:45.170
The other common time that I use it is some golfers have either a really weak
15
00:00:45.170 --> 00:00:45.740
grip or
16
00:00:45.740 --> 00:00:47.460
a really strong grip.
17
00:00:47.460 --> 00:00:53.940
And when we get them in a more neutral grip, as right before they go to swing,
18
00:00:53.940 --> 00:00:54.640
they'll
19
00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:57.200
turn it one way or the other.
20
00:00:57.200 --> 00:00:59.680
And they're often not aware of it and then I'll show them on medium like I don
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00:00:59.680 --> 00:00:59.960
't even
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00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:01.760
feel like I'm doing that.
23
00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:05.620
So a common time for if you're working on getting a grip position to feel a
24
00:01:05.620 --> 00:01:06.220
little bit
25
00:01:06.220 --> 00:01:09.240
more comfortable, I'll recommend hovering the club.
26
00:01:09.240 --> 00:01:13.750
With the irons and wedges and things, you're going to hover it just barely off
27
00:01:13.750 --> 00:01:14.480
the grass.
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00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:18.400
With the driver, you can hover it pretty close to the height of the golf ball.
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00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:23.650
In fact, I think that hovering it with the driver can help with angle of attack
30
00:01:23.650 --> 00:01:24.240
and flat
31
00:01:24.240 --> 00:01:28.440
spot, partly from smoothing out and getting more of the body working.
32
00:01:28.440 --> 00:01:34.510
So if you struggle with either a really poor tempo and trigger with your
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00:01:34.510 --> 00:01:36.040
takeaway, then
34
00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:38.840
I'd recommend hovering the club on most shots.
35
00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:43.010
And if you're working through a grip change and you see on video that it just
36
00:01:43.010 --> 00:01:44.080
keeps reverting
37
00:01:44.080 --> 00:01:48.520
back to your more comfortable grip, then I'd also advocate hovering the club.
38
00:01:48.520 --> 00:01:51.300
It'll make you a little bit more aware of what your hands are doing as you
39
00:01:51.300 --> 00:01:51.880
start your
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swing.
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You'll hover it just above the grass right there.
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