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This concept video is discussing the trail hand grip for putting.

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So what we're going to discuss here is kind of why we're trying to get the grip

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in certain

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places.

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So in the grip video I talk about where you get the center of your palm or the

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capitate

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joint where you squeeze there kind of in line with that first knuckle or in

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line with the

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middle of the grip.

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And what do we want to do with this trail hand index finger?

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Well if I start with the premise that my goal is to get most of the rotation

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happening more

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from the shoulder blades and arms and less from the wrist and forearms, then

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essentially

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what I'm doing up here is I'm supporting the bottom and I'm applying using my

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left hand

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but I'm applying all the force kind of in line with the plane of action.

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So it's in a pendulum motion but it's in line with the plane.

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So as a real simplistic way of looking at it, if I was to put my fingers on the

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grip just

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like this so that they're on the side of the grip in line with the target, this

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would provide

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enough stability that then I could rotate back and forth and apply force and I

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wouldn't

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have a lot of face twist.

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If I start to push more on an angle like this that will tend to close the face,

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if I start

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to push more on an angle like that that will tend to open the face.

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So ideally I'm going to push relatively close to the direction that the face is

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traveling.

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So that means that if I take this my normal grip I pretty much have the middle

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of my index

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finger on the middle of the grip and I have my capitate joint, the middle of

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the palm

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kind of right there and right there both on the middle of the joint.

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So now just like I was doing with my two fingers like this, I can basically

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apply a force through

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the middle of the club, hey it happens to go in.

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This is where some of the unconventional grips like the claw and the pencil

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grip make a whole

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lot of sense because I basically just take either the index finger or the

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inside of the

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finger and I apply the pressure on the inside or on that backside of the grip

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and it's very

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hard to get that hand to twist unless I was to have kind of a jerky motion with

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my forearm.

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So I'll have some golfers at first just to kind of experience that take one

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finger and

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place it in the middle of the grip just like this and then feel like they

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rotate back

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and forth and they just apply force kind of in that direction.

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Then I'll have them take their open hand and put it on the grip on the side and

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feel

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like they can again control the face without twisting it.

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And then lastly we'll take whatever their normal grip is and feel like it stays

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in that

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same alignment and orientation and that helps communicate where and why we're

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trying to

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get the trailhand grip in a specific direction if that gives you a little bit

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more autonomy

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if you feel like you're trying to do the right grip but something just feels

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off, adjust

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your grip until you feel like you have a couple different stable pressure

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points right in

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the middle of the grip and that tends to help stabilize that face rotation and

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give you

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a little bit better chance of controlling your start line especially on the

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short putts.