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- This drill is training your grip at home.

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So when I was learning my grip,

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I had a good instructor who reinforced

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that I needed practice it multiple times a day.

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And I was kind of one of those OCD athletes as a kid.

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So I did it, you know,

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pretty much every study break and everything.

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So I would grip pens and rulers and all kinds of stuff.

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I'm gonna show you two different ways.

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One, you can practice with your grip

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and one, you can practice with a ruler.

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Now, I really like using a ruler

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for training your grip

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because the flat surface kind of forces you

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to feel a couple of the pressure points

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a little bit easier than we do

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with the round grip that is on most clubs.

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So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna take my normal grip,

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but I'm gonna take it with this ruler.

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Now I do recommend one of these flexible rulers

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and one that doesn't have any of the metal edges,

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but you can get away with anything.

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So when I take the grip with the ruler,

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I'm still going to kind of grip it in the fingers

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and I'm gonna make sure that the muscle

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on the heel side of my hand

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or on the pinky side of my hand

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is sitting on top of the grip.

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So I'm not gonna have it sitting along the lifeline

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and on top or underneath the thumb like so.

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I'm gonna make sure that the fleshy part

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or this muscle is on top of the ruler

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just like this and then I'm going to curl it over

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so that my thumb is just on the outside.

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So it's not straight down the middle of the ruler like this.

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It's just off to the outside kind of like that.

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Now I'm gonna take my right hand

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and I'm going to put it so that it kind of fits in nicely.

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Now the way that that'll work is from the,

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for the right hand, I'm going to basically place it

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so that the index finger of my trail hand, my right hand

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is going to curl just underneath it just like so.

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And in this one, if I was gripping it right handed,

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it would sit more underneath the thumb pad

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not all the way underneath the fleshy part

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or the muscle that's connected to your pinky.

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So it would sit just across kind of like this.

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So I'd have the pressure underneath this joint right there

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and I'd have the pressure kind of sitting there.

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Now, if I put them together,

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so if I put the left hand on so that it sits

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underneath that pad and then underneath

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the middle joint of that index finger.

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So it's curled like so with the thumb just off the side

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and then I put the right hand so that it matches in

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just like that, you can see that this kind of fits together

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sort of like this.

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So this is a great way to kind of just practice getting

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into a comfortable grip position.

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I would regrip rulers and sharpies

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and all kinds of stuff all throughout school.

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Now the cool thing about a ruler is it has a little bit

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of a club face, right?

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So I can practice some of my release movements,

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open clothes while still working on the grip

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without having to worry too much about the club face

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or having a club nearby.

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Rowers are really easy to keep in your travel bag.

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So now for moving on to the club, right?

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Because we don't always want to practice

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gripping a ruler even though it's really,

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it's easy to feel kind of the flat sides

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and pretty much no one is going to grip it in the palm

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when they're gripping a ruler.

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You're going to grip it a little bit more in the fingers

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so you get a sense of that pressure.

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So now if I take my grip with my club,

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one of the things that I would challenge you to do at home

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that my instructor challenged me to do,

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I've talked to a lot of other former competitive players

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and competitive players who did similar things

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where basically you're going to keep a club

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near your TV room or wherever you kind of chill out.

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So let's say you're watching TV and the commercial comes up,

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you're going to grab your club

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and you're going to practice your grip.

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Now what I want you to do is not just practice getting your grip

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but getting your grip and feeling the weight of the club.

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So what you're going to do is once you've got your grip

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on kind of the way you want,

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you're then going to close your eyes

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and you're going to spin the club around

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and then you're going to try,

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we'll see how I do.

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So then you're going to try to just by feeling the weight

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of the club, get it back to pretty close,

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to straight up and down.

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So you'll find that when you first start doing it,

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you're not going to be able to tell the difference

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between this or that or any of that stuff

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but with some good sensitivity,

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you can really feel where the weight of the club is

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and how it reacts within your hands.

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It's a great way to practice your grip at home

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and by practicing feeling the weight,

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it's going to help you feel that club face orientation

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when you then try to apply your grip to a swinging motion.

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So when you're training your grip,

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it's frequency of practice, consistent reps,

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do it throughout the day, use a ruler, use the club.

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It'll help make the grip feel much more comfortable

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a lot quicker.