How to Improve Your Golf Grip

Video Transcript

"Hello! On behalf of expertvillage.com, my name is Bryan Pemberton Reserve at Spanos Park and today we are talking about the golf swing and the components that make the golf swing. I think really the most important thing of golf swing is going to be where you are connected to the golf club and again that is going to be the grip. You always hear that the grip is probably the most important thing and there are a lot of different kinds of grips. Most good players will actually have a grip what we call overlapping or Harry Vardon, this is an older grip and this is where you actually have this pinkie overlapping your index finger on your left. We will go over the three different types of grips but what I want you to make sure is when you are actually gripping this club a lot of players will actually get the club up in their palms and what I like to do is get players to put a little more in their fingers and that will give them the ability to move the club a little bit more in their wrist and have a little bit more freedom. When you actually get the club up in your palm, you are going to loose leverage and the club won't quite have the same movement as it would if you had it in your fingers. Again there are a lot of different ways we can go over that grip. What we are going to talk about right now is the three different kinds of grips. Again you saw my grip with the overlapping. One of the other grips you will see that happens a lot is what we call the interlocking. Interlocking is where you actually interlock your right hand pinkie with your left hand index finger. I don't recommend this to players who are just starting. A lot of times you will have players grip it too tight and it kind of hurts one of their fingers. This grip right here is probably the weakest grip of the three grips we will talk about and really that is just because you have eight fingers on the golf club. These two actually on top of each other so that leaves eight fingers. So that probably leaves the least amount of control, the golf club. It is actually consistent but you are going to find it probably not the most powerful. Next we will talk about the overlapping grip. This is the kind of grip that I have always used and it is actually probably the most consisting grip with the most power I would say. Again the reason we actually lock our fingers together is so that we have a reference as to our hands working together. What that means is when I go ahead and put my left hand on, if I put my right hand somewhere down on the club this hand could work against or with this hand right here. You want your hands always working together. So one of the reasons we actually tie them together with an interlocking and overlapping is so that they actually work together. So if I happen to actually move my right hand or left hand they move as a unit instead of independent. Again having your grip is really what we call a ten finger grip and the only thing with this grip is, is its inconsistencies because of your hands being independent. Again your left hand will be on there, your right hand will be on there like this working against your right or too weak . Again that is why we actually have a reference. This is by far probably one of the most powerful grip of the three grips but it will be at least a consistent grip. A lot of players when they just start out you are going to find that this group is actually okay to work with. You are going to find beginners actually have a hard time locking pinkies or they are interlocking or overlapping because it is very foreign to them. Again it's not the most comfortable grip when you first start out. This is probably going to be the most comfortable for you as a beginner. Again the most power is probably the least consistent as far as accuracy and hitting the ball crisp. "