How to Grip the Golf Club to Correct an Over the Top Golf Swing

Series Summary

The only thing more difficult than learning how to swing a golf club, is learning how to correctly swing a golf club, once bad habits have been formed. An over-the-top golf swing is a very common golf swing mistake that afflicts many golfers. Though it seems impossible to correct your swing, do not despair, because there are not only techniques to use to fix an over-the-top golf swing, there are expert golf instructors to teach these techniques to you. If you have difficulty correcting your golf swing and would like to learn how to fix it, learn for free, from our expert golf instructor.

In this free online golf swing video tutorial, learn how to correct your over-the-top golf swing, from golf instructor Ray Boone of the Ray Boone Golf Academy at Miami Beach Golf Club. Learn how to grip the golf club, proper golf swing setup position, how to fix your downswing, how to use correct hip and leg motion in your golf swing, how to correct improper elbow motion, how to keep a straight left arm in the golf swing, how to release the angle in your golf swing, how to add more to your golf swing release, how to correct an early release in the golf swing, how to keep from "casting" your club, how to correctly angle your golf club head, how to correct your back swing, how to properly move your left and right shoulders in your golf swing, and how to whip your golf club through your shot.

Video Transcript

"On behalf of expertvillage.com my name is Ray Boone and I run the Ray Boone Golf Academy at the beautiful Miami Beach Golf Club. Today I'd like to represent to you the topic of the over the top golf swing. We're going to start today showing you how the proper grip should work. The over the top swing is really a common fall and basically it starts by how you grip the club. Most players grip the club in a very weak position and if you look at the grip itself, you see where it says Lamkin on my grip? Most players start with their thumb right down the center of the shaft and when you do that, that's going to leave the golf base open at impact and what that's going to create then is a swing that you're going to want to swing outside and come over the top to pull the ball back on line to the target. It's one of the most common problems that we fight in the golf swing and I'll show you how to fix that. What we're going to do is take the grip and turn the left hand over to the right so that it's right of center rather than in line with the center of the club and what we're going to do then is put the right hand on there and right on top of the club and you're in good shape."