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Date Posted: 22:09:34 11/02/09 Mon
Author: Jeff Pasierb (Help)
Subject: How to take the grip and what is the best grip

Ordered clubs on Monday night and received on Saturday day. Upon inspection all I can say is very impressive. I immediately read David's book and re-read the playability instructions. Then on Sunday I re-read both again. After practicing the set-up,posture,and swing on both Saturday and Sunday, I decided it was time to take the 3iron to the range. I hit about fifty balls with different lengths of swings and rest and analyzation in between. The contact was very crisp but straight shots mixed with quiet of few hooks/pulls. I went back today with the same approach and results. I was trying different grips and grip positions. Before I go further I need to know how to take grip and what the best grip would be? Do you take it out in front of oneself or with club on ground behind ball or down at ones left side? I figured out taking my grip was closing my clubface. One other thing in reality would my distance from ball be the exact same with every iron? I believe so and how far are the hands from ones body in the set-up?

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[> Re: How to take the grip and what is the best grip -- Robert, 15:07:05 11/03/09 Tue

I humbly suggest the following which helped me a great deal (I'm RH).

With your left hand directly in line with your forearm, simply place the club directly across the creases at the bottom of your fingers where your fingers attach to your hand. Close your fingers around the club first and then fold your palm and thumb around it with your thumb ending up at the 1:00 position.

Do the same with your right hand at the top creases of your fingers (first crease below finger tips). Close your fingers around the club first and then fold your palm and thumb around it with your thumb ending up at the 11:00 position.

Your left thumb should nestle in your life line of your right palm. I do not use any overlap or interlocking. Simple and effective. Try it and let us know how it works. Good luck.

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[> Re: How to take the grip and what is the best grip -- David Lake, 18:31:47 11/03/09 Tue

Jeff,

The position of the ball at address should be the same with every iron in your set. This applies to the distance you stand from the ball as well as centering it in your stance. Try standing closer to the ball as our irons are designed around a properly fitted short/mid iron. Many golfers who are new to single-length irons tend to increase this distance with each successively lower lofted iron just as they would when playing conventional irons (a bad ingrained habit). You have to remember that our #3 iron is identical to our LW and should be played using the identical address position.

As far as gripping the golf club goes, you can use an interlocking grip, Vardon grip, ten-finger grip, etc. - it really does not matter as long as it feels comfortable and you can hold onto the club during your swing. The fact is that you wouldn't give a second thought when gripping a baseball bat, tennis racket, ping pong paddle, or anything else. Over-analyzing your grip, swing, or any other part of your game will eliminate any chance you have to improve. Your swing, grip, etc. should be something as natural to you as walking down the street with absolutely no conscious effort on your part. If you consciously think about these things you will develop "brain-freeze" and not be able to make a smooth and powerful swing to save your life. I would simply forget about your grip and have fun at the range hitting golf balls. Bear in mind that every time you hit a shot that you consciously don't like your unconscious mind will make thousands of minute neuro-muscular correcting adjustments (provided that you simply get out of its way and let it do its job). The proof of this is simple - it is how you have learned, refined, and ingrained every physical movement that you have ever performed.

Click on the following link to one of our past newsletters for a more detailed explanation: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs015/1101452092206/archive/1102065914677.html

David Lake

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