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[Martee]

He started with an interlock, of which I'm not a big fan. So, I let him use 10 finger instead. Next time, I'm going to ask him if he could overlap.

Okay I have to ask, why do you want him to change?

Nice before and after...impressive...

[YodasLuke]

Okay I have to ask, why do you want him to change?

Nice before and after...impressive...

I prefer to have the hands tied together with overlapping. I think it really puts the #1 pressure point where it should be, higher against the thumb.

[davel]

I prefer to have the hands tied together with overlapping. I think it really puts the #1 pressure point where it should be, higher against the thumb.

How high on the thumb is your preference? Would it be at the top of the first knuckle close to the wrist?

My experience with small small hands is I can lose the connection with the thumb using first the overlap, next the 10 finger, and the interlock is the best. I do however hate the interlock grip.

Dave

[YodasLuke]

How high on the thumb is your preference? Would it be at the top of the first knuckle close to the wrist?

My experience with small small hands is I can lose the connection with the thumb using first the overlap, next the 10 finger, and the interlock is the best. I do however hate the interlock grip.

Dave

Yes, I think we would be saying the same thing. The left thumb should be in the cup of the right hand. The #1 pressure point (Spiderman's web shooter for all you non TGM'ers) should be on the side of the base/1st knuckle closest to the wrist not the nail.

[danimal]

I just started golfing this year so it's no suprise taht you guys are way over my head. All this talk of pressure points. Could someone refer me to a basic description of these pressure points and what they are intented to influence or acheive?

Thanks!

[12 piece bucket]

I just started golfing this year so it's no suprise taht you guys are way over my head. All this talk of pressure points. Could someone refer me to a basic description of these pressure points and what they are intented to influence or acheive?

Thanks!

You can discover them for yourself by feel. Get your club and a towel. Wrap the towel around the clubhead. Grip the club as you would normally. Place the clubhead with towel wrapped around it on your Target Line in back of your right foot. Now SLOWLY drag the towel via the grip end using your Pivot (body).

Try it eyes opened and closed. What points in your hands and on your body do you sense pressure?

Next head to a door jam. Stick the clubhead in there as if you were addressing the ball. Now put pressure into the door jam. Try to bend the shaft.

Where do you feel the pressure?

Report back . . . with your discovery. Then I'll post what the book has to say . . .

B

[annikan skywalker]

Yes, I think we would be saying the same thing. The left thumb should be in the cup of the right hand. The #1 pressure point (Spiderman's web shooter for all you non TGM'ers) should be on the side of the base/1st knuckle closest to the wrist not the nail.

Length of the left thumb on the club influences #1PP location...

This most influences by the distance the index finger is seperated from the middle finger...changing one requires a change of the other in location on the club

Andy Bean - Long Thumb
Jack Nicklaus - Medium Thumb
Sam Snead - Short Thumb

This influences the Range of Motion of the #2 Accumulator...and it's the opposite of what "Academy Live" says....

[Fred Brattain]

AS Annikan said, thumb location influences the #1 PP. However, a long time ago (6 years or so), I tore up my left thumb pretty badly. So I cannot put my left thumb down the top of the shaft anymore. I use a classic 10 finger BB grip, with the left thumb on the right side of the grip. I have round this makes PP 3 and PP4 even more critical in terms of maintaining the right amount of pressure.

Obi WunPutt

[annikan skywalker]

AS Annikan said, thumb location influences the #1 PP. However, a long time ago (6 years or so), I tore up my left thumb pretty badly. So I cannot put my left thumb down the top of the shaft anymore. I use a classic 10 finger BB grip, with the left thumb on the right side of the grip. I have round this makes PP 3 and PP4 even more critical in terms of maintaining the right amount of pressure.

Obi WunPutt

As Homer would say..then the shaft sits in the cup of the right hand...

Usually, the only real difference between Right and Left Hand Grip is that the Clubhshaft lies under the heel of the Left Hand but it (or the left thumb) lies in the cup of the Right Hand.