Should I Squeeze The Golf Club As Hard As I Can During My Golf Swing (Video) - by Peter Finch
Should I Squeeze The Golf Club As Hard As I Can During My Golf Swing (Video) - by Peter Finch

Should I squeeze the club as hard as I can through the golf swing? When you are actually gripping the club, you need to bear in mind the knock on effect it will have throughout the hands, the arms, and the rest of the body. If your grip tension is too tight, then the rest of the body will be tight as a result; the tension will spread from the hands to the arms, up into the shoulders and then the upper body. And if you are too tense, then your body won’t be able to flow and the swing won’t be able to function as it should do. If you want an example of this you can use a drill or you go to the driving range and grip on to the club as tight as you possibly can. On a scale of one to 10, one being the lightest 10 being the tightest, grip on at 10 and try and get up to 11. If you manage to grip on that tight, you’ll feel the tension in the hands, in the arms, and actually all through the upper body as well.

And if you carry on to grip on as tight as you can and actually have a swing, you’ll find that it’s a very uncomfortable experience because the hold is so tight. The very next ball if you use that same scale that one to 10 scale but just grip it about a four or a five, so it’s not going to be light enough so the club is going to fly out of your hands, but it’s not going to be tight enough so you’re tense. So about a four; nice and relaxed with the grip, and you’ll find that you’re able to flow a lot more freely. So you shouldn’t be gripping on to the club as tight as you possibly can. Keep the grip pressure nice and relaxed and the swing should be able to flow more easily and you shouldn’t actually be quite as tense as you actually hit the ball. 2014-10-17

Should I squeeze the club as hard as I can through the golf swing? When you are actually gripping the club, you need to bear in mind the knock on effect it will have throughout the hands, the arms, and the rest of the body. If your grip tension is too tight, then the rest of the body will be tight as a result; the tension will spread from the hands to the arms, up into the shoulders and then the upper body. And if you are too tense, then your body won’t be able to flow and the swing won’t be able to function as it should do. If you want an example of this you can use a drill or you go to the driving range and grip on to the club as tight as you possibly can. On a scale of one to 10, one being the lightest 10 being the tightest, grip on at 10 and try and get up to 11. If you manage to grip on that tight, you’ll feel the tension in the hands, in the arms, and actually all through the upper body as well.

And if you carry on to grip on as tight as you can and actually have a swing, you’ll find that it’s a very uncomfortable experience because the hold is so tight. The very next ball if you use that same scale that one to 10 scale but just grip it about a four or a five, so it’s not going to be light enough so the club is going to fly out of your hands, but it’s not going to be tight enough so you’re tense. So about a four; nice and relaxed with the grip, and you’ll find that you’re able to flow a lot more freely. So you shouldn’t be gripping on to the club as tight as you possibly can. Keep the grip pressure nice and relaxed and the swing should be able to flow more easily and you shouldn’t actually be quite as tense as you actually hit the ball.