Overlapping vs Interlocking Grip Senior Golfers (Video) - by Dean Butler
Overlapping vs Interlocking Grip Senior Golfers (Video) - by Dean Butler

So if I said overlapping and interlocking, some of you might be thinking, what's he talking about. Overlapping and interlocking are two names of two of the grips that are common in golf. There is a third one which you call the baseball, but we're not going to talk about the baseball. We're going to talk about the interlocking and the overlapping. Now basically, in a nutshell, if you interlock or if you overlap the position of the left hand doesn't change at all. The club is actually going to be resting from this sort of area here, the middle of the padding its going to be running down towards the first section of my forefinger here and it's going to be set in those three fingers.

Now the interlocking grip is going to slot in those little fingers are going to slot in here or the forefingers, this is going to slot in. That's what is going to do, so I'm just going to put it in, wrap the fingers around it and surprise, surprise, I love this grip because it locks my hands. [Indiscernible] [0:01:04] why would you not want to use it? It has locked my hands and I have got more control then are you using an overlapping or are you using the baseball grip? But it really is a grip to lock your hands together, and it’s the people who have got weak hands or small hands, short fingers because the over-grip when I show you, you will understand why the interlocking for those people I have just described. The overlapping grip is the same left-hand position, but this time, so this finger is coming up, we keep it on the grip. And this little finger is going to sit in this section here, it’s going to sit there and those fingers are going to go there. Now straightaway I am struggling to put my hands on here, because my hands are so small. But I have got my overlapping grip, the danger now with somebody with the hands I have just described, small, short fingers, weak wrist, it’s that when I take the club to the top, is that my hands have actually just slipped, because my hands are not big enough to hold it. So my advice would be, when we look at one grip against the other grip is to say, right, the interlocking is going to lock your hands together. And if you have got small hands, short fingers, that’s the grip I would recommend. If you have got big hands, long fingers, sort of chunky hands and your hands can hold your hands together without gripping tight, because you should never grip tight. But if you are going to just put your hands in that position, well that’s great. But the most important aspect after these two grips, we have explained who the grips are for, is to find the grip which is the most comfortable grip for you. And if you are comfortable with one, even though the textbook says, oh you should be using the overlapping or you should be using the interlocking, so what. If you are comfortable with it, and it’s not having a negative effect on your golf, go and use it. So there is your advice against the interlocking and the overlapping, find which grip is best for you. It’s not hard. You just feel what works for you. But anyway, go and put it into practice, pick up a club now, put it into your hand and you will know straightaway what feels better for you. Go to the range, hit a few golf balls and you will know, within not 60 balls, but within 6 balls, of hitting one and the other, you will know which grip is for you, because it is the overlapping and it’s wrong, you will hit the ball and you will feel your hands are moving at the top of backswing and going through, because those hands are not big enough. So there you go, put it to good use now, and you have got lots to look forward to. 2013-10-24

So if I said overlapping and interlocking, some of you might be thinking, what's he talking about. Overlapping and interlocking are two names of two of the grips that are common in golf. There is a third one which you call the baseball, but we're not going to talk about the baseball. We're going to talk about the interlocking and the overlapping. Now basically, in a nutshell, if you interlock or if you overlap the position of the left hand doesn't change at all. The club is actually going to be resting from this sort of area here, the middle of the padding its going to be running down towards the first section of my forefinger here and it's going to be set in those three fingers.

Now the interlocking grip is going to slot in those little fingers are going to slot in here or the forefingers, this is going to slot in. That's what is going to do, so I'm just going to put it in, wrap the fingers around it and surprise, surprise, I love this grip because it locks my hands. [Indiscernible] [0:01:04] why would you not want to use it? It has locked my hands and I have got more control then are you using an overlapping or are you using the baseball grip? But it really is a grip to lock your hands together, and it’s the people who have got weak hands or small hands, short fingers because the over-grip when I show you, you will understand why the interlocking for those people I have just described. The overlapping grip is the same left-hand position, but this time, so this finger is coming up, we keep it on the grip. And this little finger is going to sit in this section here, it’s going to sit there and those fingers are going to go there.

Now straightaway I am struggling to put my hands on here, because my hands are so small. But I have got my overlapping grip, the danger now with somebody with the hands I have just described, small, short fingers, weak wrist, it’s that when I take the club to the top, is that my hands have actually just slipped, because my hands are not big enough to hold it. So my advice would be, when we look at one grip against the other grip is to say, right, the interlocking is going to lock your hands together. And if you have got small hands, short fingers, that’s the grip I would recommend. If you have got big hands, long fingers, sort of chunky hands and your hands can hold your hands together without gripping tight, because you should never grip tight.

But if you are going to just put your hands in that position, well that’s great. But the most important aspect after these two grips, we have explained who the grips are for, is to find the grip which is the most comfortable grip for you. And if you are comfortable with one, even though the textbook says, oh you should be using the overlapping or you should be using the interlocking, so what. If you are comfortable with it, and it’s not having a negative effect on your golf, go and use it. So there is your advice against the interlocking and the overlapping, find which grip is best for you. It’s not hard.

You just feel what works for you. But anyway, go and put it into practice, pick up a club now, put it into your hand and you will know straightaway what feels better for you. Go to the range, hit a few golf balls and you will know, within not 60 balls, but within 6 balls, of hitting one and the other, you will know which grip is for you, because it is the overlapping and it’s wrong, you will hit the ball and you will feel your hands are moving at the top of backswing and going through, because those hands are not big enough. So there you go, put it to good use now, and you have got lots to look forward to.