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Male 1: Now that we have the correct grip, let us see what happens to our golf club face when we have the wrong grip.
This drill right here, you can do with a partner. This is called the “pole-check drill”. You take a narrow grip and extend your arms straight out. If he had his hands square, facing each other and balanced, square to the club face in the leading edge here, when he leans back a little bit, you will notice that the club face stays nice and square because his hands are in balance and facing each other. If he takes a grip that is a little strong…
Male 2: That means I have my hand too far up on top of the club, like this.
Male 1: And he leans back. You notice what the club face does. The club face will close. This is what will happen to you in the golf swing because the centripetal force, the weight of the club head is going to want to throw it out, and then your arms are naturally going to rotate back to that neutral position, which will close the club face down at impact.
If Kent takes a grip that is too weak, just the opposite is going to happen, which means that his left hand is too far underneath the golf club. When he leans back a little bit, it will cause the club face to open up because his arms will rotate back to that neutral position. So, as you can see, it is very important to make sure that we have our hands square with that leaning edge. If not, we could be in some big trouble.
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