| This process is multi fold1. Learn what YOUR neutral | | | | pressure. It is important to understand that the |
| grip is2. The CORRECT ball position for every club3. | | | | forefinger and target side thumb both be on the |
| The CORRECT swing shape4. How far back YOU | | | | same side and angle of the shaft for the best |
| can take the club5. How to play within YOUR | | | | support. The trailing thumb should be on the target |
| styleYou will have many options to choose from and | | | | side of the shaft. You never want the thumbs to |
| I'll show you how to find the ones that will work for | | | | exert any pressure. Finally, in order for the hands to |
| you. Once you have all of your "components" you | | | | work together, they must be parallel to each |
| won't need to experiment any longer!WHERE TO | | | | other.POSTURERegardless of the player's level of |
| START - GRIP AND POSTUREWhile this may be | | | | golf anyone can get into a posture that looks as |
| obvious to some you would be surprised by the | | | | good as any Tour Player, it takes no athletic ability to |
| number of people that work on their swing without | | | | get into a proper posture! For full swing shots, other |
| starting with their grip. There is only ONE neutral grip | | | | than a Driver, the inside of the heels should be as |
| for any golfer! That grip is where YOUR arm hangs | | | | wide as the outside of the hips (for a Driver the |
| down from the shoulder socket and the angle of | | | | inside of the heels as wide as the outside of the |
| YOUR target side hand. It makes no difference | | | | shoulders). Push the hips sockets back and up so that |
| whether you use an overlapping, interlocking, and | | | | the pelvis is at an angle, not horizontal to the ground. |
| ten-finger (baseball) grip. What IS critical is the angle | | | | As you push the hips back, and up, this will lower the |
| the club lies in your hand.To find YOUR neutral grip, | | | | chest and place the weight toward the back of the |
| first take your address position, but without a club, | | | | arch of the foot. Simply unlock your knees, you'll feel |
| and let both arms hang downward from the shoulder | | | | a little pressure above the kneecaps, and let the |
| sockets with NO TENSION. Most golfers will find that | | | | arms hang limply downward from the shoulder |
| their target side arm hangs somewhere between the | | | | socket. There should be NO TENSION in the arms or |
| middle of the target side thigh to the inside of the | | | | shoulders. Some players like to tilt their upper bodies |
| thigh (depending on the width of stance and/or the | | | | slightly away from target as the final set-up |
| width of the chest). As you look down at your | | | | adjustment and just because your trailing hand is |
| target side hand pay attention to the angle it hangs. | | | | lower than the target side hand this is acceptable, |
| Some of you will see two knuckles of the hand, | | | | just don't overdue it. Now you have YOUR grip and |
| some will see three, and some may even see four. It | | | | posture.BALL POSITIONBall position is the most |
| doesn't matter how many you see! Whatever the | | | | misunderstood portion of the entire set-up. There |
| number, this is YOUR bodies way of telling you its | | | | have been many opinions about ball position. Some |
| natural tendency and that is the neutral angle for | | | | say one position for every shot, others say move it |
| YOUR grip! When you place your target side hand on | | | | around depending on the club. All of the guesswork is |
| the club it should be at the same angle you just | | | | taken out however if the golfer would set the club |
| saw.The club then runs diagonally from between the | | | | at address as the manufacturer designed it. All clubs, |
| first and second joint of the index finger to just | | | | except for the Driver, are designed so that the grip |
| under the heel pad. Close the fingers and then close | | | | end of the club is ahead of the clubhead if soled |
| the hand with the heel pad on top of the shaft with | | | | properly, this means the shaft leans forward, not |
| the thumb to the backside of the shaft. This supplies | | | | vertical or backwards! If you address the ball, with |
| pressure from the heel pad downward and the last | | | | say a 5 iron, and the shaft is vertical then even |
| three fingers exert pressure upward. Then take the | | | | before you swing you've added loft and turned it |
| lifeline of the trailing hand, located between the | | | | into a seven iron! That same 5 iron is designed to |
| thumb and heel pads, and place it on the thumb of | | | | have approximately 8 degrees of forward lean at |
| the target side hand. The lifeline against the thumb | | | | address. The best players in the world, using that |
| exerts the pressure here; the right forefinger should | | | | same 5 iron, have upwards of 15 degrees at Impact! |
| be separated, in a "triggering position", but with no | | | | This turns it into a 3 iron! |