GRIP PRESSURE
WHAT DOES THE TYPICAL GOLFER DO?
Most golfers squeeze, choke and suffocate the grip.
They step up to the ball erroneously believing the tighter they grip the club the more power and accuracy. Squeezing the club slows the club head through the hitting area. It is probably the most debilitating of these taciturn misinterpretations.
Telling someone to lighten or tighten their grip pressure is an abstraction of words. Light to me might not be light to you.
THE MECHANICS: LIGHTEN OR TIGHTEN YOUR GRIP PRESSURE!
WHAT IS NATURAL: Batters and pitchers hold the bat and ball just enough to balance the pressure in order to produce the perfect amount of control without diminishing power.
WHAT DO BASEBALL PLAYERS DO?
The batter can hold the bat heavy handed or light. It all comes down to bat speed. The lighter you hold the bat the faster you will make the barrel through the hitting area.
DO IN GOLF AS YOU DO IN BASEBALL:
Experience: Grab a bat.
Questions: Do you hold the bat lighter in grip pressure than you do a golf club? Do you find anything interesting about that fact?
Experience: Take a club, point it straight up in the air; 0 grip pressure on a scale from 1 to 10; then allow the club head to fall forward. It is this initial grab of the club with your hands, which regulates grip pressure that is optimum for accuracy and power.
It is from here you will be able to feel the barrel of the club.
(Many baseball hitters, Rafael Palmeiro comes to mind, appear to be hardly holding onto the bat with his hands. By holding the bat lightly Palmeiro, as do many batters in the Majors, create bat speed).
DOING THE DRILL WITH A BAT AND CLUB.
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