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This concept video is the trigger finger discussion.

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Um, so at least once a season, um,

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I'm reminded about how important, uh, the trigger finger

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of the trail hand is for club face control.

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Um, oftentimes golfers who have a kind of more

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of a palm grip

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or more of a baseball grip kind of like this,

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where they use the webbing as part of the power source

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and primary control, um,

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have very little control of the club face.

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Um, so if I hold the grip kind of like this,

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which is a little bit more of a, um, kind

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of a newer golfer problem, then as I bring the club back,

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I can feel it move around in my hand.

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You can see if I pull on it, it moves kind of that much

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and it, it moves in almost like a rotational, um,

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or orbital movement kind of like this, where if I was

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to get a good trigger finger where basically, um, the,

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the index finger is more in line with the club kind

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of like this, and there's a little bit of a space here.

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Um, if we zoom in, you can

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see a little bit of a space there.

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Now, as I bring it back, you can see that's going

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to resist up against there.

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And if I just put the thumb on for a little bit of support,

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now as I go to move it, I feel like even as it moves around,

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I have control of where it's pointing.

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This, this joint right here is a, is where we have a lot

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of our sensory, um, control.

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Um, so it's important for, uh, artists, it's important

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for chefs, um, and it's important for golfers.

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So a good grip includes a connection in that point.

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If you are just using the webbing here, then basically

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what you have to do is you have to use the left arm

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as your main or only control mechanism.

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And there's a timing element both in the top of the swing

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and during the release that often leads to just a lack

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of feeling of the club base.

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Um, so I highly recommend, uh,

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at least periodically checking in on your grip.

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And one of the things that you want to look for,

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um, is this trigger finger.

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So, uh, whether you do the,

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once you've established this grip,

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whether you do a full on open hand

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or just uh, no thumb, um, I think a no thumb swing.

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The, the Hogan no thumb drill is a much, um, kind

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of easier transition, um, where you, if you're used

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to using the webbing, like here, if you take the thumb away,

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then the club really flops around at the top of the swing.

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But if I have a good trigger finger,

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then if I have the thumb off the club,

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I still feel like I have complete control

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of the club face at the top of the swing.

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And this will help us narrow in our misses so

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that they're not quite as great going, um, left to right.

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So, like I said, at least once

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or twice a season, I have a student who, um,

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has a major breakthrough in club face control from,

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from learning this, uh, trigger finger connection.

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Uh, so I thought I'd revisit it

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and link the related, uh, drill videos

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to help you work on it over on the right.

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But the way you assess it is from this face on camera angle,

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being able to see, um, how far down

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that index finger is sticking.

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If it's more like this,

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where the thumb is sticking way down, um,

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and you can't even see any of that index finger,

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I highly recommend at least giving this a try.

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It will feel much more stiff.

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But what starts out as feeling stiff

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ultimately will feel stable or more secure.