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Okay, in this concept video, we're going to discuss the wrist movements versus the grip

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for club-based control.

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So there are three main factors for where is the club-based pointing in your swing.

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One is, how did you set up with your hands on the club?

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Did you set up with the top of your wrist more on the right side?

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Did you set up with it more on top?

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This is what we refer to as stronger weak with either hand.

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So if the hands are more on top, this is in a weak position, which just means that as

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you extend the arms, you will see the club-based tends to come back pointing more to

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the right or with more loft.

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The more that you put your hands on the side on the trail side or underneath.

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Now as your arms release out in front of you, the club will tend to de-loft or come in more

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clothes.

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Call that a strong grip.

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So how I set up with my hands is one factor, but then how I use my hands is the other.

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So if I set up with my hands like this and I twist my wrist or bow my wrist, the more

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that I do, these movements that twist the club, that tends to close the club-based.

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So those are the two main ones that I can influence the grip with.

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The third one is shaffling or body position.

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So the problem is I don't want to adjust that one too much because it impacts contact

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more than just what I'm doing with my hands.

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So by getting the good merry-go-round, by getting into a good impact position, that puts

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the club head ahead of the golf ball, creating the shaffling.

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And if I don't change anything, that shaffling typically opens the club-based somewhere

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in the 20-degree range.

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20-30 degrees is what I usually say.

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So then I either have to balance that by setting up with a stronger grip or by twisting

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the club-based clothes.

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If I want to try to figure out which one I want to change, I can look at the references

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of a shaff parallel.

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So if I look at the takeaway and I look at the club-based there, this gives me a sense of

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where the club-based is compared to the grip.

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And then if I compare it on the way down, that gives me a sense of what did I do with

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my hands to square the club.

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But that last parallel checkpoint is a really kind of easy way to see, do I need to adjust

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if the ball's not flying straight or I'm struggling with low point because I'm not squaring

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the club-based appropriately.

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That last parallel checkpoint looking at it both in the takeaway and comparing it to the

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down swing is a great way to figure out should I change my grip or is it something

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that's happening with my swing?

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Many times I've had lots of situations where golfers are slicing the ball and they say,

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you know, should I strengthen my grip and we'll look at it on video and at this point

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here the club-based is actually pointing more towards the ground and kind of like this.

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But then they tend to have more of this hold-off kind of scoop-style release which it's

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more of a push-fade.

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So by changing the grip that wouldn't really do the best long-term solution of correcting

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what is causing the club-based open because we looked at the timeline.

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It wasn't open until the release happened.

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So hopefully this video helps you figure out if you're struggling with your curve, be smart

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about it and look at the timeline or look at the checkpoint so you can figure out how

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am I going to adjust my club-based?

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Am I going to do it with a little grip change?

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Am I going to do it with different hand movements or am I going to do it by working on the

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motorbike or the merry-go-round and my pivot drill?

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There's your three ways to really impact the club-based control and when you find your

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balance you will ultimately have smooth and consistent club-based control and you'll be

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able to shape your shots hopefully within a reasonable amount of curve.