Setting the Perfect Grip: Learning from Your Tutor
Getting the right grip on the golf club is an important, and underrated, element of being a good player. In order to make solid swings hole after hole, and to have those swings translate into a good ball flight, you need to have a grip that compliments the rest of your technique. When your swing and your grip are fighting against one another, it is unlikely that you will achieve a positive result. Take the time to work on your grip with your golf tutor and your game will be better for the effort.
When you are working on setting the perfect grip for your swing with your golf teacher, consider the following tips –
- Trust their advice. Working with a golf instructor is only helpful if you listen to what they say and give it a real chance to work. If you are skeptical of their advice, or have some other reason to doubt what they are saying, there is no point in working with them in the first place. Listen closely to what they are teaching you, and there is a good chance your grip will be better off in the end.
- Give it a chance to work. Very rarely does any golf instruction work immediately. If you are going to be serious about getting better at golf, you will need to be patient and put in the practice time before you expect the results to start to show in your scores. That is especially true of a grip change – altering your grip might be the most difficult thing to do to your swing, so practice the new grip as much as possible and expect there to be some bumps along the way. Stick with it, though, and you could be rewarded with the best swing you have ever had.
- Pay attention to the details. Getting the perfect grip on the club has a lot to do with paying attention to the little details that you are being taught. Listen carefully and ask questions when you are not sure. Practice taking your grip over and over again to make sure you can do it exactly the same way on each shot. Even a minor variation in your grip from swing to swing can lead to big differences in the way the ball reacts off the club face. It might be tedious, but working with your golf tutor on your grip is a worthwhile endeavor.