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Turned Hands

Problem

You are not able to hinge your wrists properly during the backswing.

Cure

This could be a sign that your grip is too strong or weak, preventing the cocking and hinging of the wrists. Check the position of your hands on the grip to see if it is changing your grip strength. If your grip is turned too much towards the target side, it will place your hands into too weak of a position on the grip. This will cause the clubface to become open during the backswing. If your trailing hand is turned too far away from the target on the grip, it will cause your grip to become too strong so this wrist cannot hinge as it should during the backswing.

Therapy

A quick drill to test to see if your hands are in the right position on the grip is to practice cocking your wrists to see if you have a full range of motion in them. Set up as usual and cock the club up backwards and forwards without moving your arms. If you are unable to more the club very far off of the ground, then you know that your hands are placed either too strong or weak on the grip.

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Torbs | 2 years ago, at the end of February

Yep, a proper Grip is very important - and a change can work wonders. Another tip is to set up as usual and then lift up the club straight in front of you by just using your wrists. Especially the the left wrist shoud hinge upwards as freely as possible. If not, chances are your grip is wrong.



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