Grip Strength Helps You Take a Divot with Your Irons

KarenGolf Fitness, Misc

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Your hands are your only connection to the golf club.  Your grip directly determines the shape, the height and length of your shot, so it had better be correct before you hit your shot or your ball may end up in the wrong place.

It is important to have grip strength in order to maintain the angle of your arms and clubs or create lag on the downswing that allows you to strike down and take a divot.  If you tend to top or hit thin shots, you may not be holding the “angle”.  Getting stronger in your hands and wrists will help you create lag and clubhead speed and hit solid shots.

Your hands are your only connection to the club
Your hands are your only connection to the club

All this week I will be giving you simple yet effective exercises that will help you get a grip on a better game.

To create more power and control your shots, try this grip strengthening exercise:

Grip Exercise #2-Ball Squeeze

  1. Using a rubber ball (or a tennis ball), simply squeeze the ball as hard as you can and hold for 30-seconds.
  2. Relax your hand and repeat again for 30-seconds.
  3. Repeat this exercise as many times as you can with both hands.
Squeeze a tennis ball for more hand and wrist strength

Squeeze a tennis ball for more hand and wrist strength

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