Hand Position

[DysGolf]

The Same or Vary with each club??

Hi,

Does your hand position stay the same with every club, and the shaft angle determines the ball position?
If so, where do your hands rest, in relation to your body,e.g towards left, or middle etc

If not, how to you move your hands regarding each club.

DysGolf

[strohs]

I keep my hands in the same position throughout the bag, just naturually hanging down in the center of my body

Obviously on chips or a nice 3 iron runner out of the woods they dont stay in the middle...

[jportz]

Hmm, that's a good question. I've heard people say your hands should restjust below your lead shoulder but then I've seen some people keep them right in the middle, in front of their belly button.

 

Is it just personal preference or is there a "correct" hand position at set-up?

[slicefixer]

IMOP the hands should ALWAYS rest off of the INSIDE of the left thigh for all normal shots.......

 

Your arms hang in front of you with your right hand BELOW the left to grip the club properly...... the right hip should "kick in" towards the left slightly......the right shoulder the same amount below the left as the right hand is below the left.......this places the hands off of the INSIDE of the left thigh......and the spine is on the same amount of "tilt" away from the target as the right hand is below the left........then its simply a matter of the type of "ballflight"/angle of attack desired that determines the shaft "angle"........ball forward to strike the ball AFTER the bottom of the swing ARC is reached (driver) would place the shaft on an angle close to vertical or slightly AWAY from the target.......ball back to strike the ball on the downswing to "trap" the ball against the turf would angle the shaft TOWARDS the target........etc. etc. etc......

 

The shaft angle is also determined by your weight distribution which also helps determine exactly where the clubhead will "bottom out"/bottom of the clubheads ARC.......

 

So, for instance with a driver, the player would set up with the ball forward and place more weight on the right side (say 60/40) which will place the body on more "tilt" away from the target.......which adds to the natural amount of spine tilt away from the target (which has already been determined by the right hand below the left) ........and which sets up more of a "sweeping" blow if the ball is tee'd forward......the exact opposite to strike a ball off of hardpan (say 30/70 or 20/80) or to keep the trajectory LOW (under a tree branch for example) which requires a definite "downward" strike (highly trapped)......

 

Basically its HARD ENOUGH to ingrain ONE basic set-up.......but IF you ingrain a "natural" set-up on "natural" ANGLES one can then drastically change their ball flight by simply adjusting both ball position and weight distribution.........you can also change the type of "spin" by changing both face and body alignment......"dial in" the shot desired at the set-up and then make the same swing/pivot........

 

Any differences in the way the arms/club work through impact/finish would then be dictated by the "set-up" and the swing that results from these set-up changes.........

 

HARD enough to learn ONE set-up.......ONE basic "swing"/pivot with the arms/club "in synch" with that pivot, etc........but once you've ingrained a fundamentally sound set-up and pivot you can then hit any shot you desire by "dialing it in" at the set-up and aggressively executing the same basic swing motion.........