Hey Marcus, amazing content and learning a great deal through your teaching. One area that has always been a struggle is level of comfort of my grip to the handle. I tend to apply to much pressure to hold the handle. Partly because of arthritis in my hands. I notice you have a looseness look to your wrists. Can you elaborate a bit on what you feel your hands are doing at address, then once they are in motion throughout your swing? I am trying to enhance my connection to the handle to provide fluidity and natural wrist movement for additional context which I describe below: 1. Maintain a light grip for clubhead "heaviness." 2. Allow the lead wrist to hinge naturally during the backswing. 3. Keep a strong connection between hands and the club. 4. Ensure a smooth transition from backswing to downswing. 5. Let the clubhead guide your post-impact motion. 6. Consistency is key for a refined, repeatable swing and in my view, it is all about the grip to the handle to give any given golf shot hope of producing the intended shot shape🙂
Hi Randal. I'm glad you find value in my videos. Regarding the grip I think we need to be firm and flexible. I like number 3 and 5. In this video I describe what I mean: ua-cam.com/video/5S-V7W5Rh5M/v-deo.htmlsi=ND-ZLItzVDIR4TWl
Thank you sir! I like your firm and flexible approach! I took a look at the video link and the middle finger of you lead hand have the strongest hold on the grip makes a lot of sense. Your swing is just so consistent in all your videos. You build momentum in your swing which whips the club all the way to the finish. It looks like the weight of the club activates your ulnar muscles of both arms, especially your lead arm, giving you a wider swing. Almost like swinging a hammer, when you pull your hand further away it allows the proper power to build up, then momentum drives the hammer into impact. Do you agree with this? Sort of hard to describe and also do you feel a natural pulling motion on the handle further providing leverage?
I used a Baseball grip 25 years ago because I was arm swinger. Left handed with right hand clubs. My trail hand, the weak one, just couldn't push hard enough with and overlap grip,so I used Baseball. Then I got better and went back to overlap grip. Then I took 2 years off for health reasons and now at 80 years old I'll go back to the baseball grip to get the hands working better, my body is not fast and I am also stiff so I can't rotate that far. Arms and hands is the cure, thanks for the great tips and the "why".
Thanks for sharing your story. I think that many golfers can get help from a baseball grip to learn the motion and be able to release properly. Good job. 👍
Hey Marcus ,I just saw Danny Maude Teaching the Back palm pushing at the Ball ,He got it from an olde Coach .can’t remember His Name 😳 , It was Pete Cowan !but putting an Putter grip on Wedge turned 45 degrees and after watching Your Concept I am up to Hitting My 5 Iron ,Smokling it !All credit to You Sir!
Always wondered about your grip. Thanks for sharing, as well as in the way you share. I like this grip; on the ball and raised my ball flight quite nicely.
Hi Marcus I sent you a message about my hook problem with the driver. A few things in the video were helpful. The biggest thing that I found was that I was taking to big of a back swing which caused the early release. So by shortening the back swing I was able to control the release better. Thank you for your help
Thanks for the explanation Marcus. I like to tinker with my grip to find what works for me. I've struggled with a traditional strong grip and prefer a weaker grip too. I use baseball 10 finger grip. Small hands I feel like I control the club better that way.
I come from hockey background, right handed and play golf from left. My grip and release philosophy sound like yours except my lead hand grip is ultra strong and very much in the fingers. That somehow helps me keep the lead hand passive so my trail hand can pass through in the release, if this makes sense
Not being able to get a still frame close up shot of his grip, it appears to me that Marcus is taking a “baseball grip” not an overlapping grip. Maybe the baseball grip makes it easier for the trail hand to move faster and overtake the lead hand in the downswing. I have always held the grip in the fingers of both hands but never tried playing with the baseball grip. Whatever works is the proper grip for me.👍🇨🇦👨🦳
@@richardc6932 yes it is, for me. i found that the 10 finger grip allows for more trail hand pushing which enables the subsequent overtaking the lead hand.
I tried your grip tonight at the range. Then played hole 1 then cut across to hole 9 and kept going around these two holes. Using different clubs off the tee. Now I found your grip very friendly. I had a feeling of being able to separate pressure and speed between the two. I had more face control and more relaxed. I normally use an interlocking Pinky's. I feel more powerful with the interlocking. But more freedom with your grip.( Does that make sense to you?) I lost distance with your grip but wasn't trying to hit it far. But in the short game shots I had a harder time getting the speed correct and the low point. Fatted alot of short shots. But I'm still going to work with it and practice. I like the freedom it gives me in my swing
@@GolfwithMarcusEdblad yes saw that video after the comment. Lol but I did the ten finger just overlapping the thumb. Kinda like a mini hockey grip. Yes lost distance. But it really let's you feel the hands and gives you feedback on how they can work independently. Thx for all your videos. They are Super helpful
Great stuff Marcus.....you mentioned that your trail hand matches the face angle of the club.With a pitching wedge that would be about 45*....do you change that to almost verticle with a driver ?? Are you changing the rear hand to match the face angle of each club?
I went into the rabbit hole of going through your video's and got here via "golf test dummy" who has tried your methodology. I really like your approach. I was wondering about your grip where you explain that you are finger holding the club. I have "upgraded" to Jumbo sized grips and automatically my grip has chanced somewhat. So ... my question is ... do you think your grip would change if you would have a much thicker grip? Thanks for you work and uploads. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
Glad you like my videos. I think that my grip would change with a thicker grip. I've tried Jumbogrips but I don't have bigger hands than normal and it feels awkward. I like to be able to grip hard with my lead hand index finger and that didn't feel as good with Jumbogrips. We all need to find what works. 👍
I love your content. And i know it works. Its only that the harder i try the worse it gets. Went from -1 hcp to 3.5 in a month. Can not break 80 anymore. Specially with the driver. It goes any direction. Any small inspiration? I practice or play every day. 🙏🏻🤪🤗
I don't know what you mean by trying harder but we need to remove one side at the time. When you practice start with the slice and remove that by releasing in time. When you feel you can do that ten times in a row you attack the hook by extending/scoop your lead hand. One of these are giving you a hard time. I bet on the lead hand. Maybe time for a training video. Let me know which side is hardest to eliminate. Ok?
Hi Marcus, great video as usual! Just curious to know: Are you using the 10 Finger-Grip (which is maybe similar in Ice Hockey) or Overlapping Grip? I am thinking about testing what different hand connections could do to my swing. Thanks for your feedback.
I've seen significant improvements since I started to use your techniques but I have an exceptionally strong grip. Strange your techniques seem to be working particularly helping me hit the ball straighter. But maybe shouldn't work with a very strong grip......slightly confusing.
If your grip makes it possible to hit good shots, keep it. I need to use a more neutral grip but that doesn't mean that everyone should. If you keep using my tips I think it will slowly go weaker but that will happen over time, don't force it.
I have been using a strong grip for last two years and while it produces a nice draw, if my timing is off , it will push right or the soul crushing shank.
Thanks for the video. One question, when you grip the club with your right hand, is the pad on your right hand on top of the shaft or is the shaft in your palm?
My fingers hurt when I try an interlock grip. I use a normal overlap rip and like it. It not how we hold the club that is most important it's what we do with the club that matters. Most grips work. 👍
Hello Marcus, I went with a strong grip a few years ago (per Mike Malaska) as I transition to your “early release” for the longer clubs, I am wondering if it is still appropriate? I am finding that I am coming from the inside from 10 to 15 degrees and often hitting duck hooks. Perhaps a more neutral left hand grip would be more appropriate? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you Marcus. Btw - I am from Canada and appreciate your hockey background and similarities between slap shots and the golf swing. I’m old enough to remember Borje Salming!
I couldn't tell from the video, but do you use what people call the "baseball grip"? That means you don't overlap the fingers, but have all four fingers of the trail hand below the lead hand. Do you use the baseball grip? or do you overlap the fingers?
Grip is personal to each individual, i truly don't there's no one grip for all, after much experiment over the years, i play with a strong 3 knuckles lead left hand, that's how my hand hangs naturally, right hand faces the target which i feel as the club face. My grip is baseball, couldn't get on with traditional Vardon or overlap Simply find a grip for you as an individual that gives you consistently good results.
It will give you more power but sadly it will steel some speed. Good for golf and for the feel in training but I recommend a normal grip in the long run. 💪
Your grip, to me, is about as neutral as one can get. I notice your thumb positions do not go straight down the shaft, but on opposite sides. This makes perfect sense with your insight that the trail hand going over the lead hand through impact is what provides the power and speed in the strike of the clubface through the ball. I find that thumbs down the shaft restrict motion in the hinging of the wrists. Good info sir.
I absolutely loved this -the 'why' of your grip. A topic seemingly often passed over.
Why is the most important queastion we can ask. 👌
Agreed!
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Hey Marcus, amazing content and learning a great deal through your teaching. One area that has always been a struggle is level of comfort of my grip to the handle. I tend to apply to much pressure to hold the handle. Partly because of arthritis in my hands.
I notice you have a looseness look to your wrists. Can you elaborate a bit on what you feel your hands are doing at address, then once they are in motion throughout your swing?
I am trying to enhance my connection to the handle to provide fluidity and natural wrist movement for additional context which I describe below:
1. Maintain a light grip for clubhead "heaviness."
2. Allow the lead wrist to hinge naturally during the backswing.
3. Keep a strong connection between hands and the club.
4. Ensure a smooth transition from backswing to downswing.
5. Let the clubhead guide your post-impact motion.
6. Consistency is key for a refined, repeatable swing and in my view, it is all about the grip to the handle to give any given golf shot hope of producing the intended shot shape🙂
Hi Randal. I'm glad you find value in my videos. Regarding the grip I think we need to be firm and flexible. I like number 3 and 5. In this video I describe what I mean:
ua-cam.com/video/5S-V7W5Rh5M/v-deo.htmlsi=ND-ZLItzVDIR4TWl
Thank you sir! I like your firm and flexible approach! I took a look at the video link and the middle finger of you lead hand have the strongest hold on the grip makes a lot of sense.
Your swing is just so consistent in all your videos. You build momentum in your swing which whips the club all the way to the finish. It looks like the weight of the club activates your ulnar muscles of both arms, especially your lead arm, giving you a wider swing. Almost like swinging a hammer, when you pull your hand further away it allows the proper power to build up, then momentum drives the hammer into impact. Do you agree with this? Sort of hard to describe and also do you feel a natural pulling motion on the handle further providing leverage?
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I used a Baseball grip 25 years ago because I was arm swinger. Left handed with right hand clubs. My trail hand, the weak one, just couldn't push hard enough with and overlap grip,so I used Baseball. Then I got better and went back to overlap grip. Then I took 2 years off for health reasons and now at 80 years old I'll go back to the baseball grip to get the hands working better, my body is not fast and I am also stiff so I can't rotate that far. Arms and hands is the cure, thanks for the great tips and the "why".
Thanks for sharing your story. I think that many golfers can get help from a baseball grip to learn the motion and be able to release properly. Good job. 👍
Using the grip per your guidance for almost 6 months now. I have control and accuracy. Finally a grip which works well for me. Thanks Marcus.
Great to hear! If works really well if you understand why it works.
Super Marcus, I am 76 yearling old, hdcp 16 and I appréciate vert much your pedagogy !
Thank you, I'm glad you trust me enough to try it. 👍
As always Thanks for all your down to earth explanations. Love the way you keep it simple
So nice of you. Thanks. 🙏
Hey Marcus ,I just saw Danny Maude Teaching the Back palm pushing at the Ball ,He got it from an olde Coach .can’t remember His Name 😳 , It was Pete Cowan !but putting an Putter grip on Wedge turned 45 degrees and after watching Your Concept I am up to Hitting My 5 Iron ,Smokling it !All credit to You Sir!
I'm glad to be a part of your progress. I know that many Tour coaches are teaching similar things but the majority of coaches are not.
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Really appreciate your work...this is a very good video.. thanks!
Glad you liked it!👍
Always wondered about your grip. Thanks for sharing, as well as in the way you share. I like this grip; on the ball and raised my ball flight quite nicely.
Glad I could answers some of your questions. 👍
I enjoy your teaching Marcus thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoy it!👍
Hi Marcus
I sent you a message about my hook problem with the driver. A few things in the video were helpful. The biggest thing that I found was that I was taking to big of a back swing which caused the early release. So by shortening the back swing I was able to control the release better.
Thank you for your help
Nice work! Glad to help. 👍
Thank you for sharing, Marcus. Well presented!
Glad you liked it!👍
Thanks for the explanation Marcus. I like to tinker with my grip to find what works for me. I've struggled with a traditional strong grip and prefer a weaker grip too. I use baseball 10 finger grip. Small hands I feel like I control the club better that way.
Good job. The baseball grip will give you more control but rob you of some speed. 👍
I come from hockey background, right handed and play golf from left. My grip and release philosophy sound like yours except my lead hand grip is ultra strong and very much in the fingers. That somehow helps me keep the lead hand passive so my trail hand can pass through in the release, if this makes sense
We learn to not pull on the ice and it's gold when start golfing. I also keep my smart hand slow to give the stupid hand a good chance to pass. 👍
I'm so glad I found another left hander 😀
I'll be here. 😊
Thanks Marcus for the explanation, my interest was mainly why your trail hand looks a lot lower than most people, thanks again.
Not being able to get a still frame close up shot of his grip, it appears to me that Marcus is taking a “baseball grip” not an overlapping grip. Maybe the baseball grip makes it easier for the trail hand to move faster and overtake the lead hand in the downswing. I have always held the grip in the fingers of both hands but never tried playing with the baseball grip. Whatever works is the proper grip for me.👍🇨🇦👨🦳
@@richardc6932 yes it is, for me. i found that the 10 finger grip allows for more trail hand pushing which enables the subsequent overtaking the lead hand.
Ok. It's a normal overlap. Maybe that's how my hands and arms are designed. 😊
Hey Marcus thanks for your videos. I’m learning to coil instead of turning ✌️
Ok. Glad to help you find what you need. 👍
I tried your grip tonight at the range. Then played hole 1 then cut across to hole 9 and kept going around these two holes. Using different clubs off the tee. Now I found your grip very friendly. I had a feeling of being able to separate pressure and speed between the two. I had more face control and more relaxed. I normally use an interlocking Pinky's. I feel more powerful with the interlocking. But more freedom with your grip.( Does that make sense to you?) I lost distance with your grip but wasn't trying to hit it far. But in the short game shots I had a harder time getting the speed correct and the low point. Fatted alot of short shots. But I'm still going to work with it and practice. I like the freedom it gives me in my swing
Ten finger grip. Not baseball. But not an overlap.
I use a normal overlap with a neutral set up on the club?
@@GolfwithMarcusEdblad yes saw that video after the comment. Lol but I did the ten finger just overlapping the thumb. Kinda like a mini hockey grip. Yes lost distance. But it really let's you feel the hands and gives you feedback on how they can work independently. Thx for all your videos. They are Super helpful
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Great stuff Marcus.....you mentioned that your trail hand matches the face angle of the club.With a pitching wedge that would be about 45*....do you change that to almost verticle with a driver ?? Are you changing the rear hand to match the face angle of each club?
I don't match the loft of the club but the leading edge of the club. No change needed between clubs. Straight is always straight.
I went into the rabbit hole of going through your video's and got here via "golf test dummy" who has tried your methodology. I really like your approach. I was wondering about your grip where you explain that you are finger holding the club. I have "upgraded" to Jumbo sized grips and automatically my grip has chanced somewhat. So ... my question is ... do you think your grip would change if you would have a much thicker grip?
Thanks for you work and uploads. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
Glad you like my videos. I think that my grip would change with a thicker grip. I've tried Jumbogrips but I don't have bigger hands than normal and it feels awkward. I like to be able to grip hard with my lead hand index finger and that didn't feel as good with Jumbogrips. We all need to find what works. 👍
@@GolfwithMarcusEdblad 🙏🏻💪🏻😎🤘🏻 That is the way. Find what works for you. 👍🏻
I love your content. And i know it works. Its only that the harder i try the worse it gets. Went from -1 hcp to 3.5 in a month. Can not break 80 anymore. Specially with the driver. It goes any direction. Any small inspiration? I practice or play every day. 🙏🏻🤪🤗
I don't know what you mean by trying harder but we need to remove one side at the time. When you practice start with the slice and remove that by releasing in time. When you feel you can do that ten times in a row you attack the hook by extending/scoop your lead hand. One of these are giving you a hard time. I bet on the lead hand. Maybe time for a training video.
Let me know which side is hardest to eliminate. Ok?
@@GolfwithMarcusEdblad Ok, i let you know. I will make a video of it. Thanks buddy
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Hi Marcus, great video as usual! Just curious to know: Are you using the 10 Finger-Grip (which is maybe similar in Ice Hockey) or Overlapping Grip? I am thinking about testing what different hand connections could do to my swing. Thanks for your feedback.
Hi. I'm using a normal overlap. I think we can don some variations to find what's is best and feel most comfortable. 👍
@@GolfwithMarcusEdblad Thanks a lot for your reply, Marcus! I will experiment a bit to see what works best
Sounds good. @@wolfgangkehrer618
I've seen significant improvements since I started to use your techniques but I have an exceptionally strong grip.
Strange your techniques seem to be working particularly helping me hit the ball straighter.
But maybe shouldn't work with a very strong grip......slightly confusing.
If your grip makes it possible to hit good shots, keep it. I need to use a more neutral grip but that doesn't mean that everyone should. If you keep using my tips I think it will slowly go weaker but that will happen over time, don't force it.
@@GolfwithMarcusEdbladcheers
I have been using a strong grip for last two years and while it produces a nice draw, if my timing is off , it will push right or the soul crushing shank.
A very strong grip limits a lot of thing, especially how you release the club without to much closing of the club face.
Thanks for the video. One question, when you grip the club with your right hand, is the pad on your right hand on top of the shaft or is the shaft in your palm?
I don't know what pad you mean but it's more in my fingers than in the palm. 👍
Great video. It appears you have a 10 finger grip and no overlap or interlock. What are your thoughts on the interlock grip?
My fingers hurt when I try an interlock grip. I use a normal overlap rip and like it. It not how we hold the club that is most important it's what we do with the club that matters. Most grips work. 👍
Hello Marcus, I went with a strong grip a few years ago (per Mike Malaska) as I transition to your “early release” for the longer clubs, I am wondering if it is still appropriate? I am finding that I am coming from the inside from 10 to 15 degrees and often hitting duck hooks. Perhaps a more neutral left hand grip would be more appropriate? Any advice would be appreciated.
You are correct. A strong grip makes it hard to release the club for more speed. Try to change to a more neutral grip and will work much better.
Thank you Marcus. Btw - I am from Canada and appreciate your hockey background and similarities between slap shots and the golf swing. I’m old enough to remember Borje Salming!
I couldn't tell from the video, but do you use what people call the "baseball grip"? That means you don't overlap the fingers, but have all four fingers of the trail hand below the lead hand. Do you use the baseball grip? or do you overlap the fingers?
I use a normal overlap with the club more in the fingers. 👍
Coach What is your recommended grip type. Overlap or baseball grip
Strong hands=overlap and weak hands=baseball.
Watch this:
ua-cam.com/video/gliVDjP_PMw/v-deo.htmlsi=_rtEuyyP4SoAv8MK
Grip is personal to each individual, i truly don't there's no one grip for all, after much experiment over the years, i play with a strong 3 knuckles lead left hand, that's how my hand hangs naturally, right hand faces the target which i feel as the club face. My grip is baseball, couldn't get on with traditional Vardon or overlap Simply find a grip for you as an individual that gives you consistently good results.
100% agree. 👌
Do you think a baseball grip let's you get more distance for long drive?
It will give you more power but sadly it will steel some speed. Good for golf and for the feel in training but I recommend a normal grip in the long run. 💪
Do you have a baseball grip or overlap or interlock
The same overlap for 23 years. 👍
Do you use overlap, baseboll or cross finger grip?
Just a normal overlap. 👍
Your grip, to me, is about as neutral as one can get. I notice your thumb positions do not go straight down the shaft, but on opposite sides. This makes perfect sense with your insight that the trail hand going over the lead hand through impact is what provides the power and speed in the strike of the clubface through the ball. I find that thumbs down the shaft restrict motion in the hinging of the wrists. Good info sir.
I haven't thought about it that way but you are correct about the positions of my thumbs, it feels free. 👍
5 thirty am in East Canada. Going to pay more attention to a weak grip!
Go and get it when you wake up.
I would call
It neutral not weak.
I agree but it's weak in comparison to the normal longyrivers grip. Great for both power and control.
Marcus is simple to-the-point smash mouth golf
thanks. 😊