Strong grips are common to most young players and are recognized by many top coaches. Because this way of holding the rod helps them to get faster head speed.
BY: LUKE KERR-DINEEN
A strong grip is common to many teen players because it helps them play the ball farther and straighter.
At last week's PNC Championship, although the John Dali father and son finally tied the championship belt, the most eye-catching was still the second place Tiger Woods father and son. After all, it was Tiger's first game in 10 months after a serious car accident, and his eldest son, Charlie, who was only 12 years old, was even more impressive in his over-age performance on the field.
Charlie's excellent skills make people expect him to inherit his father's business, and he will play a day on the PGA Tour in the future. But perhaps you will find out why Charlie's grip is so strong (pictured above). In fact, when his father Tiger dominated the youth tournament in his spare time, he also adopted a strong grip: his hands turned in the opposite direction of the target.
This is true not only of tigers in their youth, but also of Nicklaus and NickFordus in their youth.
In fact, a strong grip is a common grip for most young players and is recognized by many top coaches. Because this way of holding the rod helps them to get faster head speed.
"When you're young and you're skinny, you usually try to play harder. If you use a neutral grip, the distance may be shorter." Tony Ruggiero, one of america's top 100 teachers, said. "I think keeping a strong grip and teaching them to actually use their bodies and trying not to close the club face too much can build up some good movements and make them find fun playing."
Why? Because teenage athletes' bodies are usually not yet fully developed, their main sources of strength are twofold: excellent softness and large movements. They usually lack upper body strength, and the main sources of strength are the hips, thighs, quadriceps and other leg muscles. So, when they get off the bar, usually the lower body makes a huge rotation.
Compared with the batting action of 14-year-old Tiger (1990) and 11-year-old Charlie (2020), both have their hips completely turned away.
Looking at the picture above, it is the downward stroke of the tiger and Charlie as teenagers, and notice that both of their hips are facing the target at the moment of hitting the ball.
When a teen player wants to hit the ball as far as possible, they have to use what they have at their disposal: a sharp rotation of the lower body, but doing so often leaves the club face open too late to return to the right, allowing the ball to tilt to the right. Therefore, instead of reducing the body rotation to make the rod surface return to the positive instantly, it is better to make the grip more powerful to make the rod surface easier to return to the positive.
"A lot of teen players have very fast lower body spins." Jonathan Yarwood, one of the top 100 american teachers, said. "Charlie uses a stronger grip to strike a balance."
So, the next time your teen picks up the lever and is very strong, don't rush him to change. As he grew older and his body fully developed, his grip would gradually be modified to become more neutral, just like the tiger today.
"Over the years, my grip has continued to change. When I was a junior player, I preferred a strong left hand grip and my left hand turned to the right on the grip." Tiger once wrote. "Later, as I got stronger, my left hand became noticeably weaker. Today it's in a fairly neutral position, with about two and a half knuckles visible when aiming at the ball."
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