WATCH: How to find the right grip pressure for your swing
Here’s a follow-up on last week’s video on grip pressure to clear up a few things and give you more clarity on how grip pressure influences the golf swing!
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You hear that one all the time; I wish I could put my practice swing on the ball! We explain the huge importance of what to focus on to allow the ball to be perfectly in the way of your practice swing. Enjoy!
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Earlier this week, Mitsubishi announced the return of its iconic Whiteboard profile with the new Diamana WB shaft.
In our launch story, we offered a rundown of the key technology in the new WB — 80-ton Dialead pitch fiber, Aerospace-grade MR70 carbon fiber, Consistent Feel Design, and the Xlink Tech Resin System. To go deeper, however, we enlisted our Resident Club Junkie and bona fide shaft nut, Brian Knudson, to track down someone from Mitsubishi at the PGA Show. Fortunately, Mitsubishi’s Director of Global Aftermarket Sales, Jonathan Alongi, was on hand to answer all of BK’s questions.
Check out their discussion about the new WB, as well as the 20th anniversary of the original design, in the video above — time stamps of key points below, including a definitive answer as to how the surfboard graphic ended up on the original Whiteboard in 2004!
- :40 – Mitsubishi Japan expands to the U.S. in 2004
- :50 – “The shaft that set the standard”
- 1:12 – “The ‘board is back”
- 1:45 – WB or Whiteboard? Or both?
- 1:55 – The first iteration of the sixth generation of Diamana
- 2:10 – Incorporating key technology from a 20-year journey
- 3:10 – Modifying the tip section for more ball speed
- 3:50 – Delivering ball speed in a low-launch, low-spin shaft
- 4:20 – Drilling down on the shaft profile compared to the original Whiteboard
- 5:00 – The most impressive element of the new WB
- 5:30 – Butt, mid, tip specifications
- 6:00 – WB’s iconic graphics and the Diamana legacy — flowers, surfboard, numbering system
- 8:15 – An abundance of available weights and flexes
- 8:55 – More players going lightweight
Check out more photos and see what GolfWRXers are saying about Mitsubishi WB in the forums.
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Our Resident Club Junkie, Brian Knudson, goes through a wedge fitting with Chris Baingo, Titleist’s Club Fitting Analyst.
Get the full story on new SM10 wedges in our launch piece.
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ogo
May 29, 2018 at 12:52 pm
* * * crickets * * * ……….(as usual)
ogo
May 27, 2018 at 3:10 pm
I did it!!! I squeezed more and it happened!!! It’s magic I tell you… it’s magic!!!
steve
May 26, 2018 at 2:29 am
Shawn… in your 2013 video – PREDICT PERFECT CONTACT EVERY TIME!… you mention grip pressure strength numbers from 1:50 to 2:05 minute marks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDo1Lg-O4H8
Could you do a Part 3 – Grip Pressures that quantifies grip pressures throughout the swing as you briefly did in this video? Thanks.
steve
May 25, 2018 at 10:38 pm
SHAWN… YOUR ‘TIGHT GRIP’ ADVICE SEEMS TO WORK FOR SOME GOLFERS… NOW TELL US WHY IT WORKS BECAUSE IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST SAY TRY IT BECAUSE IT WORKS FOR ME. THAT’S INADEQUATE AND TOTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL!
Tom
May 25, 2018 at 7:31 pm
I don’t understand why the commenters seem to analyze Mr Clement’s comments in their heads rather than going out on the range and seeing if what he says works. For me it seems to work. I’ve always thought you held the club at address as lightly, softly, as possible. That grip pressure would increase to an appropriate level by impact. My mind is changing on this. I am hitting the ball better with more hand pressure. Has anyone responding to Mr Clement’s comments actually tried what he suggests?
steve
May 25, 2018 at 10:25 pm
Fair enough, you’ve done something with your hands that seems to work for you. However, just squeezing the club handle is not valid instruction nor objective advice. Go ahead and try something and if it works for you great, but it’s not clear advice. It’s just “try it and you’ll like it” because it works for me! That’s plain stupid.
steve
May 25, 2018 at 5:33 pm
Shawn replies to questions on his youtube channel but he shuns legitimate questions that challenge the specifics of his grip pressure advice. GolfWRX should not give Clements a platform on this website unless he responds to legitimate questions here.
Boyo
May 25, 2018 at 12:35 pm
Seems like an instinctual thing to me….
ogo
May 25, 2018 at 12:48 pm
“..instinctive..”? How can you teach instinct which is an innate behavior?
Behavior is instinctive if it is performed without being based upon prior experience, that is, in the absence of learning, and is therefore an expression of innate natural abilities. You either got it or you don’t!
ogo
May 24, 2018 at 11:11 pm
youtube video not properly embedded by WRX staff… wonder why?
bryce
May 27, 2018 at 7:53 pm
Dang moderators reduce the number of characters allowed in comments and if you exceed that it goes to moderation. Wotta buncha wooses….
steve
May 24, 2018 at 4:03 pm
Shawn: — “…secure grip…” …. for a variety of swings and shots. Okay, but do you apply a strong grip pressure at address and hold it through the BS and DS… or do you apply various grip pressures as a reflex in response to the intensity of the kinetic chain flow of energy in the swing? Thanks.
steve
May 24, 2018 at 4:08 pm
Furthermore… the loading between the hands varies throughout the swing as it reverses several times before impact. The hands are subject to different leverages and grip pressure alternates in response. Are you advocating tight axial finger squeezing throughout regardless of changes in the BS and DS loadings? Thanks.
steve
May 24, 2018 at 4:12 pm
Also, does hand pressure differ between the hands or is it consistently equal throughout the swing? Both hands at “10”, or top hand at “10” and lower hand at say “7”? Or does the hand pressures fluctuate at different stages of the swing? Thanks.