drills to eliminate overactive right hand

[shootin4par]

does anyone have any?

[4evrundaparstew]

Re: drills to eliminate overactive right hand

oooh thats a tricky one! It's not really a drill but you could try thickening the lower half of your grip with tape, this will cool the fire out of your right hand.


Essentially you want to try and slow down the rotation of your right forearm through impact, try practising a tennis cut spin forehand, keeping the hand passive through the ball, or, try weakening your right hand grip by turning it anti clockwise at address....good luck!

[TeachingPro]

Re: drills to eliminate overactive right hand

There are drills for a over active hand movement (left or right) but tell me, is the right over active through the who swing or just a part of it?

[shootin4par]

Re: drills to eliminate overactive right hand

There are drills for a over active hand movement (left or right) but tell me, is the right over active through the who swing or just a part of it?

watching myself on video I realized how much lag I create and I was quite impressed because I did not think that I got nearly that much, somewhere in the 120-130* range. By the time my hands are parrallel to the ground I am now at 90* and progresively loose it from there. So I would have to say that the hand becomes overactive very early in the downswing. I had a teaching pro explain to me the other night how the clubhead is supposed to be released in the swing so maybe knowing that will make a difference. I have been trying to release the club a certain way, because it was explained to me that way, and the way it was explained the other night makes more sense so I will try it at the range. So the search continues.

[pnearn]

Re: drills to eliminate overactive right hand

I've been working hard on trying to feel as though I take any conscious hand movement out of my swing. This has been easier as Ive been transitioning to a 1PS

I need to use the rotation of the body to square the clubface and not my hands. A good drill to see this visually is if you take the club at address with a strong grip and then lift it up so it is effectively at waist height and pointing directly in front of you. Your triangle should feel as if it is centered at your belt buckle and you should the clubface is square

Now turn back and through (Right hip behind you. Not a slide) feeling as if it is your 'core' that is turning the triangle around. A good feeling is that the butt of the club stays pointing directly at the belt buckle. You'll see that as you turn back through the rotation of your body squares the clubface as it passes directly in front of you

Doing this and then making the turn away move more with your arms you'll see how everything gets out of sync and you need to add a release motion with the hands to square it at impact

I think this is similar to Leadbetters baseball drill. Then put the club back on the ground and try and have the same rotational feel with your body. Half swings with wedges are a great way to get used to this.

[skasle]

Re: drills to eliminate overactive right hand

If you're rolling your right hand too much through impact, hitting left of your target, trying hitting toward a target (let's say 9 iron distance) with just your right arm... keeping your left arm (assuming you are right handed) either behind your back or simply letting it rest by your side. Try it 5-10 times to get the right feel. Remember to keep your grip light and swing nice and easy with good rhythm. Then replace your left and swing away trying to maintain a more dormant right hand.

I'm a 'feel' player so this may not work for everyone.

Cheers!
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[jambalaya]

Re: drills to eliminate overactive right hand

Take a few swings with right hand off the club using only the left arm?

[Jimbud]

Re: drills to eliminate overactive right hand

I changed this past winter from a hitters swing to a swingers swing and it was really a tough transition to make the right hand and arm not control or partially control the swing. For me it was just a lot of concentration on letting the left hand be the boss of where the club head is at on the back swing and then down through impact.

[Neil18]

Re: drills to eliminate overactive right hand

To me, an over-active right hand isn't caused by an over-active right hand............if you see what I mean.

Gotta look elswhere for the reason, I'm afraid.

We play left or right handed for a reason. It's our dominant side, and our dominant sides have their place in a golf swing/hit.

All the right-handers right hand wants to do is make sure club meets ball.

An over-active right hand can be caused by a high right shoulder during the downswing, or movement of the body infront of the ball during the downswing, or both (usually both).

Basically, any change in body position that means the right arm and hand has to straighten out early for the clubhead to meet the ball is what causes it. Then you either have to pull it left (strong grip) or slice it (weak grip and holding it off).

[GolfJunkieSr]

Re: drills to eliminate overactive right hand

Just as a thought you might want to find a picture of Jim Furyk's grip. I think I read some where that he uses his type of grip to help with an over active right hand, but I might be wrong. I use his grip from time to time to just get a better feel for my left hand, when I think I am getting to much control with my right hand. Like I said, just a thought.

I should add that I prefer to pull the club into, and through the impact area. This, as opposed to pushing the club. I am of the opinion that pulling the club is more accurate and controllable. Being right handed, and knowing what I know now about the golf swing, I think in the beginning, I would have started out playing left handed. I can hit the ball left handed now, but just not as well as I can from the right hand side. GJS

[rotator]

Re: drills to eliminate overactive right hand

Hi GJS,

Furyk uses a double overlap grip. Only his forefinger, middle finger and thumb are on the grip, and the other two overlap the left hand.

Ted