A very challenging question
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birdie_man
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Maybe your grips are too small and your index or middle finger is rubbing?
shootin4par
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too much extensor action, or your may be ungripping it and regripping it during the swing
birdie_man
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Maybe you need to toughen up those feminine-a$$ hands.....
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Tom Bartlett
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Are you a lefty or righty?
Either way it sounds like the club is getting between the thumb and forefinger. Either they come apart during the swing or you start with them apart.
If a righty...the left thumb should help support the shaft (grip)
If a lefty...the index finger (pressure point #3) should support the shaft (grip)
Either way it sounds like the club is getting between the thumb and forefinger. Either they come apart during the swing or you start with them apart.
If a righty...the left thumb should help support the shaft (grip)
If a lefty...the index finger (pressure point #3) should support the shaft (grip)
Sorry Tom, but there is no loss of support during the swing.
I'm right handed by the way.
I cannot believe that I am not supporting the motion if it's rubbing in the last half of the downswing.
Through some really close observation I know the answer. I learned it on Sunday. But this was such a brain teaser for every person I asked I thought I would ask this board. We have some very knowledgable people here so I thought I would put that knowledge to the test.
It's a much more in depth reason than just a loss of support... or regripping. I'm not tightening up either. Those are obviously the most common reasons for blisters. Most people cannot think there is any other reason, and up until Sunday, I never would have thought of this either. That's why it is such a perplexing thing. Not a single person I went to could tell me why I was getting it.
I may just have to set up a prize for the person that gets it right. I'd be even more impressed if someone can tell me how to fix it.
I'm right handed by the way.
I cannot believe that I am not supporting the motion if it's rubbing in the last half of the downswing.
Through some really close observation I know the answer. I learned it on Sunday. But this was such a brain teaser for every person I asked I thought I would ask this board. We have some very knowledgable people here so I thought I would put that knowledge to the test.
It's a much more in depth reason than just a loss of support... or regripping. I'm not tightening up either. Those are obviously the most common reasons for blisters. Most people cannot think there is any other reason, and up until Sunday, I never would have thought of this either. That's why it is such a perplexing thing. Not a single person I went to could tell me why I was getting it.
I may just have to set up a prize for the person that gets it right. I'd be even more impressed if someone can tell me how to fix it.
Maybe you need to toughen up those feminine-a$$ hands.....
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Well I am not about to do those "exercises" you sent me.
Seriously, you do that EVERY night before bed?
birdie_man
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SHUT UP.
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birdie_man
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In all seriousness (back to our scheduled program! hyuk hyuk hyuK!!).....
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Logo from the grip??
Is it an allergic reaction????
An old injury??
Arthritis??
Blood clot??
Alien implant?? (inserted via anus)
A strange bug or perhaps a SCORPION in your glove??
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A strange bug or perhaps a SCORPION infested under your skin??
A hallucination??
Act of God??
A STD?? (kidding! kidding! bad joke)
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Logo from the grip??
Is it an allergic reaction????
An old injury??
Arthritis??
Blood clot??
Alien implant?? (inserted via anus)
A strange bug or perhaps a SCORPION in your glove??
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A strange bug or perhaps a SCORPION infested under your skin??
A hallucination??
Act of God??
A STD?? (kidding! kidding! bad joke
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Tom Bartlett
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Sorry Tom, but there is no loss of support during the swing.
Sorry ringer, but I didn't realize this was a 'quiz'. I was just trying to help someone with their golf game, for free. It is difficult to figure out what someone is doing without seeing them. I will try to remember this little life lesson in the future.
shootin4par
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extensor action is the force of the right hand pushing away from the body. since the palm of the right hand sits on top of the left thumb I thought this could be the cause. So basically it could be from too much force of the right hand
BINGO! Ladies and gentlemen we have our winner.
Basically the fold of skin was getting caught between my thumb and the grip. I apply pressure with the pad of my right thumb onto the second knuckle of my left thumb and voila.. pinch. Man it hurts too.
But how to fix it?
Well I am actualy seeking help with my golf game. But that's the second part of it. The first part I just thought I'd give everyone a little fun with trying to see if they could explain something that nearly everyone I spoke to could not. I'm sorry if that put you in a sour mood.
Now I have to go about finding a way to stop it from happening.
I try not to wear gloves, but I will. Usually it's a mens medium cadet.
I have a longer left thumb on the shaft. I have tried shortening it but that doesn't solve the problem.
For the last year or so I've been getting this blister so it has been going on for a while now. I have developed a callous there but I keep getting blisters developed UNDER the callous.
It is not the seam of the glove btw. Shoot'n got it. It's the pressure I'm applying with my right hand during the extensor action.
Now I've got to tinker around and find the way to fix it.
shootin4par
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how do you fix it? well a glove would be good, maybe a grip change, but the cause of it, applying right arm, is not a bad thing. SO I would be curious as to the supposed fix
Blister
Ringer,
If you've got a blister/callous then it sure sounds like something doesn't fit right, thus it is "moving around". Birdie mentioned grip size. If you use standard size grips now, have you ever considered mid-size? I contend that many players use grips that are too small just because the industry has declared them to be "standard" and every set of clubs off the rack comes with that size. You're a pro, so you should know that, but I see good players all the time that use grips that are too small. These guys should know better too, but they don't.
I don't know if you can have too much extensor action or not. Seems like it could be "over-cooked" like anything else in the golf swing. Maybe you should try and back off it some and see if that helps (without losing any structure).
You also may want to check with a doc about that callous and getting it reduced in size. I don't know how large it is, but it may be making things worse.
Bottom line... you obviously have some slip-sliding around going on, and you've determined it's from extensor action. The options to fix it would seem to be sort of limited.
Robbo
Ringer,
If you've got a blister/callous then it sure sounds like something doesn't fit right, thus it is "moving around". Birdie mentioned grip size. If you use standard size grips now, have you ever considered mid-size? I contend that many players use grips that are too small just because the industry has declared them to be "standard" and every set of clubs off the rack comes with that size. You're a pro, so you should know that, but I see good players all the time that use grips that are too small. These guys should know better too, but they don't.
I don't know if you can have too much extensor action or not. Seems like it could be "over-cooked" like anything else in the golf swing. Maybe you should try and back off it some and see if that helps (without losing any structure).
You also may want to check with a doc about that callous and getting it reduced in size. I don't know how large it is, but it may be making things worse.
Bottom line... you obviously have some slip-sliding around going on, and you've determined it's from extensor action. The options to fix it would seem to be sort of limited.
Robbo
birdie_man
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Nothing to do with a scorpion then eh...
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