Drill/Strategy for keeping the right hand "light"?

[ebelp]

As a novice golfer (RH), I'm finding that keeping my right hand as neutral/light as possible is pretty difficult. I'm being told that my grippy right hand is what causes my slices, as it prevents the clubface from rolling over and getting square at impact. During my swing, I try to focus all on my left, but I always find that on the downswing, my right hand naturally wants to tighten up in anticipation of impact.

Are there any good drills for making sure the right hand soft and light all the way through the swing?

 

[Leek]

I find that for me when my right wants to overpower, it's a faulty grip. I seem to "disconnect" the right hand from the thumb of my left. When that connection is snug, things work better in my swing.

Do a search in the archives for Brian's article on the grip. If this is not the problem, reviewing the grip and maintaining a great grip can't hurt!

 

[Michael Jacobs]

As a novice golfer (RH), I'm finding that keeping my right hand as neutral/light as possible is pretty difficult. I'm being told that my grippy right hand is what causes my slices, as it prevents the clubface from rolling over and getting square at impact. During my swing, I try to focus all on my left, but I always find that on the downswing, my right hand naturally wants to tighten up in anticipation of impact.

Are there any good drills for making sure the right hand soft and light all the way through the swing?

Take your grip and take a tee and place it in your left hand in the last 3 fingers --- place it right behind your finger nails so the tee is against the back of the shaft right along the backside of the grip - You should feel some pressure against the tee along the club's Tube of Force

Focus on that pressure as you swing and it will feel like to you that your right hand feel asleep

 

[ebelp]

Take your grip and take a tee and place it in your left hand in the last 3 fingers --- place it right behind your finger nails so the tee is against the back of the shaft right along the backside of the grip - You should feel some pressure against the tee along the club's Tube of Force

Focus on that pressure as you swing and it will feel like to you that your right hand feel asleep

Interesting. I'll try that, thanks.