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Originally posted by Mike O
I followed the logic in Brian's post but not sure what you're referencing Tongzilla.
I believe Brian was alluding to the fact that when you keep the clubface square at the target with a mid-body (shaft pointing at say the belly button) shaft location, and then move the shaft forward to impact fix while still keeping the blade square to the target, the shaft rotates. So if you're looking at two players and both appear to have the same degree of left hand turn/ "strength of grip", the one that has that grip with the shaft leaning forward has a stronger grip.
A fictitious example might further clarify. Say you had a student that was taking their grip at a mid-body location- and they wanted the back of the left hand to face the target- this player had a weaker grip than the teacher wanted but the student was obsessed about having the back of the left hand facing the target. Then you could strengthen the grip by having them take the grip at impact fix and having the left hand face the target.
Said another way- if you take your grip at mid-body and while maintaining that grip- move the shaft forward to impact fix- you'll notice the hands rotate and the grip become "weaker". When you've been studying and teaching as long as Brian has- these are some of the intricate details that you notice. (This is where Brian follow-up posts that "I haven't got it at all!"
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