NSA grip question -- holding out your left arm

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Bonesy

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In NSA, Brian holds his left arm straight out parallel to the ground. He then explains how one should align the club face with the back of the left hand/wrist/arm.

It looks as if his hand is perfectly aligned with his wrist and that the club shaft is at a 90 degree angle to the whole business and parallel to his chest.

When I do this (perfectly straight wrist/hand) my club angle is way over 90 degrees and is no where near parallel to my chest. To get to 90 degrees now I have to cock and arch my wrist and it is quite uncomfortable.

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1) is this angle indeed supposed to be 90 degrees
2) should both sets of knuckles be parallel to the shaft?

As it stands, my knuckles are at an angle to the shaft.

Sorry for golf 101.
 
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dbl

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Check this recent thread re-posting and old 2003 article about how to form the grip.
http://www.brianmanzella.com/golfing-discussions/15230-old-2003-brian-manzella-grip-article.html

There is one with a better picture I want to find to help. It'ss the one I mainly think back in my mind about the left wrist being parallel to the clubface. If I find it I'll post it up.

But I'm not real sure about your concern over this 90 degrees stuff. Seems to me you can set the left hand in all kinds of positions, cocked some or not, if you are only trying to get the clubface aligned. It's a matter of how much the shaft is rotated in your hands.
 
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dbl

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Here are 2 photos from NSA demonstrating the Manzella-neutral grip
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And
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And one from the Instructor Search submission video
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And two from a video on grips you may want to watch
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And
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Above 2 pics from this video
YouTube - Is a Strong Grip OK?
 
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