I remember reading years ago that when Arnold Palmer was asked what is the single best thing that amateur golfers can do to improve their swing, his answer was surprising- “When you’re driving your car, do mini-sets of gripping the steering wheel as hard as you can, especially with the bottom 3 fingers of the lead hand.” Nothing new under the sun. Great lesson, Shawn.

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Way to go Arnie!!

Another gem, ive implemented advice from 2 of your videos today and I’ve gained 20 yards carry with my driver. Thank you Shawn, from Wales, UK 👍

Awesome info. Thx guys.

Love this video!! My question is related to other videos however. With driver I know you look at the top of the tee. What do you look at with the ball on the ground with an iron?

Great teaching... kinetic chain.... I use my left thumb at transition to start slinging the clubhead thru the swing..the difference in club head speed is amazing!

love the content. Helped my game tremendously over the past couple of years.

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Right on Conway! Thank you for letting us know! 🫶🫶

I need this ! Thanks! Further reflection - this grip situation is my nemesis. Really struggling to undo the soft grip situation. And sadly I will admit probably has caused my injury. More please :)

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

See “perfect grip shawn clement” for the lead hand and “knife the grip shawn clement” for the trail hand enjoy!!

thank you for confirming what I've always thought was a better way ..

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Yeah Man!! Thank you for the great comment!🫶🫶😀👍

I want to feel as happy as this guy.

Very interesting, I'll be giving this a try .

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Keep us posted! 👌👊

That was a brilliant clip of you getting to 170! I better go navk a find sean clement grip video. Excellent video ,your enthusiasm is infectious

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Golf is so much fun! So many opportunities to better yourself! 😀👍❤️

Shaun totally ecstatic after that amazing drive 😂

Agree 100% that grip pressure is key. I go by the Moe Norman quote where he stated to grip the golf club (his left hand since he was a RH player) as though he is trying to squeeze the blood out of a turnip. It works!

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Yeah Man! What a treat it was to spend time with him and watch him hit shots! 🫶😀👍

Hey Shawn I've always heard to grip the club lightly so there's no forearm tension but you're saying grip it tight can you elaborate on how to do that without getting forearm tension or do I need forearm tension

@vintageswiss9096

15 күн бұрын

I flex the absolute sh*t out of my lead forearm. I don't bend my lead arm at all during my driver swing. 165 ball speed...

HOF pitcher Steve Carlton used to use the hand in rice drill to increase his hand strength for his famous slider, which put him in the HOF.

Farmers carry has different positions for the arms and can be combined with high knee marching. Next time, can you demonstrate the farmers walk carry 5he contributes to grip strength? Thanks!

Very interesting. Pete Cowen talks about how people have no club face stability and to do the towel drill where you ring out the towel to get equal and opposite force on the club face, I think that achieves similar as the clamping down in this video

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Well, you have to clamp down on the towel to wring it out; Matt Fitzpatrick and Ryan Moore are similar with super strong lead hands and neutral trail hands and that can definitely be their own physicality. This is why GOLDILOCKS METHOD of finding out is awesome; get a solid taste of that for set up purposes in our premium channel at WISDOM IN GOLF PREMIUM.COM and start with the “goldilocks series” and you will see how we use this for swing plane, grip and club face when doing “fade fine tuning” and “draw fine tuning” and all other kinds of amazing chapters like short game and how much momentum to use on long putts, chips, pitches etc…GOLDILOCKS RULES!! 👍😀🫶

Would you squeeze/secure more to the lead hand or to both? Thanks!

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Squeeze the lead, secure the trail is what I am going with these days; this gave me an extra 15 yards across the board right handed; and I am kinda enjoying that…😝😜😀

Hey Shawn, So I think 50 yrd pitch shot 1 (soft pressure) versus 50 yrd pitch shot 2 (firm pressure) where very very different swings and speeds. Pressure 1 almost requires the soft floaty pitch with the ball roll out where pressure 2 requires the faster and lower release with the hard check.

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Exactly! You can’t get speed without good grip pressure and you can’t get spin without speed.

It only increases the tension if you pinch with your forefinger and thumb, which engages the muscles on the top of your forearm. If you only increase the pressure in the fingers Mr Hogan said to, the last three of your lead hand and the middle two of your trail hand, it doesn't add tension to your arm swing. Then you can grip more firmly and swing freely. Just as Mr Hogan said, activating the trail hand forefinger and thumb has ruined more golf swings than anything else.

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Exactly! But a secure grip is better for all circumstances; see “knife the grip shawn clement” for the trail hand and the feel you should have there to cut through the grass and leverage compression!

@rc4728

4 ай бұрын

Yep! Toski and Flick were adamant that the muscles on the underside of the forearm dominate. To accomplish this, it feels like my grip pressure originates from the underside of the grip.

@jeromekemmer8148

4 ай бұрын

@@golflessons I will look that video up and I have set my morning alarm to say "Increase your grip pressure!"😄

Great info for when you want speed and spin and maybe when you dont like playin into the wind... Shawn went full Steve Martin with his long drive and looks like him too lol!!

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

That was such a fun moment! FELT LIKE A JUNIOR AT MY OLD GOLF CLUB IN MONTREAL AGAIN!! 😝😀🫶Love this game to bits!

I also have been experimenting with grip pressure with all my clubs. A lot more distance and consistent with strong pressure. Never heard anything but bird analogy, glad you put that to bed 🛏️

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

RIP MR BIRD ANALOGY!! 🫶😀👍👊Thank you for the great comment and for taking the time! 🫶🫶

One of your very best videos! Excellent demonstration of how grip pressure affects spin as well. Light (like you’re holding a baby bird) grip pressure ruined 3 decades of golf for me. After increasing my hand and forearm strength, my scores began to drop. For me, firm grip pressure equals both speed and face control.

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Thank you RC! 😀👍

IS the grip pressure for both hands or just one hand more than the other? I am a left handed player so should my left hand be gripping the handle more or my right hand? Thank you

@johnbarrutia6638

Ай бұрын

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@vintageswiss9096

15 күн бұрын

Right hand should grip it harder. You should be pulling through the ball with the lead (right) arm... not pushing through it with the trail arm... You can't push a rope (your club is rigid, but flexes like a semi-solid at driver speed...)

Long Ball Shawn , What loft do you have there in the Aero Jet LS ?

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Yes, amazing Driver and the Ventus Black 6S; my new Dark Speed LS driver has the 60 gram A Series from LA Golf and I am getting even more speed; can’t wait to get to the next speed session in a couple weeks!

@chuckross8839

4 ай бұрын

Shawn , well getting more out of the LA series blue is no surprise. As for the Darkspeed , there is not enough in it to over take the Aero Jets. Wish they had a better finish on the darkspeed and darker . I'm seeing the crowns getting messed up at golf stores by demos .

As for golf grip ( hold ) pressure , buy a gripper and work your hands . The stronger your hands are , the lighter you hold the club . The weaker your grip , the more you need to hold a bit tighter , but with all grips , naturally ones grip will hold tighter to handle the forcing of the club outward pull. Scale of 1-10 maybe 5 . Gripping to hard forces one to muscle the club and end up killing the shots. If you throw a baseball , you would never hold it tight . Same with a baseball bat . It naturally will apply pressure on its own. You never want the arms to get tight in the act of swinging, throwing , chopping wood etc.

Where is the "driver for accuracy shawn clement" video? I searched your channel and couldn't find it. Does it have a different name? Thanks!

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

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@ETgolf

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! @@golflessons

Thanks. I thought if you gripped it too tight your forearms etc would be too tense?

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Forearms are the ones that regulate grip pressure, yes! But it stops there as you can swing from the shoulder sockets all day long! Like if you tossed a 5 LBS kettle bell horse shoe style 15 yards and then had to toss a 20 LBS kettle bell the same distance, you would mot use arm force, you would use the legs; but the arms are still swinging freely from the shoulder sockets! 😀👍

Hey Shawn, how do you clamp down on the grip and still keep your wrists loose and free??????

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Gripping tighter will tone up the wrists but you will still be able to get solid range of motion in them!

@HHHWLH

4 ай бұрын

When I clamp down on the golf grip (with emphasis on isolating and using my fingers only), it actually immobilizes and locks my wrists. Also, it actually adversely affects and inhibits the proper rotation of the forearms in the golf swing. How do you do this???? I feel like a freak???? Yikes!

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

@@HHHWLH this is your grip that is the issue! See “best video on grip ever shawn clement” and “knife the grip shawn clement” and get the grip right!

@HHHWLH

4 ай бұрын

I have a prototype Shawn Clement instruction grip. Unfortunately, my wrists and forearms, even shoulders, are adversely affected or progressively tightens and restricts natural movement when clamping down on the grip. I applied the technique to using a hammer, and also a sledge hammer. I could not use either instrument functionally when I clamped down on the grip or handle. However, it is only natural to apply more grip pressure when more force is required to complete “heavier” tasks. But the entire body naturally reacts to the necessary task, which typically restricts the mobility of the wrists, arms, shoulders, etc., given the appropriate force required to complete the swing or task. I found that I cannot isolate gripping and clamping down on the golf grip that promotes or allows the necessary biomechanics of my wrists, forearms, shoulders, and rest of my body, when swing a golf club given the required shot at hand, let alone attempting to hit the ball farther. Grip pressure, moreso clamping down on the golf grip, did not increase my clubhead speed nor shot distance, let alone sacrificing accuracy of the shot.

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

@@HHHWLH sounds like you are definitely overdoing it; everyone interprets things differently; so do this: swing back and through without stopping for 4 or 5 swings and monitor what grip pressure you need for the hands. Ot to move on the club but also get the full release in there;

Im taking lessons now and ive been told my grip is too tight. I have a very strong handshake. So im thinking tight grip loose wrists? How tight is too tight? SMH

Also a good indicator of how long you will live is grip strength as you get older.

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Exactly! So get on it everyone!! 👊💪👍

My concern is that if I grip it harder I can't cock my wrist as much at top of the backswing.

uhhh…. I don’t know about golf, but a stock forehand drive in tennis should have a fairly light grip.

The problem with discussing grip pressure is that theres no way of measuring it. Someone with strong hands probably does feel like they're carrying a bird. someone with weak hands would need to feel like they're squeezing the life out of it. Its all subjective. I think i probably need to firm it up a bit.

@golflessons

3 ай бұрын

Great comment! 😀👍🫶

Ok, I hate to change the subject from this video; but I know you can drive the ball very far; but I am hearing you are hitting a pitching wedge at 100 yards. This has been a wonder of mine on my own distances. I hit my pitching wedge 130 yds, my 5 iron about 190-195 yds. But my driver is only around 240-260 yards. Sooooo.......any ideas why I don't hit my driver further? Sorry again to bother you, but I love your videos and send them to everyone i know.

@Radioghost717

4 ай бұрын

I’m in the same boat, i think it has to do with dynamic loft and how with irons you’re looking to compress the ball and if you do that with a driver you’ll increase spin which will cause the ball to balloon and come up short.

@doug7170

4 ай бұрын

Dude that's me also...

@joshs2733

4 ай бұрын

@@Radioghost717 So you're thinking we need to come up on the ball more? I literally am trying that now. I hit a draw, but when I try and come up on it with the driver I'm getting a looping draw. Where's Shan when we need him? :)

@mikeyv1966

4 ай бұрын

Could try to experiment with your stance. I find opening up the stance a bit helps me not come from in to out too much. The snap hook is scary.. When my grip is too loose, the gearing effect on a toe strike is a big culprit

@joshs2733

4 ай бұрын

@@mikeyv1966 Thanks

Shawn have you ever gripped the snot out of your putter? I am telling you it makes a huge difference. The ball rolls pure

@3putt548

4 ай бұрын

You only grip the putter tight enough so the face won’t turn as you initially take the putter back. This can be quite different from person to person!

@rc4728

4 ай бұрын

Definitely! Steve Stricker, arguably one of the best putters in the game, on a scale of 1 (lightest) to 10 (strongest), grips his putter with a pressure of 7! Very stable face and no problems with distance control.

@3putt548

4 ай бұрын

@@rc4728 Your eyes can play tricks on you also. I was missing putts to the right consistently. A laser confirmed my putter face was two degrees open when I thought it was square to the hole. This caused me to cut across my putts to keep them from going right. Not good. I used the Sam Putt Lab

Sam Sneads famous quote " grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird" What he didn't tell you was the bird was an Eagle

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂Or an EMU! 😂😂😂

Big fan of Shawn Clement's ideas, but this one is contrary to so many teachings I've received. One is that a firm grip increases the tension in your arms, which in turn retards your clubhead speed. Another is that callouses on your hand indicate you're gripping the club too hard. Ben Hogan, I've been told, had some of the softest hands in golf. Hard to achieve that with firm, tight grips. Still, I'll experiment with this indoors, and see what happens.

@rtv7236

4 ай бұрын

My thoughts as well. For me increasing grip pressure leads to increased arm tension and worse results. I can't grip it harder without increasing arm tension.

Grab your umbrella, grab your knife, then let it rip. 🤘

112mph don't carry no 313 yds

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Gna gna gna, have a great day too Chris! 😂😝

so much contradicting advice in this video to ubiquitous grip pressure teaching. Only resolution is to take my BRAND NEW SWINGCADDIE SC300I out to the range and compare the light grip with the strong grip.

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

There you go! Try for yourself! Enjoy the moment! 😀🫶👍

Shawn, a lot of what you say is great, but your first example here was poor. Regardless of grip, you just swung far faster on drive 2 than 1. You may of course argue that you cant swing that fast with tooooo light a grip, but i think you over egged the custard here

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Actually. You are exactly right! I gripped the club just like a bird or tube of tooth paste and there WAS NO WAY TO INCREASE VELOCITY WITHOUT INCREASING GRIP PRESSURE. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF MY NEW STUDENTS SHOW UP WITH LETTING GO OF THE CLUB AND HOLDING THE CLUB DO LIGHTLY THAT THE HANDS COLLAPSE ON THE CLUB?? It really is insane and that is really the only way to swing with that light of grip and I SHIT YOU NOT!!

@kyle8370

4 ай бұрын

Lol

Not a chance is that 114mph in real life . Sorry.

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

Gna gna gna; not a chance, well have a great day too Gilbert! 😝😂

You are wrong about holding tennis racket firmly ???????? if racket is moving fast enough you no need to hold it firmly …. same with golf swing …, you’re advice is confusing hold the bird !!!

Two hands on the steering wheel while driving a vehicle, REALLY you should know better!

If you grip it too hard you lose speed it's simple as that. Of course you got to grip it firm enough so the club doesn't slip out of your hands. Gripping it too hard locks up all your muscles so you can't swing fast. What you are saying is total BS.

@golflessons

4 ай бұрын

1-you need to hold the club PROPERLY to leverage the hands; then depending on the shot, you will have some grips firm and some less; what this video is for are the golfers out there who are so loose on the club that the grip falls apart and I see this way too often in my teachings all over the world. Total BS is not a fair assessment, sorry!

@ge8382

4 ай бұрын

Not BS I think, I hear Bryson always talk about putting force in the club, hard to believe he does that with soft hands. You can maybe start of with a soft grip but once you apply the force it will tighten up, why not start a bit tighter?