Here is a different look and take on an issue that plagues many golfers and instructors. When someone is given a club for the first time, the unusual shape of the tool and plane of motion the tool was designed to move on is unique from many of the usual sports that individual may have played previously. What develops is exclusive placement and positioning of the hands around the club in a manner that allows the golfer to sense the weight and the center of gravity of the club. Golfers will move and rotate their hands around the shaft to make the face look and feel correctly.  When moving dynamically, the changing weight and sweet spot sensation (the feel of the club) causes the individual to “torque” the clubface in either cw (clockwise) or ccw (counterclockwise) .

Steve torquing the club face closed (ccw counterclockwise)

Try this drill-

When teaching someone a “proper grip” (left to interpretation by the instructor) give them a shaft or dowel without a clubface. Most of the time the placement, positioning, and precision of the grip of the individual  is consistent and aligned properly. There is less likelihood, or need for that matter, for golfers to torque their hands and fingers around the faceless dowel or club in a manner that would produce “unusual” grips.

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