I've been searching for this mysterious answer for years :)
I play a strong grip, normal ball flight is a nice deep, draw. However, when I get flippy things go hooky really quick. The What Nobody Ever Tells You About Having a Strong Grip video really connected the dots for me as to *why* this is happening but I'm struggling with how to fix it.
Weakening the grip is the obvious option, but since i've been playing with a strong grip for 15+ years that's a scary proposition...are there alternatives to weakening the grip that would remove the cupping / flipping / closing motion at impact?
It seems to me with a strong lead hand grip, you auto-magically get cupping in the lead wrist based on how the hand is placed on the grip. So to "uncup" the lead wrist to a more flat position with a strong grip, the only thing I can think of is raising the handle, and forward pressing the cup out of the wrist. Is this a reasonable approach or should I just bite the bullet and work on weakening the grip to un-cup the lead wrist?
Thanks @Nocona Colt Abernathy and @Tom Saguto for the lightning fast replies!
You guys nailed my intent - removing the Janitor shot which at its extreme (super closed + slight over the top path) yields in heel side impact which drives me nuts 😀
My natural hand angles are more like a butterfly grip, which I've played with in the past but maybe should revisit opposed to weakening both hands.
Maybe it would be better to focus on path first via tailbone-to-target, then optimize the grip later to tune the final part of the shot curve?