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Hi. I have a question about grip pressure.

Hi. I have a question about grip pressure. For a lead side dominant swing, is there a recommendation on how much grip pressure should be applied? I'm wondering if the grip pressure should be *as light as possible*? I used to think this made no sense, but as I was playing around with longer and full swings, it occurred to me that if you keep your grip pressure "passive" (in the sense of letting the pressure change as a reaction to the swing speed) that I was naturally increasing my grip pressure so as to not let the club fly out of my hands. In other words, is it correct to say that the grip pressure should be as light as possible because it will increase naturally during the swing based on the amount of centrifugal force?

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Hello Scott. It can go both ways. Grip pressure will naturally increase as the swing gets longer and faster. Not much you can do about that. So, in theory if you tend to hold or manipulate too much trying to stay as light as possible isn't going to hurt you.
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