| Getting a Grip | | | | more to develop your game than any other golf |
| The number of golf swing training aids on today's | | | | swing training aid. The thumb caddy keeps your |
| market is truly mind-boggling. Most of these focus on | | | | hands together in the right position on the club right |
| the swing as this is the fundamental technique you | | | | through the golf swing. This should be enough to |
| have to master to play golf well. However, without a | | | | eliminate hooks and slices. As a result, you will be able |
| good grip and feel for the club, developing your | | | | to hit straighter and farther, and the extra control |
| swing will be a non-starter. We're going to take a | | | | you develop will also improve your short game. You |
| look at three such aids that promise to improve you | | | | get enhanced accuracy and consistency for around |
| grip, eliminate hooks and slices, and so help develop | | | | $26 plus a lot of training. |
| your overall control over your swing. | | | | The AccuHit |
| The Master Groover | | | | The third golf swing training aid on our list is called the |
| The first under the spotlight is the Patent Master | | | | AccuHit. This is a patented grip enhancing device that |
| Groover Method's Double Guidance aid, which aims to | | | | works on every make of club, including drivers and |
| help sensitize you to the feel of your swing so you | | | | irons. AccuHit has been designed to slip onto the grip |
| can adjust your swing to achieve optimal | | | | of the golf club and helps modify the clenching |
| performance. Of course, to achieve such sensitivity | | | | pressure of your fingers on the grip helping you |
| requires a lot of practice, but the rewards are high: | | | | develop a steady and firm grip on the golf club. The |
| power, timing, accuracy and an increase in the | | | | idea is to free the tension in your forearms and |
| distance of your drives. Most importantly, it helps you | | | | shoulders as well as loosen the wrist on your leading |
| to become consistent on the course. | | | | side. This device becomes the resting point of the |
| Touchy Feely Golfing | | | | thumb and index finger. If your thumb and index |
| It is believed that only 2% actually improve their golf | | | | finger are in the correct position, the amount of |
| swing by using instructional videos, DVDs and books. | | | | unwanted pinching pressure that is exerted on the |
| However, Master Groover guarantees to improve | | | | club can be reduced. In fact, your swing can be |
| your golf swing permanently provided you put in at | | | | ruined by pinching the club too hard with your thumb |
| least 30 hours of use. This golf swing training aid | | | | and index finger. |
| focuses on your sense of touch, teaching you to | | | | Establishing your Grip on the Game |
| develop a feel for your club and your swing. The | | | | All three golf swing training aids on display focus on |
| idea, as the name suggests, is to program your body | | | | some detail of your grip to enhance your swing, and |
| to get into the groove of producing the optimal | | | | as such, they are aimed at the novice golfer who is |
| swing time and again. | | | | still building technique from the ground up. It is |
| The Thumb Caddy | | | | certainly worth taking a look at all three devices. |
| The second of the golf swing training aids we're | | | | They are cheap and offer a way into focusing on |
| going to take a look at is the Thumb Caddy, which is | | | | your grip and swing before you get into bad habits |
| endorsed by Brad Faxon. In spite of its diminutive | | | | on the open fairways. |
| proportions, Mr Fallon claims this thumb grip does | | | | |