Finding more consistent golf shots may be as simple as adjusting your grip.
That’s right: many of those slices and shanks could be related to how you’re holding the golf club. But it can be difficult to simply incorporate something new into your game, let alone to master it.
While it takes work to clean up bad shots, GOLF Teacher to Watch Mike Bury offers a solution that is worth testing out. It’s called the “rev and roll” technique, and it’s something that required some practice to get used to.
Learning how to rev and roll
In the video above, Bury explains how golfers should visualize the golf club acting like a “motorbike” handle, as he holds the club shaft parallel to the ground. Next, he walks through the idea behind the “rev and roll”.
“Imagine the throttle, but this time imagine it being on your left hand. Normally, you kind of rev the throttle down. I want you guys to think of revving the wrong way, like a reverse rev. So we’ll just call it ‘rev.'”
1 simple drill that will fix two different kinds of shanks
Once you understand which way to rotate your wrist, Bury shows how using this “rev grip” can help improve the outcome of your shot.
“So the golfer that comes in with the face too open, obviously that ball is going to go way to the right of the target. Also, only the heel of the club is in position to where it can make contact with the ball. So you might slice it, you might shank it.”
Next Bury focuses on the “roll” part of the “rev and roll” technique, using tennis as an analogy.
“Think of tennis, for example, here. You’ve got two different shots — you’ve got a little flop shot cut spinner, and then you’ve got also a topspin forehand. I want you to think of that right hand doing the topspin forehand.
“This is going to be rev from the top, roll the right hand; no more shanks, no more slices.”
If you have a tendency to either slice or shank, give Bury’s tips a trip. If you can keep your clubface square to the ball, you won’t just be hitting it cleaner. You’ll hit it straighter, too.
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