Get a Grip - Biomechanics and Technique

I was able to play golf yesterday for the first time in weeks and was reminded of the importance of grip and stance both in golf and pistol shooting.I became a student of bio-mechanics (i.e. how the joints control movement) after I retired and started seriously working on improving my game. I read and researched and did a lot of experimentation and in the process rediscovered some of things that made guys like Iron Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan as repeatable in their swings as a robot.The technique in common between precisely controlling the position and face angle of a golf club and keeping the sights of pistol aligned on target during a string of shots is a stable arm-shoulder triangle and the way to create it is with counter-torque between the two forearms. To get an idea of what that is just grab a wet rag in both hands and wring it out. Feel the tightness in the forearms and how to locks up the elbows and makes the arms into a solid "lever arm."In a golf swing that counter tension is what prevents the impact of the ball from causing the elbows and arms from deflecting randomly which changes the face angle randomly making where each shot will go a mystery. When shooting in a two hand grip it helps prevent the barrel from yawing up and sideways in response to recoil. The sight picture will still jerk off the target to some degree but the relationship of the sight axis to the arms isn't affect as much so it is easier and faster to re-acquire the target.Here's a drill to get that feel with a gun. Before being jumped on for suggesting this is something you should do in an actual self-defense situation I repeat THIS IS JUST A DRILL.Put unloaded gun on table. Put both arms out, elbows down, palms facing up.Without changing the position of right elbow (pointing down) rotate right forearm 180° until palm faces down. Grab grip of gun with right hand keeping it palm down.Keeping the gun sideways.... Yes I know this is Gangsta but humor me... move it into your left hand which is palm up and form your normal two-hand grip.Now, finally bring the gun up to eye vertically, rotating it 90° into the normal upright postion.How do your forearms feel? How about the stability of your arm-shoulder triangle. You should feel the same as when wringing out the rag. Arms like steel rods instead of wet spaghetti.Now try it drawing from your holster twisting the gun to the left until it is flat or even angled down a bit BEFORE adding your left hand to it. Then after the grip is in place then rotate it the same 90° back to the normal shooting position. Hmm... maybe the Gangstas were on to something without realizing it. It doesn't slow down the draw any, but makes the arm triangle far more stable and bio-mechanically repeatable — something important if forced to point-shoot before being able to get a perfect sight picture.For golfers...Because the golf swing is left arm dominant do this:Same starting position arms out, elbows down, palms up.Place golf grip into palm up left hand and establish grip.Rotate right arm 180° palm down and place over left and grip.Swing club 90° and down into normal vertical address position.You'll feel the same stabilizing counter-torque in the arm. In the golf swing that elbow down start position will also set-up the right arm to bend and return straight very predictably and consistently. Because the arm triangle is firmer there is less loss of force at impact and you should see an improvement in ball compression and distance to the point where impact will even sound crisper — click vs. clunk. via /r/CCW https://ift.tt/2E9TQW3