vo.6 What's the most suitable grip for you? Part1 'Baseball grip` In a series of some articles, I am going to analyze the characteristics, merits and demerits of baseball grip, interlocking grip and overlapping grip, to explore the most suitable grip for you. In this article, I am discussing'baseball grip`. What makes the most obvious difference, when we consider the three types of grip, is which fingers closely touch the grip. In baseball grip, all fingers are placed directly on the grip; whereas the little finger of your right hand in overlapping grip and the little finger of your right hand and the index finger of your left hand in interlocking grip do not touch the grip. Depending on 'which finger or fingers do not touch the grip`, the touch of grip changes dramatically. In baseball grip, as both of your hands touch each other less closely, you are likely to feel it relatively easy to use your stronger hand. However, this feeling could be misleading because it tends to end up leading you to do hand manipulation during the swing. Hand manipulation here means to use only hands in switching from the take back to the downswing without using your lower body. It makes you pull with your left hand and push with your right arm as you stretch it, which then leads to club release. This results in excessive tow down which makes duck hook and/or push out more likely to happen. Although baseball grip tends to cause problems in the swing, it also has a good point. It helps you improve sense of distance in approach and putting. By making a stroke with it imagining that you are tossing the ball with your stronger hand, you can improve your sense of distance drastically. Give it a go if you are feeling troubled with your sense of distance in short games.