Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Want to release the golf club and square the clubface — without manipulating your hands or “holding it off” through impact? In this lesson, Todd Graves shows you why it starts in your hands, not your body.
Here's the short answer: when your hands are placed on the club correctly — oriented to your body, with the wrists close together — the clubface is already square to your hand. So when your arm rotates to its natural full range through impact, the face squares automatically. You don't manipulate anything; you let it go. Get the grip wrong (too strong, hands split apart, or interlocked) and the face WON'T be square at full range — so your body has to compensate, holding the angle off or coming over the top. That's what robs you of speed, consistency, and clean contact.
Todd's model for this is Moe Norman. His favorite Moe footage isn't a pounded driver — it's Moe zipping short irons, a 7-iron flying 150 yards at 60–70% effort, because his hands were so well placed the club just released through the plane. Sam Snead said Moe had some of the best hands in golf.
What you'll learn:
- Why the grip controls the release — and the body just reacts to it
- How a correct hand position lets the clubface square at full range (no holding off)
- The two jobs of the hands: the lead hand orients & squares, the trail hand fires for speed
- Why a strong grip, split hands, or an interlock force a compensation
- The “clamps” idea: your hands can only hold the club, so orientation is everything
- A simple grip drill: set the hands, then let them zip through the ball
If you've been blaming your swing, your rotation, or your legs, this is the change that actually fixes your strike.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 Why hand action matters more than the grip alone
00:39 The Moe Norman video Todd never forgot (1998, Natural Golf)
01:54 Efficient hands only work from a correct hand position
02:28 The trap: a bad grip makes your body compensate
03:27 “Holding it off” — where speed & consistency disappear
04:13 What a golf swing really is: leverage and return
05:04 The two jobs of the hands (one squares, one fires)
06:08 The fix: orient the hands, get the wrists close together
06:29 Inside Moe's “zip” through the golf ball
08:08 Your hands are clamps — orientation is everything
08:40 The grip drill: set it, then let the hands go
09:20 Bad grips: too wide, the interlock, and the right-hand trap
10:17 Recap: orient, square, and let the club release
📘 Get Todd's book, The Intelligent Golf Swing: theintelligentgolfswing.com
🏌️ Start learning the Single Plane Swing: singleplaneacademy.com
🌐 Graves Golf: gravesgolf.com
📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@ToddGravesGolf
#HandAction #SinglePlaneSwing #MoeNorman #ToddGraves #GolfTips
Want to release the golf club and square the clubface — without manipulating your hands or “holding it off” through impact? In this lesson, Todd Graves shows you why it starts in your hands, not your body.
Here's the short answer: when your hands are placed on the club correctly — oriented to your body, with the wrists close together — the clubface is already square to your hand. So when your arm rotates to its natural full range through impact, the face squares automatically. You don't manipulate anything; you let it go. Get the grip wrong (too strong, hands split apart, or interlocked) and the face WON'T be square at full range — so your body has to compensate, holding the angle off or coming over the top. That's what robs you of speed, consistency, and clean contact.
Todd's model for this is Moe Norman. His favorite Moe footage isn't a pounded driver — it's Moe zipping short irons, a 7-iron flying 150 yards at 60–70% effort, because his hands were so well placed the club just released through the plane. Sam Snead said Moe had some of the best hands in golf.
What you'll learn:
- Why the grip controls the release — and the body just reacts to it
- How a correct hand position lets the clubface square at full range (no holding off)
- The two jobs of the hands: the lead hand orients & squares, the trail hand fires for speed
- Why a strong grip, split hands, or an interlock force a compensation
- The “clamps” idea: your hands can only hold the club, so orientation is everything
- A simple grip drill: set the hands, then let them zip through the ball
If you've been blaming your swing, your rotation, or your legs, this is the change that actually fixes your strike.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 Why hand action matters more than the grip alone
00:39 The Moe Norman video Todd never forgot (1998, Natural Golf)
01:54 Efficient hands only work from a correct hand position
02:28 The trap: a bad grip makes your body compensate
03:27 “Holding it off” — where speed & consistency disappear
04:13 What a golf swing really is: leverage and return
05:04 The two jobs of the hands (one squares, one fires)
06:08 The fix: orient the hands, get the wrists close together
06:29 Inside Moe's “zip” through the golf ball
08:08 Your hands are clamps — orientation is everything
08:40 The grip drill: set it, then let the hands go
09:20 Bad grips: too wide, the interlock, and the right-hand trap
10:17 Recap: orient, square, and let the club release
📘 Get Todd's book, The Intelligent Golf Swing: theintelligentgolfswing.com
🏌️ Start learning the Single Plane Swing: singleplaneacademy.com
🌐 Graves Golf: gravesgolf.com
📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@ToddGravesGolf
#HandAction #SinglePlaneSwing #MoeNorman #ToddGraves #GolfTips
