BODY AND WRIST RELEASE

In this video I will be going over the relationship between the body and the wrists and how it can affect your ability to release the golf club correctly.

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in this video you guys are going to learn why you’re having a hard time releasing the golf club and you might think it has something to do with your wrist or your arms but actually has to do with how your body moves in the follow through so if you enjoyed this video be sure to hit the like button and if you are new to my channel hit that subscribe Button as well just so you can see more golf related content in the future and don’t forget that if you guys want to send in your golf swings to me you can send it through my profile on the skillist app I’ll leave the link to that in the description box below but but you can take a look at all my online programs that way whenever I analyze you I can prescribe very specific drills for you just so that you have the right feels for what your specific issue is now let’s get into it okay so to start the explanation off for those of you who don’t know what release is release is basically in the down swing that point at which the club head kind of passes your hands that’s at least what release to me and a lot of people want this feeling because it they feel like they’re throwing the way of the club head they can generate more speed at the golf ball and a lot of people struggle feeling this because of like yes it has to do with maybe how their wrists are moving how their arms are moving but their arms can’t move properly as long as their sequence is incorrect so if the sequence of your swing or your your body movement is off it’ll be always physically difficult to do it just so you guys are aware I I made a video about the sequence in a previous video so be sure to check that out I explained that in the down swing the sequence the proper sequence is weight shift followed by hip rotation then chest then arms and then club last Falls that sequence from the ground up now what people often think is that they understand that sequence for the most part but they all think that the body continues to rotate through it at the same speed the lower body turn keeps turning at the same speed the shoulders keep turning at the same speed that’s actually not what happen in reality what happens is after the downswing sequence in the follow through everything actually decelerates in the same order okay so what I mean by that is that the lower body starts followed by the chest followed by the arms and then the clubs last but then past impact the lower body decelerates very quickly or almost like stops for an instant and then the chest decelerates and the arms decelerate so that the club can kind of overtake and swing past the arms the analogy I like to give people you know if youve ever played baseball right and and you look at a pitcher when they’re about to throw that ball right they load up they transfer their weight but then as soon as they step it’s almost as if it they they brace okay so the left side of their body stops so that the right side can kind of come through the through the throw so that is almost like right you’re not trying to like continuously turn your whole body like this non-stop okay there has to be a brace so that the opposite side of your body can kind of go through it so that’s kind of a similar kind of analogy to to the golf swing whereas if you look closely I’m not consistently turning my body all the way through if I were to do that in the follow through I would essentially be dragging the club or dragging the weight of the club through the shot where I’m not really getting that club head end to whip and accelerate past the ball so if you saw that you can see my sequence you can see that eventually for an instant in the fall through maybe if I play it in slow motion you can kind of see that my hips will decelerate quickly followed by the chest follow by the arms and that club head kind of whips past so with without the proper sequence and the proper deceleration of body parts it would be really tough for that club head to get past you on the screen quickly I’ll just show you the incorrect way versus the correct way and you can see when I do it incorrect my body I felt like I was was kind of constantly rotating through the shot at the same rate my hip and my chest were kind of turning at the same time whereas when I was doing it correctly I felt more of that that deceleration very fast deceleration of my hip hip follow by the chest and the arms so very very quickly but I think you can kind of see it like that stall that slight stall like just after I hit the golf ball and that is what allows or gives my arms enough time or the club head just enough time to kind of whip past me and when I do that that’s when I get that feeling of that whip near the bottom whereas if my body is rotating at the same time I felt like I was dragging the club head a bit more in order to do this you have to start to be able or physically be able to kind of separate or make separations between lower and upper body so what that means is like you have to be able to kind of turn your chest while keeping your lower body stable or keeping your upper body stable while moving your lower body right and left okay so that’s kind of like the first exercise I get people to do to see if they can physically do this so the test that you can do is you can put your your Club across your shoulders I you don’t even need a club but um the first test is to keep your upper body totally stable like I don’t want to see any wiggling like this it has to be completely stable while you just turn your hip in One Direction okay so you can kind of see my belt kind of points left I don’t have to do it like it’s not about the amount it’s if you can actually physically do it okay so just do it to the point where you just feel comfortable but as long as you’re able to turn your hip and keep your upper body very very stable then that tells me that you you have the physical ability to do it but if a lot of people when they try to turn their lower body you see a lot of like wiggling in the upper body it means that they don’t have enough stability okay so that would mean they’ have to work on some Mobility stuff like this the other test is the Opposites right you’re going to keep your lower body very very stable but then you’re just going to turn your chest right and remember it’s not about the amount it’s just that if you can physically do it okay I’m just turning it a little bit we can see my lower body is completely still so I’m I’m able to um have enough stability and also separate the movement from upper and lower body so if you’re able to do that then you’re physically you know able to do this motion correctly but if not again you got to do some more Mobility training things like this if you are able to do it the best drill is to kind of do that stop quick drill right which I’ve I’ve mentioned in previous videos before but with this new information from this video you might have a different perspective uh about this drill and I’m going to just explain some points that you can look for when you’re doing this drill um just to get the right feeling okay I wouldn’t advise doing this like as fast and as hard as you can we can do this very slowly but when I’m doing this drill I’m stopping it very very quickly very very early all right but at that point you have to be conscious of when you pause it in this position you got to feel like your belt is to the left your chest feels like it’s more to the right or more facing forward belt is to the left so that would be a very similar position is if if I kept my upper body stable and I just turned my hip to the left you kind of want to be feel like you’re in that position just post impact okay that’s the closest feeling I can give people so right here right I’m basically almost doing that exact same exercise right here right hip is over here but my chest is quite stable all right so now when it comes to the actual arm in the club right at that point right if I’ve successfully kind of released the club or swung that club past my hands just around when my my arm is past my my lead pocket you can see that my right arm and the shaft is in a straight line okay so the other point I I I get people to to look at is the position of the right shoulder at that point so if you a player that kind of rotated everything together and at the same rate that right shoulder will have moved forward you can kind of see that everything’s facing the target my my right shoulder kind of almost pass where where the golf ball would be if I was doing it a bit more correctly you can see that a little bit longer through impact that right shoulder stays back a little bit more kind of stays back here as opposed to me getting my chest fully rotated at this point right so see the height of the the club is the same but you can see that adjustment I’ve made right I’m I’m kind of in this position whereas most people are already kind of in this position right so that just means I’m keeping my chest a little bit closed as my hips kind of turn through and then I’m just letting that club kind of being thrown past my hands so that’s getting you in a position to where your hips are turning uh faster than your chest and then it gives your arms enough time to kind of release or get that club to whip past okay so again when you’re doing this do it very slow almost like a little pitch to start kind of see I’m doing it very slowly but you can kind of see my chest is facing a lot more forward relative to my belt my belt is kind of pointing over here right and the buttons of my shirt are kind of facing you guys more all right so this is a a really good exercise just to kind of get the the sequence of the swing down but also a feeling of how you should be able to physically get that club to whip past and release a lot easier thank you guys so much for watching so hopefully this information gives you a new perspective as to why you may be struggling with releasing the golf club if you have any questions you can leave a comment 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