How To Release the Golf Club

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   JoelWilson, 7 months ago Log in to Reply

   Hi Paul,

   Once again a great tip… I just happened into this tip by-way-of a viewers comment provided on a ‘wrist hinge’ tip.

   Several years ago I was at an indoor practice range and was approached by a Scottish gentleman who obviously knew everything about golf. I was striking the ball fairly well, but he added if I was to increase my club head speed I could do even better. To achieve this he directed me to focus on getting the club face from O degrees to 180 degrees faster. (with the club address being 90 degrees) I did initiate this tip and was blazing the ball. Well, like most of us with a golf addition, wanted this same high all the time. Needless to say, I got more and more arms involved which added tension, and I began slicing across almost two fairways…!

   Now that I’ve purchased the ‘Swing Machine Golf’ I’m once again straight, and respectably long. My question is do you agree with the “O degree to 180 degree scenario, and can the increased speed be achieved with your technique? And will one be able to compress the golf ball well enough to get a decent ball to react?

   Grateful, and thanks in advance…

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     Paul Wilson, 7 months ago Log in to Reply

     Joel, This is a good thought. I show something similar in the Cure Your Slice section of my videos and book.

     The difference is I have people doing this from the top of the backswing as they start down. In doing so you will severely close the face through impact. The logic is if you severely close the face through impact (as opposed to squaring the face) and get used to this feeling you can then switch the thought to using your legs. Once you do, you will not roll it as much and just square the face. Doing so creates straight shots without the use of your arms.

     If you are thinking of squaring it through impact you will always have to be thinking of doing this which means you can never think about your legs. If you do you will slice it again. In your case you got some good results so you did it harder and harder. This tightened your wrists and the face was help open through impact.

     If you knew my roll over drill you would have instantly recognized this tightness. You would have rolled it way early about 3-5 times in practice swings. This would have unlocked your wrists. This would have got your back on track instantly.

     So you can keep doing this roll over. Do it early as I suggest. Get used to it. Once you are good at it you then forget it and focus on the legs to power the swing.

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