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This drill is Discatcher Release Training.

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So they sell these discatchers, at least in the United States.

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They sell them around Memorial Day and Fourth of July.

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And they're for playing catch instead of a baseball glove, usually you'll take

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them

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to the beach.

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What I found is these are great for training the trail arm release mechanics.

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So for some golfers who really feel a lot of the speed, or maybe they don't

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feel it,

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or they apply a lot of the speed more kind of with a flick of the fingers or

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more with

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a push of that trail thumb.

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So whether it's pushing kind of more like this, where I'm applying a lot of the

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speed

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pushing with the end of the wrist, the disal part, instead I'm going to use

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this discatcher

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and I'm going to put the little weight just in the center of the palm there.

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And I'm going to feel like I would throw, if it wasn't Velcro to it, I would

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try and

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throw that ball at that spot, you know, 30 degrees out and in front roughly

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where my

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Ironman movements would be pointing, kind of like this.

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And then if I were to do that as a full swing, I would do that throw and I

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would just pivot

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through and I would finish in that shake the target line or shake hands with

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the target

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line kind of finish position, as opposed to having more of a flip where it

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would finish

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like this, where my body is still facing the golf ball and the hand is turned

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over.

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Or I guess more of a scoop where it would be pointing back up at me, or more of

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a roll

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where it would be pointing at the ground, kind of like this.

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So a couple different styles of release with that trail arm.

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This really helps kind of get a feeling and a visual of where I want my trail

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arm going

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through the swing.

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And I keep saying the trail arm because most of the golfers find with this,

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they feel

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like they're doing less with their hands, it's more of that dead hands feeling,

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but they're

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doing more with the arm through the release.

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So once I've done a handful of these kind of getting that feeling, then I can

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put my

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trail arm on the club, kind of do the same movement right through there, and

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then I can

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do the same movement letting a ball get in the way.

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So getting that feeling of that trail arm leading, extending the elbow while

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keeping

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that elbow pointing down, not letting it get pointing out, but extending that

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arm through

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impact.

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You can do it with the lead arm, but I haven't found it to be quite as

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beneficial.

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So basically it can aid a little bit in feeling more of that total lead arm

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release, but I

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typically use this for more of the trail arm training.

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After doing the trail arm training, single arm, you can do open hand, you could

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do three

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quarter swings, trying to duplicate that same extension position on the follow

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through.

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That's where you get to kind of play around with what information you might

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need.

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But if you're struggling to get a feel of that palm strike move or that right

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arm really

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covering the ball, using a disk catcher is a great way to develop that feel.

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And the disk catcher allows you to feel pushing through the index finger of

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that trail hand

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as well as through kind of the end of the thumb or the middle of that palm.

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So pushing with that whole hand across the club as opposed to just flicking

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down with

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the fingertips.

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Then we'll do the open hand, so kind of getting that same feeling.

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And taking it on to a full swing.

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a full swing.