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Create a Fluid Release for Better Golf Shots

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel the difference between a stalled swing and a fluid release
  • Understand how body movement impacts your swing release
  • Practice integrating your arm and body motions for a seamless transition

In this drill, you'll learn how to achieve a smooth, fluid release in your golf swing by incorporating techniques from other sports like basketball and tennis. This will help you maintain momentum and improve your overall shot consistency.

Video Transcript
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This drill is fluid release. So fluid release is basically trying to get a

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similar feeling from other sports into the release of the golf swing. So if I'm

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doing a, I played a lot of basketball or tennis, played a lot of throwing

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sports,

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typically what's gonna happen in those sports. So let's take basketball for

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example. If I'm shooting a foul shot, I'm going to basically load stuff and the

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release is going to be one fluid motion, even though the ball is gonna leave

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right around here, somewhere in the middle of that motion. So if I was hitting

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a

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tennis stroke, I'm going to hit here even though I'm making one motion from

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here

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until there. Well the same thing should happen in golf and essentially the

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movements that are happening during the release are going to be the body is

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backing up slightly as it side bends. So I'm here and this body is kind of

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going

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into this firm left side or bracing. The right arm is going to be extending and

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the left arm is going to be rotating. So what I want you to try to do is while

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you're working on the release, is to try to build it into one movement from

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there

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to there. One movement from there to there. Now what I frequently see,

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especially if

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you have an open club face and you have to find a way to get that square, is

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that

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a lot of golfers will feel like the swing essentially ends at the ball and

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those release movements will kind of flutter or almost stall as they get

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closer to the ball. So when you're doing these nine to threes or when you're

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working on the mechanics in order to get this fluid feeling of a good release,

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I

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want you to try to get that feeling to go from one end to the other in one

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fluid

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motion just like you would in shooting a basketball, in throwing, in striking a

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tennis ball. It's a common feeling that we have in a lot of other sports and I

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want to make sure that my golfers have it. The common thing that's going to

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feel

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the weirdest is going to be this rotation of the lead arm. Now Ben Hogan

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wrote about it. Lots of people have talked about this supination of the lead

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arm and I want to I want to stress the importance of the position versus the

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movement or the feeling. So even though I'm gonna start like this, I'm gonna

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make

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contact with the ball with a little bit more of a pronated wrist kind of like

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so

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but it's going to be supinating. So that fluid release is going to be that left

43
00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:43.640
arm rotating kind of like so but most of that rotation is coming from the arms

44
00:02:43.640 --> 00:02:50.600
extending. So it ends up looking a little bit like that where we have one fluid

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00:02:50.600 --> 00:02:56.680
movement from about waist height to waist height in the follow-through. So as

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you're working on these movements, try to blend it into one movement from this

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delivery position or waist height all the way until the follow-through position

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that will definitely help you with your consistency and quality of strike.
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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.

Create a Fluid Release for Better Golf Shots

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel the difference between a stalled swing and a fluid release
  • Understand how body movement impacts your swing release
  • Practice integrating your arm and body motions for a seamless transition

In this drill, you'll learn how to achieve a smooth, fluid release in your golf swing by incorporating techniques from other sports like basketball and tennis. This will help you maintain momentum and improve your overall shot consistency.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.020
This drill is fluid release. So fluid release is basically trying to get a

2
00:00:07.020 --> 00:00:12.600
similar feeling from other sports into the release of the golf swing. So if I'm

3
00:00:12.600 --> 00:00:17.960
doing a, I played a lot of basketball or tennis, played a lot of throwing

4
00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:18.400
sports,

5
00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:22.520
typically what's gonna happen in those sports. So let's take basketball for

6
00:00:22.520 --> 00:00:27.480
example. If I'm shooting a foul shot, I'm going to basically load stuff and the

7
00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:31.760
release is going to be one fluid motion, even though the ball is gonna leave

8
00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:36.780
right around here, somewhere in the middle of that motion. So if I was hitting

9
00:00:36.780 --> 00:00:36.800
a

10
00:00:36.800 --> 00:00:42.040
tennis stroke, I'm going to hit here even though I'm making one motion from

11
00:00:42.040 --> 00:00:42.480
here

12
00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:47.220
until there. Well the same thing should happen in golf and essentially the

13
00:00:47.220 --> 00:00:51.480
movements that are happening during the release are going to be the body is

14
00:00:51.480 --> 00:00:56.200
backing up slightly as it side bends. So I'm here and this body is kind of

15
00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:56.880
going

16
00:00:56.880 --> 00:01:01.720
into this firm left side or bracing. The right arm is going to be extending and

17
00:01:01.720 --> 00:01:07.200
the left arm is going to be rotating. So what I want you to try to do is while

18
00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:11.880
you're working on the release, is to try to build it into one movement from

19
00:01:11.880 --> 00:01:12.160
there

20
00:01:12.160 --> 00:01:17.630
to there. One movement from there to there. Now what I frequently see,

21
00:01:17.630 --> 00:01:18.720
especially if

22
00:01:18.720 --> 00:01:23.830
you have an open club face and you have to find a way to get that square, is

23
00:01:23.830 --> 00:01:24.040
that

24
00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:28.320
a lot of golfers will feel like the swing essentially ends at the ball and

25
00:01:28.320 --> 00:01:34.800
those release movements will kind of flutter or almost stall as they get

26
00:01:34.800 --> 00:01:39.240
closer to the ball. So when you're doing these nine to threes or when you're

27
00:01:39.240 --> 00:01:43.890
working on the mechanics in order to get this fluid feeling of a good release,

28
00:01:43.890 --> 00:01:44.000
I

29
00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:49.640
want you to try to get that feeling to go from one end to the other in one

30
00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:50.040
fluid

31
00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:55.120
motion just like you would in shooting a basketball, in throwing, in striking a

32
00:01:55.120 --> 00:02:00.280
tennis ball. It's a common feeling that we have in a lot of other sports and I

33
00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:04.640
want to make sure that my golfers have it. The common thing that's going to

34
00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:04.840
feel

35
00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:11.440
the weirdest is going to be this rotation of the lead arm. Now Ben Hogan

36
00:02:11.440 --> 00:02:14.480
wrote about it. Lots of people have talked about this supination of the lead

37
00:02:14.480 --> 00:02:21.440
arm and I want to I want to stress the importance of the position versus the

38
00:02:21.440 --> 00:02:26.080
movement or the feeling. So even though I'm gonna start like this, I'm gonna

39
00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:26.280
make

40
00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:31.640
contact with the ball with a little bit more of a pronated wrist kind of like

41
00:02:31.640 --> 00:02:31.800
so

42
00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:37.960
but it's going to be supinating. So that fluid release is going to be that left

43
00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:43.640
arm rotating kind of like so but most of that rotation is coming from the arms

44
00:02:43.640 --> 00:02:50.600
extending. So it ends up looking a little bit like that where we have one fluid

45
00:02:50.600 --> 00:02:56.680
movement from about waist height to waist height in the follow-through. So as

46
00:02:56.680 --> 00:03:01.520
you're working on these movements, try to blend it into one movement from this

47
00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:05.920
delivery position or waist height all the way until the follow-through position

48
00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:11.680
that will definitely help you with your consistency and quality of strike.
Related topics
This video hasn't been assigned to any topics yet. Browse all topics in the sidebar.