Palm Up or Palm Down
A great visual to help with the proper movements of the trail arm is simply whether the palm faces up or down at impact and through the release. Golfers who tend to flip the club will have a palm position that faces upwards or is pointing more towards themselves. On the other hand, elite level golfers will keep the palm facing down and away even after the golf ball has left the face. Henrik Stenson, one of the best ball strikers in the entire world, has even been quoted as saying this is one of his "feels" when he plays his best. Overall, if you can incorporate this visual and feel into your game, you should be able to lessen any flipping of the clubface and build a more quiet, body driven release.
A great visual to help with the proper movements of the trail arm is simply whether the palm faces up or down at impact and through the release. Golfers who tend to flip the club will have a palm position that faces upwards or is pointing more towards themselves. On the other hand, elite level golfers will keep the palm facing down and away even after the golf ball has left the face. Henrik Stenson, one of the best ball strikers in the entire world, has even been quoted as saying this is one of his "feels" when he plays his best. Overall, if you can incorporate this visual and feel into your game, you should be able to lessen any flipping of the clubface and build a more quiet, body driven release.
Video Transcript
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This release video is palm up or palm down. So many golfers struggle with a
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00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:11.080
flip style release and we've got different videos on here to work on the
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left wrist having more of the owner deviation and supination and getting
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that good sequencing with the body on the way through and then we have videos
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of
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kind of the finger release and that right arm being more of a shot put style
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instead of all the speed down in the fingers. So one visual that tends to help
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many golfers especially when it comes to the right hand is focusing on if the
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palm is facing up or down or compared to your body is the palm facing away or
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the
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palm facing towards. You can see if I keep the palm facing away that's the same
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thing is that finger release style and that palm still facing away would
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prevent
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the flip of the club and keep the extension in the wrist longer. If the
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palm still starts facing towards me that would look more like that scoop style
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release or in the follow through that would make the club exit way to the left.
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So when the palm starts facing towards you it will have more of a pattern like
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this. If you keep it facing away then your body has to bring the club through
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because you don't have the hand moving the club through space. So we'll do
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little
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half shots focusing on feeling the right hand cover the ball and feeling that
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right palm facing away all the way through. To mirror that you could feel the
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left hand facing more down but it's more common for golfers to feel that right
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palm away than the left hand facing down. So on a little half shot I should
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actually be able to finish with that palm still facing away similar to the
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hinge and hold style drills. That one I didn't quite hit the ground we'll see
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if we can. That was a little bit better there where I really felt that palm
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down.
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Once I have a decent feeling with some shorter shots or some 9-3s then I can
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take it up to more of a 10-2. The trick is that I'm going to keep that palm
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away until the club passes through kind of that shaft parallel follow-through
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checkpoint. So with a 10-2
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we look a little bit more like that and then we can gradually add finishing the
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backswing to make it more of a full swing. But if you struggle with more of a
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flip style release there's a good chance you'll feel that palm facing up
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instead of that palm facing down.
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A great visual to help with the proper movements of the trail arm is simply whether the palm faces up or down at impact and through the release. Golfers who tend to flip the club will have a palm position that faces upwards or is pointing more towards themselves. On the other hand, elite level golfers will keep the palm facing down and away even after the golf ball has left the face. Henrik Stenson, one of the best ball strikers in the entire world, has even been quoted as saying this is one of his "feels" when he plays his best. Overall, if you can incorporate this visual and feel into your game, you should be able to lessen any flipping of the clubface and build a more quiet, body driven release.
A great visual to help with the proper movements of the trail arm is simply whether the palm faces up or down at impact and through the release. Golfers who tend to flip the club will have a palm position that faces upwards or is pointing more towards themselves. On the other hand, elite level golfers will keep the palm facing down and away even after the golf ball has left the face. Henrik Stenson, one of the best ball strikers in the entire world, has even been quoted as saying this is one of his "feels" when he plays his best. Overall, if you can incorporate this visual and feel into your game, you should be able to lessen any flipping of the clubface and build a more quiet, body driven release.
Video Transcript
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.080
This release video is palm up or palm down. So many golfers struggle with a
2
00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:11.080
flip style release and we've got different videos on here to work on the
3
00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:17.180
left wrist having more of the owner deviation and supination and getting
4
00:00:17.180 --> 00:00:21.200
that good sequencing with the body on the way through and then we have videos
5
00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:21.540
of
6
00:00:21.540 --> 00:00:24.960
kind of the finger release and that right arm being more of a shot put style
7
00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:29.760
instead of all the speed down in the fingers. So one visual that tends to help
8
00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:35.480
many golfers especially when it comes to the right hand is focusing on if the
9
00:00:35.480 --> 00:00:41.680
palm is facing up or down or compared to your body is the palm facing away or
10
00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:41.880
the
11
00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:46.720
palm facing towards. You can see if I keep the palm facing away that's the same
12
00:00:46.720 --> 00:00:52.720
thing is that finger release style and that palm still facing away would
13
00:00:52.720 --> 00:00:53.240
prevent
14
00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:57.760
the flip of the club and keep the extension in the wrist longer. If the
15
00:00:57.760 --> 00:01:02.980
palm still starts facing towards me that would look more like that scoop style
16
00:01:02.980 --> 00:01:08.440
release or in the follow through that would make the club exit way to the left.
17
00:01:08.440 --> 00:01:13.480
So when the palm starts facing towards you it will have more of a pattern like
18
00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:18.760
this. If you keep it facing away then your body has to bring the club through
19
00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:24.050
because you don't have the hand moving the club through space. So we'll do
20
00:01:24.050 --> 00:01:24.760
little
21
00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:30.040
half shots focusing on feeling the right hand cover the ball and feeling that
22
00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:35.320
right palm facing away all the way through. To mirror that you could feel the
23
00:01:35.320 --> 00:01:40.000
left hand facing more down but it's more common for golfers to feel that right
24
00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:45.640
palm away than the left hand facing down. So on a little half shot I should
25
00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:52.400
actually be able to finish with that palm still facing away similar to the
26
00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:57.320
hinge and hold style drills. That one I didn't quite hit the ground we'll see
27
00:01:57.320 --> 00:02:01.540
if we can. That was a little bit better there where I really felt that palm
28
00:02:01.540 --> 00:02:01.720
down.
29
00:02:01.720 --> 00:02:08.440
Once I have a decent feeling with some shorter shots or some 9-3s then I can
30
00:02:08.440 --> 00:02:12.800
take it up to more of a 10-2. The trick is that I'm going to keep that palm
31
00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:18.040
away until the club passes through kind of that shaft parallel follow-through
32
00:02:18.040 --> 00:02:25.320
checkpoint. So with a 10-2
33
00:02:25.320 --> 00:02:33.600
we look a little bit more like that and then we can gradually add finishing the
34
00:02:33.600 --> 00:02:37.800
backswing to make it more of a full swing. But if you struggle with more of a
35
00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:42.160
flip style release there's a good chance you'll feel that palm facing up
36
00:02:42.160 --> 00:02:47.440
instead of that palm facing down.
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