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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.
Improve Your Release for Better Golf Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how proper wrist positioning affects your release
- Develop the feel for releasing the club without flipping
- Practice specific drills to enhance your impact position and control
In this drill circuit video, you'll practice key release techniques to enhance your swing. Learn to control your hands and arms for improved impact and consistency on the course.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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In this drill circuit video, we're going to focus on the release.
2
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:07.410
So we're going to pick a handful of the release drills that I want to practice
3
00:00:07.410 --> 00:00:08.000
right now.
4
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.680
And we're going to build them into a little drill circuit to work on each piece
5
00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:12.000
.
6
00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:15.000
So first thing we're going to do is we're going to do,
7
00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:18.820
or I guess the exercises or the drills that we're going to do in this little
8
00:00:18.820 --> 00:00:19.000
video
9
00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:22.000
are going to be the ping pong paddle releases.
10
00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:28.000
Then we're going to do the left arm only, the right hand open, the palm strike,
11
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.000
and then the pelvic punch.
12
00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:34.000
So we'll start with the ping pong paddle.
13
00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:39.500
So I'm going to go through the right and the left hand focusing on the key
14
00:00:39.500 --> 00:00:41.000
pieces for me
15
00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:44.000
from those different drill videos.
16
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.000
So the right hand I'm going to focus on keeping that cupped,
17
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.000
get it past the golf ball, keeping that cupped.
18
00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:54.000
As my hands move in past my body, this is still pointing.
19
00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:57.000
My hands are still out there. I haven't completely flipped it.
20
00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:00.000
So we're going here. Good.
21
00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.000
Okay.
22
00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.000
Got a feeling of where I want to go with those.
23
00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:08.000
So next one we're going to do is the left hand only.
24
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.000
So now I'm going to imagine I'm just holding that ping pong paddle,
25
00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:16.000
and we're going to try and go through those spaces, just like so,
26
00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:19.000
getting a feeling of where I want the club to go.
27
00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:23.000
That's the most important part of the release.
28
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.000
So then the next one is going to be the open right hand.
29
00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.000
So I'm going to have my left hand control this.
30
00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.000
As the right hand just helps apply force a little bit.
31
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:37.000
Good. So I got a good feeling of that.
32
00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:44.000
Next one is the shaft press or the palm strike.
33
00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.000
So we're going to get to impact position.
34
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:49.000
From here I'm going to bring my right arm back to delivery position
35
00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.000
and I'm just going to practice to get an idea.
36
00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:54.000
Okay. That's not quite right.
37
00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:56.000
So I'm going to come back to impact.
38
00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:59.000
There we go. So I got a feeling of the direction
39
00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:03.000
that that right arm will be going with the ping pong paddle.
40
00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.000
Now I'm going to do the pelvic punch,
41
00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:10.000
which is a version of the 9 to 3 where I stop at waist height.
42
00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:14.000
It just forces me to focus on my body positions a little bit better
43
00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:21.000
and forces me to focus on the stabilization of the lower body
44
00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.000
through the shot, because if I were to stand up
45
00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:26.000
and have my body lose all of its angles,
46
00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:29.000
it becomes very hard for me to hit this shot solidly.
47
00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:32.000
So the pelvic punch.
48
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:38.000
We're going to go to waist height.
49
00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.000
And then from here we're going to try to get back
50
00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:44.000
into that palm strike position and finish our release.
51
00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.000
So we're going pelvic punch.
52
00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.000
Kind of like so.
53
00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:54.000
So that's given me an idea of this feeling of the release.
54
00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:57.000
And then if I wanted to, I could hit a full shot
55
00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:01.000
or take it just in the 9 to 3 level
56
00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:04.000
and then bring it back and go through the circuit again.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000
In this drill circuit video, we're going to focus on the release.
2
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:07.410
So we're going to pick a handful of the release drills that I want to practice
3
00:00:07.410 --> 00:00:08.000
right now.
4
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.680
And we're going to build them into a little drill circuit to work on each piece
5
00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:12.000
.
6
00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:15.000
So first thing we're going to do is we're going to do,
7
00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:18.820
or I guess the exercises or the drills that we're going to do in this little
8
00:00:18.820 --> 00:00:19.000
video
9
00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:22.000
are going to be the ping pong paddle releases.
10
00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:28.000
Then we're going to do the left arm only, the right hand open, the palm strike,
11
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.000
and then the pelvic punch.
12
00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:34.000
So we'll start with the ping pong paddle.
13
00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:39.500
So I'm going to go through the right and the left hand focusing on the key
14
00:00:39.500 --> 00:00:41.000
pieces for me
15
00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:44.000
from those different drill videos.
16
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.000
So the right hand I'm going to focus on keeping that cupped,
17
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.000
get it past the golf ball, keeping that cupped.
18
00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:54.000
As my hands move in past my body, this is still pointing.
19
00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:57.000
My hands are still out there. I haven't completely flipped it.
20
00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:00.000
So we're going here. Good.
21
00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.000
Okay.
22
00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.000
Got a feeling of where I want to go with those.
23
00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:08.000
So next one we're going to do is the left hand only.
24
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.000
So now I'm going to imagine I'm just holding that ping pong paddle,
25
00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:16.000
and we're going to try and go through those spaces, just like so,
26
00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:19.000
getting a feeling of where I want the club to go.
27
00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:23.000
That's the most important part of the release.
28
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.000
So then the next one is going to be the open right hand.
29
00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.000
So I'm going to have my left hand control this.
30
00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.000
As the right hand just helps apply force a little bit.
31
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:37.000
Good. So I got a good feeling of that.
32
00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:44.000
Next one is the shaft press or the palm strike.
33
00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.000
So we're going to get to impact position.
34
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:49.000
From here I'm going to bring my right arm back to delivery position
35
00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.000
and I'm just going to practice to get an idea.
36
00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:54.000
Okay. That's not quite right.
37
00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:56.000
So I'm going to come back to impact.
38
00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:59.000
There we go. So I got a feeling of the direction
39
00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:03.000
that that right arm will be going with the ping pong paddle.
40
00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.000
Now I'm going to do the pelvic punch,
41
00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:10.000
which is a version of the 9 to 3 where I stop at waist height.
42
00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:14.000
It just forces me to focus on my body positions a little bit better
43
00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:21.000
and forces me to focus on the stabilization of the lower body
44
00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.000
through the shot, because if I were to stand up
45
00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:26.000
and have my body lose all of its angles,
46
00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:29.000
it becomes very hard for me to hit this shot solidly.
47
00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:32.000
So the pelvic punch.
48
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:38.000
We're going to go to waist height.
49
00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.000
And then from here we're going to try to get back
50
00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:44.000
into that palm strike position and finish our release.
51
00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.000
So we're going pelvic punch.
52
00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.000
Kind of like so.
53
00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:54.000
So that's given me an idea of this feeling of the release.
54
00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:57.000
And then if I wanted to, I could hit a full shot
55
00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:01.000
or take it just in the 9 to 3 level
56
00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:04.000
and then bring it back and go through the circuit again.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
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.
Improve Your Release for Better Golf Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how proper wrist positioning affects your release
- Develop the feel for releasing the club without flipping
- Practice specific drills to enhance your impact position and control
In this drill circuit video, you'll practice key release techniques to enhance your swing. Learn to control your hands and arms for improved impact and consistency on the course.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000
In this drill circuit video, we're going to focus on the release.
2
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:07.410
So we're going to pick a handful of the release drills that I want to practice
3
00:00:07.410 --> 00:00:08.000
right now.
4
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.680
And we're going to build them into a little drill circuit to work on each piece
5
00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:12.000
.
6
00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:15.000
So first thing we're going to do is we're going to do,
7
00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:18.820
or I guess the exercises or the drills that we're going to do in this little
8
00:00:18.820 --> 00:00:19.000
video
9
00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:22.000
are going to be the ping pong paddle releases.
10
00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:28.000
Then we're going to do the left arm only, the right hand open, the palm strike,
11
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.000
and then the pelvic punch.
12
00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:34.000
So we'll start with the ping pong paddle.
13
00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:39.500
So I'm going to go through the right and the left hand focusing on the key
14
00:00:39.500 --> 00:00:41.000
pieces for me
15
00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:44.000
from those different drill videos.
16
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.000
So the right hand I'm going to focus on keeping that cupped,
17
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.000
get it past the golf ball, keeping that cupped.
18
00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:54.000
As my hands move in past my body, this is still pointing.
19
00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:57.000
My hands are still out there. I haven't completely flipped it.
20
00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:00.000
So we're going here. Good.
21
00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.000
Okay.
22
00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.000
Got a feeling of where I want to go with those.
23
00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:08.000
So next one we're going to do is the left hand only.
24
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.000
So now I'm going to imagine I'm just holding that ping pong paddle,
25
00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:16.000
and we're going to try and go through those spaces, just like so,
26
00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:19.000
getting a feeling of where I want the club to go.
27
00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:23.000
That's the most important part of the release.
28
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.000
So then the next one is going to be the open right hand.
29
00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.000
So I'm going to have my left hand control this.
30
00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.000
As the right hand just helps apply force a little bit.
31
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:37.000
Good. So I got a good feeling of that.
32
00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:44.000
Next one is the shaft press or the palm strike.
33
00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.000
So we're going to get to impact position.
34
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:49.000
From here I'm going to bring my right arm back to delivery position
35
00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.000
and I'm just going to practice to get an idea.
36
00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:54.000
Okay. That's not quite right.
37
00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:56.000
So I'm going to come back to impact.
38
00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:59.000
There we go. So I got a feeling of the direction
39
00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:03.000
that that right arm will be going with the ping pong paddle.
40
00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.000
Now I'm going to do the pelvic punch,
41
00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:10.000
which is a version of the 9 to 3 where I stop at waist height.
42
00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:14.000
It just forces me to focus on my body positions a little bit better
43
00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:21.000
and forces me to focus on the stabilization of the lower body
44
00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.000
through the shot, because if I were to stand up
45
00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:26.000
and have my body lose all of its angles,
46
00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:29.000
it becomes very hard for me to hit this shot solidly.
47
00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:32.000
So the pelvic punch.
48
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:38.000
We're going to go to waist height.
49
00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.000
And then from here we're going to try to get back
50
00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:44.000
into that palm strike position and finish our release.
51
00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.000
So we're going pelvic punch.
52
00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.000
Kind of like so.
53
00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:54.000
So that's given me an idea of this feeling of the release.
54
00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:57.000
And then if I wanted to, I could hit a full shot
55
00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:01.000
or take it just in the 9 to 3 level
56
00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:04.000
and then bring it back and go through the circuit again.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000
In this drill circuit video, we're going to focus on the release.
2
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:07.410
So we're going to pick a handful of the release drills that I want to practice
3
00:00:07.410 --> 00:00:08.000
right now.
4
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.680
And we're going to build them into a little drill circuit to work on each piece
5
00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:12.000
.
6
00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:15.000
So first thing we're going to do is we're going to do,
7
00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:18.820
or I guess the exercises or the drills that we're going to do in this little
8
00:00:18.820 --> 00:00:19.000
video
9
00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:22.000
are going to be the ping pong paddle releases.
10
00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:28.000
Then we're going to do the left arm only, the right hand open, the palm strike,
11
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.000
and then the pelvic punch.
12
00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:34.000
So we'll start with the ping pong paddle.
13
00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:39.500
So I'm going to go through the right and the left hand focusing on the key
14
00:00:39.500 --> 00:00:41.000
pieces for me
15
00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:44.000
from those different drill videos.
16
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.000
So the right hand I'm going to focus on keeping that cupped,
17
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.000
get it past the golf ball, keeping that cupped.
18
00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:54.000
As my hands move in past my body, this is still pointing.
19
00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:57.000
My hands are still out there. I haven't completely flipped it.
20
00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:00.000
So we're going here. Good.
21
00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.000
Okay.
22
00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.000
Got a feeling of where I want to go with those.
23
00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:08.000
So next one we're going to do is the left hand only.
24
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.000
So now I'm going to imagine I'm just holding that ping pong paddle,
25
00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:16.000
and we're going to try and go through those spaces, just like so,
26
00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:19.000
getting a feeling of where I want the club to go.
27
00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:23.000
That's the most important part of the release.
28
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.000
So then the next one is going to be the open right hand.
29
00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.000
So I'm going to have my left hand control this.
30
00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.000
As the right hand just helps apply force a little bit.
31
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:37.000
Good. So I got a good feeling of that.
32
00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:44.000
Next one is the shaft press or the palm strike.
33
00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.000
So we're going to get to impact position.
34
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:49.000
From here I'm going to bring my right arm back to delivery position
35
00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.000
and I'm just going to practice to get an idea.
36
00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:54.000
Okay. That's not quite right.
37
00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:56.000
So I'm going to come back to impact.
38
00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:59.000
There we go. So I got a feeling of the direction
39
00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:03.000
that that right arm will be going with the ping pong paddle.
40
00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.000
Now I'm going to do the pelvic punch,
41
00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:10.000
which is a version of the 9 to 3 where I stop at waist height.
42
00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:14.000
It just forces me to focus on my body positions a little bit better
43
00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:21.000
and forces me to focus on the stabilization of the lower body
44
00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.000
through the shot, because if I were to stand up
45
00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:26.000
and have my body lose all of its angles,
46
00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:29.000
it becomes very hard for me to hit this shot solidly.
47
00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:32.000
So the pelvic punch.
48
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:38.000
We're going to go to waist height.
49
00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.000
And then from here we're going to try to get back
50
00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:44.000
into that palm strike position and finish our release.
51
00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.000
So we're going pelvic punch.
52
00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.000
Kind of like so.
53
00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:54.000
So that's given me an idea of this feeling of the release.
54
00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:57.000
And then if I wanted to, I could hit a full shot
55
00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:01.000
or take it just in the 9 to 3 level
56
00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:04.000
and then bring it back and go through the circuit again.
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