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In this video we're going to discuss the difference between the single arm

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releases for the full swing as the wedge swing or the finesse wedge swing. So

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with

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good golfers, so golfers under about a 10 handicap, if you're aware enough of

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what your body's going on, or if you're aware enough of what your body is doing

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I really like to separate the release. There's a there's a big advantage to if

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you know exactly what the right arm should do and you know what the left

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arm should do and they're both trying to do the same thing to the club as

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opposed

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to having each hand kind of doing whatever it wants and hoping that I

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coordinate it and it just works out. So one of the one of the questions that I

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get is the when I teach the finesse wedge feels very different than the full

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swing

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and there's a reason for that as I explained in the finesse wedge we want to

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be weak, we want to be controlled as opposed to kind of power and striking.

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So there's some key differences in the release and we'll go through both the

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right and the left hand. So if I was to make the let's say the stock swing

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single arm release with the right hand, it's going to be a lot more of this

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extension movement and you can see the grip actually works away from me during

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that release as my arm does that kind of wipe and shot put movement working

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more

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across my body. So it gets to here as I release that was okay but we can do

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better. So I'm going to get to here and then that was a good one. So now you

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can

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see the increased distance you can see if I turn and face you and did that the

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club face is kind of closed and this is on top and it's come from a more kind

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of

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closed position. So if I'm doing down the line you would see that as I start

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down this is already starting to close which will allow my body to rotate

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because

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I'm going to be in very different body impact alignments compared to the

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finesse wedge. So now if I did the finesse wedge with a seven iron this is a

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little bit trickier but basically it's going to rotate open and then as it

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comes

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through it's going to stay much closer to my body and kind of work around my

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body with the pivot kind of like that. So now if I did that facing the camera

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you'd see that finished position for the finesse wedge it's going to be much

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more close to my body compared to that full swing. So and the reason why these

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releases are going to be different is my goal for hitting the golf club is

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totally different. On the finesse wedge I want the shaft pretty much vertical

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bottoming out using the bounce hitting the ground and the ball close to the

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same time. Not a lot of shaft lean more for control. With the full swing I'm

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trying to hit ball before the ground so the club has to continue extending away

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so that's why the grip has to work away from me. Now if we did the left hand

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version it's going to mirror what the right hand version is going to do so I'm

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going to get it to about waist height for the for the stock full swing I'm

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going to close the club face and then I'm going to rotate my body through but

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you can still see there's a good amount of distance on the way through. So you

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can see that increased distance if I turned and faced that club face is in a

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much more kind of closed position and the only reason this wrist is still

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flat at that point is because my right hand hasn't overpowered it so if I'm

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just doing the left hand it's more flattened out kind of like so if I was

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to do the finesse wedge version it's going to finish in a very different

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position that wasn't very good I kind of use my full swing body movement so we

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'll

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get that better. That was pretty good. So now if I turned and faced you it

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finishes a lot more kind of close to my body club face is more in a neutral

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position. So that full swing one those single arm releases together are trying

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to get the club to work out away from me increasing that that arc width

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increasing that flat spot with the finesse wedge there's very little flat

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spot to this shot. So as a result I mean have very different hand mechanics.

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Now

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if you're struggling with one part of your game if you're really good at

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chipping but you struggle with the full swing or if you're really good with

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the full swing but you struggle with the chipping and pitching there's a good

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chance that the release is at least somewhat involved. So figure out which

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one you struggle with which shouldn't be too hard but then try to identify by

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going through and doing some of these drills why you're struggling with it so

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that you can ultimately make some long-term improvement to both your release

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and your pivot pattern. One other quick little point is the when we're doing

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these finesse or these single arm releases the sequencing is going to be

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very very important. So when I'm doing the single arm releases with the stock

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full swing you'll see that my lower body clearly leads I'm pushing through the

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ground to apply the force to the club and I'm creating some of this tilt in

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side bend and rotation right so my body is leaving leading and all my arm is

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doing is kind of this simple little release move just like that where it's

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basically just rolling over in order to hit it straight. So it's just rotating

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kind of like so. When I'm doing the finesse wedge you'll see that I have a

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lot less body leading it's a lot more of this club kind of dropping. In fact

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one of the things that I personally feel but I don't have any good data for it

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I don't it's not an absolute it's just something that I personally feel is in

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the

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full swing I'm gonna feel like I'm basically applying force in the

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direction of the club face. So I'm basically pushing the club and then my

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body kind of triggers the release and I'm still kind of pushing even though the

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hand path says that I'm not and there's no way that I actually am. Something

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that

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I definitely feel. With the finesse wedge swings I feel like I'm pushing more

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perpendicular or almost straight down. So I feel like I'm pushing up straight

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along the club face as opposed to perpendicular to the club face. That

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allows my arms to kind of lead and not get too much shaft lean for those fines

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se

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wedge shots. So hopefully that combination of what the arm is doing in by

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itself and how the body is working with it will help you understand whichever

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single arm release you may be struggling with. Once you have a good feeling you

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can put both hands on and you can either work on the finesse wedge or you can

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work on your 9 to 3 more in the stock full swing style. You'll see that it is a

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challenge to jump back and forth between the two but with my close to scratch

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players this is definitely something that I'll have them do and then once they

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have a decent feel you can go ahead and hit some full shots.