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Okay, this next drill is called single arm releases.

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We use this a lot for training the release, both in the full swing, the short

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game, and

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yes in putting.

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The big concept of this is your hands have a lot of what's called propriocept

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ors or feel,

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right?

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So each hand has a lot of feel.

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And you want to make sure that they're more or less trying to do the same thing

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.

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If one hand is trying to go like this, and one hand is trying to go like this,

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then they're

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basically going to be fighting each swing on who's going to do what.

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And that's going to lead to a lot of inherent inconsistency.

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So single arm releases is basically you're going to hit putts first right

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handed and

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then left handed, or first left handed right hand doesn't really matter.

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But you're going to hit a few putts with each hand, and then you're going to

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take turns

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trying to match them up so that the arms are doing pretty much the same

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movement.

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I'll show you what I mean.

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So if I take my normal grip, and then take my left hand off, and then I was to

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go ahead

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and hit a putt just like so, right?

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We're going to do this a couple times just to kind of get a feel because for

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most of

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you this is going to feel somewhat weird because you've never hit a putt with

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just one hand

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or the other.

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Then you're going to switch hands, and you're going to figure out which of

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these two feels

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more consistent repeatable, like you'll see that I tend to be a better putter

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with just

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my left hand.

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So anytime my stroke gets a little off, I will always go back to putting with

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more emphasis

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on my left hand because it seems to have more control than my right hand.

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But what I will then do is I will hit putts with my left hand, and I will stop

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at various

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positions.

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So I may stop at the top of the stroke, and I may stop at the follow through.

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And here's why.

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So if I take my right hand off, and I hit a putt, and I stop at the follow

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through position,

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and that was a good putt, if I put my right hand there and then I took my left

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hand off,

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I'm now going to see, okay, compared to when I did the right hand only, my

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right hand was

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more in here, and I had actually flipped the shaft a little bit.

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So I'm going to try to hit another right hand only putt, where it gives me more

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of a feeling

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of going back to where that left hand was.

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And you'll see that that putt rolled much better, and I actually made it.

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So I will use my left hand during my practice sessions to teach my right hand.

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I've had players that, you know, right hand teaches the left, or both need to

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be taught

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what to do.

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But in general, you will have one hand that tends to putt better, and you're

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going to

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try to rely on that hand.

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Now remember, the key to this is you start with your normal grip, and then you

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take your

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hands off.

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If you were to just grab the putter for one hand, you would probably grab it in

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a different

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way than if you were to set up for your normal grip, and then take your hands

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off and proceed.

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So give that a try.

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You're going to hit a few putts with each hand, and then you're going to try to

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pause either

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check set up, switch hands, check back swing switch hands, check follow through

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switch

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hands so that you can make sure that both hands are trying to do the exact same

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job.