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Understand the Release for Better Golf Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the key movements during the release phase of your swing.
- Recognize how leg and body rotation contribute to releasing speed.
- Learn how to extend your arms correctly for improved follow-through.
In this video, you'll learn about the critical release phase of your downswing, which occurs after the transition. Understanding this movement is essential for transferring speed effectively into the golf ball.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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This content video is the overview of the release. Now the release is
2
00:00:04.310 --> 00:00:04.880
essentially
3
00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:08.040
the second half of the downswing and it's basically going from the end of
4
00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:11.680
transition which is delivery position right about here all the way until
5
00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:16.640
follow-through. So from right about here to right about there is really one
6
00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:22.080
movement. Now it builds off of this transition movement so make sure you've
7
00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:25.800
watched that section but essentially what I'm going to do is I'm going to take
8
00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:28.880
this speed that I've created during transition and I'm going to try and
9
00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:33.640
release it or transfer it all into the golf ball. Now there's a few things that
10
00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:38.040
are going to happen with my body in order to do so. The first piece is I'm
11
00:00:38.040 --> 00:00:43.320
going to have my legs straightening and my my belt kind of raising up kind of
12
00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:47.560
like so. So I'm I'm using the ground and I'm using my legs to help trigger this
13
00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:53.480
release or this unloading of all this speed that I've created. The second thing
14
00:00:53.480 --> 00:00:58.360
is I'm going to have my body to continue rotating or my thorax, my chest,
15
00:00:58.360 --> 00:01:02.920
to continue rotating through the shot. One of the interesting pieces is if you
16
00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:07.000
look at the kinematic sequence of most good ball strikers what you will see is
17
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:13.320
that during this release phase their chest is going to be rotating faster than
18
00:01:13.320 --> 00:01:17.790
every other part of their body so while their lower body is stabilizing and
19
00:01:17.790 --> 00:01:17.920
their
20
00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:22.840
arms are stabilizing their chest continues to rotate through the shot at
21
00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:28.120
the fastest rate except for what's going on at the club. So the third piece is
22
00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:35.160
going to be the arms extending. So from right about here until I get to the end
23
00:01:35.160 --> 00:01:39.560
of the follow-through these arms are going to be working away from my body
24
00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:44.920
and extending as we talk about in this release section. So the arms are going
25
00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:45.120
to
26
00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:49.240
be working away from my body and they're rotating more from the fact that I'm
27
00:01:49.240 --> 00:01:54.040
working away from my body than I'm just consciously rotating to try and square
28
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:58.750
the face. So let's get into a little bit of these details of how these three
29
00:01:58.750 --> 00:01:59.280
key
30
00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:04.800
movements fit together. So when I get to this delivery position I'm loaded in
31
00:02:04.800 --> 00:02:04.960
my
32
00:02:04.960 --> 00:02:09.080
legs my chest is kind of compressed against the ground and then what I'm
33
00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:13.320
going to do is I'm going to use those legs to push like so and when I push
34
00:02:13.320 --> 00:02:18.960
through this primarily lead leg and lead hip that's going to cause my body to
35
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:25.640
rotate. So that's going to cause my body to rotate and then similar to the
36
00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:26.080
timing
37
00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:31.040
of throwing a baseball that rotation of my upper body is going to help propel
38
00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:31.240
my
39
00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:35.600
arms through the shot. Now I talk about the arms working away from your body
40
00:02:35.600 --> 00:02:36.200
but
41
00:02:36.200 --> 00:02:41.040
what you'll see from a down-the-line camera view is during this release from
42
00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:45.440
right about here until that follow-through my hands are going to be moving
43
00:02:45.440 --> 00:02:49.920
slightly in because they are following because they're tethered to the rotation
44
00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:53.680
of my upper body. And I guess I should say when I talk about this rotation of
45
00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:58.600
the upper body it's not just a rotation it's a combination of a rotation and a
46
00:02:58.600 --> 00:03:03.760
side bend. So what'll happen is there's my delivery position I'm going to
47
00:03:03.760 --> 00:03:04.360
rotate
48
00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:09.760
and continue side bending through the shot as my arms extend. So for details on
49
00:03:09.760 --> 00:03:14.600
how to use your legs how to continue rotating your trunk or what your arms
50
00:03:14.600 --> 00:03:18.160
need to do in order to allow them to continue to extend through the shot
51
00:03:18.160 --> 00:03:22.640
check out all the drills here in the release section.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.310
This content video is the overview of the release. Now the release is
2
00:00:04.310 --> 00:00:04.880
essentially
3
00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:08.040
the second half of the downswing and it's basically going from the end of
4
00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:11.680
transition which is delivery position right about here all the way until
5
00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:16.640
follow-through. So from right about here to right about there is really one
6
00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:22.080
movement. Now it builds off of this transition movement so make sure you've
7
00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:25.800
watched that section but essentially what I'm going to do is I'm going to take
8
00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:28.880
this speed that I've created during transition and I'm going to try and
9
00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:33.640
release it or transfer it all into the golf ball. Now there's a few things that
10
00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:38.040
are going to happen with my body in order to do so. The first piece is I'm
11
00:00:38.040 --> 00:00:43.320
going to have my legs straightening and my my belt kind of raising up kind of
12
00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:47.560
like so. So I'm I'm using the ground and I'm using my legs to help trigger this
13
00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:53.480
release or this unloading of all this speed that I've created. The second thing
14
00:00:53.480 --> 00:00:58.360
is I'm going to have my body to continue rotating or my thorax, my chest,
15
00:00:58.360 --> 00:01:02.920
to continue rotating through the shot. One of the interesting pieces is if you
16
00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:07.000
look at the kinematic sequence of most good ball strikers what you will see is
17
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:13.320
that during this release phase their chest is going to be rotating faster than
18
00:01:13.320 --> 00:01:17.790
every other part of their body so while their lower body is stabilizing and
19
00:01:17.790 --> 00:01:17.920
their
20
00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:22.840
arms are stabilizing their chest continues to rotate through the shot at
21
00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:28.120
the fastest rate except for what's going on at the club. So the third piece is
22
00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:35.160
going to be the arms extending. So from right about here until I get to the end
23
00:01:35.160 --> 00:01:39.560
of the follow-through these arms are going to be working away from my body
24
00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:44.920
and extending as we talk about in this release section. So the arms are going
25
00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:45.120
to
26
00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:49.240
be working away from my body and they're rotating more from the fact that I'm
27
00:01:49.240 --> 00:01:54.040
working away from my body than I'm just consciously rotating to try and square
28
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:58.750
the face. So let's get into a little bit of these details of how these three
29
00:01:58.750 --> 00:01:59.280
key
30
00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:04.800
movements fit together. So when I get to this delivery position I'm loaded in
31
00:02:04.800 --> 00:02:04.960
my
32
00:02:04.960 --> 00:02:09.080
legs my chest is kind of compressed against the ground and then what I'm
33
00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:13.320
going to do is I'm going to use those legs to push like so and when I push
34
00:02:13.320 --> 00:02:18.960
through this primarily lead leg and lead hip that's going to cause my body to
35
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:25.640
rotate. So that's going to cause my body to rotate and then similar to the
36
00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:26.080
timing
37
00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:31.040
of throwing a baseball that rotation of my upper body is going to help propel
38
00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:31.240
my
39
00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:35.600
arms through the shot. Now I talk about the arms working away from your body
40
00:02:35.600 --> 00:02:36.200
but
41
00:02:36.200 --> 00:02:41.040
what you'll see from a down-the-line camera view is during this release from
42
00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:45.440
right about here until that follow-through my hands are going to be moving
43
00:02:45.440 --> 00:02:49.920
slightly in because they are following because they're tethered to the rotation
44
00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:53.680
of my upper body. And I guess I should say when I talk about this rotation of
45
00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:58.600
the upper body it's not just a rotation it's a combination of a rotation and a
46
00:02:58.600 --> 00:03:03.760
side bend. So what'll happen is there's my delivery position I'm going to
47
00:03:03.760 --> 00:03:04.360
rotate
48
00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:09.760
and continue side bending through the shot as my arms extend. So for details on
49
00:03:09.760 --> 00:03:14.600
how to use your legs how to continue rotating your trunk or what your arms
50
00:03:14.600 --> 00:03:18.160
need to do in order to allow them to continue to extend through the shot
51
00:03:18.160 --> 00:03:22.640
check out all the drills here in the release section.
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.
Understand the Release for Better Golf Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the key movements during the release phase of your swing.
- Recognize how leg and body rotation contribute to releasing speed.
- Learn how to extend your arms correctly for improved follow-through.
In this video, you'll learn about the critical release phase of your downswing, which occurs after the transition. Understanding this movement is essential for transferring speed effectively into the golf ball.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.310
This content video is the overview of the release. Now the release is
2
00:00:04.310 --> 00:00:04.880
essentially
3
00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:08.040
the second half of the downswing and it's basically going from the end of
4
00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:11.680
transition which is delivery position right about here all the way until
5
00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:16.640
follow-through. So from right about here to right about there is really one
6
00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:22.080
movement. Now it builds off of this transition movement so make sure you've
7
00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:25.800
watched that section but essentially what I'm going to do is I'm going to take
8
00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:28.880
this speed that I've created during transition and I'm going to try and
9
00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:33.640
release it or transfer it all into the golf ball. Now there's a few things that
10
00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:38.040
are going to happen with my body in order to do so. The first piece is I'm
11
00:00:38.040 --> 00:00:43.320
going to have my legs straightening and my my belt kind of raising up kind of
12
00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:47.560
like so. So I'm I'm using the ground and I'm using my legs to help trigger this
13
00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:53.480
release or this unloading of all this speed that I've created. The second thing
14
00:00:53.480 --> 00:00:58.360
is I'm going to have my body to continue rotating or my thorax, my chest,
15
00:00:58.360 --> 00:01:02.920
to continue rotating through the shot. One of the interesting pieces is if you
16
00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:07.000
look at the kinematic sequence of most good ball strikers what you will see is
17
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:13.320
that during this release phase their chest is going to be rotating faster than
18
00:01:13.320 --> 00:01:17.790
every other part of their body so while their lower body is stabilizing and
19
00:01:17.790 --> 00:01:17.920
their
20
00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:22.840
arms are stabilizing their chest continues to rotate through the shot at
21
00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:28.120
the fastest rate except for what's going on at the club. So the third piece is
22
00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:35.160
going to be the arms extending. So from right about here until I get to the end
23
00:01:35.160 --> 00:01:39.560
of the follow-through these arms are going to be working away from my body
24
00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:44.920
and extending as we talk about in this release section. So the arms are going
25
00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:45.120
to
26
00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:49.240
be working away from my body and they're rotating more from the fact that I'm
27
00:01:49.240 --> 00:01:54.040
working away from my body than I'm just consciously rotating to try and square
28
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:58.750
the face. So let's get into a little bit of these details of how these three
29
00:01:58.750 --> 00:01:59.280
key
30
00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:04.800
movements fit together. So when I get to this delivery position I'm loaded in
31
00:02:04.800 --> 00:02:04.960
my
32
00:02:04.960 --> 00:02:09.080
legs my chest is kind of compressed against the ground and then what I'm
33
00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:13.320
going to do is I'm going to use those legs to push like so and when I push
34
00:02:13.320 --> 00:02:18.960
through this primarily lead leg and lead hip that's going to cause my body to
35
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:25.640
rotate. So that's going to cause my body to rotate and then similar to the
36
00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:26.080
timing
37
00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:31.040
of throwing a baseball that rotation of my upper body is going to help propel
38
00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:31.240
my
39
00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:35.600
arms through the shot. Now I talk about the arms working away from your body
40
00:02:35.600 --> 00:02:36.200
but
41
00:02:36.200 --> 00:02:41.040
what you'll see from a down-the-line camera view is during this release from
42
00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:45.440
right about here until that follow-through my hands are going to be moving
43
00:02:45.440 --> 00:02:49.920
slightly in because they are following because they're tethered to the rotation
44
00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:53.680
of my upper body. And I guess I should say when I talk about this rotation of
45
00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:58.600
the upper body it's not just a rotation it's a combination of a rotation and a
46
00:02:58.600 --> 00:03:03.760
side bend. So what'll happen is there's my delivery position I'm going to
47
00:03:03.760 --> 00:03:04.360
rotate
48
00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:09.760
and continue side bending through the shot as my arms extend. So for details on
49
00:03:09.760 --> 00:03:14.600
how to use your legs how to continue rotating your trunk or what your arms
50
00:03:14.600 --> 00:03:18.160
need to do in order to allow them to continue to extend through the shot
51
00:03:18.160 --> 00:03:22.640
check out all the drills here in the release section.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.310
This content video is the overview of the release. Now the release is
2
00:00:04.310 --> 00:00:04.880
essentially
3
00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:08.040
the second half of the downswing and it's basically going from the end of
4
00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:11.680
transition which is delivery position right about here all the way until
5
00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:16.640
follow-through. So from right about here to right about there is really one
6
00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:22.080
movement. Now it builds off of this transition movement so make sure you've
7
00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:25.800
watched that section but essentially what I'm going to do is I'm going to take
8
00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:28.880
this speed that I've created during transition and I'm going to try and
9
00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:33.640
release it or transfer it all into the golf ball. Now there's a few things that
10
00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:38.040
are going to happen with my body in order to do so. The first piece is I'm
11
00:00:38.040 --> 00:00:43.320
going to have my legs straightening and my my belt kind of raising up kind of
12
00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:47.560
like so. So I'm I'm using the ground and I'm using my legs to help trigger this
13
00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:53.480
release or this unloading of all this speed that I've created. The second thing
14
00:00:53.480 --> 00:00:58.360
is I'm going to have my body to continue rotating or my thorax, my chest,
15
00:00:58.360 --> 00:01:02.920
to continue rotating through the shot. One of the interesting pieces is if you
16
00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:07.000
look at the kinematic sequence of most good ball strikers what you will see is
17
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:13.320
that during this release phase their chest is going to be rotating faster than
18
00:01:13.320 --> 00:01:17.790
every other part of their body so while their lower body is stabilizing and
19
00:01:17.790 --> 00:01:17.920
their
20
00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:22.840
arms are stabilizing their chest continues to rotate through the shot at
21
00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:28.120
the fastest rate except for what's going on at the club. So the third piece is
22
00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:35.160
going to be the arms extending. So from right about here until I get to the end
23
00:01:35.160 --> 00:01:39.560
of the follow-through these arms are going to be working away from my body
24
00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:44.920
and extending as we talk about in this release section. So the arms are going
25
00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:45.120
to
26
00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:49.240
be working away from my body and they're rotating more from the fact that I'm
27
00:01:49.240 --> 00:01:54.040
working away from my body than I'm just consciously rotating to try and square
28
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:58.750
the face. So let's get into a little bit of these details of how these three
29
00:01:58.750 --> 00:01:59.280
key
30
00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:04.800
movements fit together. So when I get to this delivery position I'm loaded in
31
00:02:04.800 --> 00:02:04.960
my
32
00:02:04.960 --> 00:02:09.080
legs my chest is kind of compressed against the ground and then what I'm
33
00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:13.320
going to do is I'm going to use those legs to push like so and when I push
34
00:02:13.320 --> 00:02:18.960
through this primarily lead leg and lead hip that's going to cause my body to
35
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:25.640
rotate. So that's going to cause my body to rotate and then similar to the
36
00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:26.080
timing
37
00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:31.040
of throwing a baseball that rotation of my upper body is going to help propel
38
00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:31.240
my
39
00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:35.600
arms through the shot. Now I talk about the arms working away from your body
40
00:02:35.600 --> 00:02:36.200
but
41
00:02:36.200 --> 00:02:41.040
what you'll see from a down-the-line camera view is during this release from
42
00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:45.440
right about here until that follow-through my hands are going to be moving
43
00:02:45.440 --> 00:02:49.920
slightly in because they are following because they're tethered to the rotation
44
00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:53.680
of my upper body. And I guess I should say when I talk about this rotation of
45
00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:58.600
the upper body it's not just a rotation it's a combination of a rotation and a
46
00:02:58.600 --> 00:03:03.760
side bend. So what'll happen is there's my delivery position I'm going to
47
00:03:03.760 --> 00:03:04.360
rotate
48
00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:09.760
and continue side bending through the shot as my arms extend. So for details on
49
00:03:09.760 --> 00:03:14.600
how to use your legs how to continue rotating your trunk or what your arms
50
00:03:14.600 --> 00:03:18.160
need to do in order to allow them to continue to extend through the shot
51
00:03:18.160 --> 00:03:22.640
check out all the drills here in the release section.
Have questions about this video?
Ask Mulligan for personalized guidance on technique, drills, or how to apply what you've learned.
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