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This drill is right hand on top or right hand underneath.

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So during the release, when we look at this kind of shaft parallel and down,

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one of the

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common traits that you'll see with a lot of solid elite ball strikers is what I

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highlight

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in the finger release, which is more of that feeling of the right hand kind of

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covering

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the golf ball.

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So a reference for that is if you're looking at the shaft from down the line,

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this would

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be the right hand kind of underneath.

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And I could do that with a strong grip, but the right hand is well underneath.

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That's going to encourage more of kind of a flesh and base release, where most

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golfers,

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if you were to look at the V at the very least, it would be pointing straight

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up and down.

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Often times it's actually pointing more out that direction.

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So that is kind of the complement of the motorcycle would be the right hand a

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little bit more on

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top.

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So this feels like I should hook the ball unless I was to continue rotating,

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which is

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what the more elite ball strikers are able to do.

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So a great checkpoint, if you're looking at, well, am I missing the club face

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during transition

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or am I missing the club face during the release, is checking this shaft

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parallel to the ground

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and seeing where your right hand V is compared to vertical.

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If it's more underneath like this, then there's a good chance you'll actually

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have it kind

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of more in this position to make it functional.

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But that's going to be functional with a little bit more of a cast pattern.

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If it is on top like so, then if I was the cast, I'd hit it way left.

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So this would encourage more of that tour pivot get on that left side, rotate

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side bend,

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body continued working through impact.

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But this is a really good checkpoint for how you're controlling the club face

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as it relates

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to the left and the right wrist.

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The right wrist will be revealed by where that V is pointing compared to

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vertical.

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And the left wrist will be able to see with the motorcycle movement.

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So from the face on view, if I was to take the club on top, just like so, or

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take my

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normal grip, you would see I would be turning and doing the motorcycle movement

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, which would

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look something like this.

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This is the physical orientation if I didn't do anything else with my body

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where the club

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should be at that shaft parallel, something like this, where I've rotated that

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top hand

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more on where I've rotated my right hand more on top as I've extended it, kind

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of like that.

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Now if you feel like if you do this, all you're going to do is hit it left,

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then you need

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to work on having a little bit more shaft lean based as a result of body

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rotation because

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those two will balance each other out.

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So I get it on top, I take it to that waist height checkpoint and you see it no

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longer

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looks close.

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So if I get it on top, that looks very close.

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I take it to that waist height checkpoint, especially if I had body rotation

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and it no

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longer looks close, it looks like I'm in position to cover the ball, which is

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the kind of the

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feeling that a lot of good players have, which is part of the drill, the finger

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release.

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So if you check your, if I reference this kind of checkpoint and looking at the

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position

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of the club face, hopefully this drill helps you understand how the club face

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position,

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how the hand position at shaft parallel are going to relate to what you do

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during the

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release.