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This content video is unifying release thoughts of holding on versus letting go

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So I had kind of back-to-back lessons where one golfer was talking about when

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we got

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him into a good release, he felt like he was holding on instead of letting go.

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And then in the next lesson, when we worked on it, they felt like they were

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letting go

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and had really loose wrists instead of having kind of stiff held off release.

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So I thought it would be fun to kind of like see how we can marry those two

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ideas.

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Why would some people, some pros have described more like trapping the ball and

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kind of having

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a lot of structure and stiffness and other pros have described more of the

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release feeling

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very fluid or very loose and relaxed, passive?

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How can those two exist in the same movement?

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Why would some people feel it one way versus the other?

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I think this is an idea of basically like blending the wipe and getting very

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late release

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of the angular momentum of the club.

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So in general, I can move the club either linearly, kind of like this or

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angularly.

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And if I try and pull on the club outside of through the center of the club,

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then it

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creates this angular movement.

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So linearly or angularly?

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They've often described that poor golfers tend to release that angle.

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And now when it's kind of in a straight line, then they apply the linear force

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down at the

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bottom where they're just kind of pushing the club towards the target like this

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, where

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it's often been described with pros that they linearly pull on the club and

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then they release

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that angular momentum down much later in the release.

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So if you are used to going like this and you try to get your hands ahead, that

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's going

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to feel more like holding on or delaying that release or having a little bit

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more almost

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like stiffness or pulling the club into the release position.

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But once you're in that release position, then you want to release the angular

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and you're

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going to have the wrists go into their ulnar deviation and supination kind of

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coming through

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kind of more like that.

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And if you're a lot of the golfers who tend to apply the linear force late, so

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golfers

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who tend to kind of cast and then bring it through kind of like this, their

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wrists get

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really stiff and they do more of the movement with the shoulders kind of

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pulling like this,

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where the wrists aren't moving and the shoulders are controlling most of the

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motion.

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So for that person, once you get the hands more ahead to feel like the wrists

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actually

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release can feel like the wrists are floppy or like they're moving a lot more

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or they

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have to be softer in order to do that.

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So that's how I think some golfers can feel like there's more of like a pull in

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or a held

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off release.

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I think that's more about the wipe and kind of getting that shaft lean like

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through delivery

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position or golfers would describe more of a free release.

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I think that's for golfers who tend to kind of hold on with the wrist down at

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the bottom.

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So it really, what you'll feel depends on if you're feeling more of the

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shoulders and

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kind of the whole body or if you're feeling more of the wrist and the club.

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I think in general, feeling a little bit softer in the wrist is good for most

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golfers.

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I think if you tend to really have a lot of stiffness through there, you'll

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tend to have

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some movements that kind of create pull tendencies, low point issues, things

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that affect your

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overall consistency.

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So if you're looking at video and you're more back here, you want to experiment

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with trying

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to get more into this kind of good delivery and shaft lean position.

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And if you're in a pretty good position like this, but then you're seeing kind

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of like

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an arm pull on the way in or a big, you can do this move or some golfers will

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do more

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of kind of a lunge type move, those would be more of, I need to let the wrist

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go and

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let the release happen.

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So hopefully this helps you to analyze your own video, look at what's going on

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and imagine

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what feels you probably will benefit from.

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And that'll help point in the direction of what drills you should use to train

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a more

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balanced, low point control.