I wish more instructors would talk about how there are two different swings because I fell into the trap of trying to implement elements of the modern swing into my traditional swing and it really messed up my swing. Once I learned I was a traditional swing, I stopped worrying about body rotation and just swung however felt natural and shot even par on 9 holes (I’m a 6.7 index so not out of reach but not the norm for me).
I've been watching all these videos about using the full body. A few days ago on the range, a guy a bit older than me asked if he could make some suggestions. I was all ears. (He was hitting quite nicely!!!). He suggested my hand-eye coordination was looking great, and suggested I think more arms and less full body. I've also heard people talk about "new swing vs old swing". I'm starting to get it. On the days when I just "loosen up", I hit much better. I suspect that's when I'm more "arm release" and less "full body release". This guy at the course was explaining that we're not all pros / don't have the bodies pros have, etc. It made a ton of sense. I then proceeded to watch him drive some balls into the stratosphere. I'll be thinking more "arm release" in the near future. I suppose this makes my more natural approach more old school... (Note, I'm 48 years old, swung my first club in my life at 47... I would very likely try to tend toward a full body release if I was 25!)
I believe you can use your hands without excessive rolling its not such an either or thing. Like a baseball hitter uses his body and arms to deliver his wrists cocked in front of him. Try using your hands to hit a ball and do it in a wide variety of address positions like in the middle of your stance, behind your front foot, even or even ahead of your front foot. think of the body and arms delivering your wrists, hands and club to the point where you can hit the ball with your hands, your hands have the most nerve receptors to feel where the club is swinging in space thru the ball. Your wrists can create more speed than your body without necessarily flipping or turning your forearms. Your wrists and forearms will naturally turn over after you release the club.
THANK YOU I’ve been searching for this answer for over 2 years now. I’m 55. I strike the ball very solid but, even well aligned, my shot is going left to the target. I mixed the hand release technique and the body rotation. Can’t wait to practice with this precious lesson. Thank you again.
Your videos are so simple, so intuitive, so on point, I love them. The thought that resonates in my mind is: control the low point, control the path and control the club face. Those 3 things are truly all that matters in developing a good golf swing. Thank you for the time and effort it takes to make us all better golfers.
J - This is going to sound weird, but I have watched dozens of videos from other people who talk about "releasing the hands" but NEVER explained what that actually is, or looks like. Thank you for FINALLY answering the question for me.
I don't have the words other than One Can't judge a book by its cover . Looking at your back drop and practice area I had no idea such quality principled golf instruction would insue. Thank you for posting this fantastic video . Also refreshing omitting the choreography common to many posts. Well done , Thanks from Texas ⛳️
Love your videos,make so much sense,im 67 and play off 4 and was taught the old way which was ok if your timing was good but now using the big muscles and way more consistent under pressure...keep the videos coming...regards neil
This video was tremendously helpful to me. It's my second year playing golf and my first year I shot over 100 every round. I put in a lot of effort and practice this year and by July I was consistently scoring in the 80s with my best being an 82 along with several right around there. In September something terrible happened to my swing and I started slicing the ball and making poor contact like I did my first year. My last two rounds were back over 100 and I think I spent more time looking for my balls in the woods than actually playing golf. I have been so frustrated that I considered hanging it up for the year and trying again next spring. After watching this video I tried the drill and am now hitting it straight and drawing again. I'm very pleased with the quality of instruction here and the results speak for themselves. I had gotten a tip from another golfer to turn my lead shoulder during the backswing which is all good and well, but when I started doing that I unconsciously stopped turning my hips leading to an outside in swing and thus the slicing the ball. The hip turn is absolutely crucial. Besides allowing a passive squaring of the club face, it pulls the club inside on the backswing so your swing path naturally becomes inside to out, producing beautiful straight and drawn ball flight. The third thing I noticed about bringing the hip turn back into my swing was the easy power it provides. I didn't have to swing fast or hard at all to get desirable distance. Love it! Thank you for helping me get my enthusiasm for golf back.
Agreed!!! Stopped playing in early 2000 and just got back in golf last year and had to re-learn everything. SLICE it like crazy at the beginning of last year, now better. JC's vdo helps in a big way, makes everything easier to understand. Thank you 👍😁
this video and lesson really really helped me and was my 'lightbulb' moment. I was taught the hand release (in the 90s as a kid), but I didnt really know that. Ive struggled as a 15-18 handicapper for nearly 20 years. And this year, with some coaching, I've made my backswing deeper and that was the first major improvement. I still wasnt always getting the contact and compression I wanted and I just didnt 'get it'. After seeing this video and immediately going to the driving range, I think I now 'get it'. Thanks so much for your help and knowledge. It is MUCH appreciated!!
Good video. This is a topic not many Pro's discuss. I think it is very important to inform the average golfer that there are many different swings happening on golf courses, and on tour, and each has its own set of unique components. Which is why most golfers are confused about what to do to improve their golf swing. I applaud you for bringing this to their attention. I am a PGA member in Canada and have played most of my life as a hand release player, which, as you stated, requires excellent timing. I now mostly play as a body release player since it is more accurate and requires much less practice because timing is not a major factor in that swing. That said, the hand release swing is very good and very easy at creating club speed and ball distance, because the arms move independent of the body, and the arms can move much faster than the big muscles of the body. Like you, I teach numerous different golf swings, all depending on what the students talents are, and their physical ability. I am curious though, have you measured your club head speed on a launch monitor comparing both releases using the same club? I would like to see a video of that. Thanks for the great video, and keep up the good work.
I had started figuring it out on my own and had started implementing it with more consistency in my game and our video has given me a greater scientific insight into it. Thanks also for the nice drill.
Over the years, I have found a few golf coaches on UA-cam and they really help me developing better skills. Since a few weeks ago, I came across J Chan and guess what you help me a step further that I could never imagine I could. Best coach, absolutely!
Thanks Jonathon. Your channel popped up on my front page in a timely fashion. I did a Mizuno fitting last week and the guy who was no more than 30 was trying to tell me to hand flip through the impact, I understand to give more speed but it goes to show how ingrained this approach is in teachers. Tom Saguto got me onto S&T which has been good except he doesn't go into rotation much. That is where I'm blocked, my brain just does not connect itself to my left hip. I did your rotation impact drill today with good results, not a difficult position so there's hope that I can actually get there in a full swing!
Realized i was a hand release guy, kept shanking the ball. Just changed to body release and hit them dead straight, even my fairway wood. You’re a legend.
I realized that I’m hand release golfer after learning there are two different swing styles. I’ve always been good at touch and timing with sports in general so I’m def sticking with the old school release. Before I even knew there were two different styles, I was struggling because I’d try to implement pieces of the modern swing and it would screw me up.
If you are young and athletic than the body release method is excellent if not, when you are older, you just cannot generate enough speed to get distance for the body rotation method
It’s worth noting that keeping a passive hand release through impact simply just moves your hand turn over release later in your follow through. I really like this because it’s so much easier to predict where your club face is at impact and you get that pure iron strike way more often.
totally agree. at some point through centrifugal force and the weight of the club head it will release and pass your hand at least a little. I am 52 and was taught the hand release golf swing but have had good and bad days with shot direction. I think this is a big step in the right direction for consistent control of the face through impact but I think it's 80% this and 20% controlling the release with small muscles in forearms and wrists that are crucial to the swing. just use the little release component in the right place right before impact and after. Great video with sound distinction with the old vs the new school.
Hi just started to watch your videos 🤩 wow. You don’t get enough credit for your brilliant coaching. Keep bringing them out and you will soon be the number one on UA-cam. I have been following UA-cam for 3yrs and your one of the best by far. Thank you. This drill as really improved my game 🥰
@@fransbernard6772 By your comment, I think you need lessons in English. I give credit where its due. So unless you know anything about golf you should keep your comments to yourself.
Now I get it. I didn’t understand that these are two different types of releases. I was sort of trying to combine them. No it’s one or the other. Thanks so very much for clearing that up!
Hey I just wanted to say thank you for uploading this video. Not knowing the difference between the two, I would get extremley confused watching other youtube instruction videos because different people would seemingly say two completely opposite things about a golf swing!
agreed, got 20 years of wrist roll but I found as we get older speed really drops off and we slow down even more to square up the face to hit straight shots. Biggest thing is the pull hooks trying to implement body rotation when hands resort to old habits.
Hardest thing ever. My friends and I have been working on this forever and none of us have been able to get it. I recently gave up because it was just frustrating me. How many videos can one person take where you swear you did it and then you watch it back it looks exactly like the original swing? It’s torture. And I have a full golf studio setup in my garage. Obviously, I haven’t completely given up if I’m still watching these videos but man is it frustrating.
The key for me to do the body release is all in the takeaway as JC showed. As long as I keep the takeaway at my spine angle to the top I naturally don't have any urge to roll the release, bc like JC showed this will cause a ridiculous hook. Incidentally i think this is why so the preshot takeaway routine seems much more common nowadays among pros. Don't really recall seeing nearly as much of that in the 80s and 90s. Lastly, once you get good at the body release you can get a little more handsy with the release. Body release provides solid foundation to build upon.
Great explanation! I was a very arm swing golfer. Recently a pga pro instructed me to use more body rotation. When I do this body rotation as best I can the swing is smooth with some speed. And the ball goes further. Will have to watch this vid many more times. 👍
This has confused me for a while. And finally someone clarifies it. No wonder I can’t creat bawl wrist with my traditional hands release. Feel Lucky to see this video.
After watching this video I have played so well! Makes the swing so much more consistent and accurate. Enjoying golf so much more. Playing so much better. Has made me very confident! Thank You so much for your great video's!
I used to teach kayaking and it's the same principle of using the large muscles in the back to rotate when paddling rather than the arms. Like in golf it's so much easier on the body and way more powerful. I love your vids, they're helping my game hugely!
Awesome to hear the parallels! Rotational movements all function very similarly, the big muscles control the movement of the smaller muscles, as soon as it gets the opposite way around, that’s when you’re in trouble. Thanks bud 👍🏼
Hi, I was just curious what you meant by the similarity in kayaking? By that did you mean not using the ‘arms’, say in the figure eight stroke, or marathon J-stroke? Not trying to be obtuse, just clarity. Thanks
I've seen your videos floating around out there on UA-cam and never bothered to watch one until now. Very glad that I did. Your video How to release the golf club hand release versus body rotation release is easily the most comprehensive and accurate description of how to get the body rotation release swing and why one should. My buddy from high school is a state open Champion, a state PGA champion and an NJPGA hall-of-famer and he advocates what you teach I am happy to say. Subscribing to your channel now keep up the good work and thank you! Keith from New Jersey
New golfer here at age 53, about 6 months now. Been experimenting with both methods, the “body rotation” is what I started with but my carry distances are awful.. I’ve been trying the “hand release” but, as you’ve stated, have much less accuracy. I’ve always been fit and fairly strong, but I can’t find a way to get any distance with the body release. I’ll keep trying, but it’s disappointing so far. Beautifully explained in the video by the way!!
Great video. I'm in my 70's so the last bit said it all. i.e. if you just do the practice drill position, you'll hit it straighter and almost as far as a "full" swing. So that drill for me will become my everyday swing, I won't be bothering trying to do a full swing because it'll never work. Thank you
It's not illegal? Seems like the move would be akin to a balk in baseball and the move would be outlawed because of just how effective it is. Can you check on this ove got a tournament coming up and I don't want to be performing an illegal move in the golf swing that could very well empower me to shoot in the 60s only for me to later get disqualified because I broke a swing rule. The USGA frowns on low numbers and I don't want to give them any excuses to come round looking to discredit my swing AND score because of this preset swing tactic. Thanks 🙏
Great video. Body release here. Golf Channel and Scratch Golf still teaching inconsistent hand release though. Body release adds momentum/mass at impact, hand release can increase speed (and inconsistency) but also decreases momentum.
Great explanation, been playing over 25 years and its only taken me about the last 5 years to work out the modern way mostly watching my kids’ swings and and why my old hand flipping flipping drills don’t benefit me at all anymore. This is an explanation v few pros give you!
i really like your drills, i'm just back into golf after a 25yr spell/break. Enjoying it but when i started up i tried to swing the old way of flipping the hands and tore the left Rhomboid.(coming over the top and hitting the ground hard) Then discovered "set up at impact" and it made a big difference rotating the body BUT getting the club face square is a huge challenge!
Very interesting. Im a body swinger who has spent the last few years trying to use my hands also. Lol. I haven't watched this yet but got excited about the opening side by side. The body release already looks like not nearly enough face rotation IMO. I went to a slightly stronger grip this year and it fixed it. Excited to actually watch this.
my coach has been teaching me the same thing for some time now but I never understand the why the flipping will produce a fade or slice sometime and body rotations produce draws, now I know. Thank you very much, very well explained
Really enjoyed video. I've really worked on rotation lately but didn't alter hand release. Everything going left and hooking even more. I can't wait to try your way.
@JChownGolf is some of the best golf content instruction on UA-cam. His explanations are simple and the drills proposed directly relate to the skill being explained. Thanks @JChownGolf and keep the great golf content coming!
I finally successfully executed this swing today on the range. It was so much fun seeing the balls fly high and long. Once you got it down, it translates easily to the long irons.
I wanna have fun hitting balls too. I wanna see them soar through the sky and land right next to the pin providing me lots of birdies and eagles. However, this might be considered an illegal swing by the USGA because of just how powerful and easy it makes the game now. So I asked the pro here to look into as I want to remain in compliance with the swing rules as governed by the USGA and not be labeled a cheater. Thanks 🙏
This video has helped me a lot. I'm 60 years old with VG mobility and rotation ability. I was rotating and turning the hands over, and everything was going left. This tip goes against everything that I've ever learned, but works wonderfully! Much better control of the club face, I will be practicing this every day. So, would you say that essentially, the hands don't turn over until well past impact?
Awesome to hear David! Absolutely the toe will naturally slightly pass over at around shaft parallel to the ground post impact. Love hearing you journey. I’ll be sharing my journey on how I went from a hand oriented swing to a rotational swing next week 👍🏼 Stay tuned
It could be a totally illegal swing drill and maneuver and thus subjecting you to being DQ'd in any tournament, large or small if you are guilty of breaking the USGA's rules of the swingnas depicted in the Rules of Golf.
You have touched on a very “ flippy” subject mate, highlighting the different releases of the club, an area of my room for improvement. This is the first very well explained lesson on this subject and I believe this will help myI blocking my drives to the right. Thanks for this one. Keep up the great work!
Haha I’ve definitely touched on a very floppy subject that’s for sure! A part on the golf swing that definitely creates a lot of debate in the golfing world! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
@@jchowngolf Well I worked on your lesson today on my Simulator and played Jupiter Ridge, a course in BC, Canada. I could not believe my eyes.. everything fell in place.. Shot 2 over par. 5 birds and 7 pars.. never , ever happened yet. I’ve just turned the golden age and never felt I could create the separation using the “new” body release as I’ve always used the upper body for my swing release. I worked your lesson on Skytrak for an hour and then played the course. I’m too overjoyed to even say more. Just can’t say enough thanks mate. Thanks again, looking forward to your next. Happy season!
I was told by my coach when I first started to try and shake hands with the target, Is this the old school method? Also what is a good swing thought at the top of the backswing to get into this impact position?
This might be an illegal move inside the golf swing as determined by the USGA. I have asked Mr JCHown here to look into the matter.. No one here wants to get DQ'd regardless if it's the US OPEN or your local YMCA scramble tournament and because of just how easy this makes the game now it's put a big target on the backs of anyone who become an avid practitioner of the preset posture. Keep praying maybe it's not illegal we'll have to see how the USGA in Farhills, NJ rules on this swing. Thankz
Really good summary here. I've been playing for a long time and have gotten really locked into an overswing with an over-hinged, cocked left wrist at the top and a big flip through the ball. My distance is good and I don't think I add loft, but my dispersion has been so bad for so long. I've tried to get the wrists out of the swing and shorten my backswing for a while now. This video and drill seems really accurately targeted at my issue and I think this will help me a lot. Thanks again.
Excellent video. I had recently watched a video on improving wedge play, illustrated by Trevino. He was suggesting that , when you take the club back, you should lift the club, rather than cock it, since you will maintain the same loft that you started with, and get better accuracy; pointed out that is how Steve Stricker plays, with no wrist cock, just a slight rotation of the shoulders. I found this video excellent re: the hand vs body rotation release. My accuracy really improved , with my short game, by not cocking my wrist, but rather lifting the club
Wow thank you so much for 0:04 I now know why my hands keep going up so vertical when swinging through after hitting the ball. I was just at the driving range eariler trying to fix my hand from being so vertical but couldn't fix it. Then this video pop up on my recommended videos I don't know how but God must of want me to see this. I was recording myself swinging at the driving range and I notice the left side at 0:04 look exactly like my swing. Now I know what to do and swing like Tiger Woods thanks alot again.
Excellent golf instructions and will practice it.. Just a suggestion to change the color(s) of the words annotation from gold to give better contrast with the background and easier to read.
this was a very, very good explanation. If you watch old videos of say Hogan, Niklaus etc, they all have a lot of hip rotation. Then through the 90s-early 2000s, teaching changed, early Tiger era, and we were being taught to create a more stable base, less leg movement which led to less hip rotation, thus the need to flip the hands. Which is fine if you´re tiger, and have great timing, but for amateur hackers like me, learning at the time, often led to poor, inconsistent strikes. I do wonder if this contributed tip Tigers back problems later in life. Now, everything is measurable, and we´re kind of going back to the older way, more hip rotation, using the legs to generate speed etc. It´s something I´m working more on and it does definitely seem to work, esp as I´m now mid 50s.
Absolutely spot on Alan! Golfers back in the Nicklaus era, or even before had amazing freely rotational downswings. Just like you said, with technology aiding us in understanding how to optimally swing the golf club, it’s going straight back to how golfers used to swing the club back in the Nicklaus and even Snead era 🔥
Thanks this is just the drill I need to help with my push slice, plus making sure my club toe angle matches my spine angle at the 9'Oclock position in the back swing rather than be at 90 degrees. The only thing I would quibble with is your history, body release has been around for a long time, for example as explained in books like: The Golfing Machine by Homer Kelly (1979), The Natural Golf Swing by George Knudson (1988), and the Golf Swing by David Leadbetter (1990). These ideas were put into print at least a decade or more after the authors started practicing them. In particular Sir Nick Faldo who used Leadbetter's body release from the mid-1980s to 1998.
Honestly I have taken a lot of lessons over the years and YOU are the ONLY ONE who has brought clarity to a lot of them that were never explained properly . How do I contact you ? Thank you so much !
Great video about 2 release patterns. I am trying to create more of the body turn. When you show the old style you show a square club is pointing straight up in the backswing when parallel to the ground. For the body release you quickly show it as parallel to the spine angle. Could you do a video (maybe you have) that compares each old and new showing the club head lets say 1) at 1/4 backswing; 2) 1/2 way parallel to ground; 3) 3/4 swing; and finally 4) at the top but at each step show 1st the old club position and then the new one in comparison. I always had difficulty when instructors try to say where the face should point when the club is SQUARE, OPEN or CLOSED. Maybe you could show this using a mirror which is the only way many of us can see real time the 3rd and 4th positions. Thanks
Brilliant! I needed to be explained the difference between this, I have been using mixed perspectives to govern my swing checkpoints, and I’m hitting weak pull hooks
I've just started doing the body swing, yeasterday on the golf course, and way better, hitting the ball alot straighter and way longer , it's night and day as you said
Another brilliant video Jonathan. Thank you 👍 On your drill you said weight on trail foot at impact, but this should be lead foot. Also I find the text difficult to read in that colour. That's nitpicking. I was old school taught & love your explanation on the differences. Brilliant 👏
Thanks Tony! Absolutely it should be on the front foot I misspoke in the moment of the video, I added a bit of text underneath that section to correcting my audible faux pas haha I’ll have an experiment with different colour on the text to see which is easier to see 👍🏼
@@jchowngolf just thought I should say that I was watching on my phone. The text looks ok on my pc. I guess a lot of people will watch on their phones though. Thanks and keep up the excellent videos.
the hands turn over naturally if you swing your arms and let the body respond. The body rotation swing is very body unfriendly and golfers end up with back , rib cage and knee injuries
J, old school weak left hand grip flipper, scratch golfer but hate the look of the "flip" cause that's all i have to hit it, stall and flip is not a great way to swing the club (anymore). Taught to flip to square the face but too many good days followed by bad days. Time for a change. Thanks for the video.
Great video. I still think old ball flight Laws are correct (ish). No doubt, face rotation does effect the flight. But club loft, apex and speed are all factors. A flatter face with more speed will follow old ball rules better than a higher lofted club at low speeds. Bottom line: #1 good contact and #2 square face to you path #3 Aim. Easy game, right! See yall on tour.
hello from france. I play this morning and your method of body rotation is fantastic. The contacts was very good. The problem was the consequences of that movement. The DRAW was accentuate because the body rotation. What can i do ? Just turn he face of the club ? Thank you and felicitations for your lessons.
Great to hear you enjoyed the video! All you need to do to hit a draw is have the club face closed to your path, so I’d first make sure the club face is in a good spot, and then take a look at the quality of your path 👍🏼 It won’t be the rotational movement creating the draw
Excellent video. I am getting instructed by my current pro who is telling me to do that exact hand release to fix my occassional slices citing Lydia Ko as an example. My good swing is a slight over the top with slight fade that travels far with good amount of backspin. With more body release than hand release as I hold my wrists firm through impact. I lost my swing for couple of years trying to generate extra speed with hand release before. I am taking lessons to increase my consistency and even before watching this video I felt unease that maybe my consistency will decrease following this hand release instruction. Looks like I won't be following through with this lessons.
Love your videos bud! Can you comment on the difference between club path and swing path? My understanding is that club path is where in the swing arc the ball is contacted and swing path is the overall direction of the that swing arc. I hear these terms used interchangeably by different teachers a lot and I just want to make sure I got them right. I think it’s important to understand that difference to get to what we’re trying to achieve.
I remember in the old days some golf instructions went as far as saying you cannot hit the ball straight except by chance but can only draw or fade it because of the hand release teaching.
A nice video. But you need to do another which addresses these issues. Which method creates potentially more club speed? How does forearm rotation relate to each method? How does the L to L method apply to each method?
Very informative! Good job. Especially pointing out how the smartest teachers in the game were totally WRONG concerning path vs face angle! My only question is- did they ever have to return any of their hefty lesson fees?
No!! But every good business always offers an iron clad no questions asked money back guarantee bu lt because no teaching professional has ever offered this one they are off the hook in the accountability department. A class action lawsuit would be so epicly large, that it would bank rupt the game and force most country clubs and golf courses to declare bankruptcy and then there simply would be no more golf courses, liquidated and turned into condos to pay off the judgement which would amount to hundreds of billions of dollars in faulty lessons given. Thanks. Now let us pray.
I was more into hand release. But a friend started doing the body release. Initially had a difficult time doing it. But once he got used to it, he started hitting a 3 wood from 220 yards to around 280 yards. Wow!
It can definitely work. A rotational release won’t work for Phil due to his steep shaft in transition. Probably one of the most skilled players of all time
I've been using the hand-release method as that's how I was taught in my lessons and to be honest it has been good for getting that distance, although consistency is the thing that makes it hard on a bad day. I think this body release method looks interesting and I'm going to give that a go and see if that gives me more consistency in my direction, I assume this also applies to hitting driver and that's the one I struggle with the most when using a hand release timing method and the direction that the ball takes once struck. There is a chance I may be mixing the two techniques a little by accident, I will test this out next time I'm out on the range. Thanks for the video!
I wish more instructors would talk about how there are two different swings because I fell into the trap of trying to implement elements of the modern swing into my traditional swing and it really messed up my swing. Once I learned I was a traditional swing, I stopped worrying about body rotation and just swung however felt natural and shot even par on 9 holes (I’m a 6.7 index so not out of reach but not the norm for me).
Pros are definitely body release
I've been watching all these videos about using the full body. A few days ago on the range, a guy a bit older than me asked if he could make some suggestions. I was all ears. (He was hitting quite nicely!!!). He suggested my hand-eye coordination was looking great, and suggested I think more arms and less full body. I've also heard people talk about "new swing vs old swing". I'm starting to get it.
On the days when I just "loosen up", I hit much better. I suspect that's when I'm more "arm release" and less "full body release". This guy at the course was explaining that we're not all pros / don't have the bodies pros have, etc. It made a ton of sense. I then proceeded to watch him drive some balls into the stratosphere.
I'll be thinking more "arm release" in the near future. I suppose this makes my more natural approach more old school...
(Note, I'm 48 years old, swung my first club in my life at 47... I would very likely try to tend toward a full body release if I was 25!)
I believe you can use your hands without excessive rolling its not such an either or thing. Like a baseball hitter uses his body and arms to deliver his wrists cocked in front of him. Try using your hands to hit a ball and do it in a wide variety of address positions like in the middle of your stance, behind your front foot, even or even ahead of your front foot. think of the body and arms delivering your wrists, hands and club to the point where you can hit the ball with your hands, your hands have the most nerve receptors to feel where the club is swinging in space thru the ball. Your wrists can create more speed than your body without necessarily flipping or turning your forearms. Your wrists and forearms will naturally turn over after you release the club.
THANK YOU I’ve been searching for this answer for over 2 years now. I’m 55. I strike the ball very solid but, even well aligned, my shot is going left to the target. I mixed the hand release technique and the body rotation. Can’t wait to practice with this precious lesson. Thank you again.
This guy is a genius at explaining how the swing works. I've been looking for this explanation my whole life! Thank you!
I’m glad you enjoyed the video Jeffrey! Thanks for watching 🤙🏻
Same!! 💯
Your videos are so simple, so intuitive, so on point, I love them. The thought that resonates in my mind is: control the low point, control the path and control the club face. Those 3 things are truly all that matters in developing a good golf swing. Thank you for the time and effort it takes to make us all better golfers.
J - This is going to sound weird, but I have watched dozens of videos from other people who talk about "releasing the hands" but NEVER explained what that actually is, or looks like. Thank you for FINALLY answering the question for me.
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Can't judge a book by its cover . Looking at your back drop and practice area I had no idea such quality principled golf instruction would insue.
Thank you for posting this fantastic video . Also refreshing omitting the choreography common to many posts.
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Thanks from Texas
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Love your videos,make so much sense,im 67 and play off 4 and was taught the old way which was ok if your timing was good but now using the big muscles and way more consistent under pressure...keep the videos coming...regards neil
What a brilliantly clear and enlightening description. This perfectly describes how I was taught and why coming back to golf now feels so different.
This video was tremendously helpful to me. It's my second year playing golf and my first year I shot over 100 every round. I put in a lot of effort and practice this year and by July I was consistently scoring in the 80s with my best being an 82 along with several right around there. In September something terrible happened to my swing and I started slicing the ball and making poor contact like I did my first year. My last two rounds were back over 100 and I think I spent more time looking for my balls in the woods than actually playing golf. I have been so frustrated that I considered hanging it up for the year and trying again next spring. After watching this video I tried the drill and am now hitting it straight and drawing again. I'm very pleased with the quality of instruction here and the results speak for themselves. I had gotten a tip from another golfer to turn my lead shoulder during the backswing which is all good and well, but when I started doing that I unconsciously stopped turning my hips leading to an outside in swing and thus the slicing the ball. The hip turn is absolutely crucial. Besides allowing a passive squaring of the club face, it pulls the club inside on the backswing so your swing path naturally becomes inside to out, producing beautiful straight and drawn ball flight. The third thing I noticed about bringing the hip turn back into my swing was the easy power it provides. I didn't have to swing fast or hard at all to get desirable distance. Love it! Thank you for helping me get my enthusiasm for golf back.
Agreed!!! Stopped playing in early 2000 and just got back in golf last year and had to re-learn everything. SLICE it like crazy at the beginning of last year, now better. JC's vdo helps in a big way, makes everything easier to understand. Thank you 👍😁
Awesome to hear Jay! Great to hear my videos are helping! 🤙🏻
this video and lesson really really helped me and was my 'lightbulb' moment. I was taught the hand release (in the 90s as a kid), but I didnt really know that. Ive struggled as a 15-18 handicapper for nearly 20 years. And this year, with some coaching, I've made my backswing deeper and that was the first major improvement. I still wasnt always getting the contact and compression I wanted and I just didnt 'get it'. After seeing this video and immediately going to the driving range, I think I now 'get it'. Thanks so much for your help and knowledge. It is MUCH appreciated!!
Good video. This is a topic not many Pro's discuss. I think it is very important to inform the average golfer that there are many different swings happening on golf courses, and on tour, and each has its own set of unique components. Which is why most golfers are confused about what to do to improve their golf swing. I applaud you for bringing this to their attention.
I am a PGA member in Canada and have played most of my life as a hand release player, which, as you stated, requires excellent timing. I now mostly play as a body release player since it is more accurate and requires much less practice because timing is not a major factor in that swing. That said, the hand release swing is very good and very easy at creating club speed and ball distance, because the arms move independent of the body, and the arms can move much faster than the big muscles of the body. Like you, I teach numerous different golf swings, all depending on what the students talents are, and their physical ability. I am curious though, have you measured your club head speed on a launch monitor comparing both releases using the same club? I would like to see a video of that.
Thanks for the great video, and keep up the good work.
1990s swing theory killed my game for so long. Thanks for clarifying things!
Really dig your instruction. You teach what a few other top instructors are teaching but in a clear and concise way without the ADD. Thank you.
True.
I had started figuring it out on my own and had started implementing it with more consistency in my game and our video has given me a greater scientific insight into it. Thanks also for the nice drill.
Awesome! I’m glad you enjoyed the video! 🤙🏻
Same here, everything you said makes sense.
Over the years, I have found a few golf coaches on UA-cam and they really help me developing better skills. Since a few weeks ago, I came across J Chan and guess what you help me a step further that I could never imagine I could. Best coach, absolutely!
Thanks Jonathon. Your channel popped up on my front page in a timely fashion. I did a Mizuno fitting last week and the guy who was no more than 30 was trying to tell me to hand flip through the impact, I understand to give more speed but it goes to show how ingrained this approach is in teachers. Tom Saguto got me onto S&T which has been good except he doesn't go into rotation much. That is where I'm blocked, my brain just does not connect itself to my left hip. I did your rotation impact drill today with good results, not a difficult position so there's hope that I can actually get there in a full swing!
His golf school does.
Realized i was a hand release guy, kept shanking the ball. Just changed to body release and hit them dead straight, even my fairway wood. You’re a legend.
I realized that I’m hand release golfer after learning there are two different swing styles. I’ve always been good at touch and timing with sports in general so I’m def sticking with the old school release. Before I even knew there were two different styles, I was struggling because I’d try to implement pieces of the modern swing and it would screw me up.
If you are young and athletic than the body release method is excellent if not, when you are older, you just cannot generate enough speed to get distance for the body rotation method
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Yeah body release might need good body health😊
Phenomenal video. Great explanation of how the modern swing differs from what used to be the norm.
It’s worth noting that keeping a passive hand release through impact simply just moves your hand turn over release later in your follow through. I really like this because it’s so much easier to predict where your club face is at impact and you get that pure iron strike way more often.
totally agree. at some point through centrifugal force and the weight of the club head it will release and pass your hand at least a little. I am 52 and was taught the hand release golf swing but have had good and bad days with shot direction. I think this is a big step in the right direction for consistent control of the face through impact but I think it's 80% this and 20% controlling the release with small muscles in forearms and wrists that are crucial to the swing. just use the little release component in the right place right before impact and after. Great video with sound distinction with the old vs the new school.
this is so enlightening for someone who learned golf in the early 2000's and struggling to switch to the new ways thanks
I have struggled with separating both swing concepts forever. That is without doubt the best lesson I have seen. Thank you
Thanks Gary! Glad you enjoyed it 🤙🏻
I’m not sure if its the timing of watching this lesson in my own journey but I tend to agree with you, @Dave Dyer
Hi just started to watch your videos 🤩 wow. You don’t get enough credit for your brilliant coaching. Keep bringing them out and you will soon be the number one on UA-cam. I have been following UA-cam for 3yrs and your one of the best by far. Thank you. This drill as really improved my game 🥰
Thank you so much for the kind words Marcus! Thank you for your support! I’ll keep the videos coming 👍🏼
But he keep talking2 without a space stop for viewers cud think the last he talked. Not a good teacher
@@fransbernard6772 By your comment, I think you need lessons in English. I give credit where its due. So unless you know anything about golf you should keep your comments to yourself.
Now I get it. I didn’t understand that these are two different types of releases. I was sort of trying to combine them. No it’s one or the other.
Thanks so very much for clearing that up!
Excellent- just excellent instruction- thanks soooo much
Hey I just wanted to say thank you for uploading this video.
Not knowing the difference between the two, I would get extremley confused watching other youtube instruction videos because different people would seemingly say two completely opposite things about a golf swing!
One of thr best gold videos I've seen 👍🏻
So hard to change from flipping the wrists, but im practicing like mad to get more body rotation! Thank You :)
It’s a hard move to change. It took me a long time personally. If your body is the main driver behind the swing, it will become a lot easier 👍🏼
agreed, got 20 years of wrist roll but I found as we get older speed really drops off and we slow down even more to square up the face to hit straight shots. Biggest thing is the pull hooks trying to implement body rotation when hands resort to old habits.
The easiest way I teach this, is to feel the chest, belt buckle and club face working as one.
Key word is FEEL.
Hardest thing ever. My friends and I have been working on this forever and none of us have been able to get it. I recently gave up because it was just frustrating me. How many videos can one person take where you swear you did it and then you watch it back it looks exactly like the original swing? It’s torture. And I have a full golf studio setup in my garage. Obviously, I haven’t completely given up if I’m still watching these videos but man is it frustrating.
The key for me to do the body release is all in the takeaway as JC showed. As long as I keep the takeaway at my spine angle to the top I naturally don't have any urge to roll the release, bc like JC showed this will cause a ridiculous hook. Incidentally i think this is why so the preshot takeaway routine seems much more common nowadays among pros. Don't really recall seeing nearly as much of that in the 80s and 90s. Lastly, once you get good at the body release you can get a little more handsy with the release. Body release provides solid foundation to build upon.
Excellent description between the two methods and straight to the point, thanks.
Great explanation! I was a very arm swing golfer. Recently a pga pro instructed me to use more body rotation. When I do this body rotation as best I can the swing is smooth with some speed. And the ball goes further. Will have to watch this vid many more times. 👍
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This guy is a really good golf instructor. I have learned a great deal from him. Will likely purchase his more in-depth coaching videos.
Thank you for clearing that up... an excellent lesson!
This has confused me for a while. And finally someone clarifies it. No wonder I can’t creat bawl wrist with my traditional hands release. Feel Lucky to see this video.
Well done, the old swing versus the modern swing fully and clearly explained
Never heard this before. Eye opening.
After watching this video I have played so well! Makes the swing so much more consistent and accurate. Enjoying golf so much more. Playing so much better. Has made me very confident! Thank You so much for your great video's!
I used to teach kayaking and it's the same principle of using the large muscles in the back to rotate when paddling rather than the arms. Like in golf it's so much easier on the body and way more powerful. I love your vids, they're helping my game hugely!
Awesome to hear the parallels! Rotational movements all function very similarly, the big muscles control the movement of the smaller muscles, as soon as it gets the opposite way around, that’s when you’re in trouble. Thanks bud 👍🏼
Hi, I was just curious what you meant by the similarity in kayaking? By that did you mean not using the ‘arms’, say in the figure eight stroke, or marathon J-stroke? Not trying to be obtuse, just clarity. Thanks
I've seen your videos floating around out there on UA-cam and never bothered to watch one until now. Very glad that I did. Your video How to release the golf club hand release versus body rotation release is easily the most comprehensive and accurate description of how to get the body rotation release swing and why one should. My buddy from high school is a state open Champion, a state PGA champion and an NJPGA hall-of-famer and he advocates what you teach I am happy to say. Subscribing to your channel now keep up the good work and thank you! Keith from New Jersey
Super great drill.... Thank you, now I know stopping hand release and body turn....
Hands down (no pun) best explanation of this I’ve ever heard. I understand some things about my swing now, that I could never grasp before. Thanks!!!
Solid Gold advice. The clearest explanation and great drill. THANK YOU!
New golfer here at age 53, about 6 months now.
Been experimenting with both methods, the “body rotation” is what I started with but my carry distances are awful.. I’ve been trying the “hand release” but, as you’ve stated, have much less accuracy.
I’ve always been fit and fairly strong, but I can’t find a way to get any distance with the body release.
I’ll keep trying, but it’s disappointing so far.
Beautifully explained in the video by the way!!
Great video. I'm in my 70's so the last bit said it all. i.e. if you just do the practice drill position, you'll hit it straighter and almost as far as a "full" swing. So that drill for me will become my everyday swing, I won't be bothering trying to do a full swing because it'll never work. Thank you
Thanks Clive. The good thing about the drill swing at the end of the video, is it’s perfectly acceptable to use the drill swing on the course 👍🏼
It's not illegal? Seems like the move would be akin to a balk in baseball and the move would be outlawed because of just how effective it is. Can you check on this ove got a tournament coming up and I don't want to be performing an illegal move in the golf swing that could very well empower me to shoot in the 60s only for me to later get disqualified because I broke a swing rule. The USGA frowns on low numbers and I don't want to give them any excuses to come round looking to discredit my swing AND score because of this preset swing tactic. Thanks 🙏
Great video. Body release here. Golf Channel and Scratch Golf still teaching inconsistent hand release though. Body release adds momentum/mass at impact, hand release can increase speed (and inconsistency) but also decreases momentum.
Thanks Dave! In a few years the mainstream tv instruction will come around. Well said!
Great explanation, been playing over 25 years and its only taken me about the last 5 years to work out the modern way mostly watching my kids’ swings and and why my old hand flipping flipping drills don’t benefit me at all anymore. This is an explanation v few pros give you!
i really like your drills, i'm just back into golf after a 25yr spell/break. Enjoying it but when i started up i tried to swing the old way of flipping the hands and tore the left Rhomboid.(coming over the top and hitting the ground hard) Then discovered "set up at impact" and it made a big difference rotating the body BUT getting the club face square is a huge challenge!
Great to hear the drill has helped! Absolutely, make sure the club face is square as soon as possible 👍🏼
what is "set up at impact" ?
Very interesting. Im a body swinger who has spent the last few years trying to use my hands also. Lol. I haven't watched this yet but got excited about the opening side by side. The body release already looks like not nearly enough face rotation IMO. I went to a slightly stronger grip this year and it fixed it. Excited to actually watch this.
my coach has been teaching me the same thing for some time now but I never understand the why the flipping will produce a fade or slice sometime and body rotations produce draws, now I know.
Thank you very much, very well explained
Really enjoyed video. I've really worked on rotation lately but didn't alter hand release. Everything going left and hooking even more. I can't wait to try your way.
@JChownGolf is some of the best golf content instruction on UA-cam. His explanations are simple and the drills proposed directly relate to the skill being explained. Thanks @JChownGolf and keep the great golf content coming!
I finally successfully executed this swing today on the range. It was so much fun seeing the balls fly high and long. Once you got it down, it translates easily to the long irons.
Great to hear Dan 🤙🏻
I wanna have fun hitting balls too. I wanna see them soar through the sky and land right next to the pin providing me lots of birdies and eagles. However, this might be considered an illegal swing by the USGA because of just how powerful and easy it makes the game now. So I asked the pro here to look into as I want to remain in compliance with the swing rules as governed by the USGA and not be labeled a cheater. Thanks 🙏
Man!!!! u solved the confusion i have had !!!! big thanks
This video has helped me a lot. I'm 60 years old with VG mobility and rotation ability. I was rotating and turning the hands over, and everything was going left. This tip goes against everything that I've ever learned, but works wonderfully! Much better control of the club face, I will be practicing this every day. So, would you say that essentially, the hands don't turn over until well past impact?
Awesome to hear David! Absolutely the toe will naturally slightly pass over at around shaft parallel to the ground post impact. Love hearing you journey. I’ll be sharing my journey on how I went from a hand oriented swing to a rotational swing next week 👍🏼 Stay tuned
It could be a totally illegal swing drill and maneuver and thus subjecting you to being DQ'd in any tournament, large or small if you are guilty of breaking the USGA's rules of the swingnas depicted in the Rules of Golf.
Thank you for this excellent description of the two release patterns. Very clear.
You have touched on a very “ flippy” subject mate, highlighting the different releases of the club, an area of my room for improvement. This is the first very well explained lesson on this subject and I believe this will help myI blocking my drives to the right. Thanks for this one. Keep up the great work!
Haha I’ve definitely touched on a very floppy subject that’s for sure! A part on the golf swing that definitely creates a lot of debate in the golfing world! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
@@jchowngolf Well I worked on your lesson today on my Simulator and played Jupiter Ridge, a course in BC, Canada. I could not believe my eyes.. everything fell in place.. Shot 2 over par. 5 birds and 7 pars.. never , ever happened yet. I’ve just turned the golden age and never felt I could create the separation using the “new” body release as I’ve always used the upper body for my swing release. I worked your lesson on Skytrak for an hour and then played the course. I’m too overjoyed to even say more. Just can’t say enough thanks mate. Thanks again, looking forward to your next. Happy season!
I was told by my coach when I first started to try and shake hands with the target, Is this the old school method?
Also what is a good swing thought at the top of the backswing to get into this impact position?
This might be an illegal move inside the golf swing as determined by the USGA. I have asked Mr JCHown here to look into the matter.. No one here wants to get DQ'd regardless if it's the US OPEN or your local YMCA scramble tournament and because of just how easy this makes the game now it's put a big target on the backs of anyone who become an avid practitioner of the preset posture. Keep praying maybe it's not illegal we'll have to see how the USGA in Farhills, NJ rules on this swing. Thankz
Really good summary here. I've been playing for a long time and have gotten really locked into an overswing with an over-hinged, cocked left wrist at the top and a big flip through the ball. My distance is good and I don't think I add loft, but my dispersion has been so bad for so long. I've tried to get the wrists out of the swing and shorten my backswing for a while now. This video and drill seems really accurately targeted at my issue and I think this will help me a lot. Thanks again.
Today's teaching in a nutshell, this is such good advice, don't hesitate to give it a try.
Absolutely, understanding the concept and putting it into practice are they key 🤙🏻
this answers a lot of questions for me, thanks!
Great explanation. Now I'm convinced to master the golf swing using the body rotation release for better consistency. Thanks!
hard luck mate, nobody ever mastered the golf swing.
Spot on mate. Just had a lesson on this very thing today
This is a fantastic tip, and what a difference it has made for me. Thank you
Awesome to hear 🔥
Excellent video. I had recently watched a video on improving wedge play, illustrated by Trevino. He was suggesting that , when you take the club back, you should lift the club, rather than cock it, since you will maintain the same loft that you started with, and get better accuracy; pointed out that is how Steve Stricker plays, with no wrist cock, just a slight rotation of the shoulders. I found this video excellent re: the hand vs body rotation release. My accuracy really improved , with my short game, by not cocking my wrist, but rather lifting the club
super topic and explanation dude. love it
Super description
Thank you so much
Much easier than the flip
Wow thank you so much for 0:04 I now know why my hands keep going up so vertical when swinging through after hitting the ball. I was just at the driving range eariler trying to fix my hand from being so vertical but couldn't fix it. Then this video pop up on my recommended videos I don't know how but God must of want me to see this. I was recording myself swinging at the driving range and I notice the left side at 0:04 look exactly like my swing. Now I know what to do and swing like Tiger Woods thanks alot again.
Excellent golf instructions and will practice it..
Just a suggestion to change the color(s) of the words annotation from gold to give better contrast with the background and easier to read.
Thanks Rayna. Absolutely, the text colour has changed over the past month 👍🏼
this was a very, very good explanation. If you watch old videos of say Hogan, Niklaus etc, they all have a lot of hip rotation. Then through the 90s-early 2000s, teaching changed, early Tiger era, and we were being taught to create a more stable base, less leg movement which led to less hip rotation, thus the need to flip the hands. Which is fine if you´re tiger, and have great timing, but for amateur hackers like me, learning at the time, often led to poor, inconsistent strikes. I do wonder if this contributed tip Tigers back problems later in life. Now, everything is measurable, and we´re kind of going back to the older way, more hip rotation, using the legs to generate speed etc. It´s something I´m working more on and it does definitely seem to work, esp as I´m now mid 50s.
Absolutely spot on Alan! Golfers back in the Nicklaus era, or even before had amazing freely rotational downswings. Just like you said, with technology aiding us in understanding how to optimally swing the golf club, it’s going straight back to how golfers used to swing the club back in the Nicklaus and even Snead era 🔥
Thanks this is just the drill I need to help with my push slice, plus making sure my club toe angle matches my spine angle at the 9'Oclock position in the back swing rather than be at 90 degrees. The only thing I would quibble with is your history, body release has been around for a long time, for example as explained in books like: The Golfing Machine by Homer Kelly (1979), The Natural Golf Swing by George Knudson (1988), and the Golf Swing by David Leadbetter (1990). These ideas were put into print at least a decade or more after the authors started practicing them. In particular Sir Nick Faldo who used Leadbetter's body release from the mid-1980s to 1998.
Fantastic video and great explanations - thank you Terry
Thanks Terry! 🤙🏻
Honestly I have taken a lot of lessons over the years and YOU are the ONLY ONE who has brought clarity to a lot of them that were never explained properly . How do I contact you ? Thank you so much !
Awesome to hear Terry! Contact me on an app called Skillest, which is an awesome online lesson platform that I coach on 🤙🏻
Great video about 2 release patterns. I am trying to create more of the body turn. When you show the old style you show a square club is pointing straight up in the backswing when parallel to the ground. For the body release you quickly show it as parallel to the spine angle. Could you do a video (maybe you have) that compares each old and new showing the club head lets say 1) at 1/4 backswing; 2) 1/2 way parallel to ground; 3) 3/4 swing; and finally 4) at the top but at each step show 1st the old club position and then the new one in comparison. I always had difficulty when instructors try to say where the face should point when the club is SQUARE, OPEN or CLOSED. Maybe you could show this using a mirror which is the only way many of us can see real time the 3rd and 4th positions. Thanks
Well explained. it certainly helps seniors like me a lot. Thanks
Well sir, I could have saved $125 from yesterday's lesson by just watching this. You absolutely nailed my swing...and I'm a 5 hcp.
I'm a flipper.
Thanks bud, glad you liked the video 🤙🏻
Brilliant! I needed to be explained the difference between this, I have been using mixed perspectives to govern my swing checkpoints, and I’m hitting weak pull hooks
Great to hear you enjoyed the video Marco!
I did too, I adjusted my grip bit and was hitting fairways and greens today
I've just started doing the body swing, yeasterday on the golf course, and way better, hitting the ball alot straighter and way longer , it's night and day as you said
Great video, I am currently getting back into golf and trying to convert to the modern techniques. It’s not easy.
Thanks Jeremy! Absolutely it’s a tough transition, but very worth it in the long run 👍🏼
Same here Jeremy. Persevere and maybe get a lesson or two The bee way is better!
New way 😂
I couldn’t figure out why my god Swing was so wrong when I went to a golf pro today! They changed the swing on me!
I just came off a lesson working on changing this 😳 everything is flying right at the moment. Determined to get this down!!
Another brilliant video Jonathan. Thank you 👍
On your drill you said weight on trail foot at impact, but this should be lead foot. Also I find the text difficult to read in that colour.
That's nitpicking. I was old school taught & love your explanation on the differences. Brilliant 👏
Thanks Tony! Absolutely it should be on the front foot I misspoke in the moment of the video, I added a bit of text underneath that section to correcting my audible faux pas haha
I’ll have an experiment with different colour on the text to see which is easier to see 👍🏼
@@jchowngolf just thought I should say that I was watching on my phone. The text looks ok on my pc. I guess a lot of people will watch on their phones though. Thanks and keep up the excellent videos.
the hands turn over naturally if you swing your arms and let the body respond. The body rotation swing is very body unfriendly and golfers end up with back , rib cage and knee injuries
thank you - very well summarised and presented!
Thanks bud 🤙🏻
Thank you, I was told that my body release was wrong and that I should be trying flip it in my lesson yesterday.
J, old school weak left hand grip flipper, scratch golfer but hate the look of the "flip" cause that's all i have to hit it, stall and flip is not a great way to swing the club (anymore). Taught to flip to square the face but too many good days followed by bad days. Time for a change. Thanks for the video.
Another cracking lesson mate.
Great video. I still think old ball flight Laws are correct (ish). No doubt, face rotation does effect the flight. But club loft, apex and speed are all factors. A flatter face with more speed will follow old ball rules better than a higher lofted club at low speeds. Bottom line: #1 good contact and #2 square face to you path #3 Aim. Easy game, right! See yall on tour.
Fantastic video and very well explained. This could help any amateur golfer improve . Thanks for the post!
First time watching your videos, great explanation! Though I couldn't stop staring at the pink ball...
hello from france. I play this morning and your method of body rotation is fantastic. The contacts was very good. The problem was the consequences of that movement. The DRAW was accentuate because the body rotation. What can i do ? Just turn he face of the club ?
Thank you and felicitations for your lessons.
Great to hear you enjoyed the video! All you need to do to hit a draw is have the club face closed to your path, so I’d first make sure the club face is in a good spot, and then take a look at the quality of your path 👍🏼 It won’t be the rotational movement creating the draw
Excellent video. I am getting instructed by my current pro who is telling me to do that exact hand release to fix my occassional slices citing Lydia Ko as an example.
My good swing is a slight over the top with slight fade that travels far with good amount of backspin. With more body release than hand release as I hold my wrists firm through impact. I lost my swing for couple of years trying to generate extra speed with hand release before.
I am taking lessons to increase my consistency and even before watching this video I felt unease that maybe my consistency will decrease following this hand release instruction. Looks like I won't be following through with this lessons.
Great explanation of follow through methods and drills to work with!! Thanks :-)
Thanks Kenneth!
Love your videos bud! Can you comment on the difference between club path and swing path? My understanding is that club path is where in the swing arc the ball is contacted and swing path is the overall direction of the that swing arc. I hear these terms used interchangeably by different teachers a lot and I just want to make sure I got them right. I think it’s important to understand that difference to get to what we’re trying to achieve.
I remember in the old days some golf instructions went as far as saying you cannot hit the ball straight except by chance but can only draw or fade it because of the hand release teaching.
I remember those days being in the not too distant past also!
A nice video. But you need to do another which addresses these issues. Which method creates potentially more club speed? How does forearm rotation relate to each method? How does the L to L method apply to each method?
Very informative! Good job. Especially pointing out how the smartest teachers in the game were totally WRONG concerning path vs face angle! My only question is- did they ever have to return any of their hefty lesson fees?
No!! But every good business always offers an iron clad no questions asked money back guarantee bu lt because no teaching professional has ever offered this one they are off the hook in the accountability department. A class action lawsuit would be so epicly large, that it would bank rupt the game and force most country clubs and golf courses to declare bankruptcy and then there simply would be no more golf courses, liquidated and turned into condos to pay off the judgement which would amount to hundreds of billions of dollars in faulty lessons given. Thanks. Now let us pray.
@@quantumpotential7639 Ha! Ha!
I was more into hand release. But a friend started doing the body release. Initially had a difficult time doing it. But once he got used to it, he started hitting a 3 wood from 220 yards to around 280 yards. Wow!
Hand release worked pretty well for Phil mickelson last week. I’ve never seen him look so good.
It can definitely work. A rotational release won’t work for Phil due to his steep shaft in transition. Probably one of the most skilled players of all time
I've been using the hand-release method as that's how I was taught in my lessons and to be honest it has been good for getting that distance, although consistency is the thing that makes it hard on a bad day.
I think this body release method looks interesting and I'm going to give that a go and see if that gives me more consistency in my direction, I assume this also applies to hitting driver and that's the one I struggle with the most when using a hand release timing method and the direction that the ball takes once struck.
There is a chance I may be mixing the two techniques a little by accident, I will test this out next time I'm out on the range.
Thanks for the video!
Great explanation 👌. I have to try this on the Range
Excellent, very helpful!