Maybe a year or so ago you made a similar vid about releasing the club head. At that time I was a big flipper of the club with my left wrist cupped at the top of my swing. If I didn't time that correctly my club face at impact was open most of the time and my ball was miles in the air. That video got me practicing on turning my lower body more so I wouldn't have to flip my wrist and I flattened out my left wrist at the top of the back swing.I shave at least 3 strokes off my card because I found the green instead of the thick rough at the club I play at. Mahalo Nui Loa #nuggets of wisdom #strikeisking
This is one of the most useful videos that I’ve ever seen as to how the body and the club are actually supposed to be working. Thank you for this video!
This is by far the best explanation of the release. Too many people are a chasing a certain position without considering the match up. This is my Ah-Ha moment. Thanks so much Mark, you are the first golf UA-camr I follow and still my favourite 😘
Hi Mark have been struggling to understand how to marry strike and release feelings for years and now it has suddenly clicked and oh my god! I’ve had loads of lessons with 6 different coaches and I think it’s a area that you pro’s don’t understand why we amateurs don’t understand as you take it for granted! I’ve been searching for a video to reinforce what I’ve been feeling and this one hits the mark perfectly! My theory is that when you first pick up a club you tend to be quite wristy and flicky due to no or little hip rotation as your just trying to hit a little ball with a little blade on the end of a long stick! This leads to a bad habit from the outset which can take years to get rid of ! Thank You!
Best explanation ever on release, ie there isn't really a release per se. There may be some hinging of the wrists but the club face stays relatively square to its path. Really cleared this up in my mind. Those still images of the pro's releasing can be quite misleading. Thanks Mark.
The still images of ‘lag’ and a released golf club absolutely destroyed my game. Instead of playing golf i became hell bent on hitting positions. I’m glad people like you started the conversation about functional golf that has match ups and steered away from having to hit every position of a ‘textbook’ swing. My game has improved an unbelievable amount when i started focusing on making a move that hit target with a consistent low point etc
Same. I think I actually unlearned how to release the club. Which is terrible considering the release action is kind of a natural thing and the learning comes in with figuring out how to utilize the natural motion properly.
At the 3:00 Mark you hit the nail on the head for what I now feel... I used to have a wildly open clubface into the ball and a big flick at the bottom. That "feel" has made a massive difference to me. Coming in and through the ball now feels like my lead hand slows and my trail hand overtakes it around the outside...the split hand drill helped get this feeling loads aswell.
I think the biggest change of my swing since watching your channel now for 7 years is feel, you swing the club marks ideas and advice are to do with feel, listen to what he says he’s the best coach he will save you loads in lessons best on UA-cam
Wow. This blew my mind. Never thought of it this way. I always thought I had to try and flip my hands over just after impact. But in fact a more natural release is just the natural turning of the upper and lower body after impact.
This is the thing I knowingly struggle with the most. I have a tendency to not release soon enough resulting in my club face staying open and shots high and to the right. Had been working on a feeling of flipping the hands a bit but this has resulted in a few low hooks and over draws coming in per round.
A well put explanation of why there's not one release for everyone. Been working on this for a while with my pro. As a 'shut' clubface player, I need to work on my turn and feel passive through impact
Mark, I've been golfing now for probably 5 years, and my scores range mid 80s to 90. I've been so obsessed with trying to make everything look exactly like the pros, when in reality I should have just realized every swing is different. I just subscribed to your videos, you have such an effortless swing. Ive been watching so many videos on the "proper" release, and was trying everything including the "rolling" technique. I cant wait to go out tomorrow to try your split hand drill and try to just feel the release as my body rotates like you show. Thank you very much all the way from Nova Scotia Canada!! Now if I could only stop trying to kill the golf ball lol.
Really like the way you explained this, and can’t agree more about how important feel is, had a recent lesson working on release and shoulder angle at impact couldn’t get a feel with one drill but approached it with the same right arm drill you just explained and boom got it,same results different feel.
This is something I worked on a lot with my driver and stopped the duck hook I was experiencing. Pulling that golf club up from the bottom of the swing felt odd at first, but really makes the difference!
Thank you - a brilliantly clear explanation of what the release is and why it is not what most of us think it is. I recognised a lot of my issues in your explanation
Thanks for this video. I see a lot of people trying to manipulate the club because it's called a release. I wish it was called something else. Very well done!
Flip my swing bruh!!! Always good... I would get confused sometimes with this because people talk about keeping the face square “longer” but we also have to release... This is so clear. Thanks Mark!!!
Just paused this at 4.34, pleased you hit the issue here, the correct grip! You can't release the club fully without the correct grip - slow handle, full release....!
Year old and your recent vid is very similar about matching your grip with release. It’s given me confidence to rotate face (not flipping) through with body turn. I have been trying to hold the face more open through impact with rotation but obviously my grip was wrong for this particular swing. Great stuff Mark, still the best out there mate 👍🏻
Been struggling with this idea for ages! Watched this, played in local comp and scored 40pts. Coincidence? No more shouts of "knuckleballs" for me...now if only I can master the Lockey Bomb ball....
I fund that doing the Split hand drill is always a good thing to do on warm up. Gets the basic movement and feeling going before I start hitting the ball. Great video Bruh
I practice my release at home from watching your vids but not on the range or course...I don't think about it. In the past I did flip my hands/wrists a bit but now I hit much better shots.
Excellent video Mark. For years I've been slightly obsessed with 'turning the key' / 'flipping the hands' worried what would happen if I didn't 'turn/flip'? Watching videos of my swing I wasn't doing it however still releasing the club (in my own way). So gave up on trying to swing like most golfers on TV and like you say, found my own way.
Thanks Mark. I need to release better and I now know that is NOT rolling my arms and closing the face. Really struggle with iron distance, despite a decent swing speed.. are dynamic loft and release related ?
Hi Mark.. thanks for all your hard work and efforts to come up with new ways to share the golf tips .. one request I have if you can give us tip how to play different inclined lies and down the hill lies.. appreciate it.. thanks in advance..
I hold off for sure its why my miss used to be far right. However now I manage with wrist angles rather than a roll.. Matching wrist angles to my hold off swing works and doesnt rely on pure timing.
It's one part of my swing that raises lots of questions, especially my driver. I feel that I don't have a consistent release pattern with it which, as you explain well, is the result of all the inconsistencies that happen before I get to release. I find it quite challeging to practice release because once you hit a few wild ones, you start to move all sorts of things around to make the ball go straight.
Just had the first of my TPI evaluations, and as suspected, I have very limited lower body rotation (back issues, but never really used the lower body as much as I should). I suspect that when my instructor is sent this info, he'll come up adjustments to my swing to aid in the proper release for me.
could you do a videoserie on rate of closure, on how to minimize it. What grip, strong/weak, ball position, open/closed stance. What effects do the have
That is very good and controlled way to release. I think it's not for everyone. If you don't have good body rotation, then that hand roll release is also good way to get easy distance.
@@MarkCrossfield Yes, it takes loft off and lot off face rotation, but you can hit draw. Similar release like in baseball, where you use bat weight to hit ball.
Great video as always Mark, as a lefty playing right handed are you conscious of whether you pull with your left hand to start the downswing and through impact or are pushing with your right hand. Wasn't something that I had ever thought about before until I saw this mentioned a few days ago. You mentioned throwing as a thought in this video which to my mind would suggest a push with the right dominates? Looking to experiment at the range tomorrow as I search for the 30 yards per iron I've lost, was wondering because it's not something I've been conscious of doing, one or the other, if I have unconsciously stopped doing one, if that makes sense? Would love to get your thoughts on this. Cheers Bru.
Another great video. I’ve just, out of curiosity 😉, seen a video by MeMyGolf. Their release was as you described (myth?) about tiger and how he twists the club around the axis 😳😞 get the wrists rolling. Thanks for your facts. 👍👍👍
This is the best explanation of it I’ve seen. I have been trying to rotate my hands where if I focus on getting on my left side better then I strike it pure and the hands do their thing. - Thanks again for this vid.... confirmed the thoughts ✌🏼
Mine can change when I pull down more with the left hand to go higher on flight v/s pushing with right hand to direct more of a left to right ball path and lower ball flight.
Mark, great video as always... I am going to a driving range on Sunday to practice some techniques. Had my first lesson a week ago. Hitting off a mat, the fellow at the golf shop said that I should put some masking tape on the bottom of the clubs to protect the finish of the clubs from scratching. Particularly since its a public range and typically not the cleanest. Thoughts?
Ask 10 instructors what release is and you'll get 10 different answers. What is indisputable is the best golfers in the world supinate their lead arm on the forward swing more than the average high handicapper. A lot more.
You know how you say that we should work on functionality rather that just various positions in the swing.... Well that's me, that is. I've spent hours over the years doing slow motion swings making sure it's pretty all the way through. Shame I'm still crap...😕
Maybe a year or so ago you made a similar vid about releasing the club head. At that time I was a big flipper of the club with my left wrist cupped at the top of my swing. If I didn't time that correctly my club face at impact was open most of the time and my ball was miles in the air. That video got me practicing on turning my lower body more so I wouldn't have to flip my wrist and I flattened out my left wrist at the top of the back swing.I shave at least 3 strokes off my card because I found the green instead of the thick rough at the club I play at. Mahalo Nui Loa #nuggets of wisdom #strikeisking
Aloha brah.
As humblebrags go, that's a pretty good one bruh!
Yes, similar video was created but the important thing is the message is still the same with updated content - great work Mark.
This is one of the most useful videos that I’ve ever seen as to how the body and the club are actually supposed to be working. Thank you for this video!
This is by far the best explanation of the release. Too many people are a chasing a certain position without considering the match up. This is my Ah-Ha moment. Thanks so much Mark, you are the first golf UA-camr I follow and still my favourite 😘
I love this video. Watched many others on this topic, and this one clicked!
WOW! JUST WOW! First 10 seconds helped me a tremendous amount, arms don’t cross, it’s just an optical illusion. Cheers Mark!
Hi Mark have been struggling to understand how to marry strike and release feelings for years and now it has suddenly clicked and oh my god!
I’ve had loads of lessons with 6 different coaches and I think it’s a area that you pro’s don’t understand why we amateurs don’t understand as you take it for granted! I’ve been searching for a video to reinforce what I’ve been feeling and this one hits the mark perfectly! My theory is that when you first pick up a club you tend to be quite wristy and flicky due to no or little hip rotation as your just trying to hit a little ball with a little blade on the end of a long stick! This leads to a bad habit from the outset which can take years to get rid of !
Thank You!
Best explanation ever on release, ie there isn't really a release per se. There may be some hinging of the wrists but the club face stays relatively square to its path. Really cleared this up in my mind. Those still images of the pro's releasing can be quite misleading. Thanks Mark.
That video prOvoked a subscribe - best explanation I have heard and seen. Thanks.
The still images of ‘lag’ and a released golf club absolutely destroyed my game. Instead of playing golf i became hell bent on hitting positions. I’m glad people like you started the conversation about functional golf that has match ups and steered away from having to hit every position of a ‘textbook’ swing. My game has improved an unbelievable amount when i started focusing on making a move that hit target with a consistent low point etc
Same. I think I actually unlearned how to release the club. Which is terrible considering the release action is kind of a natural thing and the learning comes in with figuring out how to utilize the natural motion properly.
The simplest and best coach out there. Thanks.
The idea that release is the release of the energy is excellent. It's not a hand wrist twist thing....
That is the best explanation of release than I have ever seen.
At the 3:00 Mark you hit the nail on the head for what I now feel...
I used to have a wildly open clubface into the ball and a big flick at the bottom. That "feel" has made a massive difference to me.
Coming in and through the ball now feels like my lead hand slows and my trail hand overtakes it around the outside...the split hand drill helped get this feeling loads aswell.
I think the biggest change of my swing since watching your channel now for 7 years is feel, you swing the club marks ideas and advice are to do with feel, listen to what he says he’s the best coach he will save you loads in lessons best on UA-cam
Great video mark
Wow. This blew my mind. Never thought of it this way. I always thought I had to try and flip my hands over just after impact. But in fact a more natural release is just the natural turning of the upper and lower body after impact.
Loving this series of videos.great info
This is the thing I knowingly struggle with the most. I have a tendency to not release soon enough resulting in my club face staying open and shots high and to the right. Had been working on a feeling of flipping the hands a bit but this has resulted in a few low hooks and over draws coming in per round.
I’ve been using your videos to help my 11 year old daughter with her golf, thanks to them she’s came on leaps and bounds, thanks so much 👍🏻👍🏻
This video has got that John Jacobs, David Leadbetter feel. Love it.
A well put explanation of why there's not one release for everyone. Been working on this for a while with my pro. As a 'shut' clubface player, I need to work on my turn and feel passive through impact
Probably one of the best explanations of release I’ve heard, thanks Mark!
It is this swing philosophy from a previous video posted years ago that transformed my game. Thank you.
Loving all the new videos you are making Mark. You are really stepping it up and leaving everyone else for dead!
Mark, I've been golfing now for probably 5 years, and my scores range mid 80s to 90. I've been so obsessed with trying to make everything look exactly like the pros, when in reality I should have just realized every swing is different. I just subscribed to your videos, you have such an effortless swing. Ive been watching so many videos on the "proper" release, and was trying everything including the "rolling" technique. I cant wait to go out tomorrow to try your split hand drill and try to just feel the release as my body rotates like you show. Thank you very much all the way from Nova Scotia Canada!! Now if I could only stop trying to kill the golf ball lol.
100% instruction gold. Again.
Really like the way you explained this, and can’t agree more about how important feel is, had a recent lesson working on release and shoulder angle at impact couldn’t get a feel with one drill but approached it with the same right arm drill you just explained and boom got it,same results different feel.
Very well articulated and illustrated. Thanks Mark!
This is something I worked on a lot with my driver and stopped the duck hook I was experiencing. Pulling that golf club up from the bottom of the swing felt odd at first, but really makes the difference!
Just been to range put this into practice made much better contact with the ball cheers Mark
Super super video mark,makes absolute sense when explained and demonstrated as you have..👍👍
Been following you religiously for awhile now Mark. Love your stuff. Have not heard you talk about lag or lag tension. What are your thoughts on it?
Very good explanation Mark, simple to understand and easy to implement Thanks a lot for the video.
Best content on UA-cam by far - yet another great video.
Thank you - a brilliantly clear explanation of what the release is and why it is not what most of us think it is. I recognised a lot of my issues in your explanation
Thanks for this video. I see a lot of people trying to manipulate the club because it's called a release. I wish it was called something else. Very well done!
Flip my swing bruh!!! Always good... I would get confused sometimes with this because people talk about keeping the face square “longer” but we also have to release... This is so clear. Thanks Mark!!!
Just paused this at 4.34, pleased you hit the issue here, the correct grip! You can't release the club fully without the correct grip - slow handle, full release....!
Love the `split hands drill`. It has helped a lot since my last two years of practice....👍🏻
Amazing video
Awesome teachings Mark. You know how to break things down explain and help us understand putting them back together 👌
Year old and your recent vid is very similar about matching your grip with release. It’s given me confidence to rotate face (not flipping) through with body turn. I have been trying to hold the face more open through impact with rotation but obviously my grip was wrong for this particular swing. Great stuff Mark, still the best out there mate 👍🏻
Thanks Mark! Great explanation! Been using your split hand grip to warm up for quite some time!
My Pro had me drill Toe up in the back swing to toe up in the through swing, it’s changed my game. That was the “feeling” with proper sequencing.
Been struggling with this idea for ages! Watched this, played in local comp and scored 40pts. Coincidence? No more shouts of "knuckleballs" for me...now if only I can master the Lockey Bomb ball....
I fund that doing the Split hand drill is always a good thing to do on warm up. Gets the basic movement and feeling going before I start hitting the ball. Great video Bruh
I practice my release at home from watching your vids but not on the range or course...I don't think about it. In the past I did flip my hands/wrists a bit but now I hit much better shots.
Loving this series type thing you are doing.
I really like how you made it a “this is what I do but maybe you need this” I think this will help ALOT of amateurs.
We all try and get take away one plane .. and everything set perfectly. Never think about the release.. i will now . Great vid guys xx
Excellent video Mark. For years I've been slightly obsessed with 'turning the key' / 'flipping the hands' worried what would happen if I didn't 'turn/flip'? Watching videos of my swing I wasn't doing it however still releasing the club (in my own way). So gave up on trying to swing like most golfers on TV and like you say, found my own way.
Love it Mark keep these quick lessons coming - the drill ideas are great I'm going to use them straight away - course looks great btw!
Thanks Mark. I need to release better and I now know that is NOT rolling my arms and closing the face. Really struggle with iron distance, despite a decent swing speed.. are dynamic loft and release related ?
Amazing video! perfectly timed as well for what I need to work on with my game. Thanks Mark, love the content.
Thank you so much, that answers a lot of my questions, around the role of wrists etc... will practice your drills tomorrow
Another great tip brah... Going to have to get the video camera out and start looking at some of these things that I'm not really conscious of 👍⛳
Hi Mark.. thanks for all your hard work and efforts to come up with new ways to share the golf tips .. one request I have if you can give us tip how to play different inclined lies and down the hill lies.. appreciate it.. thanks in advance..
One of your great videos Mark
Good video. Been struggling with pulls and hooks so this more natural release should help
Excellent advice and easy to understand, thanks👍
Excellent video quality Mark! 📽 Great content too 👍
this information is golden!
A happy coincidence that I asked about this in the comments recently, thanks Mark 👍🏻
You are welcome bruh
Really appreciate these get better videos!
Loved this vid Mark!!
I hold off for sure its why my miss used to be far right. However now I manage with wrist angles rather than a roll.. Matching wrist angles to my hold off swing works and doesnt rely on pure timing.
It's one part of my swing that raises lots of questions, especially my driver. I feel that I don't have a consistent release pattern with it which, as you explain well, is the result of all the inconsistencies that happen before I get to release. I find it quite challeging to practice release because once you hit a few wild ones, you start to move all sorts of things around to make the ball go straight.
Just had the first of my TPI evaluations, and as suspected, I have very limited lower body rotation (back issues, but never really used the lower body as much as I should). I suspect that when my instructor is sent this info, he'll come up adjustments to my swing to aid in the proper release for me.
Great video Mark, if I win the lotto I’m definitely getting lesson from you👍
could you do a videoserie on rate of closure, on how to minimize it. What grip, strong/weak, ball position, open/closed stance. What effects do the have
watched this video so many times mark, still can't do it. I think I have wrist mobility issues. what do you recommend?
That is very good and controlled way to release. I think it's not for everyone. If you don't have good body rotation, then that hand roll release is also good way to get easy distance.
It’s not it only take loft off. If you have no body turn you need to use other force through across the shaft not around the shaft axis. 👍
@@MarkCrossfield Yes, it takes loft off and lot off face rotation, but you can hit draw. Similar release like in baseball, where you use bat weight to hit ball.
I got a great tip for this from englebert humperdink.....
Love a split hand drill almost as much as one with the metal magnet pointy thingy.
Thank you,
“a very different shape”. ...indeed sir!
Great video 👍
I'm a bit jealous of the weather there, round 1 of club championships and lots of rain ☔ here in 🇦🇺
Great video as always Mark, as a lefty playing right handed are you conscious of whether you pull with your left hand to start the downswing and through impact or are pushing with your right hand. Wasn't something that I had ever thought about before until I saw this mentioned a few days ago. You mentioned throwing as a thought in this video which to my mind would suggest a push with the right dominates? Looking to experiment at the range tomorrow as I search for the 30 yards per iron I've lost, was wondering because it's not something I've been conscious of doing, one or the other, if I have unconsciously stopped doing one, if that makes sense? Would love to get your thoughts on this. Cheers Bru.
Great vid gonna practice this over the winter try to get rid of that damn cast which I cant get out of my muscle memory
Let it go, let it go
Another great video. I’ve just, out of curiosity 😉, seen a video by MeMyGolf. Their release was as you described (myth?) about tiger and how he twists the club around the axis 😳😞 get the wrists rolling. Thanks for your facts. 👍👍👍
Love it!
On days that I struggle, I definitely deloft and turn the club left and get that low duck hook
Bruh! Great video!
Would love to see a video of the Mizuno MP20 Blade v Titleist 620 CB
This is the best explanation of it I’ve seen. I have been trying to rotate my hands where if I focus on getting on my left side better then I strike it pure and the hands do their thing.
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Thanks again for this vid.... confirmed the thoughts ✌🏼
Mine can change when I pull down more with the left hand to go higher on flight v/s pushing with right hand to direct more of a left to right ball path and lower ball flight.
Loving all these coaching tips bruh , #knuckleball .....
Yes please
Just amazing Mark, you're looking great my man, maybe you should start a fitness channel😀
Last time I released my golf club at impact it flew about 35 yards.
Don't waste time in Catalonia playing golf Mark, just go straight away to eat some seafood paella😝. Great stuff, amazing simple ideas. Thanks!
So there's no down motion? Some other coaches mention a down element like throwing an axe into the ball.
those white pins!!!!!!!!
Mark, great video as always... I am going to a driving range on Sunday to practice some techniques. Had my first lesson a week ago. Hitting off a mat, the fellow at the golf shop said that I should put some masking tape on the bottom of the clubs to protect the finish of the clubs from scratching. Particularly since its a public range and typically not the cleanest.
Thoughts?
release is the crack of the whip that is the golf club
Ask 10 instructors what release is and you'll get 10 different answers. What is indisputable is the best golfers in the world supinate their lead arm on the forward swing more than the average high handicapper. A lot more.
I don't release, but I thought it was something I should do. It never felt right, maybe it's not.
You know how you say that we should work on functionality rather that just various positions in the swing....
Well that's me, that is. I've spent hours over the years doing slow motion swings making sure it's pretty all the way through.
Shame I'm still crap...😕