After going through most of Bradley Hughes videos on youtube I'm grasping more and more the concept of body vs hands release. I've put some concepts together like how I've heard about the new swing of all the pros which is with the back of the right hand facing the target on follow through. Johnny Miller talks about how Ben Hogan used this to take away the left side of the fairway. Also the low and left finish which Sean Foley has Tiger doing and something that Hunter Mahan has done which is also characteristic of good ball strikers. I believe this to make Tiger have less of a hands release. Then also reading how Matt Kuchar changed his swing from a hand release to a body release and that's when he started winning. It is all starting to make more sense to me. I also looked at Ben Hogan's swing and people's analysis of it. The case is basically that all the good "ball strikers" had a body release. And the hands release guys like Lefty have to rely on timing and aren't know for their ball striking. One characteristic of the body release is the bent right elbow at impact. I've finally been able to do this in a natural way thanks to Bradley Hughes.
My body was fighting a steep club angle right at the top of the downswing. I wasn't even trying to find the slot or even really knew what it was. So I had to do several things to get my clubface square at impact. I had to release my hands early which made my right elbow straight at impact which made me have to stand up or else I would be fat. A hard move. All this because of not laying off at the top and not finding the slot. Most of my good amateur friends have this swing. Some are even tippy toeing at impact. My hands release swing:
And now a more body release. This is my best driver swing to date.
My right elbow is clearly bent at impact. My club is much shallower coming in which allows me to rotate around my body. I'm still searching for how to get in the slot at the top swing which is a mess but I'm going to work on cleaning that up. The results are also very good, ball is flying far, I can swing all out for the first time in a long time without losing too much accuracy. I still have a tendancy to push and slice but the ballflight in general is a lot straighter.
I also ordered a Swing Speed Radar so it will be fun testing that out. I'm all about feedback for optimal learning!
My body was fighting a steep club angle right at the top of the downswing. I wasn't even trying to find the slot or even really knew what it was. So I had to do several things to get my clubface square at impact. I had to release my hands early which made my right elbow straight at impact which made me have to stand up or else I would be fat. A hard move. All this because of not laying off at the top and not finding the slot. Most of my good amateur friends have this swing. Some are even tippy toeing at impact. My hands release swing:
And now a more body release. This is my best driver swing to date.
My right elbow is clearly bent at impact. My club is much shallower coming in which allows me to rotate around my body. I'm still searching for how to get in the slot at the top swing which is a mess but I'm going to work on cleaning that up. The results are also very good, ball is flying far, I can swing all out for the first time in a long time without losing too much accuracy. I still have a tendancy to push and slice but the ballflight in general is a lot straighter.
I also ordered a Swing Speed Radar so it will be fun testing that out. I'm all about feedback for optimal learning!
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