Adrian Fryer – PGA Teaching Pro
So let's talk about the release. This is often a misunderstood part in golf think about what the word means. You know I don't if you looked up the dictionary term of release but in my mind we're letting something go you're getting rid of something and in golf's case you are getting rid of the angles. You can talk to many teachers and they'll give you their interpretation of release but think about the golf swing when you swung back you've created some angles you're going to store them, and then you're going to release them, and in doing so you're releasing the club head. Which is multiplying the speed and the force which is going to make that ball go further. So think of that same thing as if you were throwing a golf ball or throwing any object you're going to release it.
You create your angles you get rid of it. It's exactly the same in golfs you're creating some angles you're getting rid of that club head and your releasing it. So in doing that we want to practice getting the feel of the hinge and the unhinge, and one killer of release is grip pressure. If you're strangling that club then if you think how hard you grip it is going to make it go further you're wrong you're misinformed. It's actually quite the opposite think of golf like badminton or fly fishing you want some control some feel so it's the same here. So if I tee a ball up to give you the concept of swinging it literally letting the weight of it swing. If I held it lightly with my fingers and thumbs and did this the weight of the club wants to release itself free of charge so I can hit the ball a reasonable distance just flicking it away like that I just got a nice free release. So remember grip pressure is key let the angles go if you can free wheel those angles release it release the club head. You'll find that club will do a lot of the work for you the wrists or create that swish and you'll get a more much more efficient release.
2018-11-29 Adrian Fryer – PGA Teaching Pro
So let's talk about the release. This is often a misunderstood part in golf think about what the word means. You know I don't if you looked up the dictionary term of release but in my mind we're letting something go you're getting rid of something and in golf's case you are getting rid of the angles. You can talk to many teachers and they'll give you their interpretation of release but think about the golf swing when you swung back you've created some angles you're going to store them, and then you're going to release them, and in doing so you're releasing the club head. Which is multiplying the speed and the force which is going to make that ball go further. So think of that same thing as if you were throwing a golf ball or throwing any object you're going to release it.
You create your angles you get rid of it. It's exactly the same in golfs you're creating some angles you're getting rid of that club head and your releasing it. So in doing that we want to practice getting the feel of the hinge and the unhinge, and one killer of release is grip pressure. If you're strangling that club then if you think how hard you grip it is going to make it go further you're wrong you're misinformed. It's actually quite the opposite think of golf like badminton or fly fishing you want some control some feel so it's the same here. So if I tee a ball up to give you the concept of swinging it literally letting the weight of it swing. If I held it lightly with my fingers and thumbs and did this the weight of the club wants to release itself free of charge so I can hit the ball a reasonable distance just flicking it away like that I just got a nice free release. So remember grip pressure is key let the angles go if you can free wheel those angles release it release the club head. You'll find that club will do a lot of the work for you the wrists or create that swish and you'll get a more much more efficient release.
