What Is Meant By A Late Release And How Is It Important In A Golf Swing (Video) - by Peter Finch
What Is Meant By A Late Release And How Is It Important In A Golf Swing (Video) - by Peter Finch

What is meant by late release and why is it important to the golf swing? Late release refers to the angle between the wrist and the club shaft as you progress into the impact area. Now a late release is when the angle builds up during a backswing when the wrist hinge upwards and create a 90 degree angle between the wrist and the club shaft; late release refers to that being maintained the longest possible. You also might refer to, kind of heard it referred to as lag angle or lag. As the club comes down if you can keep that angle and release it as late as possible you’ll store up more potential energy and more potential speed during the downswing. And what you’ll also tend to find is if you can keep it in this kind of angle here for as long as possible you’ll get a slightly descending blow with your irons and then as the ball position moves forward with the woods you’ll actually get a little bit more speed as you sweep it off, up the top.

So a late release is keeping this angle and there are a few different ways you can actually practice it. Probably the most popular is called the pump drill. Now with a pump drill, you take the club to the top of the backswing, letting those wrists hinge up, creating that angle, bring it down into this position, trying to ensure that the wrists and the club have that kind of angle built into them still at 90 degree angle, bring it down twice and then on the third time bring it down and actually hit the ball trying to repeat the same position. It’s not an easy drill to get used to, however, once you get it that late release can become something which is, well very beneficial to your game. So to the top of the swing; one, two, and then come through impact. And if you can get that late release in there there’ll be a greater amount of speed available and a greater amount of power. 2014-10-17

What is meant by late release and why is it important to the golf swing? Late release refers to the angle between the wrist and the club shaft as you progress into the impact area. Now a late release is when the angle builds up during a backswing when the wrist hinge upwards and create a 90 degree angle between the wrist and the club shaft; late release refers to that being maintained the longest possible. You also might refer to, kind of heard it referred to as lag angle or lag. As the club comes down if you can keep that angle and release it as late as possible you’ll store up more potential energy and more potential speed during the downswing. And what you’ll also tend to find is if you can keep it in this kind of angle here for as long as possible you’ll get a slightly descending blow with your irons and then as the ball position moves forward with the woods you’ll actually get a little bit more speed as you sweep it off, up the top.

So a late release is keeping this angle and there are a few different ways you can actually practice it. Probably the most popular is called the pump drill. Now with a pump drill, you take the club to the top of the backswing, letting those wrists hinge up, creating that angle, bring it down into this position, trying to ensure that the wrists and the club have that kind of angle built into them still at 90 degree angle, bring it down twice and then on the third time bring it down and actually hit the ball trying to repeat the same position. It’s not an easy drill to get used to, however, once you get it that late release can become something which is, well very beneficial to your game. So to the top of the swing; one, two, and then come through impact. And if you can get that late release in there there’ll be a greater amount of speed available and a greater amount of power.