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I’m a 4 hc and have been playing for 20 years.

Andrew W · · San Diego, CA
I’m a 4 hc and have been playing for 20 years. For the first time on the range today I released the club on purpose. In awe right now. No effort and the ball jumped off the face. 9 iron was going 150 with literally no real effort. 150 with a nine has always been doable, but it took a ton of effort. My focus was on snapping my wrists at the ball, this caused all my shots to be high and a bit left. I had no shaft lean. Do I focus on snapping my wrists in front of ball to get hands ahead? Or does the pivot forward of trail hip and knee move it in front for shaft lean? Also, when I tried to really hit one hard the snap was way late, so I’m guessing the harder you want to hit it, the early you try to snap your wrists?

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Craig Morrow, Certified RST Instructor ·
Hello Andrew. Glad you are seeing new speed with less effort. The pivot of the hips will help you reach the proper shaft lean. You shouldn't have to try to create lean with arms/hands. Most of the time this is why players can't get to proper impact. It is a biproduct. I would check to make sure you have shifted weight sufficiently and created enough depth with the lead hip. As you go harder you will tend to feel more torque from the coil and harder snap of the wrists. Let them snap and don't force it.
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