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A question about the release.

Diane C · · United Kingdom
A question about the release. In Phase 2 we add the release immediately following impact and these are all baby swings. However in the full swing does the release in effect start earlier i.e. from when club is parallel in downswing? As club releases, lead (left) arm would be rotating counter clockwise, to bring wrist square and flat at impact then it continues to rotate to let the release continue, and thus compress the ball. Have I got this right? So Phase 1 is training us to let the pre-impact stage of the release square the club at impact (we hold off the post impact release to check this position). Then Phase 2 is training us how to let the post impact part of release deliver club head speed. Is there something we need to let happen directly pre-impact? Or are we doing OK if club is square and wrist is flat in a Phase 1 swing. Just checking as I’m finding Phase 2 a bit difficult to groove. I noticed after Phase 1 that I was definitely feeling the ball spring off the clubface when I tried a normal swing but now that feeling has gone away.

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Craig Morrow, Certified RST Instructor ·
Hello Diane. The club is always rotating. In a full swing the release and then exact timing of where it begins will change depending on what you are trying to do with the shot and body movements. For most stock shots it will start around the trail thigh in the downswing. The lead wrist/forearm will be rotating counter clockwise for right handed player (not the whole arm). All of the Phase 1 checkpoints are in Phase 2 other than adding release. You are to allow the club face to rotate. The little bit more rotation should give you more speed, but that compression from Phase 1 should still be there.
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