WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.520 --> 00:00:08.140 Perhaps the shank is the only more 2 00:00:08.140 --> 00:00:10.080 frustrating shot in the world than the 3 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:11.939 slice or the cut when you wanted to hit 4 00:00:11.939 --> 00:00:14.019 it straight, or even a draw. And the 5 00:00:14.019 --> 00:00:16.219 reason is for most golfers, they don't 6 00:00:16.219 --> 00:00:17.379 get the clubface squared up, right? It's 7 00:00:17.379 --> 00:00:19.280 not rocket science. It's very simple. If 8 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:20.640 a clubface is open when you hit the ball, 9 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:21.679 assuming you hit it in the center of the 10 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:23.719 face and the path is reasonable, the ball 11 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:26.239 is going to go right. But what is causing 12 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:28.300 you to hit it right in your swing 13 00:00:28.300 --> 00:00:29.940 mechanics? Now, obviously there's a lot 14 00:00:29.940 --> 00:00:31.260 of things that can go on with the right 15 00:00:31.260 --> 00:00:33.579 side pushing and so on and so forth. But 16 00:00:33.579 --> 00:00:34.859 today, what I want to do is give you a 17 00:00:34.859 --> 00:00:36.060 drill how to learn how to feel it 18 00:00:36.060 --> 00:00:37.899 correctly, rather than saying, oh, well, 19 00:00:37.939 --> 00:00:39.399 Here's the 50 things that can cause it. 20 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:40.460 Because there are a million different 21 00:00:40.460 --> 00:00:41.899 variables in the swing that could cause 22 00:00:41.899 --> 00:00:43.740 you to slice it or not be able to square 23 00:00:43.740 --> 00:00:45.359 up the face. Today's drill is all about 24 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:47.359 how to do it right. And we're going to 25 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:50.119 start with working with each hand 26 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:51.880 individually. What I want you to do is 27 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:53.359 grab a short iron. I have a six iron 28 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:54.619 here. You can use seven, eight, nine, 29 00:00:54.700 --> 00:00:56.439 doesn't matter. And what I want you to do 30 00:00:56.439 --> 00:00:58.460 is take your opposite hand. So assuming 31 00:00:58.460 --> 00:01:00.100 you're a right-handed golfer, forget 32 00:01:00.100 --> 00:01:01.659 about your left hand for a change for a 33 00:01:01.659 --> 00:01:03.759 minute, take your right hand. And all I 34 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:05.280 want you to do is take your hand halfway 35 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:06.859 back and fully set your wrist. So your 36 00:01:06.859 --> 00:01:08.840 hand is going to be pocket high, maybe a 37 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:09.859 little bit further back. It doesn't 38 00:01:09.859 --> 00:01:10.319 really matter. 39 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:12.680 And I want you to come down and release 40 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:14.500 it with your right hand so that on this 41 00:01:14.500 --> 00:01:16.459 side, when your hand is about pocket 42 00:01:16.459 --> 00:01:18.120 high, the clubface is fully released. 43 00:01:18.260 --> 00:01:19.840 Now, of course, it's a right-handed club, 44 00:01:19.939 --> 00:01:21.319 so it's going to be a little bit 45 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:23.620 different than seeing the clubface truly 46 00:01:23.620 --> 00:01:25.659 being square. But I want you to release 47 00:01:25.659 --> 00:01:28.000 it so that the logo on the back of your 48 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:29.239 club is starting to point toward the 49 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:31.159 ground. That's a little bit too much. But 50 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:32.280 this is your right hand, so it doesn't 51 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:35.099 really matter. What I want you to feel is 52 00:01:35.099 --> 00:01:37.879 your hand and arm being pretty dead. But 53 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:39.959 I want you to feel how the unhinging and 54 00:01:39.959 --> 00:01:42.299 rehinging of the wrist is what's really 55 00:01:42.299 --> 00:01:43.700 helping you release the golf club. 56 00:01:43.819 --> 00:01:45.519 Because I'm not having you turn, not 57 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:46.680 having you shift your weight, not having 58 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:47.859 you do any of that stuff. Your arm is 59 00:01:47.859 --> 00:01:48.140 dead. 60 00:01:48.859 --> 00:01:50.579 You're just using it enough to move your 61 00:01:50.579 --> 00:01:51.159 arm back here. 62 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:54.000 But from here, it's all letting that 63 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:55.540 wrist angle release. That's the only 64 00:01:55.540 --> 00:01:56.980 thing you're doing. You're going from 90 65 00:01:56.980 --> 00:01:59.319 degrees of wrist set to nothing, and then 66 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:00.739 rehinging on the other side without 67 00:02:00.739 --> 00:02:03.340 trying to pull your hand. The reason this 68 00:02:03.340 --> 00:02:05.420 is important is for two things. One, most 69 00:02:05.420 --> 00:02:06.840 people, when they do it with their 70 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:08.879 correct hand, with the left hand, they're 71 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:10.620 trying to either push from the right 72 00:02:10.620 --> 00:02:12.960 side, which holds the clubface open, or 73 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:14.500 they're trying to do what they feel is 74 00:02:14.500 --> 00:02:15.419 the right thing, trying to get their 75 00:02:15.419 --> 00:02:17.460 hands ahead of the ball, and they hold 76 00:02:17.460 --> 00:02:19.120 off the release too soon. And so by the 77 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:20.539 time their hands, yes, they're out in 78 00:02:20.539 --> 00:02:22.259 front of the ball, but the clubface is 79 00:02:22.259 --> 00:02:23.300 wide open. The only way you're going to 80 00:02:23.300 --> 00:02:24.460 hit the ball straight there is to have an 81 00:02:24.460 --> 00:02:26.259 insanely strong grip or flip your hands. 82 00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:28.479 When you do it with your dominant hand, 83 00:02:28.580 --> 00:02:31.020 which is probably stronger, it's a lot 84 00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:34.060 easier to feel this hinging and unhinging 85 00:02:34.060 --> 00:02:36.680 on both sides of the ball. That's what 86 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:38.039 you're really trying to feel, because 87 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:39.879 with your dominant hand, you'll pick this 88 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:41.840 up pretty easy, getting the clubface to 89 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:45.599 be open, square, closed. Just open, 90 00:02:45.780 --> 00:02:48.919 square, closed, without trying to pull 91 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:50.379 your hands. So my hands are just really 92 00:02:50.379 --> 00:02:53.280 getting moved by gravity and the momentum 93 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:55.460 of the club. Now, now that you've done it 94 00:02:55.460 --> 00:02:56.479 with your dominant hand, you've got a 95 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:58.800 good feeling for it, take your left hand 96 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:00.939 and do the same thing. Now, as you do 97 00:03:00.939 --> 00:03:05.159 this, you should never, ever take a divot 98 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:05.620 like that. 99 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:08.099 If you take a divot like that and you're 100 00:03:08.099 --> 00:03:09.879 using your left hand only, you're 101 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:11.599 probably taking your left thumb and 102 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:13.479 pushing against the shaft. If you 103 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:14.800 struggle with that, just take your left 104 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:15.780 hand off for a second, 105 00:03:16.340 --> 00:03:18.419 swing your hand back here, fully hinge 106 00:03:18.419 --> 00:03:21.020 your wrist, let it unhinge and re-hinge 107 00:03:21.020 --> 00:03:21.639 on the other side. 108 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:24.439 So now, I'm trying to get the same 109 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:27.719 feeling of the club releasing and pulling 110 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:30.680 me, pulling my hand into this position. 111 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:32.979 My hand's really just falling to here. If 112 00:03:32.979 --> 00:03:34.240 there was no other momentum, my hand 113 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:36.259 would stop. But because the club head's 114 00:03:36.259 --> 00:03:38.479 still moving, it pulls my hand. 115 00:03:39.300 --> 00:03:41.199 Where people make the mistake is trying 116 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:42.699 to get their hand so far ahead of the 117 00:03:42.699 --> 00:03:44.000 ball, or trying to hit it hard with the 118 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:45.360 right side. And the club face and the 119 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:47.680 hands end up out here, there's no chance 120 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:49.180 for me to square that club face. It's 121 00:03:49.180 --> 00:03:51.319 looking at the camera. So how would I get 122 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:52.360 it squared up? Well, I'd have to do 123 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:54.639 something really crazy. We want the club 124 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:57.120 to release naturally. Remember, it's 125 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:00.199 called a release for a reason. So no, I'm 126 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:01.680 not telling you to take your hand and try 127 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:03.620 and flip it over. That's not going to be 128 00:04:03.620 --> 00:04:06.099 passive at all. I want you to feel how, 129 00:04:06.099 --> 00:04:08.340 as you have this huge angle in here and 130 00:04:08.340 --> 00:04:10.780 you just drop it and let it go, that the 131 00:04:10.780 --> 00:04:13.139 club naturally wants to release, square 132 00:04:13.139 --> 00:04:15.199 up, rotate over on the other side. The 133 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:17.560 release is really a passive release in 134 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:19.019 rotary swing. You're not trying to do 135 00:04:19.019 --> 00:04:21.040 something with your hands, but oftentimes 136 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:22.920 it helps to have drills to train them to 137 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:24.639 how to do the right thing, especially if 138 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:25.759 we've been doing the right thing, the 139 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:27.699 wrong thing for many, many years, like so 140 00:04:27.699 --> 00:04:31.680 many of us have. So hinge, unhinge, and 141 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:32.000 release. 142 00:04:32.540 --> 00:04:34.699 Now, another good little trick as you 143 00:04:34.699 --> 00:04:36.079 start moving into hitting balls with 144 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:38.300 this. If you still are holding the club 145 00:04:38.300 --> 00:04:40.339 face open, you're holding up too tight, 146 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:41.899 or you're pulling your arm instead of 147 00:04:41.899 --> 00:04:44.279 just letting your arms release, start 148 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:45.660 thinking about getting that club to 149 00:04:45.660 --> 00:04:47.240 release by the time your hand hits your 150 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:49.959 right pocket. Now, for so many of you 151 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:51.540 who've struggled with casting the club 152 00:04:51.540 --> 00:04:53.740 for your whole career, and I see you in a 153 00:04:53.740 --> 00:04:55.459 lesson, you know, after watching some of 154 00:04:55.459 --> 00:04:56.759 the lag videos and you look like this 155 00:04:56.759 --> 00:04:57.879 halfway down, this is going to feel 156 00:04:57.879 --> 00:04:59.199 strange because you've worked so hard to 157 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:00.819 get this lag, but there is such a thing 158 00:05:00.819 --> 00:05:03.259 as too much of a good thing. And you can 159 00:05:03.259 --> 00:05:05.439 definitely have too much lag that makes 160 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:07.459 it very difficult to square the face back 161 00:05:07.459 --> 00:05:10.300 up. So if this is you, we want to get rid 162 00:05:10.300 --> 00:05:11.860 of this. So we've got to start feeling 163 00:05:11.860 --> 00:05:13.680 like from by the time our hands are here, 164 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:15.500 That we're really trying to let the 165 00:05:15.500 --> 00:05:17.300 clubbed release rather than really trying 166 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:19.740 to move our hands forward. That's lateral 167 00:05:19.740 --> 00:05:22.139 acceleration, linear acceleration. It's 168 00:05:22.139 --> 00:05:24.019 very inefficient. We want to use this 169 00:05:24.019 --> 00:05:26.279 lever that you've built up in your 170 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:28.639 backswing and downswing, this lag angle, 171 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:30.980 and let it go. We've got to release it. 172 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:33.139 So if you feel like from back here, your 173 00:05:33.139 --> 00:05:34.360 hands are done, you're no longer trying 174 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:35.579 to move them forward. You're just trying 175 00:05:35.579 --> 00:05:37.680 to release the club face and your body 176 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:39.620 slams on the brakes. Well, That's where 177 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:42.160 speed really becomes efficient. Because 178 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:44.160 now all you're doing is your body slam on 179 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:45.860 the brakes. And you're just letting this 180 00:05:45.860 --> 00:05:47.959 club release just like you are when 181 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:49.980 you're doing this drill. Very simple, but 182 00:05:49.980 --> 00:05:51.620 you can see the club still moving pretty 183 00:05:51.620 --> 00:05:53.720 quick for such a short swing, not using 184 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:56.339 my body. When you get lost with this, Put 185 00:05:56.339 --> 00:05:58.459 it back in your dominant hand and make 186 00:05:58.459 --> 00:05:59.819 swings the other way and start re 187 00:05:59.819 --> 00:06:02.180 -grooving. The feeling of letting the club 188 00:06:02.180 --> 00:06:04.959 release back here to help the club face 189 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:07.199 Square back up. Let it rotate. Let your 190 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:10.220 wrist unhinge and uncock to get that club 191 00:06:10.220 --> 00:06:12.100 face squared back up. When you go to hit 192 00:06:12.100 --> 00:06:14.180 ball, start out really small. If you 193 00:06:14.180 --> 00:06:15.639 really want to challenge yourself, start 194 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:17.699 out left-handed only and just make little 195 00:06:17.699 --> 00:06:20.220 swings and release. Nice little shallow 196 00:06:20.220 --> 00:06:21.639 divots, what you want to see every time. 197 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:22.920 Left hand only, 198 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:25.839 release. Same divot, same spot. I'm not 199 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:27.480 trying to hit that spot. I'm just letting 200 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:29.180 the club release, letting my arms stay 201 00:06:29.180 --> 00:06:31.100 nice and relaxed. As we start adding more 202 00:06:31.100 --> 00:06:32.420 speed, You can add a little bit of turn 203 00:06:32.420 --> 00:06:34.300 and start adding more, and then 204 00:06:34.300 --> 00:06:35.699 eventually put your hands on. Just like 205 00:06:35.699 --> 00:06:36.959 the same thing you'd go through in the 206 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:38.899 RST five-step stuff, because everything 207 00:06:38.899 --> 00:06:40.500 is stackable with rotary swings. So you 208 00:06:40.500 --> 00:06:42.860 can stack other drills on top of this. So 209 00:06:42.860 --> 00:06:44.519 if you're struggling with getting that 210 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:45.879 club face squared back up, you're not 211 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:47.720 seeing this nice little tight baby draw, 212 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:49.720 you're probably not releasing it well. 213 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:51.000 And this drill will help you a ton.