RSA Power Release Program

This is what it's ALL about! The release is the most fun, most exciting part of the golf swing. It's the big payoff for all the hard work you put into making a perfect backswing and elegant weight shift. See that extension in my arms? That's what you'll look like as I walk you through what a pro release feels like and the speed that comes from it! Good bye chicken wing, hello effortless club head speed!

Alright guys, welcome back to the RST Academy.

This program today is all about putting two critical things together.

I'm going to go over other things as I go through the video, But the two specific things that you're going to be working on are getting to the proper position at the top and getting into the release position.

So really what you're doing, this is a great program to be able to do both indoors but also at the golf course.

You can take this exact same drill and drill it at the course while actually hitting balls.

It can be done effectively either way.

So the primary things we're going to get is how to feel from this top position, what it feels like to get into the proper release and go through those checkpoints.

So it's going to be require a lot of focus to do these two critical things, right? But at the end of the day, these two things are really what shaped the entire golf swing.

So this program is both for anybody just starting out with golf, Assuming that you've understand how to get to the top, proper top of the swing position, and understanding how to release.

And then obviously at any level, even the highest levels, always working on this proper release is critical.

So without further ado, let's get started.

And I'm going to walk you through some details as we go through it, but we're going to start doing some reps right away.

So first things first, obviously, you know, I'm assuming at this point you're set up correctly.

All that stuff is good.

I'll give you a couple of little checkpoints.

This little V is going right up the forearm.

This one's going right at my right ear, going to the top from here.

So now a couple of things I'm going to focus on left arm staying straight weight 70, 80% on the right.

As I start down shifting back to the left, we're going to do this really slow at first.

We want to get our hands into this delivery area.

So let's do that again, up to the top, left arm straight, left shoulder down, right shoulder back, shift our weight using, working from the left side, let the hands fall down into the right in front of the right thigh again, to the top, feel the stretch, the coil, left arm straight shift to the left hands into the delivery position.

So we're going to go back to the top shift down from here.

I want you to fully release the club, but stop in the three o 'clock position.

So this would be nine We're going to focus on here.

Let's go back to this release.

Watch my right shoulder as we do these drills together.

Notice that my right shoulder has the appearance that it's not really moving very far forward.

That's what I want you to focus on when you're watching yourself in the mirror release.

That right shoulder stays back.

This is what gives the tour pros this look of this big extension and width.

If the right shoulder is turning through, you're going to look like this.

This is a great way to hit it really short and put a lot of stress on your back and your hip.

We want to throw the club head at the ball.

And as we throw the club head at impact, the body is done.

So we're releasing, right shoulder stays back, left wrist, I'll take my right hand off for a second, rotates through the hitting area.

So imagine I had a logo on my glove, rotating through to the release.

The right hand, if I took the left hand off, is throwing the club head at the ball for speed and rotating over.

Remember the left hand is guiding it, the right hand is powering it.

You put these two together and that's where the speed comes from in the swing.

So now let's put these reps together.

So the top, we're going to rotate, left arm straight, left shoulder down, weight on the right foot, right hand, right shoulder, nice and relaxed.

We'll look at this one down the line in a second.

Shift to the left, using the left side, down to the delivery area, release.

Right shoulder stays back, head stays down.

As you look up in the mirror, I want you to see that your head is staying back and looking down at the ground.

That's why the right shoulder stays back.

So watch yourself in the mirror as you do this.

Of course, your right shoulder's got to move a little bit.

What you don't want to see is this.

This is how we do a lot of wear and tear on our body.

Is this old school concept of releasing the club with our body.

The club's not really releasing at all.

I'm holding it off like a check swing to hit it down the first baseline, release left shoulder down to the top, weight shift to the left release.

A couple other things I'm going to start pointing out now that we've kind of got the basic concept of this drill.

Really concentrate on pushing that right ankle into the ground so you've got a nice stable base.

Shift to the left.

At this point, look at your right arm is working back into your body.

Left elbow pointing more or less down the target line.

Club shaft parallel to the target line.

I like to think of this release as a forehand and table tennis, Letting that right hand release with great speed and rotate over almost to the same concept that you're putting top spin on a ping pong ball.

That's how you're going to start getting a lot of speed without putting a lot of stress on your body.

But before you start adding a lot of speed, I want you to try to get to this position every time.

Now note the position of my chest.

I'm trying to imagine that my chest still points at the mirror the whole time.

Now of course it's got to rotate a little bit, but again, we don't want to get into this stuff.

Here shift, great impact into the delivery position, release, shift, release.

Now, let's take a look at this from down the line to start understanding a couple other key concepts here.

First, so take the club back, left shoulders going down.

Look at the angle of my shoulders.

So many golfers want to start standing up here.

So really pay attention that as you're going back, that left shoulders going down.

Club face is square, right elbow, forearm bones pointing down at the ground.

As you shift, club just drops down on plane, down to the delivery point, release.

To the top, right shoulder.

Make sure you're not shrugging your right shoulder up to your ear.

Shift, release.

Now, as you start checking your release point from down the line, you're going to notice that my shoulders aren't going to look really flat.

They're going to look like they have some angle in there, that they're steeper.

Now in the real swing, you're in that for a nanosecond.

You're up and out of there so quickly.

So if you feel a little bit of discomfort here, some stretching on this left side, it's okay.

Don't hold this position very long.

Just make sure you're keeping your shoulder back.

In the real swing, like I said, you're moving through this super, super fast.

Shift to the right.

My weight's going to my right ankle, clubs going up, shift, release.

Same thing, right shoulder back, left shoulder down, clubs toed up to the top, shift, release.

Piece of cake.

A couple of the things I want to point out from the down the line view is as I get into this release position, watch my right hand and left hand, they have to rotate over each other.

You'll see this in every single two or four swings.

Everyone has their hands crossing over at this point because that's where so much of the speed comes from.

So I want you to pay attention that the club face isn't pointed up to the sky.

You're rotating it over to at least a towed up position on this side.

If you wanted to hit a draw, it'd be towed in a little bit more.

Check your release point.

Back to the top.

Checking my right shoulders down, right arms pointing down, club face is square, wrist is flat, head still down.

You can do this drill for a good 20, 30 minutes just doing what we just focused on.

Getting to the top, shifting, releasing.

Putting those two critical things together is huge for your golf swing.

So I give you a lot of checkpoints.

Just follow along doing this exact same drill, nothing else.

And as you start getting more comfortable with it, you can start adding more speed.

But as I mentioned, you can also hit balls doing this, going to the top, stopping, shift, release.

And you can start getting to the point you'll hit them full speed without any problems.

Just doing this drill.