Proper Golf Wrist Release For Maximum Distance
It is critical to learn the proper wrist release in your golf swing. That's where you get the majority of your power. You can have a fast (high swing speed) swing, but if you do not release your hands properly through impact, it's all for not. The PGA pro's all have different looking swings, but I can assure you they all release their hands the same through impact.
If you want to study the best ball striker ever in the game, get on youtube and watch hi speed videos of Ben Hogan. He was known as the best striker of the ball in the history of golf. He was said to have hit millions of golf balls to find his swing.
What you'll see the hands doing is a "turn down" of the last three knuckles of your left hand if you're a right-handed golfer. This "turn down" squares the clubface, and allows for maximum compression onto the golf ball.
The majority of high handicap golfers do not release hands through impact this way. The most common fault is a flipping of the club through impact. That's where your left wrist breaks down too early, usually before contact, and the result is a mishit on the clubface, and sidespin on the golf ball. You can also hit it thin or chunk it when you flip your wrists through impact.
Many golfers use a golf wrist release aid to teach themselves how to power their hands through the impact zone. It is very difficult to get the proper feel of what the hands should do by just pounding golf balls. Using a device that gives you instant feedback is invaluable to your learning process, and will speed up your improvement tenfold.
Another fault is an over-active right hand coming down. If your right hand takes over, you will cast the club, resulting in a massive loss of speed at impact. Most golfers who struggle with a lack of distance, cast, or "throw the club" from the top of the backswing.
The proper feel is to retain the angle in the right wrist for as long as you can, so you release it "through the ball" for maximum clubhead speed. When you do this, you will get a distinct sound at contact, letting you know you've compressed the golf ball. This more commonly called wrist lag in golf.
I hope from this article you spend more time "educating" what your hands should do through impact to maximize your power and distance.
If you want to study the best ball striker ever in the game, get on youtube and watch hi speed videos of Ben Hogan. He was known as the best striker of the ball in the history of golf. He was said to have hit millions of golf balls to find his swing.
What you'll see the hands doing is a "turn down" of the last three knuckles of your left hand if you're a right-handed golfer. This "turn down" squares the clubface, and allows for maximum compression onto the golf ball.
The majority of high handicap golfers do not release hands through impact this way. The most common fault is a flipping of the club through impact. That's where your left wrist breaks down too early, usually before contact, and the result is a mishit on the clubface, and sidespin on the golf ball. You can also hit it thin or chunk it when you flip your wrists through impact.
Many golfers use a golf wrist release aid to teach themselves how to power their hands through the impact zone. It is very difficult to get the proper feel of what the hands should do by just pounding golf balls. Using a device that gives you instant feedback is invaluable to your learning process, and will speed up your improvement tenfold.
Another fault is an over-active right hand coming down. If your right hand takes over, you will cast the club, resulting in a massive loss of speed at impact. Most golfers who struggle with a lack of distance, cast, or "throw the club" from the top of the backswing.
The proper feel is to retain the angle in the right wrist for as long as you can, so you release it "through the ball" for maximum clubhead speed. When you do this, you will get a distinct sound at contact, letting you know you've compressed the golf ball. This more commonly called wrist lag in golf.
I hope from this article you spend more time "educating" what your hands should do through impact to maximize your power and distance.