How to Release a Golf Club to Stop Slicing, Tips
Release the Club with Arm Rotation to Square up the Face at Impact
Jul 23, 2009
How to release the hands to square up the golf club face, and stop slicing. Release the hands and cross the forearms to square up the club at impact, to hit a draw shot.
If the golf club is released correctly at impact the momentum of the club swinging past the body affects the position of the arms in the follow through. If a golfer can copy this position it can have a positive effect on keeping the club on the inside on the downswing.
How to Release the Golf Club at Impact
- In a good swing, where the club is coming into impact from the inside, the golf club will release and square up at the moment of impact.
- To make the release happen the body has to come to an abrupt stop, a move often referred to as hitting against a firm left side. At the moment of impact, in a good swing, the body and head are stationary as the club speeds past the body.
- The momentum of the club whipping past the body pulls the hands and arms into a specific position, where the foreams cross. If you can copy the position of the arms after a correct release a golfer can stop their slice.
The Arm Action of a Golfer Who Slices
- When a golfer attacks the ball from the outside, to avoid hitting the ball left, the golfer has to open up the blade through the ball. This makes the left arm break down in what is often referred to as the ‘chicken wing’ position. The distance between the arms, and in particular the forearms, gets wider. Yet in the post impact position of someone who releases the club correctly, and draws the ball, the distance between the arms stays the same or even gets smaller.
- Many top golfers who release the club correctly actually suffer from soreness on the inside of the forearms caused by the club powerfully releasing. As the club whips past the body the forearms cross over and rub against each other. To stop a slice, if a gofer can copy this forearm rotation and get the forearms to touch, they can control the left to right spin of a cut shot.
- At the finish position of a good swing the elbows remain the same distance apart as they were throughout the swing.
- Whereas in the finish position of someone who slices the elbows become separated.
- If a golfer can touch the forearms together as they cross after impact, and then keep the elbows together at the finish, then the club will be releasing much better and will help to stop a slice.
See Also: Right Hand Action on the Downswing to Find Plane or The Perfect Swing Explained with Simple Example
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