A good analogues for the ideal release are toe-nailing a stud wall with a hammer, fly casting and cracking a bull whip in where most of the acceleration occurs not from moving the arm but rather by holding lag as long as possible then snapping the hammer head, fly, tip of whip around the hands.
Recreational golfers cast on the way down when they swing inside and cock the wrist instead of extending it back wide like the pros until it can go back any further and reacts by whipping up around the hand. With less lag on the way up the club head mass winds up ‘laid off’ at the top which is what allows momentum and gravity pull the lag out at the point in the swing where hands are no longer between the club head mass and the force of gravity.
Pros sustain lag deeper into the downswing by starting hips first, allowing hips to drag shoulders, lead arm and club progressively faster and side bending the spine as shoulders come back parallel keeping bend in the shaft and radial deviation in the wrists until the shaft reaches horizontal.
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A good analogues for the ideal release are toe-nailing a stud wall with a hammer, fly casting and cracking a bull whip in where most of the acceleration occurs not from moving the arm but rather by holding lag as long as possible then snapping the hammer head, fly, tip of whip around the hands.
Recreational golfers cast on the way down when they swing inside and cock the wrist instead of extending it back wide like the pros until it can go back any further and reacts by whipping up around the hand. With less lag on the way up the club head mass winds up ‘laid off’ at the top which is what allows momentum and gravity pull the lag out at the point in the swing where hands are no longer between the club head mass and the force of gravity.
Pros sustain lag deeper into the downswing by starting hips first, allowing hips to drag shoulders, lead arm and club progressively faster and side bending the spine as shoulders come back parallel keeping bend in the shaft and radial deviation in the wrists until the shaft reaches horizontal.