How would TGM define this release?

[ColtsFan]

http://www.golf.com/golf/instruction...636216,00.html


Is this guy flipping? I guess Nick Bradley, Justin Rose's coach, teaches this type of release. In his book he call a "puck release. I grew up playing hockey and there is some similarities to a slap shot release.

Ive also heard it referred to as "slap/hinge". You guys know any other pro's that use this release?

Thanks guys....

[golfbulldog]

well controlled throw - away. Left wrist is so bent ( at least in that photo ) relative to the armswing.... so must have been preparing to bend at or approaching impact. No hinge action in that photo.

Problems with clubface control are likely if you start your slap too soon or too late.

[nuke99]

Is this the one where the pivot stops earlier and the arm just go through?

[Yoda]

http://www.golf.com/golf/instruction...636216,00.html


Is this guy flipping? I guess Nick Bradley, Justin Rose's coach, teaches this type of release. In his book he call a "puck release. I grew up playing hockey and there is some similarities to a slap shot release.

Ive also heard it referred to as "slap/hinge".

[Bold emphasis added.]

What we have here is an almalgamation of three confused concepts:

(1) The Major Basic Stroke, a Right Elbow/Forearm Motion (7-3) ;

(2) The Sequenced Release Motion, a Left Wrist Uncock and Roll (4-D-0); and

(3) The Feel of Clubhead Lag Pressure, in the Right Hand trigger finger (7-19; 6-C-2-A).

This last, specifically:

A "deadweight, a status quo -- a deliberate, unvarying 'steady as she goes' -- an unreversed, stable, permanent Inertia. Exactly like dragging a wet mop through Impact. A steady pressure that sustains the Line of Compression. A careful nursing of the Clubhead Feel" (7-19 / 2nd edition).

I wrote on a similar question last summer (see Post #2 in the thread):

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...894#post44894s

Regarding your term 'slap shot release,' Homer Kelley himself originally catalogued the three Major Basic Strokes as Punch, Slap and Push (10-3-A/B/C). Beginning with the 4th edition, he changed 10-3-B from Slap to Pitch (or Slap).

Remember, though, this 'slap stuff' is all about the Major Basic Stroke (Component #3) and not the Release (Component #24).

Moreover, the Slap Shot is a "...Right Forearm underhand Pitch...delivered at the Aiming Point [usually the Ball] with a stiff-wristed slapping motion." This is the "underhand pitching motion that keeps the Clubshaft On Plane" (8-7 / 3rd Edition).

Study Clubhead Line-of-Flight (2-N-O).

This is the correct 'slap shot' concept, and it does not involve a flattening (or 'hinging') of the Right Wrist.

[ColtsFan]

Awesome, thanks Yoda. Seems like a timing nightmare, so I think I will stick to the FLW @ impact, with a post impact roll like in your video "ready to roll"

take care