Hey everybody. Terry here again with SimpleSwingThoughts.com
and today we're going to talk about the natural release you get when you rip the club properly
and you setup properly over the ball. Ernie Ellis did a press conference about a
month ago before one of the FedEx tournaments and they asked him what he's working on this
week and basically Ernie just said, "I'm working on my grip and I'm working on my setup and
my posture." Because see Ernie knows that you get those
two right, everything else flows.
So how do we get to a natural release when
our posture and our grip is right? Well, first of all, to review our videos on
grip and posture, go to the website SimpleSwingThoughts.com, and you'll see videos just on the grip and
posture. So we're going to talk about the release that
we get from those two swing thoughts. So as I'm over the ball, the first thing you
want to understand is when you release the club, the release of the club isn't at the
ball. See, a lot of people release at the ball,
they come down, they release right here– see, they're trying to release right here.
Well, that's wrong. What you want to do is you need to release
toward your target, the release is out here. What's going on down here is your hands are
leading over the ball, creating the lag of the club head and the shaft. So when you're here, you're hand is over the
ball, when you hit the ball, the release happens out here. See, because what happens is the golf ball
stays on this club a fraction of a second; so as you're coming into the ball, the ball's
hit, it rolls up your club, the grooves, and then as soon as it does, your club is releasing
out here, OK? You're not releasing– if you release at the
ball, you're just going to top it, OK? There's my two-second rendition of the physics
of golf.
Probably not that good, but hey, I get results. So now we're going to talk about release. Remember– I'm releasing out here toward my
target, OK? So as I look at at the fairway, I see, "OK,
there's my target line, I'm over the ball," and my thought process is on the takeaway
you come down, hands are going to be leading, I'm going to be in this position here, and
then my club's going to release out here, OK? So let's see what that looks like. So again, I'm over the ball, gonna release
out to my target. See what happens. See how my release flowed through? OK? Very simple 7 iron. What about 180? Here again, I'm only working on the release. Again, coming through; my arms are dropping,
I'm right here. See, I'm not here– see, I'm not releasing
here, see? Coming through– boom.
Hit the ball, I'm releasing out here. Now, like I said, when your grip is right
and your posture is right, that release happens automatically. So let's see what we've got here. I'm over the ball. See, so I'm releasing here and the ball is
taking off there, OK? Remember– do not release at the ball. So we're here, over the ball. So I'm releasing, the ball goes straight,
the club hits it, I release that, OK? I'm Tierney again.
Check out our other videos at SimpleSwingThoughts.com. You'll see head position, footwork– all that
good stuff on how you can straight balls through the fairway just like that, OK? I'll see yo on the next video. Uploaded 3-27-16 Views #.