Let-Go Release
The trail hand comes off past impact so the club can release freely instead of holding on.
Use this if
Your shots block or slice and your release reads late.
The fault
Holding on: the face stays open and the club does not release, so shots block or slice.
Steps
- Swing back to about three-quarters with both hands.
- Swing down normally with both hands on.
- Just after the ball, open the trail hand and let it come off.
- Let the lead arm and club swing up to a lead-arm finish.
- Hit normal swings keeping the same free release.
Let it go through the ball
Reps
8 lead-hand-finish swings with a 9-iron at about 50%, then 5 normal swings with the same feel
Why it works
Letting the trail hand come off just after impact removes the grip pressure that holds the face, so the lead arm and club can swing through and the club head passes the hands.
You need
Club, ball
At home
Keep a firm lead-hand grip; the lead hand keeps hold of the club the whole time. Leave space around you.
More Wrist Action drills
Lower It With the Trail Arm
Lower the club with the trail arm, not the wrists, so the hinge lasts into delivery
L-to-L Half Swings
Half swings that set an L going back and rebuild it through, to train hinge and release
Pull the Grip Through
Hands lead and the lead wrist stays flat so the shaft leans forward instead of flipping