How To Drive It Like A Pro: Squaring The Clubface 

Thanks for watching, Dale!

I know...I want to go hit some balls now!

Completely agree with you on that👊

Give us an interesting topic we could do one on.

How about tempo? Tempo is really important for me and I'd like to learn more about tempo of the pros and how they use tempo.

It would be difficult to argue against that, Ron. Great observations.

Thanks for watching, David!

You aren't alone on that one, Mark... unfortunately. How would you define "release?"

I asked you first! Just kidding. I always thought of it as the centripetal force of the accelerating clubhead forcing the wrist angles and arm rotation formed in the backswing to “release” into the impact position. I have no idea how to make that happen consistently at the right time. I also recall Jack Nicklaus said you can’t release too soon which never made sense to me since early release would seem to me to be a cast.

I don't think you're alone in that definition idea, Mark. We have some more content coming looking more closely at individual movements of the each wrist and forearm that should make Jack's comment make more sense😉

Athletic Motion Golf Thanks again. I now religiously watch all your videos. If possible when you get to the part where you address Jack’s comments could you specifically mention that so that I know what he was talking about? I might be too dense to figure it out on my own.

We didn't address his comments by name, but rather by topic of the release starting very soon in the downswing😉

Yessir👍

No, the extension keeps going.

Great question, Moritz. Even very strong grips have a good amount of grip roll... the effects on that relative to face closure vary, but there is always face closure. The timing is very important, and often the difference for many golfers... early is better.

You're getting good info from him👍

James Lindholm the grip being twisted counter clockwise for a righty👍

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yeah it can cause major snap hooks

Yes, absolutely!

We're working on it as we speak😉

I guess we’re fully connected now! 🤣

great minds😂

a good way to feel this is to take your backswing, stop at the top, and feel as though you roll your knuckles down slightly before starting the downswing, and continue trying to feel that position through impact. I think the issue a lot of players end up having is that they keep a cupped feeling through impact and the face stays wildly open or your body instinctively tries to flip at the last second to square the face. I speak from experience on this one, and this slighty adjustment, while it initially feels awkward, it definitely changed my flight from a fade and push, to a straight or draw flight. almost instantly. the concept is generally known as 'knuckles down' and you can find a lot of information about it online.

Remember, "later" in the video is literally fractions of second because we're looking at is slowed way down. They both are happening early in real time.

Some do and some don't. What happens or what it looks like past the hit has a lot to do with the rotation of the body at impact. Higher rotational players tend to have less of that rolled over look, but there are always exceptions.

what happens post impact is irrelevant, this idea of the "late" hit is totally ludicrous. you want maximum speed into the ball, assuming all the angles are sound. worrying about what to do after the ball is long gone after it hits your club face is a waste of mental energy. now the notion of "hitting at the ball" -> life long 30HDCP mentality vs hitting the ball to a target->golfers who can break 90 in their sleep is a totally different discussion.

It's very difficult to isolate just the wrist movements from the forearm movements, especially with regards to what is rolling the grip. It's going to be a combination of both looking at the total amount of movement during the downswing.

Athletic Motion Golf thanks for the quick reply! My main question is really should this move be a focus on my left wrist torquing towards a strong position as opposed to cupping, or is this move focused on rolling my wrist and forearm such that the back of my left hand points to the sky on backswing and then towards the ground on follow-through? It's hard to explain what I'm asking so sorry if that isn't completely clear. I've identified in my own swing that I often torque my wrist into a strong position (dj style) at impact however I see that if I don't rotate enough my face is still open at impact due to not enough closing of the club as a whole with my arm movements. Thanks again for your help!

One last note, my first paragraph should phrase my left backhand points away from me and then behind me, not necessarily to the sky and to the ground, basically shake hands with someone to my right on backswing then shake hands with someone on my left on follow-through swing

If a player is having a difficult time "squaring" the face, especially with the driver, then yes it probably needs to be a conscious thought much earlier in the downswing.

Work on isolating the flexing/extending or cupping/bowing action of the wrists independent of the ulnar/radial or casting motion. It sounds like you are too biased towards the ulnar/radial motion and could probably use more of the flex/extend motion. That make sense?

Athletic Motion Golf makes sense will give it a try

1. If I understand what you're asking, I'd say their intent should be to do so more from the top. 2. Most have described it feeling through square. 3. All those are present from what we've seen. The amount of flexion will depend more on grip and where the wrist is at the top, but they all ulnar dev it. So I think I'd say the look you see is pretty accurate.

Athletic Motion Golf thanks!

Athletic Motion Golf I think that’s exactly it. I meant, if you measure that the grip roll starts say, at the bottom of the pro zone, then the impulse to apply the torque must occur earlier. So if I was say, leaving the face open and intending to apply the roll fractionally after the transition currently, I might consider intending to apply it right from top, or during transition.

Athletic Motion Golf It’s really interesting that they feel a roll through square. Makes sense though as it might counter-act the collision?

In theory, yes😊 But in reality, that long twisty noodle (shaft) between you and the clubface plays a huge role in how much and when you're work gets to the face. On the downswing, it's never a 1:1 ratio.

Athletic Motion Golf true! Lol long noodle. Are you guys a franchise?

0-2 🙂

They might be, Arthur. GEARS and the Enso system are the only two that systems that I'm aware of capable of getting this level of information from the club.

That's probably one of the more common misconceptions many have about the pros - that they have insane amounts of rotation. Many just have a normal amount that most ams can get to themselves.

Correct, grip roll is a shaft metric. DJ does not keep his wrist(s) in that top of swing position. I've never seen anybody turn a screwdriver by bowing their wrists😉

These parts (grip, wrist movement, shaft, head) already exist in every swing... and they're all moving. We aren't advocating new or more parts, just when the parts should start moving.