The Untold Secret of Mike Austin's 150+ MPH Clubhead Release! 

Steve, as a golf Researcher myself, this is the most important lesson of yours ever. I mean ever. You simply explained the so called RELEASE, where even Mike Austin struggled to explain in meaningful manner. Hats off, Steve.

Basically what Mike Austin said when the hands work like a differential during the release. Though, one would have to understand some basic automotive jargon to comprehend what he meant by that. For those that don't know, basically a differential is a gearbox that allows the driveshaft of a vehicle to turn the rear axles. But when going around a curve, both (rear) axles cannot turn at the same speed because the outside tire has a larger turning radius than the inner. The differential allows the the inner axle to spin in reverse, relative to the outer axle. But relative to the car, they are both spinning the same direction. So, while the lead had moves backwards in relation to the the lower hand, they both are still traveling along the arc of the hands about the swing center.

Steve, you are the best RU-vid golf instructor. I’ve built my swing based on many of the principles you teach. BUT, this one is an aha moment for me. I avg about 250 on my drives. After implementing this in my swing I’ve able to hit my drives around 290. Subtle wrists and the whipping did it for me. I really can’t believe it but it’s happening. Keep up the great work!

Can't wait to try this on my next range session Steve! Thanks for bringing this up to our attention.

Thank you Steve, an added element to my shoulder movements to try. Great video!

i love the way you explained this, especially involving the physics terms.

Do you use this motion when hitting irons too?

Great tip Steve thanks for all you do going to try this I’ve always heard it was like cracking a whip first time it was explained thank you

I believe this is exactly what I have been missing. I inadvertently did this on my last drive last weekend. Hit a massive drive with a 30 yard draw. I believe I have the body motion down just have had a hard time releasing the club. Been hitting pushes for the past month. Cant wait to continue practicing with a free release pattern.

Hi Steve, I tried doing the whipping motion before you showed this video, and it really works at my backyard..... not at the range yet.... tnx EdA

Wow, great knowledge to have.

Jack Nicklaus did this with his fastest left shoulder on tour. This why he hit it 300 yds. Today's fastest left shoulder is Webb Simpson especially during his iron shots. The tour players just don't explain it.

Excellent instruction

This is great way to explain what I've been trying to explain to my buddy. I get more distance than he does, and when I closely look at his action, i see his hands are moving with the clubhead at impact sometimes even with his elbow rising. I slow my swing at just before impact and let the club head overtake at impact shooting out past my hands. I now want to see the results of incorporating a pullback as per your video...Thanks

2 days ago I commented on your “flapper” video and had some questions. You said you’d have a video coming. I didn’t expect it so soon. Thanks Steve.

Bravo amigo muchas gracias por su labor Bendiciones!

So glad I watched this video. Thought it would be just another ho hum golf video, but turns out it was the best one I've ever seen! The gentleman actually showed the "trick" of producing clubhead speed in the impact area. Can't wait to work on it!!! Thanks you so much, Steve!!!

Yes, also instead of using the hands you will see longer hitter on tour use their feet (up on toes) to create the vector. Also, look at Brook Koepka's left elbow at impact. Very interesting.! Great vid! As a joke....just when I thought all the speed was from the hips. I use to crack towels with my hips. LOL

I like this concept; thanks Steve. Can you post some super slo-mos FO and DTL doing this move?

Best video in a long time

Some things like this are hard to verbalize. A person just has to experiment with it until he/she finds the feel of it. That’s probably why mike didn’t talk about it. He just did it instinctively.

Steve I was watching last night and you were giving a lesson with the orange whip and releasing from top. You set up the player bag behind him and he had awesome efficiency. How do I find that video ?

I have heard this as a motion of hooking a fish using the tried and true up and back. This video hopefully will allow me to elaborate on that.

Through impact ever get the feeling of pushing the butt of the grip backward with the lead hand, and the rest of the club forward with the trail hand? Like spinning the club about a pivot point in the grip that's between your hands... or is that bad?

Pole drill Dalton Mccrary straight shooting golf! Nailed this move.

Based on your boat video... I took my sc300 launch monitor to the range and really focused on trying to whip it. My average 108mph swing shot up to 114 in a less than a bucket of balls. Timing this new swing is my next goal so I'm not spraying them around. Thanks!

Hey Steve. I get how this works with a driver or wood off the tee. But, does it also work with long irons off the deck? Almost seems like it would cause a heck of a lot of toe down action. Would one just make the lie angle more upright?

Steve, I saw your video with Eric Corgono! Where can I get the training club you used in that video? Thanks; JdP

This can surely to improve speed but worsen the delivery to the ball. Could you explain to me how not to increase dynamic loft using this motion? Or does dynamic loft increase as this motion is way stronger than the rotational motion? How should you balance the two? Cheers.

Would you thin the ball if you the handle up? Mike Austin talked about the distance between the sternum and the ball. Would we just turn the shoulder around the sternum then the upward action would happen naturally if we release the club when we our chest (or left shoulder )turning up?

How do you differentiate between this and a "flipping the hands" feeling?

Would this put extra force/pressure on my wrists?

Anyone play table tennis- I like to call it ping pong. I haven’t played in a while but I was always amazed that I could whip, flip, flap- otherwise control the face with not much conscious effort. The same can and should be possible with a golf club. At a higher level (say 12 handicap or better) of golf the conscious/subconscious; self 1/self 2; or other mental processes that hinder a good swing. I can’t play ping pong left handed and I wondered what makes me think that I can control a golf club with my left? Age old debate but I’m a right hand hitter (sorry Bobby, whether you think you swung the club with your left, you had that magnificent control with your right) and my face control is better than ever. There’s far fewer right (or dominant) hand control advocates but for many of us, it’s the logical hand to use. It’s the smarter hand. Remember Hogan wanted 3 right hands.

Where is this course at? That range is awesome.

Man!! Never thought fore arms rotation had this dimension!!! Hope I learn it👍

What’s happening with D Duval + 13 at pebble anyone know?

Hi Steve. Hope your keeping safe! I don’t trust any other channel as I’m 100 percent working on Mike Austin’s methods. Its taken me 3 years of my wasted time with all the confusion out there. I know me biggest fault is pulling down with my arms and not opening up at impact. Should I stay connected with my left arm against my pec , so my arms and upper body should move at the same time. Is this correct. I’m practicing golf all the time cause this lockdown. I don’t want to ingrain bad habits. I haven’t seen a video of yours explaining this can you please help? Thanks your channel as given me hope 🤝

This is an over complicated explanation of the cause and effect. In the Mike Austin and Count Yogi swings the left arm acts similar to the primary lever of a Trebuchet, the club shaft the sling holding the projectile, and the club head mass acting as the projectile which instead of flying off into space hammers (quite literally) down into the back of the ball at the point in the swings where hips shift laterally to target then reach 45° and feel stuck, like hitting a physical wall, which also puts the brakes on the shoulders which are lagging 45° and just reaching parallel as the hands bring club shaft horizontal allowing the force of gravity to act in the club head mass. The lead left arm flies off the chest dragging the hands and club forward as golfer lifts back heel to allow hips and shoulder to turn to finish as club force whips the club head mass down around the hands. The significant conceptual difference between the Austin / Yogi swing and what is currently taught is there is no attempt to sustain the lag in the downswing trying to lock the trail wrist into radial deviation and extension. The dual plane, “sustain the lag” technique was developed by Byron Nelson when switching to metal shafts in the 1930s with to goal of bending the club shaft at the start of the downswing to store energy in it like a leaf spring then release it into the ball. To keep the bend in the shaft the hands must keep accelerating, which is done with side bending in the downswing. Yogi and Austin just let the club whip freely around the hands which results in more acceleration that occurs by bending shaft and releasing the bend at impact.

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I believe mike Austin was very articulate when describing the benefits of centripetal acceleration to maximize club head velocity by using relatively small displacements at the center of swing arc. Applying a force perpendicular to the path of the club head will keep it accelerating in a circle. The force must be applied “in phase” with the desired motion, otherwise the input will be counterproductive. “Pumping” a swing. Using a hula hoop Twirling a weight on the end of a string. Cracking a whip would seem appropriate . However, The abrupt 180 degree change in hand path described in the video appeared to kill club speed more than enhance it. imo

Ya Steve, like the idea of slowing down the handle at impact

I already have the Duck Hooks. Guess whats going to happen now!!!

Hope the cake was nice !

I think Ricky Fowler is a good example of it.

Parematic acceleration is just sling shot.

Second!!!! J/k first. Thanks for the help!

In one of the videos with Austin and Dunaway, Austin shows the left thumb flipping action while sitting and chatting with Dunaway. This clarifies it and it isn't that hard to pull off during the swing. Think "flipping the left thumb" See "Austinology Chapter 5, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-12s-5UADHvI.html time:24:40-32:00

Its not grip pressure imo. This is what instruction gets wrong. Its loose wrist joints rather than loose grip in hands

All about timing, difficult move to consistently perform

“A water boat” aka a boat

Very nice, Steve. In your explanation you mentioned the left arm straightening. This doesn't actually happen in your swing as yours is always straight from the top to impact. It could happen, though, if you bent it at the top as some people prefer or even have to. Some pros actually play with a bent left arm at the top - Jordan Spieth, Andres Romero, Angel Cabrera and Kevin Stadler to name a few. Do you think having the extra lever of the lower left arm could increase club head speed? It would still be fairly straight at impact and certainly gives you a more comfortable and longer back swing position at the top. Cheers Ken😃😃.

It’s amazing how our body actually know how to whip or sheesh the club naturally. But how do u maintain accuracy while trying to do it, and not causing the club be father out 1 inch or 1/2 inch inside. Forget about squaring the face, just make sure u hit it in the middle that’s already hard enough.

I have a secret. There are secrets.

What a load of shite Mike Austin played with wooden clubs & steel shafts

absurd!, wait i meant absolutely absurd!! 🤦🏻🤦🏻

Pullimg the handle cause a stuck position this is horseshit

What an absolute load of rubbish! 150MPH? Let's see you prove it. That's way faster than the tours longest hitters. Golf is difficult enough without nonsense like this!

That concept might be a bit hard on the left elbow and wrist while trying to duplicate... Just my observation