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In this analysis video, we're going to answer the question,

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do the hands stay the same through the entire swing?

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So if you search on the internet for close up of hands,

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there's a number of really good high-deaf videos that we can look at.

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And we're going to take a look at a number of different players,

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and we're going to compare their setup with impact,

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because that's pretty much all we can see with this close-up frame.

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But in general, most players are going to have their hands change

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somewhat during the golf swing.

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So we're going to see how they change and kind of the common patterns

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and what we might be able to learn from them.

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Now, commonly, there are two major pressure points discussed

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when you look at the trailhand.

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One is the connection between the thumb and or the underside

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of the right thumb or trail thumb and the top side of the lead thumb.

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So kind of pushing down through there.

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People also talk about the pressure of the last three fingers gripping the club.

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That one we won't really be able to evaluate too well in this video.

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And then the third key one would be the pressure point

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from the index finger right in there, kind of applying a force

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in a diagonal direction across the shaft.

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And I'm going to point out that that may be the most important one

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when looking at the movement of the trailhand.

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So here we have Greg Norman.

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We can take a quick look at what it looks like it set up.

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And then as we get towards impact,

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we can see that the thumb has shifted position.

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He's maintained from the most part that pressure of the index finger.

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But we can see that the pressure of the hand on top of the thumb

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has shifted a bit.

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We also see that the one common trend is for the right hand to slide

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further away from the left hand.

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Now, whether that's because the left hand is pulling up,

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where the right hand is kind of pushing down.

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It's probably a combination of both.

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But the important thing is training each arm individually

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is a key method for really dialing in your release,

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because what we're seeing from these whistle-sau videos

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is that the hands don't just mirror each other.

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They actually perform different functions.

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Now here we have Brant Snedaker.

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The one on the right is looking at setup and the one on the left

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is looking at just before impact.

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And now, I've commonly used this clip when I'm talking to golfers

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who tend to have a really strong pressure of the trail thumb.

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A lot of amateurs have a stronger grip where the thumb is pushing

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in this direction instead of that trail hand trigger point.

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And I'll use this clip because you'll see that Brant Snedaker

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actually lifts his thumb off the club before going into takeaway.

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Now, you can see from this point of view,

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here's in his takeaway, here he is just before impact.

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You can see that here's the top of the knuckle there,

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here's the top of the knuckle there.

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His hand has slid down just slightly.

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And you'll see that the thumb has changed position a little bit

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from where it was just prior setup.

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But he's really kind of maintained that connection between the trail trigger finger

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and the club shaft.

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We're going to see that as a common trend.

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Right hand, maintaining this pressure and sliding down,

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thumb doing very little and losing that pressure point there.

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Now here's a great close-up of Jack Nicholas.

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In this one, over here I've got setup on the left and over on the right

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I've got impact.

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And you can see that there's more of that left thumb revealed.

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The hands have actually rotated a little bit away from each other,

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at least the left hand is rotated to get to this more bod position,

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while the right hand or less maintained in its same alignment.

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So don't be surprised or don't be alarmed if your hands end up looking a little more

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like an Anika Sourin's damn style grip when you reach impact compared to where you started.

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Because the lead wrist is going to be responsible for twisting the shaft or contributing

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with that.

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And the right hand is going to be helping control more of the,

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and if the right arm is working correctly, then oftentimes that twist of the lead wrist

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will create some separation between the two hands.

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But you'll see that maintained in pressure point,

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at least the index finger one, not so much the thumb pushing on top of the other thumb.

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This is also a great clip because it shows very clearly the difference in where the club is

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it set up and then when you're making contact how the grip has traveled forward

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about four inches or so.

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That's part of the reason why you're going to have these different hand actions

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because even though this is where we set up where these yellow lines are,

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that's not really where we're going to make contact and the hands have to adjust for that difference.

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If you did come back into the same position, you'd probably do so in a way that would sacrifice a whole lot of speed.

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All right, we've got two more that we're going to look at.

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Here's a good one of Stacey Lewis.

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And you can see over here on the right is set up and then over here on the left is impact.

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Here we can see how the right hand has slid further down.

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Again, how it's maintained that pressure point,

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we can see that compared to set up the wrist has increased the amount of extension,

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and the lead wrist has increased the amount of flexion.

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Those both allow for the grip being further ahead, like we just saw in that Jack Nicholisk video.

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These videos should also help you see that the trail thumb will not be pushing straight down and onto the shaft,

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the way that the lead thumb might be.

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If you feel a lot of activity with that right hand or that trail hand thumb,

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you're probably missing out on an opportunity for a little bit better clubface and path control.

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And finally, we've got Michelle Wee.

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You'll see that by the time the hands may get to impact, they've changed.

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They're working on the club differently.

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Again, we're seeing this right hand consistently applying that pressure point there,

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losing that one there.

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The wrist has changed orientation, the grip is further ahead.

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There's a whole common pattern of changes that we're seeing between set up an impact.

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And you can see more changes as you go into the follow-through position,

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but really finding high quality, close-up videos of the hands as they go through impact into the follow-through.

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It's really hard to find.

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But hopefully this at least peaks your curiosity as far as how to train each individual arm,

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because training each individual arm and hand can be really beneficial for kind of dialing in

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and building a really strong, repeatable release pattern.