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In this drill video, we're going to look at the release of the distance wedge swing.

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Now the release of the distance wedge swing in concept is going to be exactly the same as

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your stock full swing.

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But I'm going to show you how it's going to be slightly different because of what you

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do in transition.

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So, you know in the stock full swing, I talk a lot about how your arms are going to

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kind of rotate through impact.

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But if you remember from Zoro swings, the reason that they are going to rotate through

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impact is because there has been this pronounced flattening move during transition.

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Because my arms have been rotated when they go to extend, they're going to rotate pretty

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aggressively.

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Like so.

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Well, in the distance wedge, when you get to the top of the swing, there's not going to

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be this drastic flattening move.

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In fact, from here it's basically going to go straight towards the golf ball.

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So how that ends up looking is it's going to look like my hands had nowhere near as much

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rotation because it's going to be a much more gradual occurrence and it's going to go over

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a shorter range of motion.

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Like I'm not going to come from way here to way there, I'm going to come from maybe vertical

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to just past vertical.

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So it's a smaller range of motion and it's a more gradual occurrence.

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And the other thing is it's not going to be as driven by the lower body, the way it

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is in the full swing.

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So in the transition section or in the release section of the full swing, I talk about how

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that left leg pressing, that right leg pressing, that belt rising helps to propel the

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club down and initiate that transition.

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You're not going to have nearly as much dynamic movement of the lower body in your distance

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wedges.

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And so what propels those arms extending is more falling with gravity than it is pressing

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with your legs.

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So just to demonstrate, you'll see for my chest height, just like so, finishes left, finishes

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up in front.

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There was rotation if you looked at it, the left hand got under the right, but it was

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much more gradual because from this point of view, it's working a little bit more left

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as opposed to working more into out or up.

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In the finesse wedge, I talk about the chop versus lift.

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This is also a chop type movement where my hands are working more down and left as opposed

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to the full swing where it's a little bit more of a lift type movement.

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So those are fair amount of details, just kind of what I want you to focus on is gradual

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tumble or gradual closing of the club face as your arms are extending and your body

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keeps turning and you'll get really good at controlling the distance with your distance

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wedges.