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This video, we're going to discuss the difference between the single arm releases for the

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full swing as the wedge swing or the finesse wedge swing.

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So I, with good golfers, so golfers under about a 10-handy cap, if you're aware enough

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of what your body is going on or if you're aware enough of what your body is doing,

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I really like to separate the release.

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There's a big advantage to if you know exactly what the right arm should do and you know

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what the left arm should do and they're both trying to do the same thing to the club

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as opposed to having each hand kind of doing whatever it wants and hoping that I coordinated

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and it just works out.

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So one of the, one of the questions that I get is the, when I teach the finesse wedge feels very

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different than the full swing.

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And there's a reason for that as I explain in the finesse wedge, we want to be weak, we want

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to be controlled as opposed to kind of power and striking.

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So there's some key differences in the release and we'll go through both the right and

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the left hand.

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So if I was to make the, let's say the stock swing, single arm release with the right hand,

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it's going to be a lot more of this extension movement and you can see the grip actually

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works away from me during that release as my arm does that kind of wipe and shot put

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movement working more across my body.

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So it gets to here as I release that was okay but we can do better.

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So I'm going to get to here and then that was a good one.

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So now you can see the increased distance, you can see if I turn and face you and did

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that the club face is kind of closed and this is on top and it's come from a more kind

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of closed position.

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So if I'm doing down the line, you would see that as I start down, this is already starting

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to close which will allow my body to rotate because I'm going to be in very different body

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impact alignments compared to the finesse wedge.

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So now if I did the finesse wedge with a seven iron, this is a little bit trickier, but

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basically it's going to rotate open and then as it comes through it's going to stay much closer

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to my body and kind of work around my body with the pivot kind of like that.

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So now if I did that facing in the camera, you'd see that finished position for the finesse

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wedge is going to be much more close to my body compared to that full swing.

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So the reason why these releases are going to be different is my goal for hitting the golf

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club is totally different.

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On the finesse wedge I want the shaft pretty much vertical, bottoming out using the bounce,

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hitting the ground in the ball close to the same time.

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Not a lot of shaft lean, more for control.

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With the full swing I'm trying to hit ball before the ground so the club has to continue

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extending away so that's why the grip has to work away for me.

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Now if we did the left hand version, it's going to mirror what the right hand version is

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going to do so I'm going to get it to about waist height for the stock full swing.

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I'm going to close the club face and then I'm going to rotate my body through but you can

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see it still see there's a good amount of distance on the way through.

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So you can see that increased distance if I turn and faced that club faces in a much more

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kind of closed position and the only reason this wrist is still flat at that point is

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because my right hand hasn't overpowered it.

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So if I'm just doing the left hand it's more flat and out kind of like so.

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If I was to do the finesse wedge version it's going to finish in a very different position

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that wasn't very good.

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I kind of used my full swing body movement so we'll get that better.

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That was pretty good.

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So now if I turn and faced you it finishes a lot more kind of close to my body club faces

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more in a neutral position.

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So that full swing one, the single arm releases together are trying to get the club to

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work out away from me, increasing that arc with the increasing that flat spot with the

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finesse wedge there's very little flat spot to this shot.

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So as a result I'm going to have very different hand mechanics.

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Now if you're struggling with one part of your game if you're really good at chipping

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but you struggle with the full swing or if you're really good with the full swing but

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you struggle with the chipping and pitching there's a good chance that the release is at

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least somewhat involved.

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So figure out which one you struggle with which shouldn't be too hard but then try to

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identify by going through and doing some of these drills why you're struggling with it so

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that you can ultimately make some long-term improvement to both your release and your

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pivot pattern.

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Another quick little point is when we're doing these finesse or the single arm releases

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the sequencing is going to be very, very important.

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So when I'm doing the single arm releases with the stock full swing you'll see that my lower

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body clearly leads I'm pushing through the ground to apply the force to the club and

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I'm creating some of this tilt inside bend and rotation.

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My body is leaving and all my arm is doing is kind of this simple little release move

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just like that where it's basically just rolling over in order to hit it straight.

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So it's just rotating kind of like so.

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When I'm doing the finesse wedge you'll see that I have a lot less body leading it's

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a lot more of this club kind of dropping.

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In fact one of the things that I personally feel but I don't have any good data for

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it so I don't it's not an absolute it's just something that I personally feel is in the

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full swing I'm going to feel like I'm basically applying force in the direction of the club

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face so I'm basically pushing the club and then my body kind of triggers the release

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and I'm still kind of pushing even though the hand pad says that I'm not and there's

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no way that I'm actually am something that I definitely feel with the finesse wedge to

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swings I feel like I'm pushing more perpendicular or almost straight down so I feel like I'm pushing

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straight along the club base as opposed to perpendicular to the club face.

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That allows my arms to kind of lead and not get too much shaffling for those finesse wedge shots.

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So hopefully that combination of what the arm is doing in by itself and how the body is working with it

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will help you understand whichever single arm release you may be struggling with.

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Once you have a good feeling you can put both hands on and you can either work on the finesse wedge

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or you can work on your 9 to 3 more in the stock full swing style.

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You'll see that it is a challenge to jump back and forth between the two but with my

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close to scratch players this is definitely something that I'll have them do and then once they have a decent

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feel you can go ahead and hit some full shots.