Your Hands Are The Secret To A Better Golf Swing | How To Release The Golf Club Correctly

Eric Cogorno and Greg Jones demonstrate the three essential pillars of a professional release: timing, squaring, and plane. Using the 'YMCA' and 'Hitchhiker' drills, they explain how to coordinate the hands and arms to stop slicing and start compressing the ball through natural rotation.

• Timing for irons requires the 'Y' shape to reform after impact (9:00 position), while the driver release should occur at the ball.
• The clubhead is designed to release naturally; the toe wants to pass the heel if the golfer stops 'hanging on' to the handle.
• Squaring the club face is a function of the arms and hands, not the body rotation.
• A 'hitchhiker' finish position (thumb up) prevents 'Spider-Man wrists' which cause weak blocks and fades.
• Drilling with feet together or the trail foot back isolates the release by removing lower body interference.

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