By: RotarySwing.com Golf Instruction | Duration: 00:05:35
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There are two basic ways to “release” the golf club – with the hands like the GOATs or with the body. Both work and can produce the same end result.
There’s been a lot of questions about Jake Knapp’s golf swing and how he produces so much clubhead speed. It’s an awesome swing, so let’s take a look at it. Now, as he goes back, look how wide he keeps his wrist. This is something I’ll be talking about in an upcoming video about exactly how the wrists and hands work and all three motions that they make in terms of rotation, deviation, extension and flexion. In the meantime, this is something that will help you understand where speed comes from in the swing and overall control.
Jake swings well over 120 miles an hour, hits the ball a mile and notice how little he’s doing with his wrist as he goes back. He’s keeping them wide. This keeps the club face control; helps you create a wide arc and a wide turn. But also, as we look down the line, you’re going to see he’s going to keep his lead wrist in extension for a long time.
A lot of times people look at somebody like Dustin Johnson, who really shuts the face at the top and bows the wrist a lot and keeps the body rotation going through the hitting area in order to get the club to work through the ball. Whereas the old school way, done by golfers like Tiger and Jack, is that they’re releasing the hands. So you can release the body, you can release the hands. Both will kind of create the same results but in very different ways.
One is much easier on the body than the other, one has won more majors than any other, and one requires a lot less athleticism than the other.
Which do you prefer?
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funny, on tv is doesn't look that long, that backswing would put me in traction……
Effortless Speed is the new Passive Income!
All you said is correct but about the amount of extension, it all depends on the grip.
Just like John daily over swing power 😊
Having had back and spine issues in the past trying the body rotation swing, I am 100% in agreement with Chuck that the hand/wrist release swing is the way to go for a swing that will work for many years!
There are a couple of things that stand out to me watching this video. The width and length of his backswing, and his lower body stability just before impact, at impact and just past impact. Just an awesome looking swing, swinging this fast and being in such control
Cam Champ swing and load and unload is very similar. Effortless power.
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So this is a ' late wrist set?
As per Mike Austin, there is no 'holding the lag' and the rotational response of the arms through the hit is intent started right from the top of the swing.
I just pummelled 3 woods at the range flying 250 through the air by feeling like I let my hands cross over fluidly and quickly through impact. The exact opposite of what I was coached for years. But the intent must begin from transition otherwise it happens too late to be effective when the clubhead gets to the ball.
It feels like I'm beginning the process of flinging the clubhead toward the target through the ball right from transition. In fact, the more a did it and the longer my downswing felt, the straighter and more piercing the flight became.
Please explain what happened to his swing on Sunday. How to avoid under pressure.
When you start to master the timing of this rotation, does it “feel” slower and more controlled? Or, is it simply matching up the grip, snapping the wrists over hard and fast, and relying on tempo to square the face?
Look how quiet his legs/flat his feet are at impact – that’s insane for someone who generates that much speed with seemingly such little effort. Almost makes Couples looks like he’s coming out of his shoes (though he’s always said he actually swings pretty hard).
I'm actually surprised to see he doesn't do the typical big hitter lead leg post at impact where they get practically airborne for a fraction of a second.
Great video and analysis. Chuck listening to your insights and explanations have helped me so much with changing to a rotary swing. Not to mention how easy it is on the body. After a round I would be basically useless for the rest of the day but now I can play pain free and in comfortable shoes (no more need for spikes). Cannot thank you enough. Your contributions to golf instruction are invaluable. Thank you so much for a swing I can hopefully make for the rest of my life. 🤞🏼
This whole approach is so fantastic. Was swinging today and swinging driver up around 106 to 107 swing speed….have never been there before and it felt effortless again like you said with Jack N…. drive the hips to the target and throw the club from the top so much easier than swinging with the body really excited.
Chuck,
Is the club face pointing the wrong direction at the top of the backswing ?
Greaaaat breakdown. I guess my question is, how do you get square at impact?
I can hit 9 windows off of the deck with everything up to my 3wood.
When i put it up on a tee, my D and 3wood tend to turn right. I've been playing for years and as i've become a better player, my long tee game has become more and more spinny…
I would prefer you discuss the right wrist, because, with your right (trail) wrist is in complete flexion, the left wrist must be in extension. The right wrist then stays in flexion in the downswing by internally rotating the right wrist, while in complete flexion, as fast as possible from the top of the downswing. It stays that way until the club shaft is parallel to the ground. This keeps your right elbow close to your body and leading until club shaft parallel, where the right wrist then begins to throw the clubhead at the ball for a powerful release, and effortless power has you always talk about. To me, it is more about the right wrist action than the left wrist because the right wrist is doing all the work. Thinking and focusing on the right wrist instead of the left, you get the same results you discuss about the left wrist, but no have intention focused on what is actually creating the power and release, which is the right wrist. Does this make sense?
Does Jake throw from the top like tiger and jack! Thanks for great videos!
His left arm is noticeably bent on the downswing.
Rory also has a pretty significantly cupped lead wrist at the top. Would love to see a breakdown of his swing here too sometime!
I think this is way faster and easier on body. If you can hang on late release aka full hand release you can get longer shots it does take a considerable amount of timing/practice to get out of not hardly releasing with hands but it works
I’ve Always had fast hands I gotta get back to this
I have a theory that it's because he's left-handed playing right-handed! I think his clubs are very high balanced or even counterbalanced with heavy overall weight. If you look at his positions and the things he does it's not like the typical ways that you guys always recommend getting power. There's not any type of dramatic extension with his hips there's not any type of dramatic vertical force that you can see in all these things that that everyone talks about. I think he is swinging a heavy Club overall what's much more weighted toward the handle and he is just turning and releasing that club the majority of the leverage and the power is coming from his lead side! Can't find anyone to confirm this and I can never find actual information online but that is 100% my theory right now and I'm at a point where I'm getting sick of trying to research this stuff because nobody gives you any real information. Even when I go to look up what's in the bag it doesn't tell me anything specifically about the clubs he has except what model they are which has nothing to do with the way his tweaked them
Doesn’t a hand release also require really good timing?