Tom,
Being a former flipper and are swinger, it has been very difficult for me to keep my hands and arms out of the swing. I just viewed your video on the grip and the pressure point being the thumbs glued to the hands and all of a sudden a light bulb went on. If you are keeping your hands out of the swing and your hands are attached properly to the club, you should never be rotating your hands or wrists through out the swing except after the contact has been made and extension of your arms, is that correct? If you note a picture of my right hand below, I used to rotate the club so much so that I would wear a blister on the top of my right ring finger every time I had a range session or played 18 holes. I have an over-lock grip and due to letting my hands rotate through every swing, the top of this knuckle would rub against the forefinger (gloved) on my left hand so much so that a blister would follow.
However, in the method that you teach, the hands are made one on the club by pinching the thumbs to the forefingers, and when you take the club back there is wrist hinge, on the downswing, however, the hands stay with the cheese wedge thru impact and remain that way until the arms straighten on the left side and then, your hands may rotate to the finish. My old swing with so much rotation at impact or flipping was causing this blister to form.
I am posting this as I need your verification of my diagnosis and if others are having to pull out tape or bandages during a range session or 18 holes, perhaps they might benefit from this as well.
Thank you for this insight, Ronald. Yes, the hands do not change their orientation throughout the swing - especially if you're working on drill 2.8 in golf swing simplified.
The nature of this is to keep the clubface square as well as keep the club path on the right track.
There are so many swing problems that can happen once the hands and wrists begin rotating or side-bending in the golf swing.
The "releasing" of the golf club is not the same as traditional golf instruction. There is NO ROLLING of the hands. If the hands roll, it is not a conscious effort on the golfer's part, it is due to the path of the golf club being excessively in/out or the result of a steep downswing.
The correct "release" is the re-hinging of the wrists after impact which imparts tons of speed to the golf swing and also affects the height of your golf shots. There is no hand rotation in that regard.
The blister on your hand is definitely a result of excessive hand action in the golf swing - as you mentioned. Now, you may be feeling as there is no abrasion in that area of your hand because the hands are quiet in your swing.