Release pattern

I have been experimenting with different release patterns.

@Tom Saguto really uses a slap hinge release where the left wrist works from bowed to cupped. very little rolling (right wrist working from extension to flexion).

i probably use the same pattern most of the time and for me the feel is that the back of my left hand always faces the ball on the backswing (stays parallel to my spine angle), but it occurred to me that some of my best ball striking rounds have happened when my timing was off, or leaving the club face. open and I had to actively focus on rolling my lead arm through the shot.

in this release pattern, the club faceworks much more toe up to toe up. That means it goes from open to shut through the ball. I have always found this release type to be more inconsistent because under pressure swinging harder or with a delicate short shot, how fast do the arms roll over?

Well, as I work on the fundamentals of stack n tilt, I have noticed that a shorter arm swing makes the roll release pattern much more repeatable too. Before with the lift and shift, stars had to align to make the pattern repeatable. I could shoot 71 one day and 83 the next.

lets say you stick with the standard stack n tilt release pattern for playing golf. It still might be worthwhile experimenting with a roll release because it is a way to hit different shot patterns. As an example, if I want to hit the low bullet hook around a tree, I will roll release that every time.

i Say all of that to get to my real point, learning the feel to hit different shots does not mean you have to “change your swing” instead we are searching for what does it feel like today and to hit a shot that does X, what will that feel like?

learning what it feels like to

hit different shots is not a crime…and it’s not a different swing…just a different feel. The more we can relate feels to shot patterns, the better we can play golf instead of golf swing.