My swing suffered for years because I misunderstood the difference between releasing and flipping the golf club. I was lucky enough to find a golf pro who subscribes to your school of thought and helped me with my release.

Thanks Stuart for dispelling so many golfing myths that I’ve been a victim of. I’ve watched, & subscribed, to, approx 10 of your videos over the last few days and put much of it into practice. I’ve learnt more about my golf swing in those video’s than the last 24 months of various videos I’ve sat through. I initially thought you were to wordy but actually the clarity came through. I’ve never really been sure about what I was trying to do in my swing but now have a much better idea. We all have our own swing but thank you for helping me understand my own.

i have to thank you again because you always show us all root causes of a problem, that differ you from other coach who only tell us that do something but never understand why.

I watched this last night and again today. Coincidentally, I also watched one of your other videos on the release for the second time yesterday and thought they dovetailed superbly. I feel I now have a much clearer understanding of what's going on with the release and why the latter part of my swing is as it is. Will aim to watch them both again in a few weeks time. Thanks, Stuart.

Thank you thank you thank you Stuart. You explanation at the 9 min mark made a light bulb go off and a realized why swinging so inside out was leaving my club face open at impact. Played today and hit 12 of 14 fairways and my approach shots where so much more accurate. I know I have a lot to work on but your videos have helped me a great deal. So Thank you!

this video is golden - so much cleared up (put it in the louvre). I feel this channel will blow up

In the last week i have binged on your videos. After understanding your swing advice I went straight up to the course after one video and it didnt work. Great connection but shots all over the place. I then read your reply to my comment and suggestion to watch the broom video. I have made swings in the back yard with a brush (broom) for years but always worked on club path. Your idea of turning the face sideways to demonstrate the takeaway is genius. The feedback is so much easier to understand. The broom takeaway is NOTHING like what i have been doing. less forearm roll, lower backswing path initially , intuitive stronger grip than i have had and much much less of a chop (flip, flick ?) feel through swing. I do the brush (broom) drill thing three times a day outside now as i work from home. I will feedback. Without the broom i would never never have come to the conclusion that the takeaway was like that. I thought id post that for people that try and skip to step three and miss step one like i did. I would imagine that you would say grip is step one but your brain needs a big reason to change this. Anyone is going to struggle if they rely on leaps of faith. The subconscious wont accept leaps of faith. The broom video spells it out.

So glad I found your channel you’re very clear 🙏👍

Hello, well explained under release... I realise that my driver shots curve safely with extention of the left wrist and higher iron shots. In some case i correct hooking by that move. The question remains with shorter distance in comparision with bowed left wrist. Thanks!

You are a golf scientist! I understood your idea… now the point is to bring it to the golf course! I will let you know how it goes

The unappreciated genius of the Vardon / Interlaced grip is now it controls the three aspects of movement of the forearms and wrists which are: 1) radial -to- ulnar deviation (what you call “set”) which is a thumb-up / thumb-down movement of the hand at the wrist. 2) extension - to - flexion which is the hinging ‘back- and forward-slapping’ action at the wrist 3) pronation - to supination which is created by the rotation of the radius and ulna bones in the forearm not the wrist. The Vardon grip forces the hands to work in opposition to each other and that is the key for controlling the direction of the toe and orientation of the face in the golf swing. The ideal way to feel this opposition is to use the technique Martin Hall calls Elbows-Down / Palms-Up to put the hands on the handle of the club in the Vardon/Interlaced grip. 1) Start standing upright with elbows tucked into body bent 90° and with palms up then keeping elbows down rotate forearms so hands are in a praying position 🙏🏼 2) Using the right hand to hold the club vertical establish the lead hand grip, then apply the trail thumb resting in notch created by lead thumb and index finger. Hand will feel very relaxed making it very easy to get the trail hand positioned correctly, which is critical and where most the grips of most recreational are fatally flawed. 3) Bend forward at hips and let the weight of the club pull the lead arm straight - do not ground the club - retaining some bend in the trail arm. What you will observe as the club lowers is that the Vardon grip forces the FOREARMS TO ROTATE INWARD ( ) which causes the muscles in the forearms to stretch and tighten. This counter-rotational pressure is necessary in the grip to control the club and is difficult to to achieve when gripping a club resting ‘dead’ on the ground. 4) Pressure will be felt between the thumb pad of the trail hand and the lead hand. That pressure in the trail hand is what prevents the force of the club in the backswing from PRONATING the lead hand which opens the face and causes the club to swing too far inside which then will cause the lead elbow to bend (all bad). You can increase control by pressing down lightly with the still bent trail arm which will ‘push’ all the remaining slack out of lead arm similar to how the force of the swing will pull it out. This aids in correctly aligning the face to the ball where it will return at impact. 5) Pushing down on the lead hand will further stretch the muscles in the lead arm. It will also force the hands into extension, supination and radial deviation to the point arms and hands feel “locked up” because that orientation the Vardon grip creates inhibits any further pronation / supination but ideally puts both forearms near the middle of their 180° range of rotation between maxed out pronation and supination. 6) You will find the only way the club can easily be moved at this point is a “waggle” action up and down using radial-unlar deviation which is the movement needed to “set” the club which is the goal of this multi-step process for gripping the club. If you set-up as described above and then waggle the club up and down you will find it freely hinges up and but when in comes back down and hands are pulled into maxed out ulnar deviation (similar to fly casting / whip cracking) the wrists feel they are locked up again. This was one of Hogan’s many secrets and why he waggled in his pre-shot routine to rehearse the wrist action when releasing the club into the ball. If you practice the waggle to the point the wrists feel locked when all the way down, adjust the face in the grip so the face is square to the target when that happens, then let golf ball get in the way you will be amazed at how consistently straight and far it will go with just that hand action the Vardon grip, applied properly, creates automatically with great consistency which again was the secret behind Hogan’s renowned ability to hit dead straight shots far better than his contemporaries. Now we get to the bio-mechanics of what allows the hands to roll-over. It is caused by rotation of the forearms and is PREVENTED in the golf swing by keeping either FLEXION or EXTENSION, and ideally both in opposite wrists or by having RADIAL DEVIATION. It is when the club force is allowed topull both wrists into ulnar deviation and also pull the extension/flexion out of them and arms straight the hands will flip because THEY LACK THE MECHANICAL LEVERAGE to prevent it! What the Vardon grip creates automatically is MECHANICAL LEVERAGE in the ‘weak’ trailing arm during the backswing and downswing by first forcing the trail wrist to max-out in EXTENSION which creates the LEVERAGE to force the trail arm to fold elbows down and externally rotate. Martin Hall’s EDPU technique puts the hands in the grip and creates the COUNTER TORQUE between the hands and arms to make this happen automatically at the ideal point in the backswing at the same time it prevents the lead arm from pronating the hand. The same LEVERAGE created by proper use of the Vardon grip causes the lead arm to bend elbow down and externally rotate in the finish. This is exactly why every golf instructor stresses the importance of proper grip but few ever explain WHY the Vardon grip works so well as I have tried to do here. I discovered this many years ago when I decided to try using Hogan’s Five Lessons to re-tool my swing from zero using what he suggested. He devotes 18 pages to how to grip the club and stresses the importance of the waggle. His hands at impact where in maxed-out ulnar deviation but also had maxed flexion/supination in the lead hand (like Dustin Johnson today) and some extension retained in his trail hand which prevented the turning over of his hands. But Hogan was also noted for missing with snap hooks and that I discovered will occur if timing is off and the extension gets pulled out of the trail wrist before the ball completely releases from the face. The way to prevent the hands from getting too far ahead and pulling the controlling extension out of the trail wrist is to RELEASE THE BACK FOOT which releases the hips/shoulders/hand to turn freely again into the finish. If the lifting of the back foot is too late, the club force will pull extension out of the trail wrist and hands will turn over too soon. If the back foot is lifted too soon or two quickly (as most recreational golfers do) it frees the hips too soon which also gets hands too far forward but creates an open faced slice across the ball. The other critical element in good swings is side-bending of the spine which is what keeps the lead arm under control and causes it to stay close to body and swing left of target line in finish by the way it causes the shoulders to tilt INDEPENDENTLY from the pelvis, lowering the trail shoulder relative to pelvis and raising the lead shoulder which is what pulls the mass of the lead arm to the left of target line.

you are an absolute gem mate. well done.

Thanks Coach Stuart

Yes….. I’m an under ‘presenter’ always concerned about that but maybe I should no longer…… always food for thought Stu👍

I've understood the flip to be when the club head overtakes the handle staying square and effectively adding loft ...giving very high shots with reduced distance....(which I believe I am doing as shots go as high as they do in distance...irons that is)

hi stuart, love the videos. i feel like i pull the golf club from the top of the backswing but don't release the club at the bottom, i feel like i just keep pulling the handle which causes fat and thin shots with no real power, could you suggest a drill that could help me to feel a proper relase please. thanks

Hi Stuart, I played with a fade for 2 years and wanted to play a draw so I started seeing a coach trying to get me to move left laterally and pull down on the inside from the top of the backswing and get my swing path in to out, I’m then told I need to release the club to get the ball back on path and to get more power… 6 weeks later I’m still struggling and now tend to pull or hook my shots… What’s you honest view on this and how do you think this compares to a more rotational golf swing? Great video as always. Love the content!! 👌

You point out that one's release style matches up with the rest of the way one delivers the club to the ball. Surely you must have a preference for release style, or at least one that matches up with the strong hold and delivery that you advocate. I'd like to know what that is. Guess I need to re-watch some more of your videos!

Excellent vide, however, I still want to know a what point do I release the club, sometimes the ball goes left, and then right when I try to correct the release, help, thank you, I appreciate your videos.

Another excellent video. Good video on why you should not copy other people.

Okay stu I think I’m getting it after a lot of your videos. You emphasise a lot about ( broom ) aiming the butt ( handle) at the ball in the downswing but as this video explains. If your arms are too far forward the club face will be open . So the 4 combinations are all how far you need to attack the ball with the butt at address. The problem I had was I changed my grip to a strong grip like yours from a week grip and as I sliced a few . Correct me if I’m wrong . That means than rather change the grip which is what I’ve been farting around with . I must have been coming too far inside the ball with the butt of the club. That way I can keep the strong grip because when I did connect I had yardage I have never been near before

Amazing video thanks Stuart. I’ve had a few lessons recently and the coach is saying I’m flipping and funnily enough referenced Fleetwood and told me to feel like him and feel I have zero release. Is he right? Ps I was hitting it left when I saw him 🤨🤷🏻‍♂️😂 thanks Stuart

Its always the same, all instruction is about trying to fix a slice, what about rolling it thru to much and fighting a hook? Does more turn slow the wrists from rolling over? How do you slow the closure rate and get the face more open? How can I fade it?

Stuart-is it ok to view the driver head as a spoon to scoop pass the ball ie the bottom of driver will sweep across the ball

The point is, the faster the "club head" is moving, the farther the ball will go. How fast you drag the handle means nothing.

Please tell us what is the right swing looks like?

I would say that a golf teacher could very well know how to make a good golf swing. He may not be consistent enough at it to play at a high level, but he almost certainly can play far better than his students. Understanding and teaching can be different than performing consistently well.

Please focus on the point where club is supposed to be?

I guess 22 is close to 20. 🙂 (4:00) This Stricker mystery is *so* intriguing!

Semantics problem " release " means let go doesnt it ? I think you should use the word strike or hit instead. Now back to basics, if the golfer strives to return the club to the ball in the same position it was at address except it is traveling 80 plus mph everything must be very close to where it was at address,if your hands or body are not in address position at strike you will not hit a good shot. Personally I strive to repeat my swing as close as I can,it is easy to fix hook if its consistent.There is no one size fits all golf swing. If you look you will see even the pros have different swings.

"You, my friend, are living in cuckoo land." 😆😆😆

I think he is trying to teach something but I do not know what.

you over explaine just let me what to do frustated

Stuart. Thanks for the video. I sent you a dm on Instagram, do you offer some online instruction?