The Secret To a Consistent Swing: Mastering The Release For Better Ball Striking

[@lewiswilliams931]

This might just be the greatest, most systematic and thorough video I’ve ever seen on KZbin! You have an amazing way of walking us through step by step from start to finish. Incredible!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Wow thank you Lewis! Means a lot to hear that!

[@flakuchis]

Idk how this video hasn’t broken the golf internet yet…by far the best release explanation on YT…I’m a shut-face player so the 2nd release style helped me so much!! 🙏🏽

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Me neither 😂 Glad it helped!

[@gb8327]

‘Underhand throw’ - absolute gold thanks

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you! It’s key!

[@masonaustin6402]

this guy is so good at breaking down mechanics and making it make sense

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Mason! Great to hear it makes sense!

[@bh5606]

Love time stamped videos.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Glad you like them!

[@AndyPlaysGolf]

Outstanding video mage. Naturally informative and non judgemental. You are the first person I have heard publicly say "active hands are OK throughout Impact". I have back mobility and need to roll release. This is a stunning tutorial. Well done sir!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Andy! Great to hear you enjoyed the video and content

[@coreissues3608]

Verifiably one of the best golf content creators on YT. Thumbs up, subs up.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you so much! Means a lot to hear that!

[@isaacsatl]

You are an excellent communicator. Your systematic approach to helping a golfer understand where his/her golf swing is at the moment and how to execute on a technique to or make the necessary adjustments to achieve better ball striking is fantastic.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Kevin! That’s exactly what I’m aiming for so great to hear it’s translating across that way!

[@rontan5308]

Thanks Giles. This is the best explanation of how to release the club in particular the under hand throw release. Can't wait to try this out. Thanks again.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

No problem! Hope it helps!

[@e1977k]

I have to agree with comments here. You’re brilliant. You become my favorite coach after couple of videos.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying the content!

[@jimthomson1892]

Excellent video on a topic that is often overlooked. Love the realignment description 👍👍

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Jim! Great to hear you enjoyed the video!

[@michaelgrasmuck4853]

This is the key for my release! Never got that explanation, never understood it... I was pushed to a roll release though I am a body release guy. But I did not knew this before. This transforms my game. I just can not tell you how thankful I am, such an eye opener! Another one from your videos! After I learned so much from your videos I have now something that you could call a golf swing 💪🙂And I start to understand what I am doing with my golfclubs 😄Keep up the great work, you are an amazing coach! Thanks! If I should ever come to Bletchingley I would be more than happy to drop in for a personal lesson... Cheers!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Michael! Means a lot to hear that! I now only film out of Bletchingly and only coach online 👍🏻

[@deanbarth6886]

I would agree with your comment as well! Easy to learn from him

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@deanbarth6886 thank you Dean!

[@JK-ks3xq]

Thanks for explaining the "underhand throw release". It explains the "new move" through impact most of the tour pros use now without snap hooking the hell out of it by releasing it properly. I was working on the "DJ wrist move" or slightly closed club face but I was using my "old, toe up, toe up" release and experienced some severe snappers. This helps a ton!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Exactly that! Hopefully more people can see this and see the different options they have!

[@stevebaugh9676]

Thanks for the information on your video! Cleared up a lot of misconceptions on the release pattern!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Fantastic! Glad I could help!

[@57strub]

I went out to the garage and hit balls with this release thought and OMG. Every shot is so pure and compressed. Dude you are killing it. I'm talking about the bottom of the swing release.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you man! Glad I could help!

[@texstar77]

Another well explained lesson! As questions pop in my head, a sentence later Giles answers it! Most complete lessons so easily understood!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you! Great to hear I’m answering all the questions and painting a clear picture of what to achieve!

[@dougiebtw]

Incredible! A couple of things. This is a game changer. With the proper release I went from 162 mph ball speed on the driver to 170mph after one range session. 2nd thing, you explain it very well which made it very easy to follow. Thank you

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Doug and huge gain on the ball speed!

[@steveperry1344]

this video is a real keeper, alot of good info. over the last few years i've gone from a roll release to more of a body release and this is really gonna help, thnx.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JLEEx1]

I wish I didn’t spend my money on other instructors. Finally someone who actually explains the reasoning behind each move and it isn’t bias to one style. I wish came across you earlier in my life.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Better later than never 😊 Glad I could help though Sae!

[@courvilleg1]

Great coaching kudos!😊

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you GJ

[@GTGoalie]

Very interesting and informative video. I fall into the roll release category but I have been trying unsuccessfully to swing like a a body rotation release golfer. I have been trying to improve compressing the ball. My shots are going far to the right with the body rotation release method. I will stick with the roll release method and work on impact and ball compression using my natural roll release swing. Thanks for this really informative lesson Giles.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Goes to show the key is matching the release up to YOUR swing. Both release types are great but only if your clubface matches the pattern

[@steveperry1344]

i just tried both types of releases and using the thumbs and the right palm keys that you suggested and it worked wonders without too much thought, nice. you really do have a great golf channel, i wish you were in the states so we could hook up for a in person lesson, thnx again.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Great to hear! I wish I was in the US too 😂

[@EvaSchurr]

Thank you so much ! You helped me to understand for the first time the different release patterns ; )

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Amazing Eva! Glad I could help you learn the release pattern!

[@johnschwartz1536]

This was an excellent video Giles on comparing a "roll release and body release" pattern in one's golf swing! I am more of a body release player, but found in watching your video, I was using a roll release pattern with it. I will definitely be changing this and doing as your demonstration recommended! Always find something in your videos Giles to put me back on a better path!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Amazing John! Great to hear you could identify your correct pattern. Hope this gets you back on track

[@JuanSanchez-pq7xn]

An other excellent lesson, thank you.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Juan!

[@harryhow9814]

Thank you for the comparison and explanation of the two releases. I’ve been experimenting with both releases this week and because of my strong grip and your video, I think a better match for me is to use my body and not so much my hands rolling over to release the club. Thanks again!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Definitely sounds like a Body/underhand release is right for you! Glad I could help!

[@nathanperry9593]

I like you say matchups. Perfect.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you! It’s all about matchups!

[@stevestrang480]

I tend to over hook the ball and lose distance. I tried the underhand throw. It really helped me hit straighter shots with more distance.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

It definitely looks will! Great to hear it helped Steve!

[@ptnpharmd]

I love the materials!!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you!

[@neilharris4479]

Hi, thanks for another exceptional video. You mention hand path, have you done a video on hand path and if so please forward the link. If not can you please do a video including drills + feels, for hand path, especially post impact. Many thanks and keep up the good work.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thanks Neil & I haven’t so I’ll add it too the list

[@baldurhermannsson9413]

Great video ... thank you!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Baldur! Hope it helps!

[@ninetythreetwenty]

Another great video, Giles!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Bryan!

[@Rich-in6ds]

Great video! What I have trouble with is how much to release when. When I leave the release quite late I gain an incredible amount of speed and can hit my irons as much as 20 yards further. However, I feel like it’s ‘flippy’ and inconsistent with face direction. When I release a bit earlier I don’t get the same speed or shaft lean but it is was more consistent.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

I’d be looking earlier and see why that is… is your shaft steep, do you stall out, is your clubface too open?

[@Rich-in6ds]

@@Gilesgillgolf it feels like it is just a deliberate choice as to whether to gradually release the club over the course of the downswing or to hold the angle and release it late but fast. The former keeps the face more in line with the path for longer but doesn’t create the ‘whip’ of speed through impact.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@Rich-in6ds then I would focus more on your legs and making sure you’re pushing out the ground correctly to naturally create the whip

[@maxwired2235]

Another great lesson, Thank you. Where is the release trending towards on the pro tours currently? How would you classify Tiger, Rory, Rahm and Adam Scott release patterns?

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Depends on their clubface position. Rahm is more closed so will be more of a body release. From memory tiger isn’t as closed so he’s a little bit more roll release. But at the same time it doesn’t matter. What matters is what you do

[@deanbarth6886]

Great videos you release, keep them coming! Would you say one release pattern is easier to preform and has a better chance at delivering a nice square compressed club face to the ball more often? One release has lower longer ball flight and one release tends to be higher shorter ball flight type thing?

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Great question Dean! It all depends on your clubface. If you can change your clubface I might say a body release produces a flatter flight but in all honesty playing with your natural clubface is the best bet

[@kimseungjoo6001]

What an enlightening video! Thank you - I had a quick question though. Do these different release patterns apply to the driver as well? I am definitely more of a body release person with the irons but when it comes to drivers, I am a little confused.

[@Gilesgillgolf]

They do apply to driver but again the key is seeing where your clubface is. Clubface determines release pattern

[@matteobusa4823]

Hi Giles, from this video I think I need to do the under hand throw release. However this seems to be kind of the opposite of what you explain in the video to get rid of chicken wings, where you suggest to have an outside rotation with the lead hand, which would naturally bring the the right hand on top. I guess the two are alternative moves and I need to try them and see what works for me? Or can the two moves work together? Thank you so much, you are the best coach!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

That’s a body release. Underhand throw is a good feeling. Can’t blend the two together

[@paulg9821]

You’re well on your way to 100k followers!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you Paul! Just sticking to the process 💪🏻

[@jack-hq7gr]

Great stuff - no more L-L drills?

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Not the biggest fan of L to L drills as a lot of great players don’t achieve that 90 degree L shape at lead arm parallel

[@Eqnotalent]

At 2:30, won't the club face be slight open at impact? Or should it be square at impact?

[@Gilesgillgolf]

It should be square

[@chubbypuff6644]

Really good

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Thank you!

[@gazr99]

I tend to be more of a body release but noticed between delivery position impact right hand slides underneath early opening the club. Feeling the right hand on top for longer shouldn't affect anything too negatively should it?

[@Gilesgillgolf]

For a body release you need the face square to closed so that trail hand needs to be on top to allow this to work

[@ptnpharmd]

For me the irons goes to another level! Much better compression, way longer super straight

[@Gilesgillgolf]

That’s exactly what we want to be seeing!

[@ptnpharmd]

Oh yea thumbs to the target is my swing thought , then left palm facing the sky at finish !

[@Gilesgillgolf]

If it’s working a treat then keeping ingraining it!

[@bh4872]

Just curious if either one of these releases favor a draw or a fade bias more than the other, or if that's purely because of swing path?

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Great question and both can produce a draw or fade. The key is the relationship between the clubface and club path

[@bh4872]

@@Gilesgillgolf awesome, thanks. Love your videos by the way

[@Gilesgillgolf]

@@bh4872 thank you! Great to hear you’re enjoying them!

[@tellwilliams4493]

Can you cover a video of a more upright swing like Bryson DeChambeau my wrist will not allow me to do what you’re talking about in these videos

[@Gilesgillgolf]

In the case that you can’t time it or that you’ve had wrist injuries. Bryson still releases the club like the roll release examples. The roll release is more of a forearm based release so if you’re struggling then I’d check you’re doing it right first

[@tomeldridge2915]

With all do respect Giles, do you not recognize the “throw release” as a third release pattern ?

[@Gilesgillgolf]

Every release has to throw otherwise the club would never realign. No such thing as it as an individual release in itself as it’s apart of every release. Basic physics that the biomechanical data backs up

[@tomeldridge2915]

Oops, my bad. You do cover the throw release.

[@tomeldridge2915]

Being fearful of “flipping” the clubhead, which according to nearly all golf instruction is a near felony, my overriding downswing thought was to hold off release in an attempt to gain “shaft lean.” As a result I blocked my way around the course. While I managed to maintain a single digit hdcp I never created any real compression, ergo, a short hitter. Finally out of frustration I determined to release the right hand earlier, as in my initial downswing move. Adding to that the thought of full left wrist extension and guess what, no flip. Remembering a John Jacobs drill, swinging with my feet together I find myself in perfect balance at the finish. This tells me I am doing something correct. Giles, I am aware I talking about an isolated movement and there is more to consider, but without this movement I realize I will never reach my full potential.

[@vreeke777]

There are so many negative swing examples we only like to know the positive please thank you

[@Gilesgillgolf]

It’s important for players to know and be able to recognise the bad so it’s something I’ll always do

[@jeroendejong8449]

Another example of someone who wants to teach you something technical but forgets the most important thing. Do you have a one or two plane swing or stack an tilt. With these kinds of gurus you can lose your golf swing and therefore the fun in golf!

[@Gilesgillgolf]

With respect you’re wrong. Your clubface determines your release. I can give you hundreds of examples of all 3 methods you said there where golfers will release it different. I’m no guru but I sure have studied and put into practice at the HIGHEST level my methods