Fowler has anything but a crossover release. ROFL.
7. Both arms straight. Great position that many theorist abhor.
No.7 position is good ? IMO, it is horrible and is typical for a crossover release armsy swings = the most timing-dependent. When you look at best ballstrikers their arms straightens but not so early after impact and not with so closed shoulders after impact (hips too closed as well).
So what kind of release is it ?
A really good one.
Dariusz, I'm assuming the crossover release that you don't like is one that is used in assisting the squaring of the face, in which Fowler does not IMO. If there's any crossover, it is after impact. And he only does it with the longer clubs from what I've seen.
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A really good one.
Timing issues??
What does he have to time?
[...] recent scientific data suggest that holding off release (or trying to consciously delay arm crossover) reduces efficiency of the release.
If you guys have some questionas to whether or not this type of release can be acceptably repeatable check this video out. Right hand release, very powerful and very repeatable.
Just better pivot makes automatically crossover release tougher to happen because of simple biophysics. The better pivot the better (read: more timing proof release). It is not a rocket science.
I would argue that Rickie's right hand and wrist action are almost the same as Jennie Finch's. Rickie's right wrist is unbending and extending toward the ball. His arms don't cross over until well after impact. His release is not a crossover release. Very little/none of his power comes from the arms moving toward crossing over. His arms crossing over after impact is a consequence of his powerful right wrist action into impact. Other tour players have a later crossover because they do not generate nearly the speed from their right wrist unbending as Rickie does.It's more like slap-hinge release which is indeed much easier to time than crossover one.
Please explain where in the video above does Rickie's pivot stall? When I watch the video (admittedly, my swing discernment isn't to the level of most on this forum) I see a powerful shoulder and hip rotation that starts the downswing imparting significant "toe up deflection". Continues uncoiling and opening until just before impact allowing very powerful pivot chain snap.
I would argue that Rickie's right hand and wrist action are almost the same as Jennie Finch's. Rickie's right wrist is unbending and extending toward the ball. His arms don't cross over until well after impact. His release is not a crossover release.
Is this a crossover release as well? Does he use a cross over move to square the clubhead?