Great Release Pics assembled by Lia

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Professional releases:
Luke Donald: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCNmQhrDY1fj6Yg#slideshow/5678266891739243426
Lucas Glover: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...CMq9-Iv3lsrl7gE#slideshow/5678267330941920226
Matt Kuchar: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCIzjscXZ1JDlWA#slideshow/5678267742880794898
Angel Cabrera: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...CM2Rt5Gw7JK5xQE#slideshow/5678268550913322018
Kevin Na: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCK7ZneGs6fnbOA#slideshow/5678268995765918018
Brandt Snedeker: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCP-40PDunLqwaA#slideshow/5678269522469455986
Louis Oosthuizen: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCL-y_rCP0rq6dg#slideshow/5678269982026340738
Dustin Johnson: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...CNK498KOhLWxzgE#slideshow/5678274908942258802
Aaron Baddeley: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...COLKr8-riYSVlQE#slideshow/5678277085638957938
Rickie Fowler: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCJql6L-ZvZ37FA#slideshow/5678278585847485570
Rory McIlroy: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCOLF-cuQ_7S9PQ#slideshow/5678310265233965170
Adam Scott: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCICxiJjJgrGHNA#slideshow/5678315042531417842
Jhonattan Vegas: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCLDysvHEgJbeeQ#slideshow/5678317331670386546
Charl Schwartzel: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...COvB376jqdOa3QE#slideshow/5678319713673989506
Bill Haas: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCIbb4fzPsab5Tg#slideshow/5678321000791209762
Gary Woodland: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...CNix5sS0iuuu1QE#slideshow/5678323082897502578
Jason Dufner: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCPSKlb_ejY7NOg#slideshow/5678324707543486978
Martin Kaymer: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCIfitJvOjtuPTA#slideshow/5678326571471620626
Ian Poulter: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCMjCtd_5uuyuUQ#slideshow/5678329753745768498
Edoardo Molinari: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCISp1szfpN6-DA#slideshow/5678331717596433314
Sergio Garcia: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...CJes29avv9KUxQE#slideshow/5678332381758075874
Nick Watney: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...CO3HldmAlv-PrgE#slideshow/5678335041455307570
David Toms: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...gCPG4wfvih5uCEQ#slideshow/5678338896793285970
Alvaro Quiros: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...CLGwt5iLjbSK_gE#slideshow/5678392294582911922
Tiger Woods: https://picasaweb.google.com/Lukman...CKjQvr2ohrnT_wE#slideshow/5678656671215154978
 
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Lia,
Thanks brother these are some of the best pictures i've seen with stop action. Really helps understand what the club is doing.. Brian and Mike J have tolds us the how and now we have a better picture of the what we're trying to do.
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lia41985

lia41985

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Let's stick with the proper vocabulary:
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The right hand is undergoing a combination of pronation, ulnar deviation, and flexion to and through impact.
 
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Dariusz J.

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lia41985 said:
Let's stick with the proper vocabulary:
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The right hand is undergoing a combination of pronation, ulnar deviation, and flexion to and through impact.
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It is worth adding that:

FLEXION on the picture = palmar flexion

EXTENSION on the picture = dorsi (dorsal) flexion.

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btp

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I don't see much in the up the line of Rory. More rotating left than pucking or new release. Adam Scott last picture shows some stuff along with Vegas.
 
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btp said:
I don't see much in the up the line of Rory. More rotating left than pucking or new release. Adam Scott last picture shows some stuff along with Vegas.
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Gotta look at more pics of Rory. IMO his swing is still progressing. When he swings well his face has no roll at all with a very modern release. When his body tugs and outruns everything and he gets a little trapped, there appears to be some roll. His misses are big hooks like the Masters last year when is swing was very poorly timed.
 
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OLIVER1

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Lia,
You stated earlier in the thread that the right hand goes through a process of pronation, ulnar deviation and flexion up, including and beyond impact. I've ben looking at the great illustrations you posted and everyone of the tour pros seem to fill that equation with varying degrees of the three. Would it be your contention that if any one of these 3 go AWOL, then the release will be at best sub-optimal?
 
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OLIVER1 said:
Lia,
You stated earlier in the thread that the right hand goes through a process of pronation, ulnar deviation and flexion up, including and beyond impact. I've ben looking at the great illustrations you posted and everyone of the tour pros seem to fill that equation with varying degrees of the three. Would it be your contention that if any one of these 3 go AWOL, then the release will be at best sub-optimal?
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The way a player's hands "contact" the grip (the way the grip is structured) and the shot that the player is trying to hit dictates how the release will occur in regards to those three components. Rather than discuss what's optimum, the focus should be on how the grip is structured and the shot the player is trying to hit (the D plane that's being "constructed"). For instance, in regards to Na and Garcia, I have no idea what shot they each are trying to play but look at the last picture in the series for each player.
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It's clear that Na and Garcia have very different grips and although it appears that Na is trying to play a big hook, if that was the only picture you saw, I don't think that was the case. Each picture shows a different looking release. I wouldn't say one is necessarily sub-optimum.
 
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OLIVER1

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lia41985 said:
The way a player's hands "contact" the grip--the way the grip is structured and the shot that the player is trying to hit dictates how the release will occur in regards to those three components. Rather than discuss what's optimum the focus should be on how the grip is structured and the shot the player is trying to hit (the D plane that's being "constructed"). For instance, with regards to Na and Garcia. I have no idea what shot they each are trying to play but look at the last picture in the series for each player. It's clear that Na and Garcia have very different grips and although it appears that Na is trying to play a big hook, if that was the only picture you saw, I don't think that was the case.
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Fascinating. If we just assume they are trying to hit a regular drive, for example (no big, hoovering hooks or chopping, spiralling cuts) their relative grips will dictate how the equation is manufactured viz a viz the 3 aforementioned pieces. BUT, if any one of those 3 is completely missing, for whatever reason, will it totally destroy any sort of shot?
BTW Thanks for all the stuff you posted about this...It really is brilliant.
 
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Kevin Shields

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Shot selection, recovery from trapped or under plane, and heel contact would all give the player the look of roll even if it isn't a part of that players normal pattern
 
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