Struggling to release through!

**Nick88** · June 1, 2009

Evening everyone,

The last weeks golf has been very frustrating, im hitting alot of snap hooks off the tee and feels like im not releasing from my right side through to my finish very well!

Does anyone have and drills i could do to sort this out! Club championship is just over 6 weeks away and want my game ready for that!

Thanks

Nick

**DaveLeeNC** · June 1, 2009

It sounds like your body is "stalling out" on the downswing. When you stop turning most golfers will see their hands speed up which will often shut the clubface at impact. This might also account for feeling stuck on your right side at the finish..

I don't really have any drills for good body turn, but I find 1/2 to 3/4 swings to be good practice for working on a variety of swing issues. These smaller swings are easier to control for drill purposes.

dave

broscards · June 2, 2009

I agree, that sounds like your shoulders are getting to do all the work..

I run into this from time to time, just focus on taking the butt of the club and driving back into the ball from the top.. Also, think about turning through the swing and ending with your belt buckle facing your target..

RC · June 2, 2009

Imagine a discus thrower... that is similar to the way the right side releases. The release is a result of motion, not a hands and arm initiated thing. If you stop turning through the shot, it would be like the discus thrower stopping his body and flinging the discus left and low. In golf, it is a diving, duck hook. I know that shot, and hit it every once in while myself -- I'm an expert at it. One of the great mysteries of golf is why players who know better still get caught with a dying lower body and turn, and pull the heck out of shots -- you see it every week on the PGA tour on the golf channel.

Hit 3/4 shots as advised above, and focus on swinging through to a good turned and posted left side. You can hit as hard as you want with the right hand, but only if the body has moved to support that action. Otherwise, you will be "over-the-top" and left. If it keeps curving left, you flipped the club closed; if it slices back to the right your clubface was open to your swing line. Such a simple concept and so hard to do correctly -- you would think we would just hit it straight and save the aggravation. I ask myself that question every time I goof up.

**DBeane** · June 2, 2009

Check you allignement first(if your square, try flaring out your left foot a bit, sometimes keeping the left foot "squared in" can shut down the lower body). If you legs/lower body shutting down is whats causing the quick hook. Try the old Happy Gilmore drill (formerly the Gary Player drill)
* Line up to a shot normally. (Assuming your right handed) Move your left foot back to your right. Turn to the top, step with your left foot to the target, then hit it. Sometimes I will walk through the shot (i.e. Gary Player).
This should help with the sensation of getting through the shot.
*Also, remember to Swing the club back. I have found many snap hook sufferers tend to break the backswing into two parts.

Good luck on Tournament Day,

Beane

**ks8829** · June 2, 2009

When I snap hook my shots I usually check the following:

1) Make sure that I am making a full turn
2) Start the down swing with my hips
3) Check my grip
4) check my backswing

**jorruss** · June 2, 2009

I get the occasional snap hook when I get lazy or tired and my lower body leg drive goes away. The arms out race the legs and your timing goes off. Try to really clear your hips and drive the lower body towards the target.

I also have to check my path. If I get the club coming too much from the inside I hit either sweeping hooks or big blocks. I use my alignment sticks to help with my path by laying them down on the ground a few inches apart, lined up towards a target and hitting balls from bewteen the sticks without touching them.

If all else fails, I don't worry about it and go work on my short game in anticipation of missing more greens

**TN94z** · June 2, 2009

It sounds like your body is "stalling out" on the downswing. When you stop turning most golfers will see their hands speed up which will often shut the clubface at impact. This might also account for feeling stuck on your right side at the finish..

+1. 1/2 to 3/4 swings are a great way to get feel back in your swing....I use this a lot working through problems.

I get the occasional snap hook when I get lazy or tired and my lower body leg drive goes away. The arms out race the legs and your timing goes off. Try to really clear your hips and drive the lower body towards the target.

I think if you keep the swing thought of your belt buckle facing the target at impact, this will really keep the hips from getting lazy and they will clear more easily. I have had an issue with my hips not clearing before impact and I am really concentrating on this issue right now

**CarlSpackler** · June 2, 2009

I had this problem last year and my teacher weakened my grip had me hit bucket after bucket with my feet together. Seems to have helped, although I tend to push shots now.

**ninetwothree** · June 2, 2009

Someone wrote about the body stalling. That's your key. If the inside stops the outside speeds up.

Try hitting it far with a punch shot action. If you're snapping it, the clubface is rotating too fast so you need to slow that down.

Also try the drill below. I was hitting draws because my weight was too far back so I was given this drill:

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