Wind, spin and releasing the club

[DiverDown]

Okay, I know the title probably doesn't make much sense, however.......

I was at the range yesterday and the wind was blowing pretty good. I was hitting the ball fairly well, but the crosswind was driving the ball to the right a good 20 to 30 feet. I remembered an article I read that stated the more spin on a ball the less the wind will affect it. This made me think about the fact that I would really have to compress the ball to get good spin on it. I have always had a slight issue with "casting". I haven't worried too much about it as I can hit pretty well with decent distance, and when I say "casting" it is more of releasing the club earlier than I should not actually flipping the club, but my hands are still ahead of the ball at impact.

So anyway...... I usually have one swing thought, on purpose, and it's "take it back slow". I setup to the ball for my next shot and the thought turned into "compress the ball". The result was unexpected and very welcome. The release occurred naturally and I hit my six iron about 10 yards further than normal with a penetrating flight that was barely affected by wind. It was a bit of a revelation. My next shots I was able to duplicate the swing and finally felt proper release without even thinking about it, and each time the ball went further than normal, was barely affected by the wind, and I was putting less effort into the swing.

I just had to share this as releasing the club was something I always had an issue with, and I finally felt it for the first time. Thank you North Texas wind.