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I know its been a while that this topic has been commented on..in my search for better contact I have realised I choke the club to death and feel this is going to be detrimental to my swing. Would I be right in saying that holding the club too tightly would restrict the natural bottoming out of the clubface and holding off with the release (lightly gripping the club will release naturally.

ty Iacas for putting my mind at ease....i am quite a strong lad in my arms and i can hold the wedge completely if need be all the way through. This is what has killed my driver swing as i would come into impact with such a delofted face. Stack and Tilt claim there is no release but for me this is a kind of release (releasing the angle held between the back of my right hand and my forearm).

That is exactly what i am getting at ...the wedge has to release nobody gets down to the ball with a driver having the same angle in right wrist at the top of the swing as at impact. All i am saying is that this piece of advice i took literally maintaing the same angle of flying wedge now i am releasing the wedge i hit my driver so much better and get much more height

sorry but that flying wedge angle isnt the same as it would be at the top of his backswing the right wrist is clearly flattening thoughout and as u have posted in the follow through wedge almost completely gone :) if u put him to the top of his backswing with that wrist angle could he hold a tray of drinks ...no i wouldnt want him to bring a drink to my table also his club head shoulder and arm are almost straight that club head is catching up all the time proving he is releasing the flying wedge

Hello guys Just want to give my input on the flying wedge. After adopting a stack and tilt style swing method i learned about the flying wedge and how they advocate maintaining the wedge all the way into follow through. I found this advice so misleading and destructive to my swing, not too bad for irons as a delofted clubface and forward leaning shaft is ideal for hitting down on the golf ball. My driver swing was a completely different story...u can not hit up on a golf ball that is in a forward position whilst delofting the driver face and maintaining a forward leaning shaft created by maintaining the flying wedge. This caused my right shoulder to dip resulting in me snap hooking, drop kicking the ball off the tee. Today after taking a lesson with my local pro it has been brought to light how misleading this information is. Taking the backswing the right hand does bend beckwards creating the flying wedge but throughout the downswing this flying wedge needs to release gradually so that by the time your hands are down infront of you your wrist angle is back to what it was whilst setting up to the ball (releasing the flying wedge not holding on to it)....there is no other way of presenting loft to the ball on the tee if you dont release this angle.

Golfingdad ty so much ....today I went to the range and out of about 60 balls I hit 90 percent with a lovely draw focusing on a square club face and a in to out swing path.....what I did find was the more I tried to hit the inside quadrant of the ball the more I automatically pushed hips forward to get to the inside(something I could never get was the feel for pushing hips forward). Also the clubface opens slightly on impact because of trying to hit the inside of the ball...sending the ball out to the right with a little draw to bring it back. felt amazing....my bad shot was a slight push where I think I was ok with swing path but face matched path and resulted in a straight push. Cant wait to try again haha I love golf now ;)

Ty for your time golfing dad much appreciated

Thanks for all your input guys I do appreciate your help....the main question I need answering is if I have face slightly open at address with backnof hand facing target ...do I return it to the same condition at impact with swing path going in to out. I have just read iacas post about the strong grip vs weak and this makes alot of sense to me....as since my lessons I have weakened my grip and my misses are either snap hook or push slice (to much manipulation through impact causing sprayed shots) I think if I can take a strong grip I can swing in to out without manipulation. ....gona try it tomorrow I will let u know how it goes.

Ty the reason i try to open face at address is because i have had a couple of lessons with a stack and tilt instructor and he advocates that at address open the face slightly. But it does make sense what u say about the face will be slightly open as i hit down with an iron....saying that what would u suggest for a driver.

Hello guys new member here and this is my first thread. My question is using the new ball flight laws, i open the club face a couple of degrees and then try to swing a diagonal path into the back of the ball that is more in to out than the club face angle. So as i set the club face open at address do i have the back of the hand facing target and then coming back to the ball on the diagonal path in to out do i try to get back of hand facing target upon impact. Reason i ask this is when i am coming into impact because of the diagonal path into the ball my back of left hand seems to want to trace the diagonal path which is opening face even more causing me to push slice. Thanks for any advice Martin