[Yoda]

http://www.golf.com/golf/instruction...636216,00.html


Is this guy flipping? I guess Nick Bradley, Justin Rose's coach, teaches this type of release. In his book he call a "puck release. I grew up playing hockey and there is some similarities to a slap shot release.

Ive also heard it referred to as "slap/hinge".

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What we have here is an almalgamation of three confused concepts:

(1) The Major Basic Stroke, a Right Elbow/Forearm Motion (7-3) ;

(2) The Sequenced Release Motion, a Left Wrist Uncock and Roll (4-D-0); and

(3) The Feel of Clubhead Lag Pressure, in the Right Hand trigger finger (7-19; 6-C-2-A).

This last, specifically:

A "deadweight, a status quo -- a deliberate, unvarying 'steady as she goes' -- an unreversed, stable, permanent Inertia. Exactly like dragging a wet mop through Impact. A steady pressure that sustains the Line of Compression. A careful nursing of the Clubhead Feel" (7-19 / 2nd edition).

I wrote on a similar question last summer (see Post #2 in the thread):

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...894#post44894s

Regarding your term 'slap shot release,' Homer Kelley himself originally catalogued the three Major Basic Strokes as Punch, Slap and Push (10-3-A/B/C). Beginning with the 4th edition, he changed 10-3-B from Slap to Pitch (or Slap).

Remember, though, this 'slap stuff' is all about the Major Basic Stroke (Component #3) and not the Release (Component #24).

Moreover, the Slap Shot is a "...Right Forearm underhand Pitch...delivered at the Aiming Point [usually the Ball] with a stiff-wristed slapping motion." This is the "underhand pitching motion that keeps the Clubshaft On Plane" (8-7 / 3rd Edition).

Study Clubhead Line-of-Flight (2-N-O).

This is the correct 'slap shot' concept, and it does not involve a flattening (or 'hinging') of the Right Wrist.