Mastering the Short Game: Dan Grieve 3 Releases

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right hi everyone so I get lots of

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questions about what are the three

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releas is what are the difference is so

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this video really is just going to run

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through key differences so you can

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really understand the short game own it

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and start to understand what shot to

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play where which is what it's all about

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so we're going to start with release one

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kind of the most basic green side chip I

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call it the Chip And Run it's a

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lowlighted shot which will land and run

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out it will run out more if you use less

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Loft less if you use more Loft assuming

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a good strike of course so when talk

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about three releases what I'm actually

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talking about is how the club swings

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through the ball okay so how it releases

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or swings this way and what we're what

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we're trying to imagine here is a laser

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coming out the top of the grip there and

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as it swings through just past impact

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where is that pointing now if it's

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pointing somewhere near that lead hip

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That's What I Call release one that

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means we're going to be using the front

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section of the bounce just to bruise the

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grass behind it and nip the ball okay

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which is that front section okay which

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encourages then slight Shar Lan and that

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little nip which flights the ball down

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okay so that's release one so here I've

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got a 56° so it's a sand wedge ideal for

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this front pin because it's downhill and

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it's fairly short obviously there's

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other options here you could use your

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putter or whatever for the benefit of

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this video we're talking about how to

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release it and how to actually chip

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rather than putt so we're going to set

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up with a ball just back of Center

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little bit of a forward lean don't go

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crazy it's going to take too much of the

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bounce off and we're going to try and

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get the shoulders as level as possible

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and the three releases have different

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wrist positions so for release one which

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is the lowest flighting shot we're going

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to get the wrist in the highest position

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so you can see how the angle there is

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fairly flat on my lead wrist okay which

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is going to discourage wrist action okay

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there'll be some because you're going to

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grip it lightly but we don't want to be

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getting too excessively in with the

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wrist hinge when you set the hands lower

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that encourages more wrist okay so we

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get the hands nice and high borders back

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to Center shoulders as level as you can

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make them and really don't feel like

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you're going to get too risky going back

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but really concentrate on where impact

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is and you see how the butt of the grip

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there is very much close to that front

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hip okay my chest my hands and the club

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head are all working together I'm not

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driving the hands with no rotation that

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would be release zero you can see the

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balls come off much hotter hasn't

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released at all and if I was just

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flipping with my wrist

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only okay that would be a big scoop see

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I hit way behind the wall there release

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way outside the back foot the back back

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hip there so you can call it almost a

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release four if you like so release one

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let's get this right this time got the

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sound word you'll see a little bit of

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check and you'll see it just gently run

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out towards the hole and in there we go

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you can see how the but of grip is

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pointing here okay very simple drill you

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can all do to get the feeling of this

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one is grip it down by the feral which

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is this black part on the club here on

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the on the front hip take it back and

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then rotate to the finish and this just

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gives you a great feeling for how your

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rotation works and how that release

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point is there which is on this front

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hip okay now obviously I can do release

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one with pretty much every Club in the

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bag that was a 56 ideal for the front

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pin if I'm going out towards the back

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pin there then a 56 probably isn't the

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right Club because it will check up too

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much so here would be the

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example I've used it can you see it's

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checking I played that absolutely

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perfectly but you can see how the ball

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struggled to run out so rather than

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struggle with The Sand Wedge go to

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something like an

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eight don't change anything in the setup

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but you'll see how the ball will have

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less spin with the

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eight and it will have more speed so you

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can see how that Ball's running out a

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lot easier and getting down there

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towards the pin so it's just a simple

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change in in Loft change the spin on the

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ball the release is exactly the same on

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that front hip so that's release one now

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it's second two release

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two right so release two so this

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situation we've got here where we're off

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the green but we have to carry around

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about 60% of Fringe to then hit a down

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slope and and filter it down to the hole

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so if I was to stick to the release one

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technique which we remember is a lower

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flighted shot which tends to then kick

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on a little bit if I just have that one

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technique I've played that really nicely

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but you can see how that Ball's just

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running on past the hole I couldn't have

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played that any better so if I want to

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start now getting a little bit more

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softness in Flight a little bit more

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Spin and control for this sort of shot

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where it's quick and downhill I need to

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use more of the middle section of the

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bounce which is released to what I call

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a soft Landing shot so this release

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point is where the but of the grip

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starts to point back towards the belt

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buckle area just past impacts so we're

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using more of the sole more of the

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bounce here to work through this way um

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I'm not going to go into all the detail

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of this shot this is this this video

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really is just about just trying to get

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some real good Basics across to it I've

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got the book there there's loads of

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detail in there and look through the

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other videos but um just so we're clear

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on this shot we do need a reasonable lie

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doesn't need to be amazing but we need

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to make sure we have some grass under

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the ball

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okay if we if it was sitting down here

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for example and we look at the shot and

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my mind is saying I'd love to play the

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soft Landing shot but actually if I try

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to play it from this

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lie it's not supposed to be that easy

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but you can see that's moved on a little

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bit but even from that lie it's not easy

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I happen to play it quite well but if I

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was not quite so perfect there it would

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land it' be very difficult to get that

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club under the ball okay so you need a

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reasonable lie to attempt this shot and

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that means the leading that sits more

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under the ball so ball forward flare the

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foot out a little bit more tiny bit

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further away we're to the second wrist

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position really light grip pressure

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that's the key if you can just take one

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thing from this video just take lighter

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grip pressure and then the club starts

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to swing itself got to make sure you go

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back on a good plane and try and get

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that club in a tot position so it

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protects the LOF and the bounce will not

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getting too too close there and the key

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here really is not rushing just trying

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to let the bounce slide under the ball

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keep your chest moving and then what

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we'll see here is is a softer

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shot and you'll see have a lot more spin

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you can see how it holds that slope more

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okay very quick down there let's see if

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we can soften that up a little bit more

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this is a

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56° by the way there you got a little

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bit more spin there

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look nice and close so this is a 56 I'm

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a big fan of using 54 56 maybe 58 for

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this shot you can can use a 60 the

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problem with using a

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60 is you got to be so good with the

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speed it's so easy for that ball to ride

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up the grues that much loft um and then

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it's very hard to control it I'll give

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it a

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go

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but like I was a bit quick on that

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because I knew it's quite a week loss so

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I know your sort of your your logical

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mind might be saying well I use the most

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lofted Club but actually you're going to

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get more success probably with your

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second most lofted Club for for this

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release so hopefully that helps you

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understand the release Point that's the

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most important thing really about this

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video is to get the understanding of

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where the club releases okay little bit

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of cupping in the lead wrist but grip

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back towards the belt buckle we keep

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turning nicely connected The Arc here as

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well it's fairly narrow it's not as wide

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as the release one but really just work

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on where that but grip's pointing keep

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your chest supporting the release as

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well and just be relaxed let the club

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swing let it flow we don't want any

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pulling and grabbing for this shot

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so release three this is the fun release

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this is the lob shot okay it's um

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slightly more dangerous if you haven't

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practiced it enough if it goes wrong

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okay so you don't need this shot in your

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game but you need to appreciate this is

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a a release and it is a release you can

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use when you want to hit the ball high

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either out the sand okay or when you

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want you've got very little green to

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work with and you want to need need to

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play that sort of lob shot the caveat

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here is you do need to have a

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lie that is okay you need you wouldn't

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play this off hard pan right I'll show

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you that in a second but the LI here is

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okay there is some grass under ball it's

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not amazing a bit of a Sandy kind of

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piece of land here but we can get the

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club under the ball so we're looking to

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use this section of the bounce now okay

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the trailing section so the release

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Point here is towards the back hiip

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maximum cup in the wrist this way okay

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the loft is on and we work around the

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corner um it's a longer swing it's a

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risty swing but you still need to make

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sure you're turning going to widen the

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stance up here because we need a longer

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uh it's a longer swing so we need a

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wider base ball forward shaft neutral no

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lean here at all we want all the bounce

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showing nice and brave with the swing

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try and cut the wrist to get the club as

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open as possible and then fire it under

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the ball there's a little bit more

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conscious release in this one whereas

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release two was a bit more just letting

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the club swing on its own Force this is

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a little bit more meant through the ball

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with that bottom hand okay only play

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this shot when you have very little

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green to work with and just weigh up the

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situation you maybe wouldn't do it so

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much in stroke play but you maybe do it

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in match play for example um here

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there's probably a little bit too much

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green to play I could still probably do

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the release two for this situation for

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those that are looking keenly on with

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with with your eyes in terms of how much

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green there is but imagine there's a bit

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less green okay and I've got a flight a

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little bit near the

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pin right let's give that a go so we're

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down there ball forward keep the chest

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moving release the

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club it's a nice high release and you

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can see how quickly that stops okay you

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see how the the club is kind of going in

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the holster as I call it here and the

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holster move comes from really releasing

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it nice and narrow and then it comes

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around the corner and into the holster

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so um no real kind of no real charging

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at it I've just got to keep everything

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moving wind's a little bit off the right

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so you got to allow for the wind a

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little bit with this shot because it's

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hanging in the air so

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much you see how softly that lands and

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just trickles out okay so you know great

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shot to have in your locker um brilliant

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out of the bunker as well like I say you

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do need to have an okay lie to play it

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if you were in a divot and you're in

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this situation well sometimes you got to

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take your medicine a little bit I would

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play a release one because I want to get

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the club face on the ball when it's

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sitting down I don't want to be using

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the bounce and i' accept it's going to

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go lower and it's going to run out a

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little bit more so I'm going to play

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that back in the stance a little bit of

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hinge though

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get the ball first and then hopefully

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hold that pot for a for an up and down

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okay so understand the light is really

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critical but that's release three really

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fire it use your most lofty Club I've

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got 60 in my hand here use your most

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lofty Club release it keep turning so

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you've now got three releases you got

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the front hip for your chip and run

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you've got the belt buckle for your soft

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Landing shot and you got the back hip

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for your lob shot three releases got to

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match it to the line and you got to use

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the right Club at the right time but

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hopefully that helps you understand the

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free releases a little bit more much

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more to learn from different videos in

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the book but um hopefully that helps you

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game all the best