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I’d like your overall thoughts on my swing and which parts I should focus my efforts on improving. One area that I think might be causing me issues is my release. From a down the line view it looks like there is a lot of trail arm “throw.” I can miss the ball on both sides (and, depending on the day, can thin it as well), and perhaps this has something to do with the approach and release at the ball. I could obviously be way off, but I’d appreciate your thoughts on that.
This is obviously a high level swing and in this video I take Eric’s cue and focus on why the his trail (right) arm goes from bent to straight as he impacts the ball and swings out and around his body in what he feels like is a “throw” release as opposed to a “drive/hold” release action where the right wrist would stay extended and the right elbow bent longer past impact, which would make the right arm appear to straighten later and more around to the left. This is a complicated issue that starts with the right arm action in the backswing and the slight overturn of the right shoulder heading to the top which causes a sequence issue as the head and upper trunk lean left before the transition starts. Eric’s grip employs quite a bit of left wrist extension (which I am in favor of) but if that extension is held too long in the downswing the only way to square the face is to employ more of the throw release type that Eric would like to change. My thought is that if Eric employs more extensor action (the feeling of pushing out wider continuously) in the backswing he can initiate his forward swing without leaning his upper body to the left, and could then aim his hand path more outward toward the ball in a side arm throwing motion, while at the same time trying to keep his right leg driving more inward (internally rotating), all of which should give his right arm more space and give him the ability to work on adding flexion to the left wrist while employing more left forearm supination into impact. Training the right arm to stay bent longer requires that it not be tasked with closing the face, which means that a variety of punch shots would be in order in any practice session.
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