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A late wrist release in your swing is a great thing to have to encourage your best swing speed. Ideally, you want to save your lag (the angle that your hands, wrists and club have created on the downswing) until your hands have traveled past your belt-line. You want to save that stored energy,created by the angle in your wrists, to be used at a point in your swing where your arms are traveling at their fastest. If your wrists release before this point, you have given up potential club speed by not taking advantage of timing the two major pivot points in your swing, namely your shoulder turn and your wrist release.
Here is a quick drill to get your hands to feel the late release:
-Set up in your address position with a driver.
-Swing it back to the halfway point in your backswing and stop.
-Slide your top hand halfway up the shaft.
-From this point, keep your bottom hand still, and then continue your swing with the
top hand only to a point where the grip of the club passes your belt line.
-You will notice that your top hand on the club is at an angle of at least 90 degrees. This is
the position your wrists need to be in to have a late release.
-Return the club back to the halfway point in your swing, keeping your hands in the
same position and repeat this drill ten to twelve times, stopping your swing each
time at a point where your bottom hand dropped down past your belt line. This will
help teach your hands to get in a position for a late release, and over time, this
move will find its way into your swing.
Eric Lastowkaa member of the Pinnacle Long Drive Team finished 2nd in the 2006 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship and once hit a drive 415 yards.