Full Swing · Mental Model

Weigh higher hands: more speed, but over-the-top risk

The speaker recounts raising her hands higher over time. She describes the pros of the higher, high-hands position as a shallower shoulder plane that creates a lot of velocity and speed on the way down. The cons: coming down the same path you went up will most likely go over the top, causing shots left or right; the hands naturally drop and loop a little on the way down, and looping too much with a release produces a hook while looping without releasing can block, an inconsistency of the looping downswing.