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Old 12-28-2007 | 12:59 PM
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Default RE: Thumb release guys.....question(s)

ORIGINAL: Matt / PA

2. Your hand will flow freely toward your shoulder like you see Dave Cousins doing, this implies you are using back tension and following through.
To expand on this, and this is something you won't see in the book I sent you Jeff, my coach had me build into my shot sequence a destination contact point for my release hand to go to after the shot explodes. This way I'm pulling through the shot to a touch point/destination with that release hand to bring a more consistent finish/closure to the shot.When he was explaining this to me he actually used agolf analagy which may make a lot of sense to you. When you swing for the ball with a golf club, you will become more consistent if you are intending to end that swing with a destination (end of your follow through) rather than just ending it when you have hit the ball.

This is something that was VERY helpful to me that you won't see in that book, and you don't see in Dave's video clip that Matt shared. It brings closure to the execution of the shot in a MUCH more repeatable fashion (at least for me).

Hope this helps.....

Below is a quick clip showing my release handcoming to a destination point on my deltiod after the shot breaks.


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