Extended club drill extension hitting the player's side indicates which swing error?

• A. Too little wrist action through impact
• B. Over-rotation of hips
• C. Early release before impact
• D. Too much wrist action through impact

Answer: (D)

The swing element being tested is how the wrists release through impact and how that affects where the club travels as you extend the arms. When you use an extended club drill and you feel the clubhead whip too aggressively through impact, the arms and wrists can uncock, causing the club to move toward your body and even brush your side. That tendency matches too much wrist action through impact.

If you’re not releasing enough, you’d see the opposite issue—the wrists stay hinged and the club doesn’t extend, which isn’t the same body contact. Over-rotation of the hips would change the torso path rather than cause the club to hit your side, and an early release before impact would release the wrists too soon, typically altering the strike pattern rather than producing that body-contact cue. To fix, work on a smoother, less aggressive wrist release at impact while allowing the body to rotate to keep the club on a natural arc.