Ricky Castillo offers a different lesson — how hand structure early in the swing leads to consistent delivery through impact.

One metric that highlights this is hand thrust , which measures how the hands move toward or away from the body during the swing.

In the takeaway (P1 → P2), large changes in hand thrust often indicate the hands are moving too far inside or outside , which can create compensations later.

Ricky keeps this first move extremely simple .His hands move back with minimal deviation , creating a stable structure early in the swing.

Hand Thrust: The forward/backward position of your hands. It is set to 0 at address. It is negative when your hands are moved backward, away from the ball.

What’s interesting is how that structure carries into the downswing:

From P6 → P7 (impact) , Ricky’s hands actually move slightly outward , finishing further outside than they were at address .

This shows that great ball strikers aren’t simply “dropping the club inside.”

Instead, they organize the hands and club in space , allowing the shaft and clubhead to deliver efficiently into the strike.

The result:

• A simple, repeatable takeaway

• Clean spatial organization of the club

• Consistent iron delivery into impact