Hi Shawn,
In this video you mention that the more you improve on the release, the less you have to close the face and less strong your grip needs to be. This inherently makes sense and I have been having a sneaking suspicion that I gravely need to work on my release. What I have noticed is that I will notice more of the release when I reduce my effort which tends to be a bit more enthusiastic in the follow through where I do notice a bit of strain in most of my shots unless I deliberately decrease effort.

However, in your awareness video, I remember you mentioning that when one of your students became aware of the turn in his feet and tried to manipulate it, he continued to have the problem because he wasn’t focused on the task. My question is, is this the same situation with the release? If I try to focus more on my release to be more aware of it, would I lose focus on the target? Do you have a video that can help me understand this a little bit better for the release? Thanks!