Simple way to create lag in your golf swing
For some players it seems creating lag in your golf swing is the holy grail of swing technique. In fact, if the club is allowed to swing as a simple lever system, free of manipulation and tension, then lag will develop naturally.
In today’s video Peter shows the fundamentals of lag and how to incorporate it into your golf swing.
THE BIGGEST MISTAKE WITH LAG IN THE GOLF SWING
In this video Jonathan talks about a very common mistake that people make when trying to create lag.
Although many people try and create lag in the golf swing to improve their distance, you have to be careful with how you are using your wrists otherwise you will definitely do more harm than good.
3 Drills to Create Lag in Golf Swing
Martin Hall and Blair O’Neal discuss three drills to create more lag in a golf swing. Work on these 3 lag drills and you’ll notice a difference in your golf swing immediately.
How to Feel Lag in the Golf Swing
We know that creating lag is important in the golf swing… but how to we create it?
A great drill to get the feeling is to simply hold a golf ball between the pointer finger of your trailing hand and the shaft. As you start the downswing, you should feel some pressure on your knuckle.
Watch the video above to understand how to feel lag in your golf swing!
THE SECRET TO GETTING LAG IN THE GOLF SWING
Feel like you’re losing power and not creating enough lag? Concerned it’s causing a lot of your poor shots?
This is the one exercise you need to start getting lag in your golf swing. Watch this video and see how to improve your lag today.
You’re Creating Lag The Wrong Way
How the wrists should move in the golf swing is one of the most asked questions. The wrist motion in golf is a very complex subject and one that has many possible variations depending on a player’s move from the top of the backswing through impact.
There is ONE HUGE MISTAKE that the vast majority of golfers are making when it comes to the wrists, wrist hinge, and creating LAG in the golf swing and this video will explain HOW you’ve been creating lag the wrong way in your golf swing!!!
This video addresses the main wrist motions in the swing and how they have been misrepresented and misunderstood by golfers for decades.
Downswing Lag Checkpoint
Lag is one of the most commonly misunderstood concepts in golf; players of all skill levels are often confused as to how it is generated and where to spot it when analyzing their own swings. On top of all this, there is also a point of diminishing returns for this concept. Students who over-exaggerate this pattern will often benefit from working in the opposite direction; movements such as “the unhinge” can be a huge help in these cases.
Overall, if you are struggling with a flip-release, poor contact/low-point control, or are simply looking to better understand the common golf adage that is “lag“, this is a useful and straightforward starting point.
Footwork for more Lag in the Golf Swing
In today’s video Zach shows us how to use our feet in our golf swing for more lag.
It’s a one, two, three drill that helps you transfer your weight from your back foot to your front foot. Pushing off your back foot and getting through the shot and up on your toe will help create more lag in the golf swing.
