How do you make your golf swing lag?
Does lag increase swing speed?
Is lag good in a golf swing?
Do you need lag in golf swing?
Why is lag important in golf?
Golfers of all levels are obsessed with getting more lag in golf swing. Mastering lag provides a boost to your clubhead speed, quality of contact, and distance. A lot of golfers see lag as a skill that separates the high performers from the stragglers.
What is a lag shot?
Lag Shot is a new golf training club designed to help you get the feel for stored energy. It features a blue, flexible shaft that creates a natural whippy motion in your golf swing. You can use this training club to practice your swing motion alone, or you can actually hit balls with it.
Why is lag important in golf?
It’s important because it helps concentrate the force of your club at the point of contact when you strike the ball, which generates more power.
How to get a good backswing?
Start your backswing by bringing your arms behind you, keeping your lead arm straight. When you reach the top of your backswing, hold the position and form a right angle, or a 90-degree bend, with your wrists so the club is pointing in the direction you’re aiming.
How to swing a golf club forward?
Keep your dominant elbow close to your side as you swing the club forward. As you start your swing, hold the elbow of your rear arm, or your dominant arm, near the side of your body to force your wrists to maintain the angle so the clubhead lags behind. Swing all the way through with a fluid motion.
How to swing a golf ball?
Stand with the golfball on the ground in front of you and the side of your body aiming in the direction you want to hit it. Place your feet so they’re about shoulder-width apart and take a slight bend in your knees so you can rotate your body. Try to take a relaxed posture so you can swing more fluidly.
How to put a golf club on the ground?
Bend forward from your hips and place the clubhead behind the ball. Hold a golfclub loosely and lean forward at your hips toward the ball on the ground. Rest the head of the club on the ground just behind the ball. You should not feel like you have to reach to place the club behind the ball.
How to improve lag in golf?
Use a short golf swing to improve your lag and follow-through. Take a normal stance and grip on the club. Stand facing a golf ball on the ground and start your backswing as you normally would. When your hands reach just past the height of your waist, start your downswing and follow through as you strike the ball.
How to create lag in golf swing?
Creating lag in the golf swing is the same concept only we are using a golf club (hammer) to hit a golf ball (nail) and send it towards the hole. 1. Casting the golf club. When you cast the golf club in the downswing you rob yourself of power and the ability to hit consistent on-plane golf shots.
Why is lag important in golf?
Creating lag is essential for not only creating more clubhead speed and distance but accuracy and consistency as well. The lag shot golf training aid is the #1 training aid for creating lag in your golf swing. Most golfers I see struggle for distance unnecessarily, and as a result, find golf a lot more difficult than it needs to be.
What happens when you cast a golf club in the downswing?
When you cast the golf club in the downswing you rob yourself of power and the ability to hit consistent on-plane golf shots. Casting is when your right-hand pushes excessively against the shaft in the downswing which reduces the lag angle created between your right arm and the golf club.
What happens if you don't get your shoulder turn in golf?
Not only do you miss out on the extra speed and power a bigger shoulder turn creates, but you lose lag angle as well which helps with increasing golf swing speed .
What arm do you use to swing golf?
Being a right-hander it’s very easy to let the right arm and right shoulder take over in the golf swing in an effort to generate more power. Unfortunately, this only leads to you coming over the top, steep, and too much secondary axis tilt in the downswing.
What is the best grip pressure for golf?
Having light grip pressure enables you to hold the lag angle longer and release it at the right time. You want to be aiming for a grip pressure of around 3 to 4 (10 being a tight grip).
What is swing arc?
Your swing arc is the width you create in your golf swing. The wider the arc you can create the greater potential for increasing golf swing speed in your swing. Obviously, your body type will determine the width of the swing arc you are able to create.
Casting
If you don’t think you’ve got enough lag in your swing, it’s likely that you’re a caster. That is, the angle set in the backswing is released way too early. This can occur for a couple of reasons.
Proper sequencing
Instead, you want to practise sequencing correctly. From the top, that means unwinding from the ground up.
Separate the hands
If you’re still having trouble maintaining the angle between your left forearm and the club shaft on the way down, make some split-handed swings.
Checkpoints for Practice
Lag is the angle between the RIGHT forearm and the shaft - not the left as many teach
Video Transcription: Creating Lag in the Downswing Secret
We're going to do a two-part video series here on golf swing lag. The first part is going to be what you see on the screen here; me talking about a golf student. The second part is going to be me demonstrating the swing drills that I had the student do to get him into these ideal positions and how in increased his lag in his golf swing.
