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wrx_junki Great Member

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My 3/4 swing goes just as far or maybe even farther due to more roll out. I know I have a problem of casting and not holding the lag. Are there any specific drills in holding the lag? If I try to emphasize the lag in my swing I push most of the shots to the right.

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What are your distances with your 3/4 swing? A lot of good golfers have short backswings -- you don't need to look like a pretzel to hit it far.

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If you try to have a straight left wrist at impact this helps hold lag and the ball will just shot off with a nice boring flight trajectory

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If you try to have a straight left wrist at impact this helps hold lag and the ball will just shot off with a nice boring flight trajectory

Was more worried about keeping the lag during the downswing not at impact.

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Just try and compress the ball into the turf as hard as you can. Using this, I can get 170 yds of carry with my 6 iron.

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Just try and compress the ball into the turf as hard as you can. Using this, I can get 170 yds of carry with my 6 iron.

Okay, sorry to say but this helps me in no way...

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Sorry, I was just trying to give you someting to keep in mind that I thought might help keep you from casting the club. Would maybe holding your wrist angle form the top and swinging with your arms, not hands.

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This is going to sound crazy and you'll hate it but it helps.

Take a club 7-PW any in that range will do.

Stand over the ball in your normal stance, normal grip, just like you were going to swing at it.

Now bend over until your torso is at or very near to parallel with the ground.

Then hit the ball.


Do this until your spine is about to cave in.

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My 3/4 swing goes just as far or maybe even farther due to more roll out. I know I have a problem of casting and not holding the lag. Are there any specific drills in holding the lag? If I try to emphasize the lag in my swing I push most of the shots to the right.

I mean there really aren't any specific drills to HOLD lag. Lag is created by the down force provided from your swing being in proper sequence (Hips, shoulders, hands, clubhead) Lag is generated and released by the force you provide and you can only maintain it so long as you are providing enough force. At your current swing if you try to consciously hold this position longer then your clubhead will never square to the target in time because your hands won't release quick enough. Lag is created naturally by the swing. It will increase as your swing becomes more powerful.

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I mean there really aren't any specific drills to HOLD lag. Lag is created by the down force provided from your swing being in proper sequence (Hips, shoulders, hands, clubhead) Lag is generated and released by the force you provide and you can only maintain it so long as you are providing enough force. At your current swing if you try to consciously hold this position longer then your clubhead will never square to the target in time because your hands won't release quick enough. Lag is created naturally by the swing. It will increase as your swing becomes more powerful.

I'd have to disagree that lag will increase as swing becomes more powerful. If I can swing faster but still keep on semi casting the club then it won't benefit me as much.

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Casting is when your swinging with your arms more than your body,arm swing causes early release,the reason i told you to try and have a straight wrist at impact is that it forces you to hold lag without consciously trying too.Trying to hold it as someone said can be disastrous,Make sure your taking the club back correctly on your back-swing with no arm lift,hip rotation and shoulder and shoulder pointing down at ball,this will help you get started right.

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Make sure your taking the club back correctly on your back-swing with no arm lift,hip rotation and shoulder and shoulder pointing down at ball,this will help you get started right.

Not understanding this 100%. Can you elaborate? Sorry.

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Um are you really serious? Maybe it was a typo and you were talking about my leg...

Righty to Lefty nailed it.

You can't really learn to hold the lag longer.

Golf is a game in which the ball always lies poorly and the player always lies well.

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