Lag!!!

[Iwanttobreak100]

Originally Posted by D_Jetson

Lag stick: I would like to know more.

For example, what is the correct length it should be. Thanks!

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I was wanting to know this answer as well as well as the best type of material to make it with.

Thanks in advance!

[Timothy Voyles]

My coach put one of these in my hands and told me 20 swings then go back to ball striking.

The club felt weightless and my 6i went from 155 carry to 165. Now this carry didn't last 3 days later into a full 18, but the night after my session it certainly carried into the 9 I played. It's a tool I will purchase this weekend. $40ish depending on where you find it.

[Adam Young]

hmmm. Im probably going to be extradited from the community for this.

loss of lag is usually a product of a person trying to intentionally get under the ball, or maybe even unintentionally but their instincts are telling them to. They have not go/developed the correct concept.

more importantly, does lag develop speed, or does good speed develop good lag. People are under the assumption that more lag equals more speed...... in most cases not (not in all, depends how far off the chart you were). Not only does more lag NOT always equal more speed, but in many cases it can lower distance. Getting the club leaning further forwards at impact can lower the launch angle and spin rate of a ball.... Greta if you are swinging a 6 iron at 100 MPH. with the average player swing speed, and shorter players in particular, this combo of low speed and more shaft lean = less distance. hence, the subconscious will naturally resist any attempt to produce more shaft lean if speed is not enough.

So basically, as a result of a slow swing speed, in most cases the person will lose lag in an attempt to create more loft in order to get the maximum distance out of their pathetic energy.

For a pro, if they didn't maintain lag their ball would fly too high and lose distance, so they instinctively maintain it and get into a forward shaft lean. - it is nothing they really try to do but a reaction to the amount of speed they create.

IN MOST CASES - speed produces lag, not the other way around. and in a lot of cases, you don't want too much of it. So my answer to how important lag is = not as important as speed to a large extent. Obviously in extreme cases of lag loss it is worth visiting, but general lag is an evolutionary learned mechanism and if you ahvent learned it, you probably missed your learning windows as a kid. Bad parenting - should have got off that gamecube

and wait for the uproar