Great vid Craig, l've been rattling around most of the swing gurus on TH-cam, think I'm gonna be sticking with you for some time, been trying to emulate Hogan most of my golfing life, his shaft almost looked like it was resting on the back of his neck during the down swing, your vid emphasises this retention of angle and a great way of achieving it, thanks again!
The example of the painting… the best I have heard in times! Even not understanding everything (I am Spanish), it has been great to feel that sensation today paying, and it works!
easily the best video I've seen on youtube about the release and what lag really is. I golfed for 30 years and just worked with a coach for 6 months and this video made it all click. Shaft lean and lag isn't something you produce, it's the result of this movement. That was hard to wrap my head around and not taught very well in the golf world... but wow what a difference after seeing this video! big thanks!
Probably the single most important video for adding distance. I've noticed the difference between pros and many of us. This actually points out exactly what the differences are. The maximum lag or collapse or fold dont happen at the beginning or end of the back swing but actually on the down swing. Good luck to us all trying to do that. Had succeses with the iron on shorter swings and felt the bal compressed at impact. On bigger swings and the driver, can't feel it.
Feels can develop they start with shorter clubs. I developed a lot of lag. Keep working on it. Look at it like 3 months or 6 months not just 3 hours … 👍
@@CraigHansonGolf there's hope. Went to the driving range to find the lag. By pulling the grip downward hard at the down swing rather than try to move the club head actually cause a bit more lag and whip at the contact.
Great analogy Craig Thank you! you definitely speak my language, I try to listen or watch some coaches/ Teachers and I'm more confused then when I started, I understood everything you put in that video, Great stuff! I'm totally after that fluidity you talk about, ,, !
Great great great video. I tried getting narrow on my downswing on the course once and the sound off the club was amazing. Crispy crispy. Still need to practice the timing. Great illustration sir
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Today after watching this video I had a mess around, I saw my average 9 iron go from 120 yards to 145.. this is my normal 7 iron distance, I saw my 7 iron go to around 170 yards. just seeing how close the shaft got to the shoulder on the downswing did it for me, just need to implement this into my wild driver now as I've lost so much control and confidence with it, I'm always chipping out the trees costing me shots 😅 great video
That’s amazing Robert 👍👍.. great work. Really appreciate the post. Thanks for taking the time. Theres a 20 Video Driver Series on WorldClassGolf.com •Slow motion clips • club path face control • body positioning • exact set up and hand motion 99 dollars ….is that worth straighter drives ? 😊 also includes 1200 videos I also do swings analysis same format as the TH-cam videos side by side examples with your swings. Voice over. Personal drills. Even Skype calls to talk and WhatsApp messages. Thanks for posting appreciate it a lot
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Hello Fenton, to be honest I think it’s both.. At least that’s my feeling from the drill. Sw how you go it really is a great drill. Thanks for posting Fenton 👍
WorldClassGolf......in your demonstration of lag ....you're using a training club ( iron ) with a "Black" extremely oversized plastic club head. Also a training "grip". Is it possible to purchase that training aid. This would be beneficial to peripheral visioning the club head square during down swing. Please advise if that training club is available to buy one. Most appreciative for any assistance.
Thanks for the video. It took me almost a week to get this down but I can definitely reproduce it with a very minimal, as you showed in the video, take away. Maybe to hip height at max, however when I attempt to go any further, say 3/4 take away the whole process breaks down. Is it just a matter of sitting at this comfortable hip high take away and let time add some length to the back swing? or do you have any tips. At hip height things are going straight, as soon as I add more take away I'm block pushing right (right handed) or skulling things, etc. Thanks for such great content.
Hi Coder, I’m not sure what exactly your doing. Have you ever had a swing analysis? I teach people all over the world. Offer personal phone calls and private messages. You get your swing analysed exact sane format as the TH-cam video. A compressed 20 minute analysis with tailored drills and practice programs. I can your coach if you like. The way I see it we have have only one golf swing. Invest into it. I will change your game I guarantee it. WorldClassGolf.com Membership 1200 videos 65 Separate Series plus 1 Online Swing Analysis 149.00. I mean it’s nothing for what you get. Written golf tips? - that doesn’t work. Work with Leading Instruction 👍 There’s a new yearly online lesson package coming in 2 weeks. Personal Skype and Zoom calls with me. Personal messaging is already available . Kind regards
Very interesting, I've never consiously tried keeping the shaft close to my trail shoulder before, felt much simpler than a late hinge and took pressure off my left wrist in the transition. 69 gross first time out with it, love it !!!
craig, so when you see that big angle and then it gets released at impact do those pro golfers and yourself have very soft grips and just letting the forces of nature do the release action as opposed to trying to roll the arms and hands or putting pressure on the shaft to make it happen? thnx for the help.
They don’t necessarily grip super soft but I would encourage that at the start to help the club player get the hands moving freely … not stiff and wooden..
Hi Greg, on the downswing from the top is it a good idea to start with the max pressure on the left thumb to bring the club down? like i am casting the club, it holds the angle, but i need to learn to turn my body.
It’s something you can try. There’s multiple moves and drills and how you practice it. Dr Robert Neal world renowned Golf Biomechanics just did amazing video with a drill on lag probably the best I’ve seen. It’s in the LAG series in WorldClassGolf.com There’s a series on hip Turn and body turn on the platform. 1200 videos, 65 series. Practice programs. Invest in your golf if it’s important to you. It’s not all in TH-cam that’s for sure 👍😊
Part of that is video manipulation because Sergio also shallows the club it makes it look like he has more lag but nonetheless he has massive lag! Great video
I think a good drill no one ever does to get a good feel would be to lay the club across your shoulder blades at the top of the backswing turn with the club still on the shoulder blades and then swing the club. Extreme I know but I think it would give a good medium
Yes I've done this drill and it provides a good "feel." Thanks for reminding me I need to get back to it. This lag or shaft angle thing is the hardest thing in golf to get. Especially when you've been throwing your arms at the ball and club head has out raced the hands at impact for over 40 years😡
All it takes is side bending to the right in the downswing, the same bio-mechanics as when tossing a stone across a pond side arm. Every pro does it to some degree depending on body type. Those with long torsos / short leg proportions can do it much more than one with short torso / long legs. Just stand poised at the top of the backswing at the point the club stops and reverses direction and do nothing except side bend to the right and observe what happens… the hands drop down on a circular path towards the ball and the right arm tucks into the body. That side bend move can be done independently from the hip and shoulder turn. What happens if you start to side bend to the right while the backswing of the shoulders is still occurring? The club head mass is jerked down in the hands causing the shaft to bend storing potential energy. If you try the side bend move starting at the top you will also find it creates a reflexive lateral shift of the hips to the target which will unlock the front leg and allow the hips to fire open. To maintain the bend in the shaft and potential energy to impact the hands must keep pulling down on the club head and accelerating faster than the club head mass does. If the speed of the club head catches up to the hands the bend comes out of the shaft and the potential energy is lost. How do the pros maintain that lag and bend in the shaft? By progressively increasing the amount of side bend in the spine throughout the downswing. Keeping the club shaft vertical in the downswing above the hands keeps it close to the center of rotation similar to how a figure skater pulls their arms in to spin faster. The better the golfer can lag the club and bring it down vertically the faster the physics will allow them to fire the hips open. At the point the hands reach the bottom of their swing arc the club shaft is horizontal with the ground allowing gravity to act on it along with the momentum to whip it around the hands if the golfer’s grip allows it to freely ‘waggle’ from thumb-up radial deviation to thumb down ulnar deviation, something recreational golfers fail to do because of poor grips with too much grip pressure in the fingers. The reverse bend comes out of the shaft to the point of bending past straight to forward as it bottoms out in its swing arc unless the golfer lifts the heel of the back foot to allow the hips to keep turning past 45° open. Keeping the back foot on the ground can result in the hips getting stuck 45° open and the shaft bending forward to the point of the head snapping off the shaft. Watch videos of Ben Hogan frame by frame watching the movement of his hands as they drop down below the waist, the blur of the club shaft as it accelerates and how and when he peeled his back foot off the ground then turned it to release hips and shoulders.
@@Bill-uo6cm I find it most effective to side-bend progressively starting with just enough when wanting to change direction of the club head to drop hands, tuck trail elbow back into rib cage and shift hips laterally, which “posts” the front leg vertically causing it to be the axis of rotation for the pelvis. At the point the hips reach 45° keeping my back foot grounded creates the “hitting the wall” sensation where hips stop but shoulders and pinned lead arm start rotating around the “stuck” hips. At that point hands have dropped to waist level with trail arm still bent at the elbow and wrist maxed out in radial deviation. At the point the shoulder swing past parallel to match the hips which are 45° the pinned front arm mass starts to fly off the chest. That considerable mass of the lead arm accelerating is what pulls the club head much faster through the ball than the speed of the shoulder turn alone. That’s the point in the swing, just before the shoulders open to target and release the lead arm mass to accelerate you want to crank in the side bend to tilt the shoulders and make that lead arm more vertical. The angle of the lead arm relative to the ground influences the direction it flies off and pulls the club. The more vertical you can get the lead arm as it flies off using side bend action the more it will pull club head mass and trail arm down the target line. That’s why golfers with longer than average torsos who can side bend more than those with short torsos tend to hit longer, straighter shots.
The ball speed I get from my driver using this technique increases by around 10mph in comparison to my usual swing, however, my dispersion isn't as tight and I often push shots to the right.
I tried this exercise at the range and was amazed. I was hitting the ball nearly as far as I do with my normal full swing! Only problem is that most balls went right no matter what I tried.
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You didn't mention anything about rotation of the upper body. Isn't keeping the arms moving in sync with the rotation of the upper body a big factor in maintaining that shaft angle? Doesn't that angle break down if you stop or slow your body OR your arms are thrown faster and out race your lower and upper body? I ask because I've worked and worked on lag drills and I've made very little progress. In fact my game has taken a turn for the worse
The drill seems like a float load type of swing. I’ve tried the float load and hit it pretty well but I felt like sometimes I wouldn’t even get to a 90 degree angle. Maybe it just felt that way.
My swing doesn't have what these guys do. But I've found what works for me. And can hit if 280 at times. Even 300. The fundamentals are there. I've adjusted my face to close so my swing plane hits it perfectly for a fade. Pulling the club down. And elbow tucked in. Let my hips open. By placing back foot behind lead foot. And swing in to out. Works well. First season using a driver. Period. And I should of used it more the last season. But stuck to my irons. And 2i. I ain't no pro so getting 220 200 with my 2i was decent. Now I see how forgiving and further a driver is. Big face. Especially these new drivers.
I like the vid but you can’t compare lag looking face to face with the golfer. It’s a 2D illusion. For example, Garcias club head is way more behind/lower than Couples if you were to look at the golfers from behind the ball.
You’re talking about accumulative lag, not lag pressure. True lag does not have to be created. It’s shaft pressure coming from the sweet spot of the clubhead. This pressure is resistance from the clubhead in the downswing. You pull or drag that pressure into impact.
So, what was the answer to the initial position: "Why amateur golfers can't create lag" ? What you explained (very well) was HOW professional golfers create lag... But I didn't hear you explain why I can't do it...?
Honestly I think there is one point to mention. Average golfers are by far not flexible enough in the hands and shoulders to swing that lag without the hands gettig active and the club into the wrong position. That's the real reason in my eyes why we can't achieve that lag.
@@Aoughi it’s actually talent or lack of it. Sorry to be rude. It’s about reaching the next level. The amateur lag is a result of ability. I’ll post a video here
@@CraigHansonGolf alright i ll watch and try out. I myself as a 7 hcp with 40+ years can get nice compression on the irons when I very actively use my hands for holding the lag but then the timing is getting really difficult. Just feels like being too stiff for that 😂
Your absolutely right Greg. I never once mentioned that they could. The video shows extreme lag with Tour pros which is interesting. It’s about getting some LAG .. can you please show me where I said that the average golfer can get that much lag? Did you actually watch the drill at the end to help club players get a feel to get some lag? Because most can’t get any at all it’s that bad
It is strange that People want to copy professionnels players. We all want to play football like Mbappé but we known we can’t. So play golf for fun.That's all.
The video is about lag and for people who want more lag. - this creates compression , shaft lean and more speed for most people. The Video was not made for people that don’t lag that much but are still so amazing and able they hit to hit the ball SOO FAR! 💪💪
@@CraigHansonGolf Yes I did. I thought you would address shallowing the club and the fact that the club head moves away from the ball initially. Some pros argue that a lot of the lag is an illusion due to the shallowing. The female in the video really shallows the club. I also thought that you would address the squatting move and how it causes shallowing of the club. Don't get me wrong I do none of this stuff well which is why i'm watching the video.
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Great vid Craig, l've been rattling around most of the swing gurus on TH-cam, think I'm gonna be sticking with you for some time, been trying to emulate Hogan most of my golfing life, his shaft almost looked like it was resting on the back of his neck during the down swing, your vid emphasises this retention of angle and a great way of achieving it, thanks again!
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Best explanation of lag I've heard!
Thanks so much Steve really appreciate you taking the time to post 👍
You are right
Great video, Excellent Instruction. Thanks Craig!
Thanks appreciate the posting 👍
easily the best video I've seen on youtube about the release and what lag really is. I golfed for 30 years and just worked with a coach for 6 months and this video made it all click. Shaft lean and lag isn't something you produce, it's the result of this movement. That was hard to wrap my head around and not taught very well in the golf world... but wow what a difference after seeing this video! big thanks!
Thanks Stan its great to start to get noticed and to start to reach more and more people. I really appreciate you taking the time to post 👍👍
I love that you included Maria Fassi! I went to the Lotte tournament and made a point to see her swing with that great lag.
It’s quite a amazing golf swing isn’t it
Just unbelievable
Great video. You cleared up so much for me. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks Craig! I really enjoy how you break the swing and grip down to where it makes sense!
Thanks Bobby always nice to hear from you 👍👍
Totally
Probably the single most important video for adding distance. I've noticed the difference between pros and many of us. This actually points out exactly what the differences are. The maximum lag or collapse or fold dont happen at the beginning or end of the back swing but actually on the down swing. Good luck to us all trying to do that. Had succeses with the iron on shorter swings and felt the bal compressed at impact. On bigger swings and the driver, can't feel it.
Feels can develop they start with shorter clubs. I developed a lot of lag. Keep working on it. Look at it like 3 months or 6 months not just 3 hours … 👍
@@CraigHansonGolf going to give a mate who's drive is 230m on average some pressure in 5 months. (hopefully 😆) no one touches him!
@@yiyanlin284 ha ha ha ha like it
@@CraigHansonGolf there's hope. Went to the driving range to find the lag. By pulling the grip downward hard at the down swing rather than try to move the club head actually cause a bit more lag and whip at the contact.
I’ve never seen the mechanics behind lag highlighted like this before. Great bud can’t wait to try it out
Thanks Paul .. it’s nice to be reaching so many people through this video thanks for posting appreciate it 👍
Great video
This is why he's known as the laginator in chief.
Great analogy Craig Thank you! you definitely speak my language, I try to listen or watch some coaches/ Teachers and I'm more confused then when I started, I understood everything you put in that video, Great stuff! I'm totally after that fluidity you talk about, ,, !
Thanks Kevin it’s a really good drill that one I’ve seen people really create a great feel for lag and shaft Lean .. good to start with pitches
Great helpful video. Best explanation yet!
Thanks Kenneth very much appreciated 👍
Great great great video. I tried getting narrow on my downswing on the course once and the sound off the club was amazing. Crispy crispy. Still need to practice the timing. Great illustration sir
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Today after watching this video I had a mess around, I saw my average 9 iron go from 120 yards to 145.. this is my normal 7 iron distance, I saw my 7 iron go to around 170 yards. just seeing how close the shaft got to the shoulder on the downswing did it for me, just need to implement this into my wild driver now as I've lost so much control and confidence with it, I'm always chipping out the trees costing me shots 😅 great video
That’s amazing Robert 👍👍.. great work. Really appreciate the post. Thanks for taking the time.
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Hey Craig, I really like this motion and will try it. The question is, Is the left had more dominant, or the right hand??
Hello Fenton, to be honest I think it’s both.. At least that’s my feeling from the drill. Sw how you go it really is a great drill. Thanks for posting Fenton
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Brilliant. Great video
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WorldClassGolf......in your demonstration of lag ....you're using a training club ( iron ) with a "Black" extremely oversized plastic club head. Also a training "grip".
Is it possible to purchase that training aid. This would be beneficial to peripheral visioning the club head square during down swing. Please advise if that training club is available to buy one. Most appreciative for any assistance.
Unfortunately they don’t make them anymore Michael. I’ve had lots of questions about it over the years.
Sorry I can’t help.
Thanks for the video. It took me almost a week to get this down but I can definitely reproduce it with a very minimal, as you showed in the video, take away. Maybe to hip height at max, however when I attempt to go any further, say 3/4 take away the whole process breaks down. Is it just a matter of sitting at this comfortable hip high take away and let time add some length to the back swing? or do you have any tips. At hip height things are going straight, as soon as I add more take away I'm block pushing right (right handed) or skulling things, etc. Thanks for such great content.
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What a great video Craig , very interesting
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Very interesting, I've never consiously tried keeping the shaft close to my trail shoulder before, felt much simpler than a late hinge and took pressure off my left wrist in the transition. 69 gross first time out with it, love it !!!
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What does the 3 inches displayed denote? Kindly explain, Coach Craig.
Head movement downwards
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craig, so when you see that big angle and then it gets released at impact do those pro golfers and yourself have very soft grips and just letting the forces of nature do the release action as opposed to trying to roll the arms and hands or putting pressure on the shaft to make it happen? thnx for the help.
They don’t necessarily grip super soft but I would encourage that at the start to help the club player get the hands moving freely … not stiff and wooden..
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Hi Greg, on the downswing from the top is it a good idea to start with the max pressure on the left thumb to bring the club down? like i am casting the club, it holds the angle, but i need to learn to turn my body.
It’s something you can try. There’s multiple moves and drills and how you practice it. Dr Robert Neal world renowned Golf Biomechanics just did amazing video with a drill on lag probably the best I’ve seen.
It’s in the LAG series in WorldClassGolf.com
There’s a series on hip Turn and body turn on the platform.
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Noted will check it out.
Part of that is video manipulation because Sergio also shallows the club it makes it look like he has more lag but nonetheless he has massive lag! Great video
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I think a good drill no one ever does to get a good feel would be to lay the club across your shoulder blades at the top of the backswing turn with the club still on the shoulder blades and then swing the club. Extreme I know but I think it would give a good medium
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It's all about establishing the feels. Sounds good 👍
Yes I've done this drill and it provides a good "feel." Thanks for reminding me I need to get back to it. This lag or shaft angle thing is the hardest thing in golf to get. Especially when you've been throwing your arms at the ball and club head has out raced the hands at impact for over 40 years😡
All it takes is side bending to the right in the downswing, the same bio-mechanics as when tossing a stone across a pond side arm. Every pro does it to some degree depending on body type. Those with long torsos / short leg proportions can do it much more than one with short torso / long legs.
Just stand poised at the top of the backswing at the point the club stops and reverses direction and do nothing except side bend to the right and observe what happens… the hands drop down on a circular path towards the ball and the right arm tucks into the body. That side bend move can be done independently from the hip and shoulder turn. What happens if you start to side bend to the right while the backswing of the shoulders is still occurring? The club head mass is jerked down in the hands causing the shaft to bend storing potential energy. If you try the side bend move starting at the top you will also find it creates a reflexive lateral shift of the hips to the target which will unlock the front leg and allow the hips to fire open.
To maintain the bend in the shaft and potential energy to impact the hands must keep pulling down on the club head and accelerating faster than the club head mass does. If the speed of the club head catches up to the hands the bend comes out of the shaft and the potential energy is lost. How do the pros maintain that lag and bend in the shaft? By progressively increasing the amount of side bend in the spine throughout the downswing.
Keeping the club shaft vertical in the downswing above the hands keeps it close to the center of rotation similar to how a figure skater pulls their arms in to spin faster. The better the golfer can lag the club and bring it down vertically the faster the physics will allow them to fire the hips open.
At the point the hands reach the bottom of their swing arc the club shaft is horizontal with the ground allowing gravity to act on it along with the momentum to whip it around the hands if the golfer’s grip allows it to freely ‘waggle’ from thumb-up radial deviation to thumb down ulnar deviation, something recreational golfers fail to do because of poor grips with too much grip pressure in the fingers. The reverse bend comes out of the shaft to the point of bending past straight to forward as it bottoms out in its swing arc unless the golfer lifts the heel of the back foot to allow the hips to keep turning past 45° open. Keeping the back foot on the ground can result in the hips getting stuck 45° open and the shaft bending forward to the point of the head snapping off the shaft. Watch videos of Ben Hogan frame by frame watching the movement of his hands as they drop down below the waist, the blur of the club shaft as it accelerates and how and when he peeled his back foot off the ground then turned it to release hips and shoulders.
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You have to be careful about side bending to the right too early and to quickly relative to the rotation of your torso, I assume.
@@Bill-uo6cm I find it most effective to side-bend progressively starting with just enough when wanting to change direction of the club head to drop hands, tuck trail elbow back into rib cage and shift hips laterally, which “posts” the front leg vertically causing it to be the axis of rotation for the pelvis. At the point the hips reach 45° keeping my back foot grounded creates the “hitting the wall” sensation where hips stop but shoulders and pinned lead arm start rotating around the “stuck” hips. At that point hands have dropped to waist level with trail arm still bent at the elbow and wrist maxed out in radial deviation.
At the point the shoulder swing past parallel to match the hips which are 45° the pinned front arm mass starts to fly off the chest. That considerable mass of the lead arm accelerating is what pulls the club head much faster through the ball than the speed of the shoulder turn alone. That’s the point in the swing, just before the shoulders open to target and release the lead arm mass to accelerate you want to crank in the side bend to tilt the shoulders and make that lead arm more vertical. The angle of the lead arm relative to the ground influences the direction it flies off and pulls the club. The more vertical you can get the lead arm as it flies off using side bend action the more it will pull club head mass and trail arm down the target line. That’s why golfers with longer than average torsos who can side bend more than those with short torsos tend to hit longer, straighter shots.
i really like your swing
Thanks a lot I’ve practiced hard with good information
Yes it's beautiful
I try to copy it. Great swing
Nice tips
This somehow eliminated my early extension - thanks!
Great news
💪🏻as always …. Great Video
Thanks a lot glad you enjoyed thanks for taking the time to post 👍
The ball speed I get from my driver using this technique increases by around 10mph in comparison to my usual swing, however, my dispersion isn't as tight and I often push shots to the right.
i just covered a video on that and mentioned the hands and wrists.. the move of millions series will help you so so much on WorlfClassGolf.com
I tried this exercise at the range and was amazed. I was hitting the ball nearly as far as I do with my normal full swing! Only problem is that most balls went right no matter what I tried.
thanks for posting. Perhaps you should look at getting a online swing analysis from me.
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You didn't mention anything about rotation of the upper body. Isn't keeping the arms moving in sync with the rotation of the upper body a big factor in maintaining that shaft angle? Doesn't that angle break down if you stop or slow your body OR your arms are thrown faster and out race your lower and upper body? I ask because I've worked and worked on lag drills and I've made very little progress. In fact my game has taken a turn for the worse
You can have literally no rotation of the upper body and have huge lag.
The drill seems like a float load type of swing. I’ve tried the float load and hit it pretty well but I felt like sometimes I wouldn’t even get to a 90 degree angle. Maybe it just felt that way.
What’s Float load
There's a reason garcia was the best ball striker on Tour at one stage in his golfing carree
Exactly what a ball striker! Thanks for posting
Awesome video
Thanks Robert appreciate it 👍
@@CraigHansonGolf I appreciate your videos and expertise
How did you get Mickelson to swing the club right-handed??
I offered him enough money 💰
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My swing doesn't have what these guys do. But I've found what works for me. And can hit if 280 at times. Even 300. The fundamentals are there. I've adjusted my face to close so my swing plane hits it perfectly for a fade. Pulling the club down. And elbow tucked in. Let my hips open. By placing back foot behind lead foot. And swing in to out. Works well. First season using a driver. Period. And I should of used it more the last season. But stuck to my irons. And 2i. I ain't no pro so getting 220 200 with my 2i was decent. Now I see how forgiving and further a driver is. Big face. Especially these new drivers.
And your videos sure helps. Simple and easy to follow.
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Thanks Yuzu 👍that’s great 😊
Me too
I like the vid but you can’t compare lag looking face to face with the golfer. It’s a 2D illusion. For example, Garcias club head is way more behind/lower than Couples if you were to look at the golfers from behind the ball.
They are only youtube videos
You’re talking about accumulative lag, not lag pressure. True lag does not have to be created. It’s shaft pressure coming from the sweet spot of the clubhead. This pressure is resistance from the clubhead in the downswing. You pull or drag that pressure into impact.
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So, what was the answer to the initial position: "Why amateur golfers can't create lag" ?
What you explained (very well) was HOW professional golfers create lag... But I didn't hear you explain why I can't do it...?
You didn’t watch the drill at the end did you? - you see that’s the thing if you watch the entire video your question will get answered.
Honestly I think there is one point to mention.
Average golfers are by far not flexible enough in the hands and shoulders to swing that lag without the hands gettig active and the club into the wrong position.
That's the real reason in my eyes why we can't achieve that lag.
@@Aoughi it’s actually talent or lack of it. Sorry to be rude. It’s about reaching the next level. The amateur lag is a result of ability. I’ll post a video here
@@Aoughi th-cam.com/video/yssyjJnKLk0/w-d-xo.html
@@CraigHansonGolf alright i ll watch and try out. I myself as a 7 hcp with 40+ years can get nice compression on the irons when I very actively use my hands for holding the lag but then the timing is getting really difficult. Just feels like being too stiff for that 😂
Because they release the club to hit the ball, instead of catching the ball with it and releasing both!
They have very poor released there is no release really ..
Absurd to think a average golfer can get anywhere near those pros
Your absolutely right Greg. I never once mentioned that they could. The video shows extreme lag with Tour pros which is interesting.
It’s about getting some LAG .. can you please show me where I said that the average golfer can get that much lag?
Did you actually watch the drill at the end to help club players get a feel to get some lag? Because most can’t get any at all it’s that bad
th-cam.com/video/yssyjJnKLk0/w-d-xo.html amateurs golfers
ALL GREAT BUT AMATEURS WOULD TRY THE DRILL FOR 10 MINUTES ONLY
Some maybe longer 👍
What am I missing here? Phil is lefty????
I don’t understand?
It is strange that People want to copy professionnels players.
We all want to play football like Mbappé but we known we can’t.
So play golf for fun.That's all.
Then stop watching videos
So, a person who doesn't lag as much yet hits the ball further says what?
The video is about lag and for people who want more lag. - this creates compression , shaft lean and more speed for most people.
The Video was not made for people that don’t lag that much but are still so amazing and able they hit to hit the ball SOO FAR! 💪💪
I was expecting something different.
You didn’t watch the drill?
@@CraigHansonGolf Yes I did. I thought you would address shallowing the club and the fact that the club head moves away from the ball initially. Some pros argue that a lot of the lag is an illusion due to the shallowing. The female in the video really shallows the club. I also thought that you would address the squatting move and how it causes shallowing of the club. Don't get me wrong I do none of this stuff well which is why i'm watching the video.
@@BenzeneHex57 no it was about Lag I mentioned it all in the description .. thanks for posting
Please stop talking so fast.
I’ll talk as fast as i like
Lag is stupid
thanks for posting
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Great video
Thanks Cameron