Lag and Release

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Leek

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As I work on my fundamentals, I have come across a swing feeling that I'm unsure of.

I feel as if I can hold the lag all the way through impact and longer. This does seem to lead to some thin shots.

I can also hold the angle (lag) until my hands are even with or past impact, and then let the angle go and allow the clubhead to "catch up". Is this a reasonable feel and preferable to hanging on to the angle?
 
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Jim Kobylinski

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Leek said:
As I work on my fundamentals, I have come across a swing feeling that I'm unsure of.

I feel as if I can hold the lag all the way through impact and longer. This does seem to lead to some thin shots.

I can also hold the angle (lag) until my hands are even with or past impact, and then let the angle go and allow the clubhead to "catch up". Is this a reasonable feel and preferable to hanging on to the angle?
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Leek you shouldn't be trying to "hold on" to anything. Trigger delay (or lag as populated by the announcers on TV) is a RESULT of 2 things:

1) Proper downswing Pivot
2) a more straight line delivery path

This is probably one of the most mis-understood things in golf and i'm going to bring my camera to a lesson tomorrow and do a very short clip on it.
 
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Leek

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Thanks Jim. After spending a few hours with Brian yesterday, I learned a lot of things. One of the really big things I learned? All of my "progress" and all of my questions for my own swing were WRONG.

I essentially need to start building a new swing from the ground up. I hope I have the ability and discipline to do this. As an example, I have a club tournament this weekend, do I try very hard to use the changes Brian showed me or do I go with what I have right now to hack the ball around for two days.
 
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dmurfet

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If I were you - and I'm not - I would not even bother with the club tournament knowing that whatever I did would be a compromise and I would not have any confidence in either old or new approach in such a short time.

I'd use the time to beat as many balls as possible using the new techniques / drills until I felt I could trust it. But that's me - you know how you feel.....:)
 
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Brian Manzella

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Lee, you did better than you think!

Let's see:

I barely changed your grip.

I left your backswing pivot alone, mostly.

We raised your Power Package (arms, hands, and club) UP tp the Turned Shoulder Plane.

We made your downswing FIT that backswing, which required a tab more Axis Tilt.

Totally New Swing?

Nah, just upgraded old one. ;)
 
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