| It's often wondered whether professional golfers | | | | slightly after your arms pass the tee? This brief lag is |
| have some great secret that they've discovered | | | | what you want to have in your swing; it allows you |
| which has led to their success... perhaps a certain | | | | to convey a bit more power into your stroke, as |
| way of holding their clubs or some mysterious motion | | | | your arms are entering into your follow-through when |
| that they perform as the club head impacts the ball. | | | | the club head strikes and you're at the peak of your |
| There is a secret to how they manage to do so well | | | | momentum. Even a slight bit of lag can cause a |
| on the golf course, though; they've taken the time | | | | dramatic increase in the power of your golf swing. |
| over their years of practice to find out exactly what | | | | Developing Club Head Lag |
| works for them, and they've developed it into their | | | | Club head lag can require some practice to develop |
| own personal perfect swings. You can do this as well, | | | | effectively, as it's created by a combination of the |
| provided that you're willing to put in a lot of practice | | | | angle that your hands are holding the club at and the |
| developing the aspects and skill sets that your | | | | way that the club bends as you apply pressure to it |
| perfect swing will most likely need. | | | | with your swing. The more consistent your grip is |
| Discovering your perfect swing will most likely require | | | | and the more constant the force of your strokes |
| you to work on two distinct points of your golfing | | | | are, then the more likely you're going to be to be |
| abilities... you'll need to learn to improve your focus, | | | | able to produce the sort of lag that you want. You |
| and also to be able to get the most out of club head | | | | don't want to try and add extra force with your |
| lag. If you aren't sure what's meant by improving | | | | hands or to flick your wrist at the last moment, as |
| your focus or even what club head lag is, don't | | | | this actually will defeat your lag and can add loft to |
| worry; a large number of golfers are in the same | | | | your strokes; just work on maintaining a steady |
| boat. All will be explained, and for now all that you | | | | swing so that your acceleration is constant and that |
| really need to understand about these two factors is | | | | your hands are arriving to the peak of your swing |
| that learning more about them and incorporating | | | | before the head of the club. You can practice your |
| them into your game will result in straighter shots, | | | | lag by trying to hit balls low instead of simply working |
| longer drives, and a noticeable reduction in strokes. | | | | on a long drive... a well-lagged stroke will keep the ball |
| The Role of Focus | | | | relatively low to the ground, but at the same time will |
| Your focus isn't just making sure that your next | | | | impart a lot more power into the ball which will result |
| stroke is lined up just right... it also affects everything | | | | in a much longer drive. Just like with learning focus, |
| from how you take wind resistance into account to | | | | developing proper lag may take a lot of work but |
| the angle at which the club head strikes the ball. The | | | | the end result will be a significant improvement in |
| more focused you are on your stroke; the less likely | | | | your game. |
| you are to become distracted or accidentally hit the | | | | Creating Your Perfect Swing |
| ball ever-so-slightly in the wrong direction. Proper | | | | By now, you should be starting to realize exactly |
| focus allows you to learn from your smallest | | | | how focus and lag can be combined to help you |
| mistakes, and makes sure that you are aware of | | | | create the perfect golf swing for your particular play |
| every slight motion that you might make which | | | | style. Once you've begun learning how to focus on |
| would affect your stroke. Once you learn to focus | | | | every aspect of your stroke, then you'll be getting |
| properly in your golf game then you'll be able to | | | | an idea of how you can affect your lag you're |
| make the small adjustments necessary to perfect | | | | creating. You may start to realize the little |
| your swing. | | | | adjustments that need to be made in order to |
| Improving Your Focus | | | | increase your lag, and over time you'll get a good |
| The key to improving your focus is patience. Take | | | | feeling for exactly how much lag you need to get |
| the time to work through every piece of your swing | | | | the maximum distance out of your strokes. Before |
| before you allow the club to touch the ball. Practice | | | | you know it, you'll be able to surpass some of your |
| your swing over and over, considering everything | | | | previous drives without even making use of a driver. |
| from the way that you grip the club to the precise | | | | Your distances off of the tee will be some of the |
| motions of your arm as you transition from your | | | | longest that you've ever had. |
| back-swing to ball contact to your follow-through. | | | | It's important that you keep in mind, however, that |
| When at the driving range, allow your focus to shift | | | | there's a significant difference between a stroke |
| from your swing to the ball so that you can pick up | | | | that's better than what you used to do and one that |
| on subtle hooks and slices that your swing might be | | | | really is the perfect swing for you. As you start to |
| causing. It can take a lot of work to improve your | | | | notice an improvement in your performance on the |
| focus, but in time you'll be able to recognize tiny | | | | course, you need to make sure that you keep |
| changes in your swing and be able to figure out what | | | | practicing and working on improving both your focus |
| you can to do correct them. The end result of focus | | | | and your club head lag. So long as you continue to |
| training will be straighter drives and much more ball | | | | work at it, you will more than likely continue noticing |
| control for increased accuracy. | | | | ways that you can change your swing in order to |
| Defining Club Head Lag | | | | improve lag and get even better distances and |
| The other major influencing factor in developing your | | | | control out of your strokes. The real secret comes in |
| perfect swing is club head lag, which is how far | | | | realizing that your perfect swing is constantly a work |
| behind your swing the head of the club is actually | | | | in progress... so long as you continue to study it and |
| traveling. Think about your standard stroke... do you | | | | work toward making improvements, and then you're |
| make contact with the ball at the exact moment | | | | always going to be inching even further beyond what |
| that your arms line up with it, or is the club tilted at a | | | | you dreamed. |
| slight angle so that the head strikes the ball just | | | | |