STOP Holding onto Lag in the Golf Swing

GRF Golf Head Coach Marcus shows how lag can be misinterpreted in golfing language to mean holding onto the golf club and restricting your release. By following along from last week’s drill here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq31ABeAuk4 and by troubleshooting with this week’s drill this will naturally allow your body to lag the golf club without conscious effort to do so.

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Marcus Bell is a registered exercise professional and sports bio-mechanist but any exercises recommended or suggested in this video are performed purely at the individual’s own risk.

hi guys if you watched last week’s
tutorial on the tow deep divot drill
fantastic I hope it’s helping you but if
you’re experiencing issues I want to
just do another tutorial today to help
you out with it because we’ve had some
feedback often in these sessions people
struggle with it first time what I want
to do is just offer a few little
exercises just to explore how you can
find these movements by letting yourself
just move a little bit more
freely and using the body in a a more
effortless way because we’re so used to
applying tension in the swing and
playing with tension we’ve almost
normalized that and we don’t really
recognize how much tension we’re under
when we’re swinging and what that’s
doing is it’s creating a more blocked
movement pattern I.E all the joints are
kind of moving
together they’re all blocked all these
segments are blocked that’s a lot of
inertia it takes a lot of effort to move
but when you break the system up so when
these components
move more
freely in terms of the wrist the elbow
the shoulder the Torso all moving
independently yet forming part of a a
functional sequence the feeling of that
is very different and that’s the kind of
feeling we want to be applying to these
exercises so if we’re feeling like this
is hard work and we’re having to really
work hard to rotate and it’s as soon as
you speed it up you start hitting this
then you’re operating under too much
tension you’re not really letting your
body move freely so what I want you to
do first of all is take your iron in
your lead hand so left hand for me as a
right-hander and I’m going to swing this
back and forth but on the trail side of
my
body and what I’m going to do is I’m
just going to allow the face to
close and notice by closing the
face the swing Remains the
Same just try this can you close the
club face to the ground without
compromising the direction the club
swings is
your closing of the face relying on a
deviation to the
path do you recognize Clos in the face
as this action which will compromise the
direction the club swinging in
because the rotation of the shaft is
also a
contributor to direction we should be
able to swing the club over here over
there anywhere we want without the path
being disrupted and we should be to
close the
face so the face is pointed to the
ground and the club’s gone gone out
sideways here and it’s still not
past the wrist if you find this trick
tricky then your release normally
requires the club head to
pass the wrist this hinge here think if
this is a pivot that this Leever
swinging from and your swing normally
requires the club to pass the pivot and
that’s the early release that’s the
adding the Loft moving the low point
back all those issues we get and that
will result in struggling to perform
this exercise successfully so we want to
get comfortable rotating this club first
and foremost back and forth
with the club remaining on your Trail
side it’s not crossed over it’s not now
in line with my body it’s certainly not
passing the hands to the left it’s just
traveling back and forth so it’s
actually the wrist the forearm the elbow
the upper arm and the shoulder that are
contributing this is a super Nation hi
guys I’m really excited to announce that
we’re going to be running some two-day
grf golf schools with our grf tour proo
experience and that’s with Mark Foster
and Dave Griffith we’re already running
these in turkey and we’ve running them
in Dubai but we’re bringing it to the UK
and it’s a condensed 2-day version where
you get 11 hours of coaching we cover
full swing in-depth grf using the grf
training system the vector map
everything you see on the videos plus
short game and then we finish it off on
the golf course you’ll get to play with
both fars and Griff them helping you
manage your game and transition what
we’ve been learning in our sessions on
the golf course it’s 2 days it’s on the
13th and 14th of May it’s at West hars
Golf Club all the details are down in
the comments so check them out guys let
us know if you want to join us one place
has gone already there’s only six places
available so please be quick and join us
at West Hearts so this allows the shaft
to
rotate freely and the path of the club
The Ark to remain as intended or shift
it to the right further to the right
notice where that is now in relation to
my hands if I rotate my
body it’s trailing but it’s squared up
so by closing this in this direction and
rotating my body I can get a sense of
where I will truly be in a golf
swing so although this exercise may seem
a little bit
abstract and difficult to apply or
recognize in a golf swing it’s
absolutely essential these are
fundamental components
to allow us to use our body this kind of
exercise is going to help contribute to
the release of the club to perform this
successfully letting that club rotate
let the shaft rotate the toe points down
handle can continue to travel forward
and up and the club can go now if we put
both hands on the club we can feel it as
a combination if we’re still struggling
take your right hand okay and toe
deep Just Bounce the the toe off the
ground and allow the butt end of the
golf club to travel forward allow the
handle to smash through the wall if we
extended the wall up this would smash
through the wall but the club
head just bounces off the ground travels
up at no point is this necessary so we
can start to feel it with the trail hand
notice the flexion in the elbow the
softness in the
arm the club’s lagging now if you still
can’t quite feel it if the club Ed is
still taking over the
hands in an effort to square the face
what I’d like you to do is take your
grip on the club hold it out in front
and now flail the club but we’re going
to flail it by using the handle first
the handle is the first part of the club
to move and then the club head
follows so I’m sure you’ve seen me do
this with the boxing pad where we stand
there I hold the pad there the pupil
puts the Club head against the pad then
they move the handle
away whilst keeping the club head in
contact with the pad and then it’ll get
to a point where the club head will
follow then they’ll change direction
quickly with the handle and
that’s creating that slingshot effect
for the power but notice how it’s
accelerating
whilst
delofting so it’s a very powerful action
but what we’re sensing here is how the
handle leads the
action so this is the action that’s the
reaction as opposed to moving the club
head first now we’re reacting to the
club head and now to swing the club
head we’re throwing it and now we’re
back to that early release mechanism so
when we start to move the body in terms
of a full swing into bigger ranges
bigger
movements this action that we recognize
is going to happen even earlier to speed
the club and square it up so feeling the
the flail to Trail exercise flailing the
handle so the club head
trails and then starting to impart that
into this feeling with the
wall so the handle can go back
first and then it can lead and you can
rotate the
club into the
ground so we’re softening the arms
and we’re allowing the club to move more
freely when we take this away bring a
ball in and what I suggest you do is
play a few shots moving the handle away
first so here stood to the ball initiate
with the
handle just as an exercise just half 3/4
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swings trying to play those low shots
but not by holding the angle but
actually using that fluid release with
the handle leading which will deal off
the golf club naturally as you are
accelerating the handle so you’re
getting a win-win situation here you’re
getting the shaft Lan as a function of
moving the handle forward and
accelerating there we go and a nice low
50 yard shot so just starting off with a
narrow
stance almost like a it’s like a big
chip and
run handle just flails back first change
direction hold your finish and just
notice
the orientation of the club in in terms
of where the hands are where you are
this hasn’t
happened if you find the club had
overtaken
flying behind you to the left as a right
hander you’ve allowed the club to flip
past the hands and that’s the mechanism
that your body’s been used to for
squaring the face and accelerating it
whereas
here we’re using this end we’re using
this pivot here
this leads the action so the pivot is
leading the end of the
chain so then we can start to influence
what we’re doing with the club head then
we can start to move into those drawers
so what I suggest you do step back and
now feel the toe down divert just behind
you just be mindful of where the handle
is it’s
always traveling in
front as you strike the ground
and then continue into a
finish and then stand to the golf ball
of course we’re not going to be hitting
the ground here as per the tutorial last
week with the divot exercise where we
shuffled back to feel that action in
terms of release in the space where
we’re going to be striking the golf ball
that’s important here if you want to do
that you can just feel that interaction
with the ground and then shuffle your
feet back to where that kind of ball
Position will be normally now whilst
maintaining that feel of that
interaction with the ground and Club
head and then continuing to a finish and
then hold your finish it gives you a
sense of where you’re going to be as a
result of that release so now you can
feel the finish that matches that
release and then just play a little
three4
shot and just have a play around you
might find it starts drawing quite
strong so that’s now offering you an
opportunity to start swing more to the
right explore that space to the right
it’s inviting you in now to just adapt
in that
direction and then starting to play
around with your ball flight this where
you’re going to start it where you going
to see the
curvature where’s it curving from and
to every few shots step back refresh the
feeling
just embed this feeling of where you’re
going to be it’s a movement map that’s
starting to become a little bit more
recognizable so it’s not just the golf
shot you’re intending to play but
there’s an intention behind how you’re
recognizing your movement the Finish
you’re going to be
making playing around with that
feeling just easy three quarter swings
it’s a great way to start your practice
session it’s a great way to warm up and
then build up the bigger movement
patterns around the feeling it’s not a
case of once I’ve done it that’s it it’s
a case of once I feel this explore it
more but continually use the exercise
just to
recalibrate and that just gives you a
confidence to know you’re doing what you
intend to do and then an opportunity to
explore more so guys try this out let’s
get that freedom with the arms let’s get
using the swing we let’s start
developing a sense for this s Wing
weight in Space the orientation of it no
matter where it is around our body we
can
sense what’s happening and what the
intention of that is going to be in
terms of a golf shot so it’s not just
one release pattern one swing trying to
think of a number of things to improve
the shot when actually it’s just how
we’re sensing the club and what we’re
doing with it that has the most
important effect on our shots first and
foremost have some fun guys and let us
know how you get on for
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