HOW TO LAG + HOW TO RELEASE AND STOP CASTING

In golf, lag refers to the angle between your lead arm (usually the left arm for a right- handed golfer) and the club shaft during the downswing.
– Power and Distance: The more lag you can maintain and then release at the right time, the more stored energy you unleash at impact- this creates faster clubhead speed.
– Consistency: Proper lag helps you compress the ball better, leading to more solid contact.
– Control: Lag promotes better swing mechanics and timing, which improvs accuracy.

Hi everyone, it’s Alexa here. Today’s topic is all about leg. What is a leg? So, you’ll see many amateur golfers tend to release the club too early or I see so many people trying to leg longer, but then it’s way too far ahead. This is not good. So, I’m going to show you for each club how much you’re supposed to leg and how do we get to this position. First, I have a pitching wedge. So, you’re going to set up the pitching wedge center of your stance and we’re going to start going to the back swing. From the top position, how much you’re going to like is depending on the wrist angle between the shaft and then the lead arm. If you let go too early, you’re basically casting. If you’re able to hang on to the forearm and the shaft angle all the way until the shaft is parallel, that’s how you’re creating a natural leg on the down swing. So, for the pitching wedge, as you can see, if I go to the top position and then I don’t move anything else except for my weight transfer and my lead arm, I’m pulling my hands all the way to the ball or even slightly ahead of the ball. You can see that my shaft is now parallel to the ground. And then that’s when you’re going to release your club over to the ball and then be able to compress it here. So, we’re going to do it together. So pitching wedge, bring it to the top. Maintain the wrist angle from the top. Pull the lead arm all the way until the shaft is parallel to the ground. And then my hands are right now just over the ball, just ahead of ball. And that’s where I’m going to release. Okay. So I’m going to do two rehearsal um pull and then drop. So, the next club that I’m going to be working on, this is my seven iron. So, same setup. I’m going to have the ball position center of my stance, and I’m going to take it to the back swing, and I’m going to maintain my wrist angle, pull my lead arm, which is my left arm, cuz I’m right-handed. I’m going to pull it until my shot um gets parallel to the ground. Boom. So, not as much as my um pitching wedge, but I’m somewhat still closer to the ball. My shaft is now parallel. That’s when I know I’m ready to release it. So, I’m going to do same practice swing twice. Pull, pull, release. Now, we are moving on to my five iron. For the five iron, I’m going to place a ball a ball on the front side of my stance. So for me, because I’m right-handed, the ball is positioned closer to my left foot. Okay. So from here, it’s going to be exactly same thing. Turn as much as you can and then pull your lead arm until the shaft gets parallel to the ground. Boom. So now it’s parallel. So take a look at my hand position. My hands are slightly behind the ball. Now it’s not so much like it was my pitching wedge. And then also don’t forget the ball position slightly forward. So it is normal to feel like your hands are slightly behind the ball. This is where I’m going to start releasing my wrist to get back on time. So I’m going to do two practice swing here. Feel it. and then we can swing through. So this is my hybrid. So for hybrid, I keep the ball slightly forward in my stance. So closer to my front foot, a ball to the left side. From here, it’s going to be exactly same. I’m going to make sure that I’m going to maintain the same wrist angle and I’m going to lead with my lead arm and then maintain the wrist angle until the shaft is parallel to the ground. Boom. Oh, it’s so much further back. As the club gets longer, your release point starts to get further back. So, for the hybrid, we’re going to be somewhat in front of my leg here. And I’m going to release from here. So, let me do two rehearsal. Pull. Pull. Feel it. And I’m going to release it. That was a good shot. Now, let’s move on to wood. For the wood, I like to place my ball position two balls forward. So, instead of being center hybrid, and then wood. So, right now, it’s somewhat closer to my left heel. So from here, exactly same thing. We’re still working on the leg, maintaining the wrist angle. So go to the full back point with your lead arm and then have your shaft parallel to the ground. So my hands are still further away from the ball. This is the only time you’re going to be able to release it and then get it back on time. Because the club is much longer than your wedges and irons. The faster and more you pull, you don’t have time. Most likely we’re going to slice the ball 100%. Unless you flip your wrist quickly, then it will hook. So, let’s do practice one together. So, let’s go to the full swing. Go to the top. Pull the lead arm until the shaft is parallel. It’s right here. This is my release point. I hit that really good, too. So, now we’re on to the driver. And you know it, it’s going to be exactly same. We’re going to maintain your wrist angle and bring it until the shaft is parallel and see where we’re supposed to release the club. So now the ball position is closer to my left heel. So it’s going to be iron hybrid woods and driver. So now my ball is aligned to inside my left heel and it’s going to be slightly forward here. So from here, I’m going to load it to the back swing to the top and pull my lead arm until my shaft angle is parallel to the ground. So you look how far back that is. My hands are now located just outside of my right pocket here. And then from here, we’re going to start turning your lower body and then upper body. But we’re going to also release your wrist and then trail elbow from here. So, let’s do a rehearsal movement. Pull, pull, release. So, it’s not going to be all the way here and drop it. You don’t have time. There’s not enough room for you to release it. We have to do it slightly early on to bring the club face around and make sure that your club head is releasing on time. So, now that I know the feeling, I’m going to try to do it with the ball. [Music] So, don’t forget, we don’t want to drop your wrist early. We don’t want to hang on to it too long. And your job is to find the balance between to see if you’re able to pull and release at the same time before you finish through. I hope this video helps you to know what exactly you’re supposed to do for your release before impact. And if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me. Thank you for watching.