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Newsletter - Issue 112 Date 09/09/09
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TCT Quick Tips - Believe in Yourself
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"People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking
that they can do things. When they believe in themselves, they have
the first secret to success."

Norman Vincent Peale 

I don't know if Norman Vincent Peale was a golfer or not, but I've never seen
a more true quote for golfing success!


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Golf Tip: Clubhead lag
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You can learn to control your ball trajectory like all great ball strikers, by maintaining 
clubhead lag. If you hit a lot of high ball floaters and have trouble controlling your distance, 
particularly in the wind, you need to work on lag. 

Clubhead Lag can be defined as the resistance to a change in direction. The clubhead 
is the last thing to the ball and is dragged behind the rest of the swing.

In practical terms, this imperative refers directly to the arm and club following the pivot 
on the downswing. Trying to feel clubhead lag is probably the most difficult thing to teach 
because it occurs when no effort is made in the arms. If you are using your arms to create 
speed, you are not lagging.

Clubhead lag is a result...Forcing lag creates tension. You can feel lag when you take 
your golf grip on a wet mop and drag it across the floor.

Good clubhead lag occurs with the absence of things as opposed to the presence of things. 
This imperative is destroyed when players try to do what is obvious to them in the swing. 

Try this with your own swing: on your downswing try to feel your wrists hinging away from 
the downward motion, not just maintaining the hinge. Then, let then release occur naturally 
as your swing progresses through to your finish position. The result will be an in-tempo swing, 
with a powerful release through the ball.

Try it, you'll like it.

Enjoy, Tom