| One of the core elements to creating lag in your | | | | Additionally you will take the big fingers such as |
| golf swing involves using your body as a whole | | | | the thumb and index finger off the club using the |
| instead of your hands and arms. That simply is | | | | two center fingers to hold the grip. Then |
| the key element. The club in this case is going to | | | | approach your shot as normal and you will find |
| do more of the work as opposed to you forcing | | | | that the bigger muscles will need to be engaged in |
| it to do so. | | | | order to activate the swing. |
| Lag is a very powerful tool in your swing which | | | | This occurs because your main two fingers are |
| can improve your overall execution of the shot. | | | | not holding the club, making the club feel heavier |
| To give you a better understanding, imagine | | | | to swing. The weight of the club itself as it goes |
| having something heavy in your hands, in order to | | | | through on the backswing will give you the sense |
| get that object moving you would need to | | | | of lag because now the club is working as |
| engage your bigger muscles and this essentially is | | | | opposed to you working the club. |
| what you will strive to do in your golf swing. | | | | As the club changes from the upswing to the |
| Of course the opposite tends to happen in the | | | | down swing the hips will move first shifting the |
| golf swing due to the fact that a golf club is not | | | | weight and the club will follow. In other words the |
| that heavy which leads to the tendency to pick | | | | big muscles will be on the move rather than your |
| the club up with your hands and arms. | | | | hands and arms. |
| One way to practice this is to begin with the grip. | | | | Doing this will simply help you to create lag in your |
| Grip more of the club with your fingers as your | | | | swing. |
| fingers are the most sensitive part of your hand. | | | | |