| Everyone wants to hit the golf ball | | | | index finger help you do most everything |
| farther and straighter. So what is the | | | | that you do during the day. You employ |
| answer? Create Lag! This is what the | | | | these two fingers to help you hold a |
| good players and pros of the PGA, LPGA | | | | fork, writing with a pencil or pen and |
| and Champions Tours do to hit the golf | | | | many other things. Simply put, they are |
| ball so far and straight. | | | | used to taking over whatever task you |
| OK, create lag. What in the world is lag | | | | are trying to do. Taking your thumb and |
| in the golf swing? The easiest way that | | | | index fingers off of the golf club they |
| I can explain it to you here is that it | | | | cannot join the action. This makes the |
| is pulling the golf club with your body | | | | club heavier to you and allows the golf |
| as opposed to pushing the golf club with | | | | club to drop from the top of your |
| your hands and arms. | | | | backswing. This will force you to turn |
| Imagine that you are holding a bucket of | | | | towards your target or use a larger |
| water. As you try to swing the bucket of | | | | range of motion, unless you enjoy |
| water, how will you go about making this | | | | hitting behind the golf ball! |
| happen? You will start turning your | | | | When this is done correctly you will |
| bigger muscles to make it happen. This | | | | feel the golf club placing more pressure |
| will allow you to keep the water in the | | | | on the straight index finger since you |
| bucket. If you try to use your hands and | | | | are now pulling the golf club. That is |
| arms to make this happen the water will | | | | the feeling of lag in your golf swing |
| start to come out of the bucket and get | | | | that you have created. Once you have |
| you wet! | | | | done this drill and are comfortable that |
| Is there a drill that can help you | | | | you now understand the correct feeling |
| create lag in the golf swing? Yes there | | | | of lag in a golf swing, you can curl |
| is. Pick a target and address the golf | | | | your fingers back around the grip. |
| ball as you normally would. Now for a | | | | However, this time I want you to make |
| right handed golfer, take your thumb and | | | | your thumb and index finger touch. This |
| index finger of your right hand off of | | | | allows you to get the same feeling |
| the golf club. Making your thumb and | | | | without answering the questions on the |
| index finger to look like a gun will | | | | golf course from your golfing buddies |
| return the best results. Do not get lazy | | | | about what you are doing. |
| and let these two fingers start to curl | | | | Understand the "gun grip" as I have come |
| back around the grip of the golf club. | | | | to call it, is legal and you can use it |
| This will defeat the purpose. | | | | on the golf course. I have had students |
| So now you are asking, how does making | | | | play very good eighteen-hole rounds |
| my grip into a gun going to help me | | | | utilizing the gun grip to create lag in |
| create lag in my golf swing? Think about | | | | their golf swing. |
| it for just a second. Your thumb and | | | | |