How to hold lag for a more powerful golf swing
In golf, there are power swings and control swings. It is important to use the appropriate swing for the shot at hand. Tiger once did this and could bomb it …
http://www.hermanwilliamsgolf.com Watch as Herman Williams, PGA Professional Golf Instructor in NC, explains the role of the right hand and describes in deta…
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similar to pkeylain, this sport is VERY technical and this hits it on the
nail. The 26:26 of explanation is worth it if you know how to follow and
imagine the explanation. What did it for me is “…not setting the club
early…” (like Ernie) which creates the natural release of the hands at
the top of the swing.
NO I’M REALLY GOOD
#successhereIcome
#dontbuhleevmejusswatch
u wasted my time.
Make a good video that does not bore people and actually teaches people
If you get anything from this it should be what KM says at the 9:20 mark.
The left arm needs to stay back on the chest and not early release. I
always had “lag” defined as the club-arm relationship. Reading KM’s
articles clued me into the importance of left arm lag to get a true late
release. Early separation of the left arm is fine for control “arm” shots,
but the arms need to be passive or restrained during the early downswing.
After a lifetime of arm-golf, it’s not easy to retrain yourself.
all the ‘good’ lag examples you show all have very bad ‘chicken wings’ on
the follow thru—not good!
thanks, finally a video on HOW to hold lag not just loads of bull shit
instruction videos telling us what it is, thanks a lot
7:45 says it all! I think this is the key…if your lower body is unwinding
as the upper is still rotating back this “stretch” increase create torque
in the swing and, if your hands aren’t choking the club, this extra force
can be transferred to the left thumb a little easier, thus creating more
“lag”.I think some people understand that instinctually. Maybe its just me
but I find it tough keep the arm swing “speedy” with all that load…it’s
all about finding that happy medium…cheers:)
thanks good video
Dull as dishwater presentation
I got my speakers on 10…. my PC volume on 100% …and I can barely hear
you.
show some one whos not triple jointed
CHICKEN WINGS
Kelvin, thank you! I have been trying to create lag for years. Your
technical explanation finally opened my eyes to how it’s done. I can now
get into the pre-impact position that has eluded me for so long. Thank
you!!!
Great video Kevin!
and he was never seen again lol
If your left arm is pull against your chest on the downswing your arms will
be lagging well behind your body-requiring big hip/body rotation to square
the face.The left upper arm should be touching the chest but thats it if
you want to keep the arms and body in sync.
Thanks. Science at last!
This is great information! I’m looking forward to putting these principles
into action. As close to it as I can anyway.
Thanks for taking the time to provide this detailed info. 26 minutes was
not enough for me. I wanted more. Don’t understand how some folks complain
when you get gold nuggets like this that I couldn’t get from teachers that
I paid a lot of money to explain to me. Years of lessons and it has never
been broken down like this. Thank Kelvin! It is very much appreciated.
enjoyed the video and ideas, thanks
My guess is a guy like Sadlowski isn’t trying to hold lag with his wrists,
it’s likely a bi-product of having his hips and legs so far ahead of his
shoulder/arm turn. Jamie turns his shoulders like 110* and his hips around
45*. I wish I was that flexible, but I can’t get my left shoulder anywhere
near that far to the right.
Hey, I am going to make a video of my driver swing, I am 58 years old, and
people ask me from time to time how I hit it so far. I only have a flip cam
but it is HD. You might find it interesting. I put my new driver swing
together over the last 2 months. It’s different but it works! Of course I
don’t have the shoulder turn or length that Jamie does but I guarantee you
I can still crank it 300 or better without a ton of effort, just technique.
Are you going to post the video?
26 minutes??? REally?
really enjoyed listening to the science of the lag in the golf swing.
Thank you Herman! For me,this is one of the most important tips I ever
received.
My left hand v points towards my right shoulder like many teachers teach
but no one teaches the right hand v is pointed more towards the chin.Now I
can really feel the compression with the trigger finger and have much more
feel and control of the club face.WOW!
this strong grip stuff needs clarified. not sure if you meant to suggest
that if a weekend golfer adopts a strong grip he may flip or if you are
teaching something unique here and meant that it doesnt work for what your
teaching….but…. if you look up the research of kelvin miyahara, a
renowed golf teacher out of hawaii and some biomechanics professor he
teamed up with…. they do surveys and studies of tour swings and did like
300 on grip and relationship to clubshaft. they were surprised to find that
the standard grip was not standard. but that a slightly strong 2 1/2 to 3
knuckle grip was by far the majority, with some going 3 or 4 knuckles and
very few going 2 knuckles. even more revealing….they posted pictures of
high speed 300 frame per second impact of each guy corresponding to their
grip and found ZERO guys with a three or four knuckle grip having the
clubshaft pass the hands. guys like tommy gainy, graham mcdowell, jb
holmes. dustin johnson, robert garrigus were what the impact looked like
for 3 and 4 knucklers. pretty much every drive holder was 3 knuckles
plus… i think keegan might have been a little weaker than the rest of the
drive holders. and of the roughly 20 swings that flip-rolled….. all of
them were either weak grips or a combination of weak one hand and the other
neutral. so im surprised to hear someone say that a strong grip causes
flips. guys like ricky fowler, brian gay, daniel chopra, dj trahan, louis
oosthuizen all had weaker grips.
This helps me alot with the right hand not being so dominant, weak right
grip. it Prevents me from rolling over the top swing. thanks!
Hello Herman- if the right palm is facing away from the golfer at the top
of the swing, won’t that put the club in a severe across-the-line
position? I ask because I’m struggling with being across-the-line and
having to re-route the club on the way down to get the club on plane.
Thanks.
I feel like this is a great video for those, very much like myself, who are
constantly laid off at the top. Watching this video was the first time I’ve
been able to stay on plane to the top and not over swing.
I struggle with a low hook with my driver. I’m going to work on this grip
and it seems to me with my right hand on top like that I can really rip
through the release and not worry about the snap hook. Thanks.
Right hand weak,knuckle pushing forward…trigger finger,dorsiflex to some
degree or other in backswing,90* right elbow down and into ribs,weight
shift,palm down..pressure and then throw right palm facing down…got
it!Piece of cake.
Thank you very much Herman. I just got back from the range and was having
problems with control and I felt very wristy. I already was gripping my
right hand like your video shows, however I was not keeping my right palm
locked onto my left thumb–just as you mention quickly in your video. I
think that solved it for me!
I was Herminated! By the Herminator! Thanks Mr. Williams for the lucid
illustration of right hand work. Can’t wait to get to my next golf shot.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU ! I have struggled for years with
overswinging, casting, flipping and coming out of my posture in my golf
swing. I have tried many different things but I failed to identify the key
role the right hand and trigger finger has in the swing. It wasn’t until
this brilliant golf instruction video that I started to look at my grip.
The right hand feels weak, but I am able to really compress and trap the
ball ! The divots are better, and more importantly I have stopped
collapsing and flipping! If there is a “secret” in golf, it has to be in
the grip!
Hi Herman this is a great video on what the right hand does, but can that
flexion cause you to get flat on your take away if you do it to soon? What
is the spelling for flexion , dorside?
@lovebirdie214 thanks … vacation is going great – 5th day of golf in a
row today!!!
James, you could certainly do that, but it likely would impede some of the
flowing speed you get as the club transitions and the wrists set or hinge a
little extra starting down. The other warning is a big forward press often
leads to a takeaway path that is too far inside causing swing plane issues
throughout the rest of swing. avoid thse pitfalls and it may work fine for
you. thanks for commenting
@breaktrainers Thanks for watching and commenting. The short irons are
naturally easier to release and unfortunately easy to come over the top due
to their shorter length shafts. The result will be pulls. I would first
focus on driving the butt of the club targetward to see if that will keep
your path online while also delaying your release. Simply imagine jamming
the handle to the target prior to impact to delay that release & keep the
shaft straight over your toeline. – Herman
@Tuck1030 thanks
Great set of vids, very concise and articulate. I agree with pretty much
everything you say. However, I too disagree with the right arm push through
swing shot. I agree you can teach a golf swing like that but in my opinion
the feeling should relate more to the left arm swinging as a result of body
pivot, rather than the right arm hitting..imo Thanks
Herman, does the right wrist action through the ball feel like any other
common practice? Is it like hammering a nail with a hammer? Thanks, Tony
A sidearm hammer blow would be similar. Skipping a rock is similar but you
need to let the right hand turnover like a topspin forehand with a tennis
racket or ping pong paddle.
Thanks for the video! How long should we keep the right wrist bent? It
needs to be so through impact at least to help maintain a flat left wrist,
but when should it be straightened (if at all?)
4:30-5:10 is sheer brilliance.
Herman I commented on one of your other videos about the right hand but I
think this answers some of my question. I think a fundamental problem was
in my grip I would re grip and all the rest and right hand would slip off .
Would I be right in saying one purpose of having the right hand like this
is so that it releases in a rotational manner and not scooping? Can I
therefore focus in using the right hand to to trigger the release from the
hand and not think about the left hand ?if grip is right
“both palms” , sorry
Herman shouldn’t the top of the right wrist postion be at about 45
degrees.In Nicklaus’ Golf My Way he has this position as being the best-45
degrees-,sighting that in the tray position there is a better chance of
casting the club.
@secretogolf Thanks “secret” … good commentary.
Simple answer is … YES. Thanks for watching and commenting. – Herman