Throwing clubs is a fine drill and one that I would advocate for most struggling golfers.
It encourages an ATHLETIC move through the ball. It'll make you swing through the balll TO the target. I love the feeling/thought that the ball is in the way, and getting students to throw the club helps eradicate clubHEAD throwaway.
Erik,
At bottom, isn't this is the concept of 'Dragging your Wet Mop' through Impact? The Club constantly trailing the leading Hands...until the 'Throw' down the range? And even then...the Feeling is that the Hands never Quit (3-F-7-B), i.e., they continue their leading, Dragging Motion all the way to the Finish?
Of course, in an actual Golf Stroke, the Swivel Action at the end of the Follow-Through ultimately allows the Clubhead to overtake the Hands. But the Feeling (and fact) is...
At bottom, isn't this is the concept of 'Dragging your Wet Mop' through Impact? The Club constantly trailing the leading Hands...until the 'Throw' down the range? And even then...the Feeling is that the Hands never Quit (3-F-7-B), i.e., they continue their leading, Dragging Motion all the way to the Finish?
Of course, in an actual Golf Stroke, the Swivel Action at the end of the Follow-Through ultimately allows the Clubhead to overtake the Hands. But the Feeling (and fact) is...
There is no release of the Clubhead Lag Pressure.
Lynn,
I apologize for not responding earlier. I've been busy lately (finished the PhD at UF and now I am teaching there as well).
You are 100% correct, Lynn. The motion I am describing (the throw of the club TO the target) actually helps combat clubhead throwaway. It's merely another analogy to help get the same result.
The action I am encouraging does indeed dovetail with one of the more important principals of TGM-sustain the lag.
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