Hi, after studying a lot in this great site, here comes my first post!
I am quite new to TGM, so forgive me (and feel free to correct me) if I mess up with some TGM principles.
Here are recent pictures and videos of my swing.
I'm amazed by the differences:
In the first sequence I (try to?) SWING: Spin the Flywheel and go down and out.
This used to be my standard Swing: The ball goes quite far and I can shoot 82 on a regular basis with this.
But you can see an ugly throwaway of the club. I also think it leads to this big sway to stay in balance with the club being thrown behind me before impact (I hate the position of my arms at impact!).
But strangely enough, it seems to me that I can still maintain a flat left wrist during the follow-through by holding the club (is it Steering?) with the right forearm bent on the follow-through, wich I know is not good but don't know how to avoid.
Now, in the second sequence I felt LAG for the first time by doing what I think may be "accumulator LAG" (as per Yoda).
I felt quite loose in the wrists during the takeaway (is this Drag Loading?). Then, when my hands where at shoulder height I abruptly interrupted the backswing by lowering my hands to the ground.
It felt like I did a 1/3 backswing with a Hitting Procedure (Am I right? My clubface on the follow-through suggests a SWING (Horizontal hinge action))?.
I felt compression on the ball which is what I wanted.
However I found it hard to control the direction and distance of the ball: I hit it straight left 1/4 of the time (I think this has something to do with the right arm not extending after impact) with distance variations which are improper for use on the course!
Anyway I would love to stick to this feeling because I sense there is something new and also the whole Swing look better on video (Except the follow-through where I still can’t go fully extended).
So I tried to incorporate this LAG feeling into my Swinging procedure…
In fact, the first SWING sequence was taken AFTER the LAG sequence and as you can see, despite my efforts, I'm unable to find this LAG when I do my SWINGING procedure (spinning the flywheel, THROW the club down and out): For example, I feel like there is no pressure at all in PP3 during the Downswing.
Should I stick to what I did when I tried the LAG?
What can I do to reproduce LAG when SWINGING (the THROW of the club makes me feel nothing on PP3)?
What can I do to fully extend my right arm after impact while doing the LAG?
Thank you for your comments and again, greetings to Yoda, the content of this site is amazing!
I would never do the "usual" swing again. I love the changes you've made. Keep up the good work; it's very impressive.
As far as the lack of straightening in the right arm, the biceps must be resisting the straightening of the arm. I would have you work from the smaller strokes to the bigger strokes, while looking at your right arm in the finish. Obviously, the right arm should bend when finishing Total Motion. See if you can look at your arm after every stroke. If it's bent in the finish, straighten it, while you keep looking at it. If Extensor Action is properly employed throughout the stroke, centrifugal force should straighten the right arm.
It looks like a Swing to me, and I'd leave it that way. But, I'd add Extensor Action to Follow-Through.
I would never do the "usual" swing again. I love the changes you've made. Keep up the good work; it's very impressive.
Our posts crossed on this point!
I totally agree with you, I will throw this swing FOREVER, stick to the changes and I will keep you informed of the things I notice as my SWING evolves!
I think it will be very instructive to anbody to see how much time it will take to apply the proper transformations (the previous ones happened in only 4 sessions!).
Originally Posted by YodasLuke
As far as the lack of straightening in the right arm, the biceps must be resisting the straightening of the arm. I would have you work from the smaller strokes to the bigger strokes, while looking at your right arm in the finish. Obviously, the right arm should bend when finishing Total Motion. See if you can look at your arm after every stroke. If it's bent in the finish, straighten it, while you keep looking at it. If Extensor Action is properly employed throughout the stroke, centrifugal force should straighten the right arm.
It makes sense to me because this is what I saw on the short range: I was able to keep my right arm fully extended after impact.
Originally Posted by YodasLuke
It looks like a Swing to me, and I'd leave it that way. But, I'd add Extensor Action to Follow-Through.
Yes agreed, I wasn't 100% sure before but I noticed a horizontal hinge action on the Follow-Through.
Agreed also on extensor action. I've never focused on it on my new swing, but I know its virtues because when I did it in my previous swing the ball striking was superior.
I'll try it on the range.
However, extensor action seems to stiffen my wrists and thus I wonder if will still be able to Drag Load with it. We'll see...
By the way, thank you 6BMIKE and SwingNorthtoSouth. I will also try your advices and keep you informed if they worked for me.
I would never do the "usual" swing again. I love the changes you've made. Keep up the good work; it's very impressive.
As far as the lack of straightening in the right arm, the biceps must be resisting the straightening of the arm. I would have you work from the smaller strokes to the bigger strokes, while looking at your right arm in the finish. Obviously, the right arm should bend when finishing Total Motion. See if you can look at your arm after every stroke. If it's bent in the finish, straighten it, while you keep looking at it. If Extensor Action is properly employed throughout the stroke, centrifugal force should straighten the right arm.
It looks like a Swing to me, and I'd leave it that way. But, I'd add Extensor Action to Follow-Through.
Aaah, back again after a lot more testing. Here are the results and more questions:
After more practice with the "Lag Swing" I'm now struck in a dead-end: I explained that to achieve this result I was doing what felt like a 1/3 backswing interrupted on its way by immediately starting the downstroke.
Even if the result looks good on the pictures, it is still a short swing (acquired motion?) and the ball doesn't go as farther as the previous "ugly swing".
You bet what I did?
I tried to go from 1/3 swing to Full Swing.
No way! Each time I try to go to a full swing in an attempt to reclaim more yardage or to hit it farther, everything messes up and I look like I do my old swing (even if I FEEL I am still interrupting the backstroke ).
I tried to include extensor action into this "Lag Swing" but it doesn't seem to help on this point.
Do you have any clue how I could fill the gap between this 1/3 stroke feeling (and result) with a full stroke feeling without messing everything up?
One more thought about the "Lag Swing":
It feels a bit "wristy" which seems far away to the TGM basics!
Is it a normal feeling or should I have frozen wrists?
Ah, one more question for you Luke: What clues make you say I'm Swinging on the Lag sequence, because by interrupting the backstroke the way I explained I thought it was like using Axe Handle procedure?
Thanks for your help I'm getting a bit struck and confused !
by doing what I think may be "accumulator LAG" (as per Yoda).
(spinning the flywheel, THROW the club down and out): For example, I feel like there is no pressure at all in PP3 during the Downswing.
, stick to the changes and I will keep you informed of the things I notice as my SWING evolves!
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