I really improved my ball striking today by using my pivot in such a way so as to not let my right arm straighten until past the ball. That may not be what is actually happening, but that is how I am perceiving it. In so doing, the following results are noted:
More distance.
Better accuracy.
A sense of free-wheeling with effortless power.
I don't have to think about anything else.
Not sure why this one thing delivers so many benefits, but it does. Maybe this will help someone else, too.
"using my pivot in such a way so as to not let my right arm straighten until past the ball."
In stead of "Releasing", you "Sustain the Lag", which doesn't "let the right arm straighten until past the ball".
"More distance."
Because the clubhead is still accelerating at impact, due to "Lag".
"Better accuracy."
Because the movements of the body and club are stablized and smoothened by "Lag".
"A sense of free-wheeling with effortless power."
With "Lag" sustained, the "effort" (or tension) is evenly distributed throughout the body and felt "effortless" (or tension free).
That's why it's the "Secret", which is usually too simple for the general public to believe.
__________________ Yani Tseng, Go! Go! Go! Yani Tseng Did It Again! YOU load and sustain the "LAG", during which the "LAW" releases it, ideally beyond impact.
"Sustain (Yang/陽) the lag (Yin/陰)" is "the unification of Ying and Yang" (陰陽合一).
The "LAW" creates the "effect", which is the "motion" or "feel", with the "cause", which is the "intent" or "command".
"Lag" is the secret of golf, passion is the secret of life.
Think as a golfer, execute like a robot.
Rotate, twist, spin, turn. Bend the shaft.
I was thumbing through an old book and read Sam Snead's advice to return the right elbow to the right side early in the downswing. I worked on this in my range session today and found that it perfectly supplements my "major" feel, which is to let my pivot transport a bent right arm past the ball. Pretty good antidote for over the top, too. I felt like I could really go after the driver and not worry about over the top.
Hybrid Mode
