Become a Golf Swing Lag Monster: Shocking Success Story

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In this video, I’ll show you how RST student David became a "lag monster" with RST swing reviews and some practice time. You’ll see how David overcame his axis tilt and casting issues and how you can attack your swing issues and get the swing you've always wanted. Check out this video now to get the swing you want and smoke your shots!

  • Axis tilt is crucial for proper swing plane and lag. Must be tilted away from target. 
  • Increasing angle between the right forearm and club shaft in downswing (not holding on).
  • Lag must be releasing (getting rid of shaft/ forearm angle) through impact. 


Hi everybody, it's the lag doctor Clay Ballard here and I wanted to share with you a student success story, a fellow Rotary Swing student that's been working hard on the site here for about a year.

We're going to talk about how he was able to increase his seven iron distance.

From about 150 yards at the beginning of last year, all the way up to 185 yards this year.

And create massive amounts of lag and drop his handicap from an 18 to a 13.

So we're going to go over a couple of the moves that he made and talk about some of those.

And if you're having the same issues that he was having, you can take some tips from this that's going to help you to improve your game also.

So let's go ahead and get started.

Alright, So here on the left we have the before swing.

And I'm going to point out a couple of key issues that he worked on over the last year.

David started out and I did a couple of his swing reviews probably about a year ago now.

And then he started to work with Aaron Maness here in the last little bit.

Aaron Maness took over a lot of the swing reviews and they've been doing a great job, really improving his swing.

Aaron does a fantastic job with all of his students and he's really helped David here to improve his golf game.

And the first thing I want to talk about here is axis tilt.

And you can see that he's leaning a little bit toward the target.

Now when you lean toward the target like this, it makes it very difficult to swing from the inside.

So I want you to stand up and do this for me.

Lean toward the target, Get your spine tilted toward the target and try to swing from the inside and come from the inside and get a lot of lag.

And that's pretty difficult to do.

Now, here in the second video, we can see this is a much better posture and a better axis tilt as he's setting up to the ball.

And if you get your spine tilted away from the target like this, this is how we recommend your spine be tilted in the rotary swing.

That's going to make it much easier to swing from the inside, it's going to make it much easier to get lag and a whole lot easier to get more distance.

So I want you to try that, Now lean back to the right and notice how much easier it is to swing that club from the inside and to get a little bit more lag.

That comes a little bit more naturally when you get that axis tilt.

So that's one of the first things I want to talk about there.

And then the second thing I want to talk about is he created a massive amount of lag as compared to his original swing.

And you can see here in his original swing, when we pause the club about halfway down, we can see that he's really losing some lag here.

Let's pause it right there.

Really losing some lag.

The right forearm and the club have lost most of that angle at this point.

And then this video on the right is absolutely crazy.

He's gotten tons of lag.

Let's go ahead and take a look at this thing.

It's about as much lag as I've seen out of anybody.

Most people won't be able to create quite this much because your wrist may not be this flexible, but if you can, hey, more power too, you're going to hit the ball a mile doing this.

So here's the right forearm and then the club is at a very, very sharp angle.

So this is actually farther down in the swing than we're looking at here on the right.

And this can actually lead to a couple of problems.

So you can get in a little bit steep.

Now, the club's going to be coming down steep.

And you can get a few blocks if you start coming too far from the inside.

Because it's difficult to release it in time.

But he actually does a pretty good job of releasing this lag.

And you can see now when the club is under his left ankle.

Now the club has released all that angle.

And that's creating, you know, one heck of a whip there.

So good job with that.

If anything, I would say tone that down a little bit or that could be a bit inconsistent, even if you are going to hit those 185 yards, seven irons, which is really good.

So we can see here again on the before swing, really just trying to hit hard from the top and then cupping that as he's coming through here, much, much better position.

So a great job to David, really, really good improvement.

And, you know, this is something that you guys can do with a lot of hard work.

So this took some work.

This wasn't something that he just went out one day and magically got all these swing improvements.

It took a lot of hard work.

But for those that are willing to put in the hard work on the right information, you can get these kind of results too.

And you can pick up your distance and improve your handicap.

So if you're interested in incorporating a couple of these moves I've talked about here, I want you to watch a few videos for me.

Now, first I want you to watch the axis tilt video and I'll go back to address position here again.

So if you look like your spine is leaning back toward the target a little bit, You're going to want to watch the hip Bump axis tilt video that's located in the setup section on the website.

Now, if we want to work on some lag and get this massive amount of lag, a little too much lag here that he's creating, a couple of videos in the downswing section that I want you to watch.

First, I want you to watch actually in the introduction section, I want you to watch the wide narrow wide video.

That's going to get you that overall swing shape of how that club should work through impact.

Then I want you to watch the lag building exercises that are in the downswing.

And third, I want you to watch the lag plus speed video that we have that's going to teach you how to get a little bit more speed with this.

And release this club once you've created that lag.

So good luck to you guys.

I can't wait to see you much more in the future, I love seeing students improve like this.

I'm really happy to be associated with a great company and so many great instructors that are really helping these students improve each day.

And I'm looking forward to making maybe some of you out there watching this video, the next before and after tutorial.

And again, congratulations Aaron Maness and good job to both of you guys.

So I will talk to you guys soon and good luck with your golf game.

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Rod
What was his club head speed before and afterward? I'm thinking if my club head speed is increasing I am improving.
October 7, 2016
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Rod. I apologize. Clay is no longer with Rotary, so I am unable to ask him the difference in speed. Typically, if you are working on proper shifting, sequence, and lag. You should see an increase in speed. Leading to the possibility the swing is improving.
October 7, 2016
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David
What makes a person lose lag and cast the club. I know I am losing valuable yards because of this. I need a few things to look for in my swing I feel as though my wrists lock up and perform an all out upper body swing.
August 30, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello David. There are a lot of culprits why a player may lose lag. Here are a few videos to help figure out your main cause. Part 1 of 7 Physics, Part 5 of 7 Using the Wrists for Speed in the Introduction Advanced Section. A good drill to start learning the feel is the Frisbee Drill.
August 31, 2015
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William
I have always heard there are two ways to get lag. One is to have fully cocked wrists at the top of your swing and maintain the cocked wrists until you release them. The other is to down-cock also known as float-loading. Am I correct in saying the Rotary Swing approach is to float-load?
August 20, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello William. Take a look at Wide-Narrow-Wide and the Part 5 Using the Wrist for Speed. Float loading is a way of creating lag and a little closer to the RST Concep,t than max wrist set at the top. Ideally, you want the wrist to remain soft with the weight shift (change of direction), pull from the lead arm (lead lat) and a touch of gravity to help increase the angle on the way down.
August 20, 2015
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William
I think I understand what you are saying: the increase in the angle of your wrists on the downswing occurs due to gravity and soft wrists rather than consciously cocking the wrists more.
August 20, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello William. Yes. The Re-Shaping Your Swing for Lag Video will discuss the gravity, shift and softer wrists.
August 20, 2015
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Tim
I'm 70 yrs old and I've been playing golf for about 10 yrs. I've played sports all my life and particularly tennis. I thought I would be pretty good at golf a long time ago...didn't happen. My swing is on plane and I hit the ball pretty straight, but short, my problem is the chicken wing. I have had lessons numerous times and twice went to golf school. I've never heard anyone talk about the release, and only one guy who found the dreaded chicken wing...and he said: I've got good news and bad news: I see only one flaw in your swing & that's good, but your problem is really hard to fix! I'm thrilled that I found your site. Wow! I am optimistic!
September 7, 2014
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Tim. Thank you for sharing your story with us. We look forward to helping you and keeping the optimism going!
September 7, 2014
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cyril
Hi Clay, Little question on the lag. You were talking about the hinging of the wrist that has to be kept more or less as late as possible: is it something you try to keep by muscle contraction or the opposite, by a total relaxation of the wrist but the correct down swing path and tempo ? You referred to the image of cracking a whip. I think it is part of the answer, as I wouldn't contract my wrist muscle during such an exercise.. Furthermore about the whip cracking, is it an image I can build my swing on (or at least my swing lag) ? Ie backswing being the upper move you would start with a whip to "load it", downswing the counter movement to add speed to my whip and the slow down / release the way to crack my club to the ball as it was the whip tail ? Thanks for all that rich content Cyril
May 20, 2014
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Cyril, it's not total relaxation, but keeping it supple. We can't try to contract the muscles and force lag/angle to be retained. We need to keep our grip pressure, while making sure we aren't wrenching the club to still have some control. Your image on the whip is spot on.
May 21, 2014

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