[cometgolfer]

And then Yoda turned to YodasLuke and said...

"Knowing that this Effect is in operation will keep the player from attempting to 'speed up' the Hands during Release, an ill-advised and almost always ill-fated attempt to increase Clubhead Speed through Impact. Per 6-P-0, it is only necessary to keep the Handspeed 'strong, consistent and Rhythmic.' In other words, Sustain the Lag!"

After braving the elements this evening and putting the old rainsuit and Underarmour on I ventured to a local range to work on some "hitting" chip/pitch shots in prep for a 2-day event coming up this weekend. I brought only my wedges, so I wasn't tempted to work on full swing drivers.

After an hour or so I had worked thru my bucket and was heading to the car when I saw 20 or so balls sitting there (imagine that... 38 degrees, misting, and someone had left some rangeballs un-hit!!!!!). I decided to use some half-swings and really work on simply maintaining my handspeed from release to follow-through (no acceleration allowed). I think it's even tougher on half swings to do this, but I thought what the hey.... these balls were free anyway. Well.... it was amazing just how solid these SW shots flew, from marginal lies no less. The EB discussions from today sort of resonated in the back of my head and it struck me that as many times as I've heard "Sustain the Lag" in terms of TGM over the last 3 or 4 years I never really thought about what it meant.

Sustain doesn't mean to increase. It means to support and maintain. One would think that if you have lag then adding to it would be a good thing. At least that was probably bouncing around in my head. After doing a search here on "sustain the lag", some really good posts came up..... not suprisingly led by Mr. 12-Piece. Very clarifying.

Could be one of those ah-ha moments.... we'll see.

This place really IS good!!!!
CG