Stop Casting And Create Lag With This Easy Drill

In this lesson, we’re going to be talking about casting.

What is casting?
The main cause of casting is the loss of wrist hinge at the top of the swing, which opens up the club face. This causes us to “cast” the club in order to correct the club face for impact with the ball.

Why is this a problem?
This forces us into a number of compensatory moves in order to square off the club face in time for impact with the ball; the club head begins to overtake the handle, the arms bunch up and we lack shaft lean at impact. This ultimately leads to contact issues such as “scooping”.  

The solution
The answer to this problem is to organise your wrists at the top of the back swing.
Try this simple exercise:

1. Pause at the top of the backswing and look at your grip.
2. You want your lead wrist to be hinged, creating a 90 angle with the club shaft (or even smaller angle).
3. Bring your swing halfway down to where your lead arm is parallel to the ground and pause again.
4. Look at the club face. It should not be open but rather squared in time for impact.

Summary:
If your club face is open at the top of the backswing, subconsciously your body stalls out of the rotation, and the club begins to move faster than the handle in an attempt to get that clubface squared back up. Scooping can occur in an attempt to square the clubface.

So, figure out what your wrists are doing, and therefore your club face. Ensure a good 90 angle (or smaller) between your lead wrist and the club shaft at the top of your swing and check that the club face is turned slightly down towards the ground when you’re halfway through the downswing.

This is a great little exercise if you’re a scooper, and you have a tendency to cast.

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