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Casting Fix — Hold the Lag

What it fixes: Stop releasing early — deliver the handle first for real compression.

How to do it

1. Make slow swings feeling the trail wrist stay bent (hinged) as you start down
2. Feel the butt of the grip point at the ball (or just inside it) when your hands reach hip height
3. Hit small punch shots with the hands leading and the shaft leaning at the target
4. Build to full swings keeping that late, trail-wrist-back feel

Pro tip: Feel: 'flick the mud off the shaft late' — the clubhead lags behind the hands and releases past the ball, not from the top.

Watch it in your data

This drill moves Smash / compression — track it session to session with the Smash Factor guide open. A drill without a measured before/after is a feeling, not a fix: hit a baseline block, do the drill, re-measure the same block.

More ball-flight fixes drills

• Slice Killer — Release GateStop the slice — square an open face and quit swinging across it
• Hook Fix — Body LeadsTame the hook — quiet the hands, keep the body turning through
• Fat & Thin Fix — Forward Low PointBall-first contact by moving your low point ahead of the ball
• Top & Thin Fix — Hold Your AnglesStop topping — keep your spine angle and knee flex through the ball
• Over-the-Top Fix — Pump & DropShallow the downswing so you stop coming across the ball
• Early-Extension Fix — Pocket BackKeep posture so the hips rotate instead of thrusting at the ball
• Sway Fix — Turn in a BarrelRotate around your centre instead of sliding, for a steady low point
• Chicken-Wing Fix — Reach & ReleaseStop the bent lead arm at impact — extend for width and a square face