Transition

[hai]

Hi guys!
I am new here in this forum! I am German and can`t speak English so well. So don` t complain about writing mistakes or something else, please. But you can tell me to notice them, if you want. Perhaps you had the topic already, please don`t complain. I read a few threads already but it took very long for me to read them.
I bought the book TGM, but I found it to difficult to read. Moreover I read the Swing like a Pro.
Because this is a very technical forum, I want to ask you a difficult question: the transition.
A friend of mine had a Clubheadspeed of 87mph, not very much. Nevertheless he had a good swing with not the best lag, but OK. He tried to get more Clubheadspeed and tried a few swing changes. Then he integrate the transition, suddenly his Clubheadspeed went up to 100mph.

But what is the transition? How can you improve and develop it?

I have a bit distance “problem”, only Clubheadspeed of 100mph. My swing was until now without a transition. Now he called me and I want to integrate the transition, too. For me it is a shift of the hip and the weight to the left short before finishing the backswing! Without moving the knees, perhaps only towards the ball! But the “bad” other thing: When I shift to the left, my stomach turns away from the ball, so my hip turn in the backswing gets bigger and the x-factor gets smaller. Then in the Downswing I turn my hips as fast as they go, but I worry about letting the shoulder square or only a bit open. Is this correct?

What does the TGM say about it?
I am looking forward to your replies

[kmmcnabb]

Well, I have read both and think I understood all of Swing like a Pro and most of TGM (not all by a long shot). I know what you are refering to by transition which is touted by Swing Like a Pro and wants a golfer to keep the shoulders turning back while the lower body begins to unwind back toward the target (to get extra wind and torque). I tried to do it and I found it very hard to do consistently and get my timing right. I found I got no real benefit to it either since my swing speed of 110 mphs on my speed stik didn't alter one way or the other.

I will tell you that I have found I hit everything a lot farther using TGM technique of lag and sustaining the lag which I think is easier to perform. I believe the folks that have the "transition move" shown in Swing Like a Pro may be an artifact of a professional golfer that has many hours of practice under their belt.

Long story short, I could not do the transition as they described but I'm not saying it is bad or anything. I think the key for me has been in learning what lag feels like in pp #3 and focus on keeping it there until impact. I would love to be able to move my hips one way and my shoulders the other but I'm not that coordinated or flexible.

As a note, my brother in law does this move naturally but I hit further than him since learning to sustain the lag. He plays well but doesn't have a sense of his hands or pressure in his hands which I think is needed to play well. Just my opinion.

Can't wait to hear what the experts say.

[kmmcnabb]

Keys for me have been, lag pp #3, flat left wrist, bent right, forward leaning clubshaft, and extension. None of which I did before discovering TGM. I really transformed my game. I am not a pro but I watch them on TV.

Have fun.

[hai]

Hello!
Sorry for my explanation. But I did it the opposite way as in Swing like a pro described.

Swing like a pro: I know what you are refering to by transition which is touted by Swing Like a Pro and wants a golfer to keep the shoulders turning back while the lower body begins to unwind back toward the target (to get extra wind and torque).

Nevertheless I did it this way:

But the “bad” other thing: When I shift to the left, my stomach turns away from the ball, so my hip turn in the backswing gets bigger and the x-factor gets smaller.

So which way is correct? What does the TGM say about it?
What does the TGM say about the turning of the hips in the downswing?

I am looking forward to new replies!

I could not image to improve my Clubheadspeed significantly with improving my lag. It is almost very good, only I get smaller in the downswing in order to sustain the lag.