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O.B. Another excellent Post. At the Range, I felt it today.
Started from the feet, I felt the lag/drag on back stroke.
Before I had issues with back stroke, UP, Back, and In and
felt that a drag was more down (on the ground)was an oxymoron with the UP. Now I sense the UP with the lag/drag. A more tracing
motion than before (not with the clubhead on the ground). Please let me know if you feel that the new take away is correct.
Donn

Sounds right to me.

You no doubt have done the continuous swinging drill with Lynn. The Wild Bill Mehlhourn drill where you brush the ground in BOTH directions and walk forward ..... first in tall grass then on turf then while stroking a line of golf balls.

The momentum provided to your backstroke when you reverse your direction from what would normally be finish is delightful, magical even. It settles into being Pivot motivated. As it would when scything grass. In contrast to the muscles and methods we normally use in startup which can be counter productive (dead pivot , arms outracing the body , off plane etc) The lagging takeaway Lynn teaches, from my experience , provides early swinging momentum from startup that approaches the same feel as the Mehlhourn drills free ride, if you will. So to answer your question , I'd say do McDonald Exercise #5 and then take to the rough for some Mehlhourne drills .... once acclimated compare that floating back feeling it enhances , highlights to your Lagging Takeaway procedure. The more the latter is like the former the better you're getting at it, IMO. You cant get all the way there ... but you can try. Lag and drag in both directions .... hence the brush in both directions. Lynn put an impact bag behind my club in Startup so Id whack it with a lagging clubhead ..... address hands, bent right/flat left . But I start from Adjusted , mid body hands for longer shots.

One thing about the Mehlhourn drill ... if you do one for a few minutes without a ball, the continuous motion seems to remove unwanted , extraneous motion . Your focus turns to the clubhead path. It seems to remove the non essential motion we cook up with our logic. You wont tend to over spin your pivot for instance . You wont tend to hang onto angles. You will tend to let your arms pass your body , you will tend to Finish Swivel. You're swinging , lagging and dragging in both directions with the PIvot anticipating , preparing and initiating the change in direction..... naturally. Like we do when chopping wood to use a Bob McDonald image.