Laid Off?

Nope - not referring to job status.  This is a term used to describe an incorrect hand position at the top of the swing in which the wrist breaks down and the butt of the club points  out over the top of the ball.  The clubface points kind of upward at the top of the backswing.  If you are laid off (or too upright) It’s very hard to get the clubface square at impact.

How do I know this weird thing?  It’s one of my chronic swing problems.  Todd at Hangman helped me visualize and feel it with a cool little plastic device that connects to the grip of the club and touches your forearm with a little rounded bar when your hand position is correct.  This Jim Flick-designed Swingyde is very effective at telling you when you screw up.  (Of course the big pulls are too!)  I had a private lesson, then hit 200 balls, most of them OK.  And I only laid off the club about every third swing the next time I played….still a bunch of work to do, but great lesson — Thanks, Todd.