5 Proven Fixes to Stop Casting in Your Golf Swing (For Good)

You make a smooth takeaway, everything feels great… then suddenly, the club “dumps” early and you’re flipping it at the ball.

Thin shots, ballooning irons, weak drives, yup, that’s casting. It’s one of those swing faults you feel happening but can’t seem to stop.

So let’s break down why casting keeps sneaking into your swing, the most common technical fixes (and why they rarely stick). Let's get into it!

Key Takeaways

If you don't have the time to read the full article about how to stop casting in the golf swing, here are the main things you should know.

• Casting is caused by an early release of wrist angles, often due to poor sequence, grip pressure, or tension.
• Common fixes like “hold lag” or “rotate more” do help, but they’re tricky to execute under pressure.
• Even when you fix one element, another one often breaks, making it hard to stick long term.
• Golf Made Easy teaches feel-based swing cues that fix casting without needing to “hold lag” in your backswing thoughts all day.

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Why Do Golfers Cast?

Casting (aka early release) happens when you lose the wrist angles before impact — you throw the clubhead early instead of storing that energy and releasing it late.

Most golfers cast because of:

• Poor transition sequence (arms race ahead of the body)
• Gripping too tight or having tension at the top
• Weak lead-hand grip causing early flip
• Hanging back with weight on the trail side
• Trying to “hit at” the ball instead of turning through

Now let’s walk through the most common tips out there, and the specific drills that come with them.

5 Golf Tips to Fix Casting (With Drills)

1. Start the Downswing With Your Lower Body

Casting often starts because your arms and hands go first in transition. You yank the club from the top, and boom, you lose all your lag.

To fix that, you need to lead the downswing with your lower body, hips before hands.

Bump & Turn Drill:

1. Get into your setup with a mid-iron.
2. At the top, pause briefly, then bump your lead hip slightly toward the target.
3. Begin rotating your hips while keeping your wrists hinged.
4. Do slow-motion swings focusing only on starting with the lower body.
5. Hit soft 50% shots maintaining that sequence, bump, then swing.

2. Lighten Your Grip Pressure

Death grip = tension = early release. If your hands are tight, your forearms lock up and dump the club early.

The fix? Relax your grip, especially at the top, to let the club naturally drop into the slot.

Two-Finger Grip Drill:

1. Take your normal setup, but hold the club using just your thumb, index, and middle fingers on each hand.
2. Make small practice swings while maintaining club control.
3. Focus on soft wrists and allowing the club to hinge and rehinge naturally.
4. Go back to your full grip and mimic that relaxed tension.
5. Hit light shots maintaining that feel.

3. Train Lag With Resistance

Lag isn’t something you “hold”, it’s something you feel. That’s why resistance drills can help you sense the proper sequencing and release.

This drill adds a little resistance to create natural wrist angles that you have to preserve.

Towel Drag Drill:

1. Stick a towel under the toe of your club and let it drag behind the ball.
2. Make a backswing and start the downswing slowly, try to drag the towel forward without losing wrist angles.
3. Feel your body leading and hands staying passive.
4. Build up to full speed swings while keeping the towel moving with you, no early flip!

4. Monitor Wrist Angles with HackMotion

Sometimes casting creeps in because you can’t feel it happening, until it’s too late. That’s where HackMotion’s real-time wrist data makes a huge difference.

HackMotion Casting Drill:

1. Strap on your HackMotion and load the Casting Drill mode.
2. Make a smooth backswing, then start your downswing by shifting pressure to your lead foot.
3. Keep your trail wrist extended (bent back) as you transition, don’t let it straighten too early.
4. Watch the live graph: if wrist extension drops too soon, that’s your casting moment.

5. Rotate Through (Don’t Flip At) Impact

Casting often comes from trying to “hit” the ball with your hands, instead of rotating through it with your body.

To stop casting, shift your focus from hitting to turning.

Alignment Stick Follow-Through Drill:

1. Put an alignment stick across your chest, held under your arms.
2. Make practice swings where your chest turns fully through to the target.
3. No ball, just rotate, rotate, rotate.
4. Then grab your club and make a few swings trying to match that feel.
5. Add in full swings where your chest finishes facing the target.

Why These Tips Work… But Don’t Always Stick

Every one of these tips can help you fix casting. We’ve used them ourselves, especially the lower body drills and trail elbow connection.

But here’s the honest truth:

When you're standing over the ball, all that knowledge disappears. It’s hard to remember every step. One rushed swing and you’re back to flipping it.

That’s the whole reason we created a more intuitive method.

Why We Built Golf Made Easy

Instead of obsessing over lag and elbow angles, we started asking:

What feels fix the same faults, without having to think about five mechanics at once?

Inside Golf Made Easy, we teach you how to fix casting using:

• Simple “feels” that naturally create lag
• Swing checkpoints you can sense, not guess
• Real drills that work under pressure, not just on the range

If you’ve tried the textbook advice and still find yourself flipping it at the ball, it’s time to try a method that works with your body, not against it.

Golf Made Easy – The Shortcut to a Better Swing

Master your swing with Golf Made Easy — 35+ simple, step-by-step fixes for every common swing fault. Learn drills that actually work and start hitting it pure.

Explore Golf Made Easy →

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It encourages lag, better sequence, and cleaner compression, all without needing to “force” wrist angles.

Final Thoughts

Fixing casting isn’t about holding lag with brute force, it’s about sequencing, softness, and body control.

If you’re sick of hitting floaty shots or flipping it at the ball, you don’t need to swing harder or tighter, you need a smoother, more natural move.

That’s what Golf Made Easy is all about: turning complicated mechanics into effortless, repeatable feels that actually stick.