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short shots will have backspin if I treat them like a tennis volley: short backswing and full accelerating follow-through

Golf Stretching Exercises on YouTube

Proper ball placement youtube - Set up club in middle. Higher tee, more the ball is struck on upswing

Tom Watson's Secret to the Golf Swing - Maintain your spine angle

youtube- Full Swing Fundamentals

Finding Tempo (link to youtube) - bi-lateral timing
      addendum to timing drill
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpaTymxxzo8 -- club is in front of body, right elbow leads

youtube Correct posture and swinging techniques

Hip rotation and sequence golf drill ; Hip turn ; Hip rotation ;

youtube - hooks and slices -- Aim feet to where the ball should start, have clubhead face where is should end
     To draw, start with feet to right and club goes through to right, but clubhead is more to left

X-out the X-factor - 45 degrees on hips, 90 degrees on shoulders

short game - weight on left, like putting, don't rotate, maintain lower-case y with shoulders

youtube - One leg swing no weight shift

youtube - backswing: arm movement

taut swing: 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_RO2gcJ7fI

Pitch shot 40-60 yards - Take 3 practice swings: too soft, too hard, right

The grip - flv video

snap whip   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9n5PZuLMB8

Ochoa's head tilt   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz3EZtI454s

Power, Backswing - flv video, power sources backswing, PLANT, snap-whip

hip turn exercise   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XhbcdKfSd4

Tempo and Timing - flv video
    pistol drill (helps on lag): http://www.thegolfchannel.com/golf-videos/golf-fix-pistol-practice-11501/?ref=26000

Planting, Power - flv video, power drills (planting left foot)   

Swing Transition - flv video, think of pushing a playground swing

zen ball bearings and sockets - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C69nets7AVM

stacked and complete backswing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cJ_HE4vONI

Entire Swing Mechanics

Improving Ball Striking

Hit Driver 300 Yards

The Real Golf Grip

The Downswing

Releasing the Club

Drill to Correct Over the Top

Correct Early Release

Rules - Out of Bounds

Rules - The Putting Green

Rules - Water Hazards
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEcS4QqZQVo - chicken wing

golf grip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h7KINXHUUY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cJ_HE4vONI - stacked backswing

Excellent Putting Tips

putting drills:
     find a routine and always do it.
     place club against ball and push it toward hole. Gives the correct feeling.
     hit a magic marker on one end and make it go straight like a bullet

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other tips

keep left elbow down going back and through

pitching: weight doesn’t shift, stays 60% on left foot

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http://www.breakingthedistancebarrier.com/lessonsg.htm
As easy as this technique is to pick up extra distance, there are two other aspects of your swing that you need to learn to control before you can achieve the "full benefits" from the delayed hand release technique:
You need to learn how to eliminate "muscle tension" from the top of your swing which is the primary cause of an "early hand release".
Your "golf swing tempo" and "timing" will need to be "reset".

http://www.powergolftips.com/early-wrist-cock-lag-drill/

By delaying your wrist cock on the backswing you will have a better chance of creating more lag and speed into impact. An early wrists cock robs you of power, by making your swing very armsy.

http://www.sirshanksalot.com/index.php?Itemid=44&id=1099&option=com_content&task=view

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kFj3-N9Jg8

[disclaimer] I am not a professional. I am offering advice only because it was asked for. Any advice offered by me is based solely on 30 years of personal golfing experience and observation/study and may not be correct, only partially correct, or may not apply to all swing styles. Any golfer using my advice does so at their own risk. By posting my "theories" I leave myself open to criticism, and I welcome it if done constructively (helps me to learn). [disclaimer/]

Lag, IMO cannot be consciously manipulated in the downswing - the downswing happens too fast for the mind to think and react - but rather is a result of what happens in the setup, backswing and transition.

I can poke the ball out there quite a ways, and people often ask me how I do it when it doesn't even look like I'm trying. Here are my key fundamentals to creating and maintaining lag:

1. The swing should be fundamentally sound. Think setup, clubface, club path, body (pivot) in that order. By this I mean you should be able to get to the top and transition to the downswing in such a way that the club will be delivered to the ball square and on-plane. If you are swinging over-the-top or with an open clubface, for instance, no amount of drills will help with lag because your arms, hands, and body will be making all kinds of compensations (usually involving casting or early release) to get the club on-plane or square IMO. Fix these issues before working on lag.

2. You MUST NOT overswing. By this I mean your arms must stop going back when your shoulders stop turning in the backswing. Lag, IMO, is created in part by your wrist c*** going back and in part by the change in direction during transition. More importantly, lag is maintained in the downswing by a constant acceleration of the hands (which are connected to the arms, which are connected to the shoulders, which are connected to the torso...getting the idea yet?). If you swing your arms past your shoulder turn, then you will have to swing them faster, earlier, so they can catch back up to the shoulders in the downswing. You will not be able to maintain the acceleration of your arms for long and the result is an early release (the release starts when your hands stop accelerating and the clubhead starts overtaking them, IMO).

3. Closetgolfboy made a post recently that quoted Jason Gore as saying "swing slower" for more distance. A great post, but I would change that to "accelerate slower" for more distance. When I swing, I have a certain (limited) amount of stored energy that I created during my backswing. I want to use that energy to ultimately accelerate the hands in the downswing. The longer I can accelerate my hands, the deeper into the downswing I can hold my lag. I don't want to "shoot my wad" with a sudden burst of acceleration to initiate my downswing. This is probably the most difficult thing to get right. For me, it feels like my shoulders are doing the accelerating and my arms are along for the ride for the first part of the downswing, then my arms/hands take over about waist high.

Training aids and drills I consider good for getting the feeling of creating/maintaining lag:

1. The good old impact bag.

2. Broom/heavy club: good for getting the feeling of passive arms in the downswing. Easy to tell by �swoosh� of broom where you�re releasing. I've also taped strips of paper to my driver to give me audio feedback on where I'm releasing.

3. The step-into (baseball) drill: this one if done correctly gives you a great feel for creating more lag during the transition by starting to unwind your lower body (legs and hips) before you�ve completed your backswing (this is major factor in how Sergio creates so much lag, IMO). Also helps to develop a good pivot motion. Using a mid-iron, take your normal stance. During the initial part of the backswing, slide your lead foot back so that it touches the rear foot (you can start with it here as well). Initiate the downswing by stepping back towards the target with your lead foot. The timing of this move is important; you want to take your step before the backswing is completed.

4. Work your way up to full swings: lots of 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 shots focusing on proper impact position (this where impact bag helps as well)

5. The mother of all drills, will prove your dedication: requires a watch or timer. Start by taking a two-minute swing. By this I mean take a swing the way you think it should be done, but complete one swing in two-minutes. Now take ten seconds off the timer and do it again (i.e. complete one swing in 110 seconds). Continue doing this until you�ve reached a 10 second swing, then do it in 2 second intervals (8, 6, 4) until you�ve reached normal swing speed. It will take about 15 - 20 minutes and a lot of patience. I do this drill whenever I make a swing change to try to ingrain it, especially if it�s a change that I have little chance of consciously doing in the full swing at full speed (like creating/maintaining lag).