| Building great club head speed is a goal of many | | | | be fooled into thinking that it is fast. Smooth |
| golfers. To do this effectively and transfer the | | | | swings that generate a lot of club head speed |
| most amount of energy into the golf ball it is | | | | don't necessarily feel fast. In fact look at Geoff |
| important to understand what works and what | | | | Ogilvy, two time winner of the SBS Championship. |
| does not work to generate club head speed. | | | | Would you say his swing looks fast? It doesn't. |
| Would the Hulk hit a golf ball far? | | | | However he generates a ton of speed. This is |
| Big muscles and brute force does not necessarily | | | | how you want to feel. |
| make for a quick swing that generates power | | | | Smoothly building club head speed |
| and hits the ball solid. | | | | The best way to learn to generate effortless |
| You don't build power by simply swinging harder. | | | | speed is to work on your fundamentals to |
| Swinging harder tightens muscles needed to | | | | generate a solid coil, true lag, and to learn to feel |
| generate real club head speed. Loose muscles | | | | the club head smoothly accelerating. The best |
| actually move faster than tight muscles. The | | | | strikes always feel effortless. The power is being |
| harder you swing, the tighter the muscles, and for | | | | transferred to the club head efficiently and more |
| many golfers that means lowered club head | | | | importantly, to the golf ball, very efficiently. Bad |
| speed. Swinging like this usually creates an over | | | | strikes often feel like a lot of work, because they |
| the top move, a loss of control of the club face | | | | are. Here are some good keys: |
| and reduces the smash factor. | | | | 1. A light grip keeps your big muscles loose |
| Many golfers swing this way because their body | | | | 2. Give your spine the proper tilt away from the |
| tells them that it feels faster. However, that is like | | | | ball |
| being in an econobox that maxes out its speed at | | | | 3. Maintain good balance and an athletic position |
| a hundred and doing 60. It's no NASCAR stock | | | | 4. Swing Smooth and learn to live with the extra |
| car so when it goes 60, it feels fast. But it's | | | | distance |
| actually slow. Compare that to a luxury cruiser | | | | The fundamentals will generate a surprising |
| that can easily handle 150 and 60 feels downright | | | | amount of power. Not doing them leads to swings |
| poky. | | | | where you work hard but get very little out of |
| Speed is completely subjective | | | | them. Learn to do this and you can learn to get |
| What you think is fast may not be, but you may | | | | impressive power in your golf swing. |