Generating Speed in your Golf Swing
Generating speed to gain more distance off the tee is what all golfers are striving for. I can’t even tell you how many students want to jump right into full speed swings with the driver right off the bat.
The issue for most amateurs is that they’re trying to generate more speed in ways that ultimately create less speed in their golf swing. Pushing away during your rotation is a great way to start generating more speed in your swing.
How to Shorten Your Backswing!
Shortening your backswing in golf is something you can achieve through a few key drills.
Learn about drills that will help you shorten your backswing in golf with help from a lifetime member of the PGA of America in this free video clip.
When people think of how to start the swing, they often focus on the direction or shape. This can lead to a disjointed action.
In this video, Martin Ayers of Northbound Golf shows and explains that instead, the best way to start your swing is to begin in sequence.
This beginning sequence maintains the cohesion needed for a more powerful and precise swing motion.
Let’s examine your trail shoulder during the downswing. What’s it doing? Is it staying high?
It is moving down? Or is it moving down and around? I share tips to help you get better impact and rotation with a focus on your trail shoulder during the downswing.
Many players keep the trail shoulder too high, which can result in an early release (losing the lag) of the club. Instead, let’s use that trail shoulder to keep your angles intact, so you can get more distance off the tee and fairway.
Weight Shift in the Golf Swing
Jack played this way for a year. Looking at how he shifted his weight, how his knees moved in, rotating on his instep, and how it compares to skiing can help you understand how to direct the momentum of the club.
Understanding the causes and effects of lag in your golf swing, you’ll see how lag is generated in your golf swing.
Forcing or holding off lag in the downswing is often done incorrectly and can lead to more issues.
Too many golfers spend their time on lag techniques that are forced and against your natural mechanics.
Avoid Freezing Over the Golf Ball
Have you ever become frozen over the golf ball, unable to initiate the swing?
Standing over the ball too long before beginning your backswing indicates too much thinking. Freezing at address is also an indication of over-thinking. Mostly this is unproductive at best and destructive to your swing at worst.
In this video, Michael Powers of Northbound Golf identifies and defines the cause of the problem.
