Tension is an enemy of the golf swing. Tension does not allow the muscle to perform fluid motion and it inhibits the range of motion in the muscle. Look at Ernie Els, he creates a lot of power with a seemingly effortless swing. By keeping his muscles relaxed he is able to make an athletic swing that creates a tremendous amount of power. Here are a few simple exercises that will help reduce tension:
What creates distance? Two major factors create distance, speed and center hits. The speed the club travels has a direct correlation with distance a ball travels, the higher the clubhead speed the greater the distance. To get the most out of each club we must hit the ball in the center of the club face or the sweet spot. However, there are three major factors that reduce the distance we can hit the ball because they affect speed and center hits. The three factors are:
For this case, the arc of the swing is the circle the full swing creates. Virtually all great drivers or ball strikers have maximized the arc of their swing. Copying a swing like John Daly, a long backswing that causes the club to go past parallel, is not what is meant by maximizing your arc. A better definition is to maintain a maximum radius during the swing. The radius is set by the extension of the arms. Learning how the arm function during the swing can teach us a lot about how to maximize the swing’s arc.
So you want to drive like Tiger and putt like Ben Crenshaw, huh? Don’t we all.
Long drives and accuracy are a bit like oil and water in terms of a combination but they don’t have to be. Just imagine if you could hit your drives consistently in the fairway 250 yards + nearly every time…wouldn’t that make the game a lot easier…and fun?
A lot of high handicap golfers can’t actually use a driver.
There are several reasons for this, the main one is they use too little loft. With male golfers it’s a macho thing, they don’t want to use a 12 degree driver because it’s “a bit girlie”. So the macho thing is to go for an 8 degree or 9 degree loft where they can’t actually get the ball in the air and they put too much side spin on it.
Every golfer would like to have a golf training tip to increase their drives by 10, 20, 30 or even 40 yards. But what do you need to focus on to accomplish that?
The driver is a very important club because a good drive can set up a great score while a poor drive can destory your score. Like all golf shots the set up position is extremely important. To consistently hit solid golf shots we need to focus getting our body ready for the swing motion.
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