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How Your Golf Driver Swing Can Have More Power
from: Mike Pedersen, CPTA golf driver swing that is lacking in power has a couple of
issues that need to be addressed. A golf driver swing is
slightly different than your other clubs...but needs to have the
same sequence of motion and body position at impact to produce
more power and distance of the tee.
Most golfers swing outside their physical capabilities resulting
in lost yardage and accuracy.
Has this ever happened to you?
You step up on a long par 4 or a par 5 and tell yourself you're
going to get their in two. What did you do differently on the
tee to achieve it? Did you swing harder? If so, what was your
result?
The first issue to cover with your golf driver swing is your
range of motion, especially on your backswing. Can you make a 90
degree shoulder turn with minimal tension? Most older golfers
don't even come close.
The optimal position is a 90 degree shoulder turn, with
approximately 45 degrees of hip turn. This requires a high level
of core strength and flexibility. Shoulder flexibility comes
into play just a bit also.
If you can't get to this position, it doesn't matter how hard
you swing...you're still not going to maximize your power and
distance with your driver. Trying to get to that position when
you body cannot physically get there will only cause muscle
tension, which slows clubhead speed.
Secondly, getting behind the ball and staying behind the ball at
impact is critically to maximizing power and distance. This
cannot be achieved with an "out-of-shape" body. It's a
physically impossibility.
Even for a fit golfer, this is sometimes hard to accomplish on a
consistent basis.
On the downswing, it is critical the first move is with the
lower body rotating (not sliding). This rotation of the lower
body, while the upper body stays back (for only a split second)
takes a ton of core strength.
A weaker golfer would not be able to achieve this. He/she would
come over the top early with the upper body, merely because they
don't have core strength to initiate the downswing with the
lower body.
So how do you achieve a golf driver swing with maximum power?
Start working on your core strength and flexibility from a
rotational standpoint, with a
and golf
stretching routine. Every exercise and stretch you do should
incorporate rotational movements. The primary movement in the
golf swing is rotational, so why wouldn't you focus on that in
your golf training program?
This is the quickest way to longer drives!
Hitting more balls with the same body and the same swing won't
get you there!
You've got to address the physical component to achieve the
mechanical efficiency with your driver.
As soon as you do, you'll be blowing by the other players in
your foursome!
This IS the approach you should take with your golf driver
swing.
About the author:
Mike Pedersen is one of the top golf performance trainers in the
country, author and founder of several cutting-edge online golf
improvement sites. Take a look at his just released golf dvds
and manual at his
site - Perform Better Golf.
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