I want to increase my golf swing clubhead speed! I hear this one all the time from the members of my golf-trainer.com site and golfers sending me emails. I want to be a straight shooter (pardon the pun) right now. Increasing your golf swing clubhead speed is not everything! You heard that correctly. You can swing at 140 mph and it wont mean anything unless your golf swing sequence and moment of impact is solid. There are lots of 300 yard drives in the woods! I have to chuckle when I see the Speed Stik commercials with Vijay. Swinging that thing harder and harder isnt going to make your ball go straightand if Im correct, the goal is to get it in the fairway, right? The point Im trying to get at is a more powerful, controlled, sequenced swing that does produce a higher clubhead speed, yet in control swing. One that has a consistent swing path and solidness of hit on the clubface. So how do you achieve this? The only way is to improve your golf-specific strength and flexibility! If youve read any of my 300 plus articles, youll know I come back to this time-and-time again. Its your BODY that limits your golfing ability. Now picture this! You do some simple, in-home golf exercises and go to the course. You step up to the tee and rip one farther than you have in years and it stays in play. Doesnt that sound more like it? There is a balance between a higher clubhead swing speed, control and sequence of motion that gets you back to impact hitting the ball in the center of your clubface. Swinging hard just to swing hard wont accomplish your goals of longer/straighter drives. I receive emails from members, customers of my golf fitness dvds and manual who tell me how much more stable their swing has become doing my simple golf exercises, and how they are hitting it 20-30 yards furtherconsistently. So dont get me wrong! Im all about improving your golf swing clubhead speedbut with a stable swingnot one that is out of control and balance. Im very proud when I receive these emails and know Ive made yet another golfer a believer in golf training. So next time you see Vijays commercial for the Speed Stik, dont run out and buy it with the intension your going to see that number go up-and-up. Buy it with the intension that your swing will be stronger, stabler and in better sequence. Then and only then will increasing your golf swing clubhead speed be a factor. |
