How Do You Add Power To A Golf Swing?
Go to a driving range and it’s quite possible that you will see a massive, strong man hitting drives half the distance of a skinny kid who is half his size. Power in golf is different than power in other sports. Professional golfers lift weights and hit the gym to develop a fitness that can survive the rigors of playing competitive golf six days a week, not to get washboard abs. Understand that golf power comes from clubhead speed. Realize that the end of a whip travels greater than the speed of sound. That’s why it produces its “crack.” Focus on two thoughts: LOOSE and SLOW. Loosen your grip and upper body. Your wrist cock and uncock is like the end of the whip, the part that cracks the ball. Slow down your swing. Slowing a swing allows full extension, increasing the length of the whip. Visualize your driver, fairway woods and hybrids as whipping through the golf ball, cracking the end of a whip that snaps the ball into its flight. Imagine your irons as whipping the ball down and thro
