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How
Your Golf Driver Swing Can Have More
Power
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by: Mike
Pedersen
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A
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 golf
weight training 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 swing
trainers in the country. Golf
Magazine's expert at GolfOnline.com,
author and founder of several
cutting-edge online golf performance
sites. Take a look at his just
released golf performance dvds and
manual at his improve
golf swing site - Perform Better
Golf.
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