I am completely lost on how to swing fast.
For the past few years since I've returned to golf and started to become more conscious of swing speed and wanting to swing faster, it's always perplexed me on how to get there. I'd go to the range or play and feel like I was swinging it fast while putting a lot of effort into swinging it but I wasn't swinging it fast.
This was proven time and time again when I would go to some store with a trackman and see a driver swing that was less than 100mph or a mid-70s 7i and be completely shocked. I often think how in the world am I swinging it this slow?!?! I workout 4x5 times a week, do heavy lifting, and feel like I'm pretty strong, but strength is obviously only a small portion of the equation.
I see these guys like Grant Horvat who has never even accidentally touched a weight and he's hitting it 280-300y pretty consistently. Meanwhile, I'm barely poking it out there 240. There has to be much more to it and I'm not ashamed to admit I don't know what that is. I'm positive that I'm trying too hard, tensing up and that's obviously impacting my swing speed and strike quality. I know we always hear 'Smooth is fast' but I just can't figure it out. When I think smooth it ends up just slow. I realize that it's more than likely my sequencing is off and I'm not getting the most out of things like ground forces and rotation. I desperately want to figure it out though.
I need to understand what guys like Rory and Micah Morris are doing that I'm not. I'm the same size as both of them. I realize I'm not a professional but there has to be something I'm missing in my swing to get a little closer to where those guys are. I need to figure it out. I've got about a million videos floating around on the internet so I'm sure somebody could point out an area I need to clean up or something I need to do to maximize my speed potential. I'll be happy to post some if that helps.
I'm at the end of week 1 of speed training with Superspeed. I'm going to go through all 10 weeks of 'Level 1' before the season starts up again in the spring but I'm a little nervous that all the work I'm doing with that is going to be useless if it's something in my swing that is killing the speed.
Those of you who have 'cracked the code' and know how to swing it fast and poke it out there 280-300y consistently and have a 90+ mph 7i swing help me out, PLEASE!!!
For the past few years since I've returned to golf and started to become more conscious of swing speed and wanting to swing faster, it's always perplexed me on how to get there. I'd go to the range or play and feel like I was swinging it fast while putting a lot of effort into swinging it but I wasn't swinging it fast.
This was proven time and time again when I would go to some store with a trackman and see a driver swing that was less than 100mph or a mid-70s 7i and be completely shocked. I often think how in the world am I swinging it this slow?!?! I workout 4x5 times a week, do heavy lifting, and feel like I'm pretty strong, but strength is obviously only a small portion of the equation.
I see these guys like Grant Horvat who has never even accidentally touched a weight and he's hitting it 280-300y pretty consistently. Meanwhile, I'm barely poking it out there 240. There has to be much more to it and I'm not ashamed to admit I don't know what that is. I'm positive that I'm trying too hard, tensing up and that's obviously impacting my swing speed and strike quality. I know we always hear 'Smooth is fast' but I just can't figure it out. When I think smooth it ends up just slow. I realize that it's more than likely my sequencing is off and I'm not getting the most out of things like ground forces and rotation. I desperately want to figure it out though.
I need to understand what guys like Rory and Micah Morris are doing that I'm not. I'm the same size as both of them. I realize I'm not a professional but there has to be something I'm missing in my swing to get a little closer to where those guys are. I need to figure it out. I've got about a million videos floating around on the internet so I'm sure somebody could point out an area I need to clean up or something I need to do to maximize my speed potential. I'll be happy to post some if that helps.
I'm at the end of week 1 of speed training with Superspeed. I'm going to go through all 10 weeks of 'Level 1' before the season starts up again in the spring but I'm a little nervous that all the work I'm doing with that is going to be useless if it's something in my swing that is killing the speed.
Those of you who have 'cracked the code' and know how to swing it fast and poke it out there 280-300y consistently and have a 90+ mph 7i swing help me out, PLEASE!!!