Hell yeah!!! Started week 4 tonight and got a PB in the “Max out” swings at the end!!!
117mph
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Oh yes absolutely and please God let us be the ones that decide what it is.
You definitely called this being addictive. Tonight is a speed training night and I’m already looking forward to trying to top 117.
One of the maybe unintended benefits of the SuperSpeed and Stack type programs with the different swings and weights is most sessions you at least have a chance at a personal best, which keeps you wanting to do it
Guys out here trying to turn every par 4 into a short par 4. Love itI drove a 273 y back edge of a green today with a group ahead of me walking up to it, so that was a thing.
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I’ve got to account for this new speed moving forward.
And people complain about sim golf not being “real” golf. Seems to me that chasing espeed is even more a bastardization of the game. Espeed has become an entity all its own, especially when so many people aren’t seeing a direct correlation to on-course performance.
Can you clarify what you mean by chasing espeed?
Sure, espeed is what you get on your portable launch monitor when doing speed sessions without a ball. Chasing espeed, then, is going after your personal best in these sessions. Again, without a ball. It seems for many that espeed sometimes becomes an end unto itself. Nothing wrong with that.
The thought, at least for me , is that the non-ball swings where I’m chasing what you refer to as “E speed” is raising the floor of my overall on course swing speed. In the three weeks I’ve been doing this it has raised my own course swing speed I’ve gone from averaging right around 230 to 235 with driver to frequently hitting 250 based off my Grint club tracking. It’s also raising the ceiling with my irons as well.
I think that’s where some of the disappointment comes from, not recognizing that while they’re not hitting there max speed while playing, they are at least raising their floor a bit. Introducing a ball into the equation definitely affects their cruising speed.
Indeed here is where the problem of the understanding of the training is. The idea is to raise your MAX swing speed which in turn raises your cruising / on course speed. Eg. Your max used to be 90mph with driver, then you would usually swing around 90% of that on course. So your on course speed is ~81mph. You do some training and you raise your max to 100mph, now at 90% on course swing, your cruising speed is 90mph etc. You keep raising that max and the cruising speed just gets higher also.
Are you doing any actual speed training or just lifting weights? Whilst the gym is absolutely beneficial, it really should be combined with actual dedicated speed training programming. Plenty of training programs out there, I've tried three now and I am seeing the best results and motivation from The Stack personally.
I haven’t tried to do any swing speed training of yet. I think I’ve just been so focused on setup and takeaway that I’m not swinging hard enough on the follow through.
I dont think we’ve talked a lot about ‘coil’ in the golf swing but I’ve found it’s critical in my speed training to swing the speedsticks fast.
You are not getting it. What do you do with your ribcage when walking? It separates from your hips when they externally and internally rotate. The golf swing is rotational walking is locomotive. Separation of the pelvis and ribcage needs to be present in both for power. The separation in the golf swing needs to occur during the second half of the backswing when the hips reach their lock and again in transition during the directional change of the pelvis.
