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Had a small window of time today to run into the backyard and get today’s session in between meetings. The Level 1 protocol is 39 swings knowing I was racing the clock anyway I timed the session for fun.
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So I got the session done in about 6 minutes. If you’re already loose the time commitment for over speed training isn’t actually that much.

My second session last week was better numbers wise. With weather I haven’t actually hit any balls in 5 days so I’m going to give myself a pass on this one.

In addition to the standard 3 sticks the package I got from super speed also came with the counter balanced stick. After the last set of program swings I did 5 hard swings with the CB stick. 103, 112, 113, 114, 111. It was nice to actually see numbers above 110.
 
skeeterman said:
Absolutely. The unexpected gain was that my dispersion also improved!
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That is awesome to hear. Now I’m wondering if the swing speed radar unit is needed. I have a GC3 but you need to hit a ball.
 
Mmaynard11 said:
That is awesome to hear. Now I’m wondering if the swing speed radar unit is needed. I have a GC3 but you need to hit a ball.
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Yes, you need to have a radar unit. It will keep you motivated doing the protocols. A side note, I have a GC3 as well and found it to be exactly 1 mph less than the PRGR. The radar unit will measure your club speed as well, without a sticker.

During a workout, the only number I care about is the last lighter green stick swings at the end. You're motivated to swing harder (doing the last 3 swings). I then pull out my driver and swing away on the radar. I can compare that to my ending protocol numbers. I see an improvement in the driver every time.

In my opinion, a radar unit is very necessary to get the most out of SuperSpeed training. That said, I still have a long way to go and will probably never stop!
 
Mmaynard11 said:
That is awesome to hear. Now I’m wondering if the swing speed radar unit is needed. I have a GC3 but you need to hit a ball.
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I've been quite happy with the Blast Golf sensors when doing the protocol. That's also a way to quantify the progress. Accuracy seems to be quite in line with what I've seen on my driver swings vs a Trackman.
 
C'bad said:
Yes, you need to have a radar unit. It will keep you motivated doing the protocols. A side note, I have a GC3 as well and found it to be exactly 1 mph less than the PRGR. The radar unit will measure your club speed as well, without a sticker.

During a workout, the only number I care about is the last lighter green stick swings at the end. You're motivated to swing harder (doing the last 3 swings). I then pull out my driver and swing away on the radar. I can compare that to my ending protocol numbers. I see an improvement in the driver every time.

In my opinion, a radar unit is very necessary to get the most out of SuperSpeed training. That said, I still have a long way to go and will probably never stop!
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Appreciate the insight. I’ve felt I’ve lost speed over the years and it is difficult to get over 97-99 mph with my driver without getting out of control these days.
Hawk said:
@Mmaynard11 do not waste your time if you're not going to get some sort of radar unit.
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That seems to be the consensus here. I mean what would the benefit if you didn’t know how you were progressing with the different sticks and only tracking speeds while hitting balls?!??
 
Mmaynard11 said:
Appreciate the insight. I’ve felt I’ve lost speed over the years and it is difficult to get over 97-99 mph with my driver without getting out of control these days.

That seems to be the consensus here. I mean what would the benefit if you didn’t know how you were progressing with the different sticks and only tracking speeds while hitting balls?!??
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It's not just that. You really have no incentive to increase your speed without it. It's all just theoretical.
 
Hawk said:
It's not just that. You really have no incentive to increase your speed without it. It's all just theoretical.
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Makes 100% sense.
 
I finally just sacked up and bought a new PRGR - If I break this one, that might be all she wrote

Excited to do another round of speed training
 
TRyan said:
I finally just sacked up and bought a new PRGR - If I break this one, that might be all she wrote

Excited to do another round of speed training
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I'm about to start one now too since I don't any major golf events in my near future.
 
Hawk said:
I'm about to start one now too since I don't any major golf events in my near future.
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Something I will be interested to monitor on my end.

When I did it the first go around for THP testing - Many days I did it, it was snowing - so wasn't worried about 'real' golf.

This time will be smack in the midst of golf season
 
TRyan said:
Something I will be interested to monitor on my end.

When I did it the first go around for THP testing - Many days I did it, it was snowing - so wasn't worried about 'real' golf.

This time will be smack in the midst of golf season
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Might be worth taking some iron swings afterwards so you don't get too locked into the upward driver swing. Just to re-center yourself.
 
Hawk said:
Might be worth taking some iron swings afterwards so you don't get too locked into the upward driver swing. Just to re-center yourself.
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I like that idea. The training is pretty quick so a few more swings is not a big deal. Good call
 
TRyan said:
I like that idea. The training is pretty quick so a few more swings is not a big deal. Good call
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When I was working on my driver swing with my instructor he'd always recommend that.
 
TRyan said:
Makes sense - my iron swing is so s&*t right now I need some extra swings anyway :ROFLMAO:
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Ugh. I could have hit only driver/putter last week and probably played better than I did.
 
Any videos found that help with a better release for more speed?
 
Yesterday did another session of level one. I pretty much did everything I could to not have great numbers in today’s session. I waited until the evening to do it, I hit balls at lunch, did a banded chest workout in the afternoon and jumped on the trampoline with my kid 5 minutes before the session to really toast the legs.

The good news is hitting balls at lunch had a couple of 108 swings which it the best so far this year and was steady at 105-107. So even without great numbers in the actual session I’m creeping back up with the actual driver in hand.

Also I’m really liking ending the session with 5-10 all-out swings with the counter balanced stick. Seeing the radar showing me the numbers I want to be at is some nice positive reinforcement.
 
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