Golf Swing Power is the result of three specific factors:
– Swing Mechanics
– Golf Strength
– Golf Equipment
Swing Mechanics
All golfers are aware of how important the mechanics of the swing are when it comes to driving the ball down the fairway. Good swing mechanics are essential. If you are over the top with your swing or come inside too much, you’ll see that dreaded slice of snap hook. The drives will be short, too low, too high, left, right, or any combination of these if you are putting bad swings on the ball.
It is essential for a golfer to work on the mechanics of his swing, week in and week out, to improve his game.
If swings mechanics weren’t that important, why would tour players in the world – have swing coaches working with them on a consistent basic? The golf swing is such a find, mechanically complex movement; it requires constant work to keep it highly efficient.
On of the most common mistakes amateurs make is ignoring the availability of golf instruction. Amateurs’ pound balls week in and week out at driving ranges without any improvement.
And we all know all types of improper golf swing lead to frustration and bad rounds of golf.
Golf Strength (Golf Fitness)
Golf strength is a term we use to describe the golf fitness level of an individual as it pertains to swinging a club.
The mechanics of the golf swing there require specific levels of flexibility, balance, stability, strength, endurance and power to perform it. Efficiently. If you body does not have the required capacities then what will the result will be? A less than optimal swing, and a less efficient swing than possible.
Essentially, you body supports your swing much like a foundation supports the house you build upon it. And many amateurs develop their swings on a “foundation of sand”
It is a common sight: people practicing at the range who struggle because their bodies are limiting what they can do with their swing. Optimal swing mechanics and the proper levels of “golf strength” in the body should go hand-in-hand. One without the other is going to leave you short when it comes to your potential in the game.
The props are all aware of the importance of golf strength, why not you?
Golf Equipment
We have come to the final point, and that is equipment. Majority of golfers are aware of the technological advances that have occurred in golf equipment over the last 20 years. Think about the 1980s when we were still playing with woods that actually had wood in them! And now we are using drivers with space-age faces that shoot the ball off them at warp speed.
What a lot of people do not realize is that the USGA has set standards on how “hot” driver faces can be and how “fast” balls can come off the face of drivers. Most clubs are reaching this limit, and anything past these USGA rules becomes illegal to play. So what does that tell us?
- Club manufacturers have done a great job in the advancement of technology; and
- To increase the distance of your drives you are now going to have to turn to topics one and two above – swing mechanics and golf strength.
Bottom-line, how do you improve your power? It comes down three simple ideas. Number one is improving your golf swing mechanics. Improved mechanics will improve your driving distance. Number two is improving your golf strength. By improving your body as it pertains to the golf swing, you will improve your distance off the tee. Finally, equipment does make a difference, if you hit the ball correctly.
Take this golf instruction to the range to help you develop more power in your golf swing.
Happy practicing!!
