Step by step guide for hitting long drives for faster guards

Research has proven that the ratio between the time you swing after you finish and the time you drop is smaller, which is what creates additional speed and power. But you can’t simply swing faster. The trick is to add force on the way back so that you can use it when you use it downwards.

Check it out below for a step-by-step guide to train yourself to produce faster guards.

How to make the defender faster

Starting a swing is not an actionless event. Just like the NFL linebacker moves before the snapshot, you need to start creating power before the club retreats. If you watch elite players or players on long-term drive tracks in slow motion, you’ll see them settled at the address [1]then cleverly lean on their front legs and feet [2]. Better creating this front-side pressure allows them to push to the side of the trail when they physically take the club back [3]. Generate stress until you feel the force generated through the sternum [4].

Even in these photos, you can enjoy the energy that produces a powerful guard. Your entire nervous system is working. Remember that neither of these feet is a “swing” move, and every big hitter does it.

It’s like riding a bike: you don’t simply pedal and move through the bike – you exert downward force like two feet.

Instant creation exercises

First of all, focus on the club head, and in terms of increasing speed and strength, it is a big taboo first. The handle first performs – a dynamic pulling motion that begins with the above-mentioned left and right ground forces.

A great way to feel and be deeply rooted in the action required is to practice with drag-N-fly ($199; tourtempo.com) or simply wrap a golf towel around the most flexible shaft you have.

As you can see, I started my takeaway by pulling the handle to the point where the towel is straightened (if you simply lift the club or articulate your wrist immediately, that won’t happen). The goal is to straighten the towel as long as possible until it reaches the top, and the gravity eventually leads to it being straightforward.

Think the club head is heavy, or how do you swing the sledgehammer. In golf, it’s the same thing: At the beginning, the resistance is the handle moving in front of the head.

dos and no

It feels crazy when a golfer whose average defender time (1.5 seconds) starts to speed up, just like it does from driving a truck to a Ferrari. At first you will be all over the road, but eventually you will master it.

Remember that slow swinging may give you the fantasy of control when you practice the movements on previous pages and the movements of DOS and DOS seen here, but almost all sports efforts require athletes to give up on control. The club moves too fast to control it consciously. This is actually a relief because faster/higher guards require less thinking! Players who think about their own swing will usually slow down their swing, but by making the club move faster, they become more sporty, their conscious mind will have less control (a good thing).

Copy what you see here and you will feel your guard power and speed creating soar. Longer, faster, better wait.

Settings and takeaways

Fixing the ball by transferring the weight to the trail leg is just a cheat. Better serve you by setting a larger weight on the front side so you can dynamically transfer and start generating the required force. Avoid any type of early hinges when you start over. The handle moves first, not the club head.

Arm structure

Making the handle go further is a huge force to create and speed key. Over-bending arms (left) or hinged wrists can limit your swing radius and soak your strength. Try more grip pressure and feel more grip than the club’s head moves.

posture

We were all told to “stay” during the defender. Doing so is an absolute speed killer. Basically maintaining the posture means you are not moving dynamically, which means you are not creating the necessary force.

Elite golfers and power batsmen pushed the ground so hard as they were defending that they lost their posture. Perfect, as long as you keep the spine angle established at the address (tilt toward the ground).

John Novosel Jr. is the co-founder of Tour Tempo, located outside of Kan’s Lawrence.

Jon Tattersall is a 100 golf teacher and is a co-founder of Fusion ATL in Atlanta, Georgia.