Golf swing speed is one of the key factors in hitting your drives as far as possible. Golfers of all ages and abilities are always trying to get more distance out of their drives...aren't you? But what's the most effective way to achieve higher swing speed? And are you really going about it the right way?
There are many new golf training aids on the market promising more distance and higher clubhead speed, but out of most of them, there are only a few that succeed. I say this, because the one limiting factor is your current physical status. If you don't improve your golf specific strength and flexibility, you're "dead in the water" no matter what!
Golf training aids can only do what your body will let them!
So that leaves you with a combination of the right training aid for your golf swing speed improvement, and a program focusing on core strength and flexibility to get you to move that club faster and in control through impact. Does that make sense to you?
Just picture it! You are not in very good shape and you step up to the tee with the intention to kill it! What usually happens? Do you get that distance on the shot you hoped for? Did you keep it in the short grass or did you blow it in the woods?
Improve your golf specific muscular strength and flexibility and your swing speed will naturally go up without any extra effort! Swinging easy will be the mindset you'll have when you have a fit body for golf.
Golf swing speed means nothing if your swing is out of control! Some of these new training aids don't mention this. All they focus on in their advertisements is faster and faster swings. Faster and faster does not always leader to longer drives! In fact, swinging faster leads to lack of control, accuracy and consistency.
How many times have you stepped up to the tee box, swung hard and it went no where? I know it's happened to me more times than I can count on both hands feet, fingers and toes.
Excuse me if I'm not correct, but ball-to-clubface contact is one of the key factors in maximizing distance. If you have a heel or toe shoe, doesn't matter if you're swinging at 140 mph, the ball isn't going anywhere, or at least anywhere you want it to go!
The harder you swing the higher the incident of non-solid ball contact. You are increasing your odds of poor swing technique, timing and sequence of motion, all leading to less than optimal impact on the clubface.
So next time you see a television commercial or read an ad in one of the golf magazines for a training aid that promises higher golf swing speed, does it talk about swing efficiency and control at the same time? If it doesn't...move on to the next training aid.
Please remember this!
Any training aid for golf needs to be specific to your golf swing fault. Not your golfing buddies. Not your own swing instructor. Specific to YOUR swing fault!
I am a firm believer in a total golf performance improvement program, and using training aids is part of the program. You see...training aids can help you work on a specific swing fault and groove the correct move to cure it. If you're a slicer, you need to correct a certain move in your golf swing. Same with a hook ball hitter, topper, thinner, etc.
Unfortunately there are hundreds of products on the market promising the world but never delivering. Don't fall into the "hype trap!" These companies pay thousands of dollars to marketing specialists who will hit every hot button on your body.
With that being said, you need a combination of a golf swing aid and improving your body's physical ability via golf strength and stretching exercises. This is the ultimate combination for long-term golf success.
If your body has physical limitations, it will be difficult to successfully train with your new training aid and see results. Your body will resist what the training aid wants it to do. And example of this is taking a lesson. How many times have you taken a golf lesson, your pro tells you to make a bigger backswing and you can't?
The same goes with a golf training aid. You can use it all you want but if your body is resisting the proper mechanics, it will never achieve this new movement for optimal golf swing mechanics.
Once you've realized you need to work on your body, and you've purchased the right training aid for you, there is only one thing left.
Use it regularly!
The ONLY way you are going to see results is if you make a conscious effort to work with you new swing aid on a regular basis. I'm not talking about once every couple of weeks when the wind is blowing right that day! I'm talking about doing it daily for the first few weeks to ingrain your new swing moves.
If and only if you take this approach will you see results!
So many times I hear of golfers buying some training aid or new whiz-bang club, but never using it, therefore wasting their money. Don't you do that! If you don't use it, you won't see results! End of story!
Be the small percent of the golfing population on a mission to make use of your new golf swing training aid. In the long run, you will be the one walking of the 18th tee with a smile on your face!
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