Power Golf Tips

Getting extension through the ball is from something you may not realize, but is very important for a power golf swing. When you look at some of the BIG hitters on tour and even the Long Drive Tour, you will see just after impact a full extension of the top arm, with a slight bend of their bottom arm.

Achieving this extension comes from one VERY IMPORTANT aspect of your golf swing. And it’s not from the conscious effort to PHYSICALLY straighten that arm. Wanna know where that extension comes from?

R-E-L-A-X-A-T-I-O-N

I have spent hours in the mirror doing drills for my extension, but did not know that it was a RESULT of relaxed muscles moving the arms and club through very fast, not from the forceful effort of extending the arms.

Wow! What an eye-opener that was!

Here’s another little tip.

To get this relaxed extension through the ball, you must tee the ball more forward in your stance, so you are contacting the ball on the upswing, and fully behind it. If you tee it up 2-3 balls inside your front heel, you have a good chance of moving past the ball, aand not getting the extension in your golf swing we have been talking about.

So make sure when you want to hit it long, you tee it up further, and RELAX your arms and hands, so the club can naturally extend through your golf ball through impact.

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What is all this about the topic of create wrist lag? When you look at some of the longest hitters in golf, wrist lag is a common theme to create maximum clubhead speed and power in golf through impact.  Picture Sergio Garcia, JB Holmes, and even the great Ben Hogan. All solid ball hitters, and quite long in their own right.

Studies have shown that up to 75% of clubhead speed comes from the unhingeing of the wrists just AFTER impact, not before. This is the SECRET to longer golf drives. Holding that angle late into your downswing for a powerful whipping of the clubhead THROUGH the ball, not at it.

The angle between your lower arm (forearm), and shaft of the club through your wrist, is the power angle that creates this enormous speed through the ball. It’s at approximately 90 degrees in the wrist very late into the downswing. One of the biggest swing faults of amateur golfers is releasing this angle too early in the downswing, which will slow down clubhead speed, resulting in shorter distances with all your clubs.

One thing you need to remember is to aggressively rotate your core and upper body through as well so you make sure to square your clubface at the right time to hit a straight shot that stays “in the fairway”.

Tags: clubhead speed, longer golf drives, unhinge wrist, wrist cock, wrist lag// Category Golf Swing

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Power and Distance!

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