Power Golf Tips

You must hit the ball in the upswing for longer drives loaded with power. There is no way around it. You cannot hit the ball with a downward blow with your golf driver and expect it to go your maximum distance. The launch angle and trajectory is not optimal with this type of blow to the golf ball.

Golf Driver Tip

Tee the ball forward in your stance. If you are a right-handed golfer, your ball must be even with the inside heel of your left foot. This will feel WAY UP there in your stance, but you will find it makes it much easier to hit the ball on an ascending (upward) trajectory as opposed to a downward (descending) one which is what many amateur golfers do on a regular basis.

You’re going to feel like you are “sweeping” the ball off the tee from now on. Your swing arc will bottom out just before the ball, so by the time it gets to the ball, it will be on the upswing. Make sense?

Here’s a great video for hitting your golf ball on the upswing:

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One of the KILLERS of clubhead speed, power and distance is arm tension. This tension in your golf swing starts with your grip and quickly works its way up through the forearms, upper arms, then the shoulders and then in the neck.

TENSION KILLS SWING SPEED!

Would you EVER swing a baseball bat or tennis racket with a “death grip” on the handle? No way! Then why do we do it in golf?

We are trying SO HARD to hit it LONG that we think that effort equates to distance, and in golf it’s the exact opposite. The harder we try, the more tension we create, which SLOWS down clubhead speed and wipes out any chance of distance.

LOOSEN YOUR GRIP!

Start with your grip. Just before you take the club away to start your backswing, give it one last waggle with your hands and wrists. Do it RIGHT BEFORE you take the club away!

This will eliminate the “death grip” and tension in your hands, giving you a great chance at a tension-free swing loaded with speed, power and resulting in maximum distance.

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Watch this YouTube video of JB Holmes, as he tells you his SECRET to more power in his golf drives. It’s amazing to me that he mentions in the video his hands AHEAD at impact with his driver! I’ve never heard of that before, but he is so strong that the whip he creates with the unhingeing of his wrists just past impact creates a massive amount of clubhead speed and distance.

Now I would say this is a bit unconventional, but it works for JB. The majority of the time, you will here that you need to hit the ball with your driver with an ascending (upward) blow to maximize launch angle and distance, but I guess JB does it his OWN WAY!

What you can take away from this is the importance of holding your wrist cock (lag) as long as you can into the downswing. Try to think of holding it atleast to impact, but you will most likely not do that. But that’s the thought you want.

You will also notice, JB and his golf instructor mention the swing sequence coming down, and it’s definitely the big muscles leading the way, with the smaller ones at the end. This part is very conventional, and also states the importance of starting your downswing from the ground up, and not with your hands first.

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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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