Power Golf Tips

In an earlier article, we talked about the importance of wrist lag in golf. It is one of the main power sources for longer drives, and yet many golfers don’t work on it.

A great power golf swing tip is to focus on keeping the angle in your right wrist for as long as you can in the downswing. This is so important, that there are a couple of golf training aids specifically for that reason. Maintaining the right wrist angle (lag) is a fantastic thought during your downswing.

For a good visual, look at the picture of Tiger Woods below. Wow! Look at how long he holds this wrist angle into his downswing!

With all the great ball strikers, you will see an angle in the right wrist even at impact. The right forearm is angled away from the shaft, allowing maximum compression onto the golf ball.

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EVERY golfer wants, dreams and strives for more power and distance. Learning the secret of power golf can get you there much, much quicker, and I’m going to tell you how right now!

Power in your golf swing comes from both your core rotation and wrist lag. Combine these two elements in your golf swing and you’ll add a TON of yards to your drives and EVERY club in your bag!

If you can’t get a full shoulder turn on your backswing, you won’t be able to generate near as much clubhead speed, but there is hope. You need to focus on targeted, simple golf exercises and stretches that will easily get you making a full backswing with no tension or extra effort.

Once you do this, all you need is wrist lag.

Retaining wrist lag late into your golf swing is the real SECRET of power in golf. The majority of amateurs release their wrist cock way too early in the downswing, losing any chance at high clubhead speeds through impact.

Just think of Sergio Garcia when you want more wrist lag. Even the great Ben Hogan, who in his time was one of the best ball strikers EVER! He really compressed the golf ball from his abbreviated wrist lag and retention late in the golf swing.

So to recap, you’ve got to make a BIG turn away from the ball, and you’ve got to retain wrist lag late into your golf swing. Give it a try!

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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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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”.

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