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Fitness Helps Generate More Speed in Your Swing!
The golfing
industry speaks about clubhead speed constantly. We see
advertised in the golf magazines all the time. We hear
about it on the Golf Channel endlessly
Clubhead speed is more a result of what you do with the
golf club than an entity of its own. A driver is not
going to generate clubhead speed on its’ own! Someone
has to swing it!
Clubhead speed is contingent upon swing speed. Swing
speed is directly related to the person swinging the
golf club. So the question to really ask is:
How Do I Develop Huge Gains in My Swing Speed?
Another term directly related to swing speed and
clubhead speed is power.
More Power = More Swing Speed = More Clubhead Speed
Bottom line is we are looking to increasing the power
outputs of your golf swing. This will allow for an
increase in swing speed. An increase in swing speed
translates to more clubhead speed.
So how do we increase the power in our golf swing?
Two aspects require tuning and development of you wish
to improve the power in your golf swing.
§ Number One: Improve Your Swing Mechanics
§ Number Two: Improve Your Body
Developing optimal swing mechanics is the first part of
the equation to great power.
The golf swing is one of the most difficult, finite, and
complex athletic movements performed. As a result, it
requires time spent on the refinement of the movements
involved.
Any athletic movement, the golf swing included, can be
performed efficiently or inefficiently.
An efficient golf swing allows for the highest
percentage of power generated by the golfer to be
translated into the club, and delivered into the golf
ball. An inefficient golf swing decreases the amount of
power delivered to golf swing.
Efficient Golf Swing Mechanics = High Power Outputs
Inefficient Golf Swing Mechanics = Low Power Outputs
A pretty simple equation if you think about it.
Now how do you develop efficient golf swing mechanics?
Through a process of proper instruction, proper
practice, and time. The body can learn either the
correct or incorrect way to swing a golf club. In order
to learn the correct way to swing a golf club, proper
instruction is required.
Secondly, the body learns through repetition. In order
to learn efficient golf swing mechanics it is necessary
to practice the correct way to swing. Finally, this
process takes time.
The body will not learn how swing a golf club correctly
in a day. It takes consistent time spent on the swing.
Putting it in math terms, the equation for efficient
golf swing mechanics is:
Proper Instruction + Proper Practice + Time = Efficient
Golf Swing Mechanics
Unfortunately, efficient golf swing mechanics is only
one-half of the equation to increasing clubhead speed,
swing speed, and power.
The second half is your body.
The golf club cannot develop power on its own. It is a
combination of developing efficient golf swing mechanics
and a body that can generate power.
A Body that can Generate Power = Increased Clubhead
Speed
Your body swings the club through the mechanics of the
golf swing. In order to perform this efficiently and
powerfully requires the development of certain
disciplines within your body.
Generating power in the golf swing requires your body to
be:
§ Flexible
§ Strong
§ Powerful
The development of these three disciplines within your
body allows the foundation to swing the golf club with
more power.
If your body is inflexible, weak, and powerless,
generating clubhead speed will be very difficult, let
alone performing the mechanics of the golf swing
correctly. How do you develop such a body for the golf
swing?
Quite simply by implementing a golf fitness program. A
golf fitness program will develop the required
flexibility, strength, and power required of the golf
swing.
It comes down to this equation:
Efficient Golf Swing Mechanics + A Flexible, Strong, &
Powerful Body = Increased Clubhead Speed
Put in place a plan to develop efficient golf swing
mechanics and a powerful body. The swing speed and
clubhead speed you desire can be a reality. Remember;
proper instruction, practice, time, and golf fitness
training are the keys to more power, more swing speed,
and more clubhead speed.
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