My previous article on this topic walked through a series of steps intended to culminate in a better understanding of your golf swing.
In brief, the article focused on finding out how fast you swing by using speed measuring devices available at Franchise Golf Centers and then working to improve your swing speed to gain distance.
For a golfer who is motivated to improve, the key is to get the right practice or exercise activity and to stick with it until you “Own it”.
A swing back to 0900, where the lead arm is parallel to the ground will hit the ball about 70% or so, all things being equal, as a full swing with the same club.
A full swing is about a 1030 swing or halfway between parallel to the ground and straight behind your head. I can already hear the questions about 1030 not being a full swing.
The topic is consistency and the swing we are talking about is a knockdown swing.
You may be that rare individual who can not only do the 0730 but also the 1230 swing consistently.
For the rest of us mortals, we likely struggle with consistency in developing these shots due to two predominant types of errors; we think it is a partial swing so we don’t follow through as if it is a full shot or we follow through harder than normal to try to achieve more distance.
Once you can execute these swings consistently, an exercise routine such as described below can improve the amount of speed you get through the ball, thus improving your distance while maintaining consistency.
When you achieve good aerobic conditioning you will find it a bit easier to do all the things you need to do on a golf course, such as concentrate, execute the swing consistently, walk, etc.
I focus on my golf swing by doing my standing exercises that I mention above in my golf ready or linebacker position.
My favorite golf swing focused exercise device is a dual cable machine.
Standing just out of reach sufficiently so the slack is taken up and the weight tugs my hand, I start from a 0900 knockdown position with my arm parallel to the ground and start my lower body and hips through a golf turn and supinate to or through impact.
The key is to stay in a good golf stance position and to adopt a good impact position with your head and center line of your body at or behind the ball.
Adopting a good golf stance, with both hands holding the weight and my lead arm parallel to the ground in a 0900 position, I snap my hips and supinate to or through impact with both hands.
The above exercises will help build your golf muscles while focusing on stability, power, and isolation of the muscles needed to improve distance.
The use of the mirror and the tracking of your position against set objects in the gym can provide feedback on your success in maintaining a good, level posture and a steady head. Finally, the cable drill will help build some explosive power that can be directly applied to your swing.
In my previous article I provided some tips and recommendations to help you find out how fast you swing and also discussed how to modulate your swing to find a balance between speed and solid contact.
The golf focused portion of the effort such as the exercises conducted while adopting a golf stance, as well as the cable drills, can be augmented with the swinging of a weighted golf club.
Use a drill to get used to the optimal knockdown swing with your lead arm parallel to the ground or at a 0900 position.
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