How to Increase Club Head Speed

Every golfer – from amateur to professional – wants to hit longer drives. But sacrificing accuracy for the sake of distance is not the answer. This golf swing tips article will help beginning and intermediate golfers learn how to increase club head speed while maintaining and even improving accuracy.

One of the first misconceptions about increasing swing speed is that it is necessary to swing harder to hit the ball farther. This is definitely not true as many of you probably already know since (for most of us) swinging harder usually leads to some type of poor result. The key to increasing club head speed and ultimately hitting longer drives is learning how to more efficiently transfer the energy we store in our bodies to the golf ball using our swing. The club is the tool we use that enables this energy to then be imparted on the golf ball. The greater the energy we transfer to the ball (NOT the harder we swing) the greater the distance the ball will travel. This is the key golf swing tip to understand about driving the golf ball farther.

There are really two simple steps to accomplishing all of this:

Step 1) Build Up Sufficient Energy in Your Body
Step 2) Transfer that Energy to the Golf Ball in the Most Efficient Manner Possible

Let’s look at each of these steps, individually.

Build Up Sufficient Energy in Your Body

The stored energy in our bodies is the result of the torque that we build up during our backswing. This torque depends on how capable we are of rotating our bodies, including our shoulders and hips to their maximum capacity. Tiger Woods can drive the golf ball so far because his flexibility (not his muscles) has been developed to allow maximum rotation during his back swing. In order to develop your rotational flexibility, here are several golf exercises anyone can do to increase flexibility. On to Step Two!

Transfer Your Stored Energy to the Golf Ball in the Most Efficient Manner Possible

As you continue to increase your rotational flexibility, the next thing to do is understand how to transfer the extra energy this added flexibility provides to the golf ball. The swing is the mechanism for this transfer of energy and the club is the tool that transfers this energy to the golf ball.

Just think about Tip Number Two above for a moment. The main reason why golfers actually have difficulty increasing clubhead speed and hitting longer drives is because the energy they build up during their rotation and backswing is actually wasted during their swing. This can be the result of several swing deficiencies. An overly complicated swing with too many individual parts can actually waste energy. The most efficient transfer of energy between a golfer and the golf ball requires an incredibly simple swing that is easy to repeat and that does NOT involve too many ‘moving’ throughout the swing.

The key swing idea to remember is to unleash the stored energy in your body by rotating through the golf ball at impact while making solid contact with the ball at the moment of impact. The follow-through will provide the extra distance and result in longer drives.

In conclusion, the key to increasing club head speed is to build up more energy during your backswing and the answer to hitting longer drives is to transfer this built-up energy to the golf ball in the easiest, most efficient manner possible.