Main Menu
Articles Home
Most Popular Articles
Top Authors
Submit Articles
Submission Guidelines
Link to Us
Bookmark
Contact Us



Partners
 
Home / Recreation and Leisure / Sports / Golf

How To Achieve More Distance With Your Shots

By:Robert Partain


There's an old adage that says that distance is related to two things: Clubhead speed and correct ball contact. Put these two things together and you have distance.

As with many things in golf, this is not an either/or proposition. Both areas have to be in sync for the desired results to occur. The fastest clubhead speed in the world won't do much for your distance (or ego) if it isn't accompanied with proper clubface contact. And likewise, the best contact won't do any good for distance if there is no speed on the clubhead. In order to acheive distance, you need both.

Clubhead speed is controlled by a number of factors and they all need to be working together to get the results you want. The most important factors to remember are:

The speed of the body rotation
The speed of the arm swing
The speed and timing of the hand release

Your leg drive determines the speed of the body rotation, which determines the speed of the arm swing. Proper focus and relaxed arm and hand muscles determine the timing and speed of the release.

Turning the legs and hips toward the target will initiate the arm swing and fast loose hands complete this integrated system of movement. The legs are the only part of the motion where strength is critical. The muscles of the upper body should be transmitters NOT generators. This is why even smaller players can punch out a long distance shot as compared to larger, stronger players. The strength in your arms plays little past in gettnig that clubhead up to speed.

In fact, those stronger players who feel as if they can just muscle their way through are often disappointed. Don't let that happen to you.

Lastly, when you swing, use about 80% of your strength. Anything above that and you're probably going to be losing distance rather than gaining it.

Digg del.icio.us Blink Stumble Spurl Reddit Netscape Furl

Article Source: http://www.articles2k.com

Robert Partain has been an avid golfer for over 40 years. He publishes a golf help blog that is updated 4 times a week with golf tips, techniques, and information.




Top Golf Articles
  • 1). Golf Tips - Getting Started  By : ArtL
    History has it that the game of "golf" was born in 15th century Scotland. Then around 1744, the first rules of play were codified and established in Edinburgh by The Company of Gentlemen Golfers. Golf has become one of the most popular sports in the world; played in countries as far reaching as Mexico and Ireland, South Africa and China. And, of course, Scotland.

  • 2). Stance and swing 7 tips for better golf power  By : dave4
    Golf is a sport that requires you to correct and change things with almost every shot in search of the perfect shot. So many things come into the perfect shot that for one person to master them all can take a lifetime so we all need to take and find advice where we can, reading can never take the place of playing a round or two but when you are unable to get to the course then learning is the next best thing, here are a few tips that I hope will improve your power and accuracy which in tern will improve your game.

  • 3). Stance and swing 6 tips for better golf  By : dave4
    The perfect stroke is that elusive thing we all strive for, asleep in our beds at night with a smile on our faces as we dream of that drive going straight and true down the middle of the fairway or that putt dropping in to the cup at the end of its smooth 50 yard run. Unfortunately reality bites when we get to the tee and make our shot, those niggling.

  • 4). Abolish Your Comfort Zone - It's killing your golf game!  By : Wade Pearse
    We all have what I call an inner game thermostat. It governs your inner game temperature, so to speak. Your comfort zone is like a climate controlled room. If it gets too cool then it's time to heat up. If it gets too hot the air conditioner turns on to cool things down. Your inner thermostat does exactly what it is preprogrammed to do - bring your game back to *normal*! How? By producing what appears to be the "wrong swing at the wrong time".

  • 5). Core Exercise For Golf Will Improve Your Driving Distance The Quickest  By : Mike Pedersen
    Core exercise for golf. You’ve probably heard this phrase mentioned on the television a time or to. This is the area that Vijay works on the most with his golf trainer and it seems to be working for him. He’s driving it longer and straighter and winning tournaments. When we talk about core exercise for golf the key term that needs to be thrown in there is rotational.

  • 6). Ball Position For Different Clubs  By : Jack Moorehouse
    Ball position is a critical component that’s often overlooked by players with high golf handicaps. Ball position decides a shot’s initial direction. While theories on ball position abound, you need to find one that’s right for you. Ball position affects a clubhead’s swing path, as I explain in my golf lessons. If the ball is too far back, the clubhead moves on an in-to-out swing path at impact, sending the ball to the target’s right.

  • 7). Golf Practice Isn’t Important If…  By : Mike Pedersen
    Golf practice can only help your game if your body can do what you ask of it on the range. Does that make sense? How often have you taken time out of your day to go to the range for golf practice only to leave more frustrated than when you did when you first got there? Now come on…be honest! Every amateur golfer has experienced this more times than we can count.

  • 8). Golf Swing Improvement Secrets To Stop The Insanity  By : Mike Pedersen
    Golf swing improvement can be elusive for most golfers. I have read many articles and studies on the huge number of golfers quitting the game every year. They are tired of putting in the time, buying equipment, taking lessons, and purchasing every golf training aid on the market only to see no golf swing improvement. You can’t fault a frustrated golfer who experiences the above and quits.

  • 9). Three Golf Tips For Balance During Your Golf Swing  By : Mike Pedersen
    Golf tips for balance. Balance is very essential in executing the right golf swing and in this article I point out three reasons why you may be having difficulties achieving the required balance and I also give three golf tips for balance to correct the situation. A) Poor setup A good setup as you approach your shot is essential to helping you maintain balance throughout the golf swing.

  • 10). Golf Flexibility Is A Key Component For Senior Golfers  By : Mike Pedersen
    Golf flexibility is a common term among senior golfers. Most senior golfers know they have a declining level of golf flexibility and distance. But why then do most of them not participate in a golf flexibility program? If you are in this group of golfers, do you walk off the course frustrated with your performance? Are you dissatisfied with your driving.


New Golf Articles
  • 5). The Importance of Hip Rotation in the Golf Swing  By : Rick Hendershot
    The basic principle here is one taught by golf teachers since teachers first started analyzing the swing: upper body follows lower body. Coming to a better appreciation of this principle can only have a positive impact on your golf swing.

  • 6). Why Good Golf Shoes Are So Important?  By : Tomas Labas
    A good pair of golf shoes is very important to your golfing experience, because it helps to protect your feet which is very important. And, aid your golfing skills such as swinging and so on.

  • 9). Golf Swing Trainers Are A Dime A Dozen  By : Mike Pedersen
    The golf training aid market is a booming market. Golfers are rabid and will pay any amount of money in hopes to play better golf. There is a new golf swing trainer coming out every month it seems like!



 


© 2006 articles2k.com - Privacy Policy