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 Most of my students want to join them, and I'll bet you do, too. The key to more power is strength and speed. Long hitters create speed through lower body stabilization at impact, which allows the downswing to sequence in the right order. Here are some drills to increase your power potential: Step, change direction Take a club, stand with your feet together and point the club at your target. As you start to swing your arms back, step forward with your front leg and plant your foot. Complete your backswing and then swing through the ball. This drill will help you feel how to load your downswing forward. A major loss of power occurs when players load backward on the downswing. Impact bag Take a 7-iron and address an impact bag. Make your normal backswing and hit the bag as hard as you can, stopping the club at impact. This will help improve your impact position with the club and let you feel how your hands should lead the club into the hitting zone. The drill also helps stabilize your lower body at impact, which leads to more power. If you don't have an impact bag, make swings and try to stop the club immediately after hitting the ball, or where the ball would be if you aren't on a range. Speed building Take a driver and tee up five balls in a straight line. Make five continuous swings, starting out slow and gradually building speed. With a full swing, try to hit the first ball 50 yards, the second 100 yards, the third 150 yards and the last two as far as you can. The goal is to build speed with each swing. Focus on hitting each ball solidly and don't be concerned with the shape of each shot. SG Claude Harmon is a PGA teaching professional at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes. He can be reached at (281) 745- 2348. |
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