Increasing club head speed

Both Rory and Bryson ascribe to doing all out range session with driver every so often. You basically swing as hard as you can for 30 plus minutes without worrying where the ball is going. The goal is to tire the CNS and essentially retrain the body to swing faster.

Speed sticks also work but there are some horror stories about fricking up your swing and your joints out there.

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105-112mph

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Overspeed training works if you stick with it. Check out the Stack system or similar.

Any explosive exercises will help. Things like box jumps, lunges, sprints.

A fundamentally sound swing is probably most important for creating max speed. Things happening in the right sequence. Maybe see a good instructor if you haven’t already.

A few years ago and in my high school days, I could swing 120 at my peak. Now, I’m in the 112–117 range.

The 3 things that I am realizing increase distance more than “clubhead speed” are launch angle, attack angle and backspin.

If you hit the ball at a launch angle of 14-17 degrees, a positive attack angle of 5 plus degrees, and drop your spin to 1900-2500, you are going to hit balls that carry 300 yards, let alone roll out to 300 yards.

You could technically make 2 swings at 115 mph, and hit one with a 10 degree launch angle and the other with a 16 degree launch angle, and there is going to be a distance difference of about 30 yards.

I will say, my fastest swings seem to be the ones I don’t necessarily try to swing the hardest. The key for me is making a full, wide backswing. I like to feel my left arm/shoulder fully extend and tuck underneath my chin on the backswing. The next key part is not rushing on the downswing and keeping your back towards the target for as long as possible and trying to time your speed for the bottom of your downswing vs the top of your downswing.

Another thing that has helped is not immediately whipping the club inside on the backswing. I used to get to far inside/out, but I find taking the club straight back or even a hair outside is putting me in a better position to generate speed and a straighter ball flight (it’s hard to maximize distance if you are hitting balls with tons of sidespin).

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Of all the aspects of my game this is probably were I should be spending the least amount of my time but I’ve got it in my head that I want to reach 120+mph clubhead if for nothing else than the hell of it. What are some good tips or aids y’all have found to help increase your CH speed? Currently play between 105-112mph but even when I reach back for another gear I can’t seem to get past about 118. I realize this won’t help my game at all but call it the downside of having a sim and having to much data in front of me.

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Probably some combination of three things:

1. Can’t say I’ve used them but I’ve heard good things about speed training, Stack system, speed sticks, etc. The science says they work.

2. A) Strength training, with a specific focus on explosive movements and B) mobility and yoga training. Also, don’t eat like shite and drink a ton of beer.

3) I assume you’ve done this already, but getting fit on the driver is important.

is there a thread for people like me...old and max 75mph swing speed...

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there a thread for people like me...old and max 75mph swing speed...

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I got paired up with one of these baws the other week.

Dude didn’t miss a fairway and was absolutely deadly 100 and in. He hit it about 215 off the tee.

Every single chip was within 6 feet.

I got them earlier this year since they were like $45 on Amazon. I don't have a launch monitor to give an exact swing speed, but statistically according to my Arrcos stats, I'm about 10-15 yards longer this year.

They seem to work, could be placebo effect, could be something else, but at a minimum, they definitely help you warm up.

ole man golf...they'll take ya money because you have to give us strokes...