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Alignment is key, and proper placement allows you to develop power through the shot. Maintaining the tilt through the swing is imperative to making power.

Once again, another great video. Thanks Shawn!

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It should be remembered that in a golf swing, a spiral movement is created. This is closely related to the concept of creating momentum in Physics. As this spiral coils and uncoils in the swing process, a potentially tremendous clubhead speed is created.

In time, a better grip on this process of golf swinging will allow golf players to improve their clubhead speed. Constant practice or workout on this process will produce a golf swing procedure well suited to the individual player.

Golf playing, like other sports, is a physical activity. The body should be well-tuned to the minute changes in swing mechanics, in order to adapt and be more receptive to harder drives on the succeeding games.

The second component of the equation in clubhead speed is the body of the golf player. Seen from a distance, golf playing seems not to depend much on the body, and instead on the clubhead itself. But this is not the case.

In swinging, it is the body that produces the necessary power to push the clubhead into the desired position and strength. When properly aligned, the shoulders, hips, feet, and hands of the golf player will produce the much needed power.

Consistent routine or exercise will help the golf players in developing strength, and in the process producing stronger torque. Eventually, the player will get used to it and be flexible enough to generate a higher degree of clubhead speed.

The most effective way, therefore, in increasing the clubhead speed, is the sensitive and intelligent combination of clubhead swing speed, controlled movement and a properly sequenced motion that will make it possible to hit the ball in the center of the player’s clubface. This is the perfect combination of swinging mechanics and the player’s body in proper motion.

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Clubhead Speed and Power in the Golf Swing

Take a moment to answer the question; which comes first, clubhead speed or power?

Write down your answer and continue reading. Before we answer this question, let us do a quick review of both clubhead speed and power.

Clubhead Speed

Again, we understand that clubhead speed is the rate at which the clubhead is moving at impact with the golf ball. The development of clubhead speed is a resultant of your golf swing mechanics. It is essentially a summation of the entire process of the golf swing, beginning with address, moving through the backswing, into transition, onto the downswing, and completing with impact.

The paragraph above should answer the question of which comes first; clubhead speed or power? Clubhead speed is the resultant of power development with the mechanics of the golf swing.

The next question we want to ask is about power:

How is Power Developed in the Golf Swing?

Power is a combination of two entities:

1. Golf Swing Mechanics

2. Body

Your golf swing mechanics is the efficiency at which you perform the golf swing. Essentially, the golf swing can be broken down into the stages. These stages are;

Address, Backswing, Transition, Downswing, Impact, and Follow Through

Each of these stages within the golf swing can be performed efficiently or inefficiently. PGA Tour players tend to perform the mechanics of the golf swing very efficiently, where as the 30 handicapper performs them very inefficiently.

If the mechanics within each stage of the golf swing are efficient. The creation of power and transfer of this power into clubhead speed is at a greater percentage.

On the flip side, if each stage is performed inefficiently. The amount of power developed and transferred into clubhead speed becomes a low percentage.

The first key in power development and the generation of clubhead speed is golf mechanics.

Efficient Golf Swing Mechanics = Greater Power Development and Clubhead Speed

Once we understand that efficient golf swing mechanics equals more power and clubhead speed. We can turn our attention to the “support structure” of your golf swing.

The Body

The body is what drives the golf swing. It is your skeleton, muscles, and nerves performing the mechanics of the golf swing. As a result, your body has a direct affect on how much power you generate in your golf swing.

The mechanics of golf swing requires certain levels of:

Flexibility

Balance

Strength

Endurance

Power

Optimal levels within these body categories allow for the possibility of performing the mechanics of the golf swing at their most efficient levels.

For example, a full shoulder in the backswing is necessary for optimal power development. In order to perform a full shoulder turn, you must have a high level of flexibility.

If you are lacking the flexibility to perform a shoulder turn it will affect the amount of power you can generate.

Bottom line the body is the foundation on which the golf swing is developed.

If you have a weak foundation, you will have a weak golf swing.

Efficient Golf Swing Mechanics + A Strong, Flexible, and Powerful Body = Clubhead Speed

We now know clubhead speed is a product of power development in the golf swing. Power development within your golf swing is contingent upon two entities. The first entity is your golf swing mechanics. Performing the mechanics of the golf swing efficiently elicits more power. Secondly, it is the body. Optimal power development requires certain levels of flexibility, balance, strength, endurance, and power within the body. Put these two entities together and you have the ability to generate high levels of clubhead speed within your golf swing.

About the Author

Sean Cochran is one of the most recognized golf fitness instructors in the world today. He travels the PGA Tour regularly with 2005 PGA & 2004 Masters Champion Phil Mickelson. To learn more about Sean and his golf fitness programs go to http://www.seancochran.com

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Shawn Clement, Director of the Richmond Hill Golf Learning Centre, and CPGA Professional, shows you how to perform a very special little shot around the greens…

This little beauty can be used with the putter or one of your wedges. I can’t wait to hit the greens and try this one out! Thanks Shawn.

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Shawn Clement, Director of the Richmond Hill Golf Learning Centre, and CPGA professional, shows you how to stay stacked through the one leg drill and two feet together drill.

Another excellent video. Thanks Shawn!

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Shawn Clement, Director of the Richmond Hill Golf Learning Centre, and CPGA Professional, with a special helper (his daughter), shows you how to keep the head steady for much better contact and direction

Another excellent video, and I miss seeing your head in this video!

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In this video, you can see how Shawn adds a small dowel to the end of his golf club to allow viewing the target line.

Excellent video Shawn. Keep them coming!

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After a golf tournament in Sweden, Stockholm police officers spotted none other than a tipsy Bill Murray riding down the street on a golf cart, The Associated Press reports. Police officers pulled the actor over and noticed that he smelled of alcohol, but Murray refused a breath test. He submitted to a blood test and signed a document admitting that he was driving under the influence; he could face a drunken-driving charge.

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“I think that’s pretty much everybody’s reaction,” he said. “Now I want to find out what the secret is to her making so many holes-in-one.”

Gagne says her secret is pretty simple: look at the pin placement and then read the green.

“And to me this green’s breaking to the left so I want to aim to the right of the flag,” she said referring to the Metropolis Country Club’s course.

“From a technical standpoint, we have the first clue here,” Kostis said. “Most people are looking at the green and trying to hit the green. She’s reading the green. So she’s factoring in the break from back here.”

He was impressed, even before Gagne hit a ball.

“She keeps apologizing for her golf swing but all a golf swing is supposed to do is hit shots that you can find close to the hole, so I’m figuring this is a pretty good golf swing,” Kostis said.

Though her first couple of tries roll off the green, Kostis remains impressed.

“There’s always going to be a certain amount of doubt, non-believers, because the numbers are so outrageous,” he said. “I mean they’re off the charts. But after you look at her golf swing and you look at the ball flight you know what, she’s firing at the pin every time, so now the numbers change a bit.”

Smith decided to take a few swings. Gagne gave him some helpful tips, but she was really the one who everyone wanted to see drive the ball. She didn’t get a hole-in-one, but after watching her, Smith and Kostis were believers. Nothing fazed her, not the cameras or the small crowd she attracted.

“It’s the real deal,” Kostis said.

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