3 ways to add more natural power to your golf swing

Welcome to Shaving Strokes, the GOLF.com series where we share the progress, lessons learned and takeaways from novice golfers like you — including the speed bumps and challenges they’ve faced along the way.

While we all want to hit the ball straight, for many reasons, every beginner golfer is obsessed with getting more distance on their shots – especially with the driver. Longer shots usually mean fewer shots to reach the green, resulting in better scoring opportunities.

But anyone who has held a golf club and stepped out of their shoes knows that this is not the way to hit it for a long time. In fact, for people with moderate to high disabilities, the opposite strategy is often more effective.

Since most of us average golfers lack the essentials to increase our swing speed and still maintain proper alignment, when we just swing with all our strength, it often results in a clubface that is not square. The key is that controlled speed and on purpose power while avoiding all the common mistakes of swinging.

The best way to do this? I asked GOLF Top 100 Teacher EA Tischler for three natural power moves.

3 ways to get more power in the golf game

When I asked Tischler about ways to get more power, he first gave me three natural ways to get that extra fire, and then explained how he helped a student named John generate more speed over a long distance (see below).

1. Improve your physical strength

Bryson DeChambeau’s body transformation over the years is a good example of this, as he hit the weights and bulked up – with a large part of his strategy trying to gain more strength and distance through muscle building.

Tischler said the everyday player doesn’t need to go as far as DeChambeau did, but he says there are benefits to improving your physical strength.

“There are different ways to get more strength through athletic training,” he said. “If you want to go that route, I suggest you find a certified personal trainer, conditioning coach, or other professional in the field to help you. Improper training invites injury.”

2. Use speed training to develop a more controlled club speed

Speed ​​training is a popular practice, with many players looking to gain clubhead speed to blast their drives. Tischler said he sees players using a variety of training tools and apps that program to produce speed and power.

“In my experience, [any training aids or swing trainers] “The ones that come with an action plan to guide you through the process are the most beneficial,” Tischler said. “I’ve had students achieve great speed and power using those built-in programs, rather than just doing it manually.”

Tischler also said that each player should set their own expectations when using any training aids, as not every golfer will see significant benefits.

“Some golfers benefit greatly from speed training, while others may see very little. I think this has a lot to do with body type, athleticism, and their overall ability,” he said. “Typically, most speed training programs help golfers who need to improve the transfer of power from their hands to the clubhead, so if you’re already good in that area, you may not benefit much from speed training programs.”

3. Sequencing can help to effectively use more power and speed

As mentioned above, when a player starts carelessly swinging with more distance, it usually ends badly. This is because their swing is out of whack, often costing them any opportunity to connect the clubface and make contact with the center face.

That’s why Tischler says focusing on your follow through and tempo is so important if you’re looking for more power.

“If you’re a player who already has power and speed, but you don’t have a reliable range, it can come into your swing – that’s where the sequence starts,” he said. “There are all kinds of training aids and drills to help the sequence, most of which are tailored to each individual based on their running condition, body type, and swing mechanism.”

So, how does Tischler help his students in this area? He prefers to start with training ropes.

“I make custom speed ropes and core ropes, helping my students learn the benefits of each,” he said. “We also work to coordinate the kinetic chain, using tools that help synchronize their low power pattern, pivot, and arm swing.”

Next, Tischler went into three power categories that he says every player needs to understand (and use!) to experience the range benefits they want.

3 power components

The three energy components, Tischler said, are the lower body energy component, the middle energy component and the distal end energy component.

How does each work in the golf swing, and how was Tischler able to help his student, John, use it for more power? He explains below.

1. Lower body strength

“This involves understanding how to use the body from the waist down, which helps develop a low-energy pattern,” Tischler said. “We often call the action produced by the lower energy part ‘The Dance’.

“When you learn your best dance, you find that you are starting to generate energy from the ground up. I use two different types of swing drills to help golfers internalize this feeling so I can use it on the course.”

2. The power component in the center of the section

“The core part of the core is what we often call the ‘Core,’ since it’s the part that goes from the waist to the core,” Tischler said. “When you use the core effectively, it connects the kinetic chain from the ground (using the lower body) through the mid-section and into the swing of the arm. Simply put, we all tilt and turn during the golf swing. However, some of us are built to tilt more, while others are built to turn more horizontally.

“Think of the body as extending down the middle of your body. If you find yourself on the wrong side of the process your joints get stuck or stuck, which is what I call Stuck 3.0.

“Stuck 1.0 is the classic mistake of shooting from the waist and leaving the arms behind. Sticking 2.0 makes the lead arm stuck in front of the body as the body moves past the arms, leaving the hands behind. Stuck 3.0 closes the joints and lowers the pivot prematurely – which ultimately results in injury to the golfer.”

The power component of the remote end

“Part of the power at the distal end is what is commonly known as the ‘Arm Swing’, which involves the arms, wrists, hands and club to effectively transfer power through those parts to flow as much power as possible to the clubhead,” said Tischler.

“With proper mentoring, we often see students making significant gains in that area while retaining a portion of the distance strength during training. By using speed ropes, core ropes, whiffles, or impact bags, we can help students get the most out of this area.”

By exploring how to effectively use these three areas of strength, aligning them with your specific body frame, and learning how to coordinate them together, you can work toward reaching your team’s speed goals.

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Nick Dimengo

Golf.com Editor