If you want to add more yards to your drives you need to make sure the power in your golf swing is coming from a strong base. The base in any golf swing is the ground beneath your feet. This video will explain how you can use the ground beneath you to supercharge your golf swing and hit longer drives.
If you want to add more yards to your drives you need to make sure the power in your golf swing is coming from a strong base. The base in any golf swing is the ground beneath your feet. This video will explain how you can use the ground beneath you to supercharge your golf swing and hit longer drives.As Golf Pro Bill McKinney explained in the video the power in a golf swing comes from the ground up.
You need to have a strong stable base to deliver all that power you build up in your swing. This power is useless unless you have a strong base to deliver it from. Like Bill said in the video not having a strong base is like firing a cannon from a row boat.
You may be thinking that just because you are standing on the ground you have a strong base. This is simply not true. Yes we are all standing on the ground (it’s pretty tough not to) but standing there is much different than being firmly planted on the ground.
The video shows you how bending your knees a bit and staying on the balls of your feet allows you to literally push off the ground to deliver all that swing power into the golf ball at the moment of impact.
Although it might not seem like much simply extending your knees as you connect with the ball adds tons of power to your golf swing. It really puts your body weight behind the shot. Its little movements like this that help you to get huge distance out of your drives.
One of the biggest keys to using the ground to develop more powerful golf shots is making sure you are not casting (releasing your wrists too early). To maximize the power in your golf swing you have to hold the release back until the right moment. This is hard to explain without pictures so watch the video a few times to see what I am talking about.
Like Bill McKinney explains in the video the loading (bending) of the shaft is one of the most powerful things you can use in your golf swing. Casting releases any shaft loading prematurely.
Holding back the release until the right time and simultaneously using a strong stance as a base enables you to deliver massive power into the golf ball. It’s a waste to lose any of this golf swing power because your feet are firmly planted in the ground.
Go out and practice using the ground as part of your swing. I know you will be happy with the extra power and distance.
For better Golf,
Doc O’Leary
Head Golf Nut, OHP Golf
Excellent tip, this. Along with the other tip of keying your downswing on the right elbow tucked near the hip, these are very helpful and easy to understand.
Have bad slice when I try to lag my hands .
I like the spot about the using the ground gor power.
Another term for that right leg is a “post.” The right leg should not rock back… it is “posted.” If you’re slicing, relax, strengthen your grip and “release” your hands with a complete follow through.
Good article in gold digest this month that talks about this same technique. It is by Sean Foley (Tiger’s new guy) and has a great photo of Tiger pushing down into the ground in a lower “squat” position as he hits the driver. His head actually drops a few inches toward the ground. Very solid base.