To Increase Distance in Golf, Get Max Speed from Your Arms

Does it feel like the harder you swing, the shorter the ball goes? Chances are you’re overusing your body rotation to generate power instead of tapping into the far more explosive trail arm speed that separates long hitters from short ones. Increasing distance in golf starts with understanding where real speed actually comes from.

Pick up a stick or an old shaft in your trail hand and whip it into an impact bag. Pay attention to how slowly your body moves compared to how fast you can get that stick accelerating when you let the trail arm do the work.

You were able to generate that speed by doing two things.

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