How to Improve Your Golf Swing Speed and Distance

If you’re looking for tips on how to improveand allow for the follow through you will find yourself
your golf swing speed and distance, the following infopulling back from the shot before you have even hit
will help. There are a lot of golfers out there whoit. By just focusing on follow through you can
want to improve their game. They set out to do thisimprove your swing speed and get more distance
by increasing their club head speed, hence increasingfrom your shots.
the power and distance of their shots. Club headAs mentioned your physical fitness is directly related
speed is directly related to distance.to your ability to strike the ball. There are weight and
Your golf swing speed and physical fitness are twotraining exercises for golf that will directly help you in
key factors in determining club head speed. You havethis area. The key is flexibility; and this is where you
to be flexible and fit to get the optimal golf swingshould focus your training. Did you know that there
speed. When you have the right level of fitness youare 22 types of muscles involved in the make up of
can make the necessary back swing, then releaseyour forward swing? If you work on these muscles
with optimum energy and power for the down swing.correctly you will vastly improve your club head
A lot of golfers forget the necessity of the followspeed and as a result of which you will be able to
through. The follow through is extremely important,control your shots better.
as the faster your club face hits the ball, the furtherThe good golfers out there use rotational exercises
it will travel. As a result, a heavier club could hit theto enhance their flexibility. The focus of these
ball further than a lighter club. So one change youexercises is to strengthen the muscles and loosen
could make initially is to change to a heavier club sothe joints relative to the golf swing. When it comes
as to increase your distance.to stretching you can engage in exercises such as
There are other factors at play also, such as the lofttwisting from side to side or touching your toes. You
of the club. The ball also plays an important role whencan also place a golf club on your shoulders with both
it comes to distance, but for now let’s assumearms on it and rotate left to right.
that these factors are constant. All things been equal,The bottom line is that you improve your rotational
speed equates to distance traveled. If you preparemuscles hence improving your flexibility. By improving
your body for a complete follow through you willyour strength, flexibility and fitness your golf game
strike the ball with maximum force, hence increasingwill naturally improve also.
speed and distance. If you do not set up correctly