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How Golf Swing Speed Affects Your Game

A golf swing consists of many aspects, and speed is one of the most important among them. Perhaps, you don’t realize, but the average golf swing speed is about 85 miles per hour, sending the ball shooing into the air at about 100 miles per hour two feet off the club. Professional golfers have typically a golf swing speed of about 100 to 110 miles per hour, generating a ball traveling at near 140 miles per hour as it leaves the tee and long-ball hitters generally generate 125 mile per hour club speeds with the ball moving at about 160 miles per hour two feet off the tee.

It doesn’t matter how big or strong the golfer is - it has little to do with how far he hits the ball. The distance is determined by the golf swing speed along with a few other mechanics involved in the swing such as balance and form. While not every golfer that hits the long ball is overly large, the impact they can place on the ball is huge. They have learned how to remain balanced through the entire swing process to generate as much club speed as possible and still maintain their accuracy.

Gold Swing Speed Alone Is Not Enough

It is not golf swing speed alone, but rather the mechanics of golf swing speed is what determines the accuracy of your shot. By forcing the club through the downswing, you may actually slow the golf swing speed at impact. The control may also be lost as you try to over power the strike sending the ball into an unpredictable direction.

By practicing a smooth, slow take away leading into a slow and easy backswing will make the downswing easier to control. Beginning the downswing without any noticeable stop at the top allows the club to maintain the plane on which it was raised. This helps control the speed of the downswing and allows the weight of the club to carry it down, increasing the golf swing speed as it travels through the plane to hit the ball at the point at which the club started.

Forcing golf swing speed and making it faster will not enhance your golf swing. But trying to control the speed instead will bring you more accurate and longer shots off the tee.

July 2, 2007 | In Articles |