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Golf Tips: Increase your swing speed

  • Tuesday, 30 September 2008
  • Jaacob Bowden
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Jaacon Bowden Swing Speed

Jaacob Bowden - increase your swing speed


How to increase your swing speed

Many of today's golfers are so fascinated with hitting the ball farther that they are willing to spend hundreds on both golf lessons and also on the latest drivers that manufacturers assure their buyers are their longest yet. However, what many people overlook is that in less than a month they could easily add 30-40 yards to their drives with only a little basic swing speed training. Let's face it, swing speed matters when it comes to distance. When you consider that every day golfers swing 70-95 mph, Tour pros swing 105-130 mph, and the professional long distance drivers swing 135 mph to upwards of 150 mph, it's easy to see why people hit the ball different distances.

If you want to increase your swing speed, there are three things to keep in mind.

Step 1: To get Fast, You Need to Train Fast

Where next?

More golf tips:
- Phil Mickelson swing analysis
- Speed swinging 
- Shaping your swing
- Kick start your backswing
- Keeping your swing short around the greens

Video golf tips:
- The art to perfect ball striking
- How to hit a draw

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