Golf Tips: Focusing on the fundamentals

Step 3: Focus on Fundamentals

One of
the things you need to do to get faster at swinging your golf club is simply practice swinging faster. However, it does not do any good to teach your body to swing at higher speeds if you ingrain sloppy habits and start hitting the ball all over the course. It is extremely critical that when you are doing swing speed training that you focus on your swing fundamentals. Push yourself to swing faster, but only go as fast as you can still stay in balance and make a solid swing.

Also, be careful of confusing swinging hard with swinging fast. Swinging hard will introduce tension in to your body and golf swing. A tense muscle is a slow muscle and the rigidity will also make it difficult to stay in balance - which can lead to a compromise in your ball-striking consistency. It's okay to swing fast, just don't swing hard.

Jaacob Bowden is one of the world's foremost experts on increasing golf swing speed. His Swing Man Golf web site was built around both the knowledge he used to increase his own swing speed by 26 mph in 37 days while training forthe RE/MAX World Long Drive Championships, and also what he has learned about golf that took him from average length hitting 14-handicapper to
Professional Golfer and Long Drive Champion.

To learn more information about what Jaacob can do for you and your game, visit www.swingmangolf.com

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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