In this article I'm going to show you how you can increase your golf swing speed and ball speed using 3 simple tips. After reading this article you will have 3 solid principles you can immediately start applying and using in your golf game to immediately improve your golf swing speed.
To practice these, it helps using an actual golf club, as opposed to just practicing in your mind. A combination of both will get you the best results.
The first thing you need to understand is where the speed actually comes from in a golf swing. Once you do, you can build on that knowledge to increase your speed.
What creates golf swing speed is simply the centrifugal force. The same force that makes your average washing machine work. As you're swinging, your upper body rotates around the spine where the spine acts like an axis. With a club in your hands, this creates centrifugal force in the clubhead.
That brings us to the first tip, which is to simply learn how to turn your body around your spine.
A mistake I see many people do is to swing the club purely by arm and wrist motion. They will keep their body stationary while their arms do all the work. Don't.
The second tip is to use your wrists as you're approaching the ball with the club. When you're holding the club in a swing-ready position, you'll notice that your right hand is in a position where it's turned back perpendicularly (at a 90 degree angle) to your forearm.
Keep your wrist in this bent position until just before you strike the ball.
Finally, as you're swinging, let your wrist snap forward as you're hitting the ball. You do this by turning your forearms. But you need to time it right. If you do it too early you will be slowing your golf swing speed rather than increasing it. If you do it too late, it will have no effect at all.
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