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Fixing A Power Leak
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Fixing A Power Leak
For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective.
Last week I conducted a lesson with a student that I've been coaching for a few years.
He's a senior male who called me because he noticed that he's lost distance with his irons over the winter, even though he'd been hitting balls into a net in his garage.
Strength and flexibiity were not the problems, his power had deteriorated due to a technique issue.
He was dumping his power early in his downswing and hitting the ball with an "unloaded" shaft. This happens when you reach impact with virually no forward shaft lean.
This is what impact looks like with a loaded shaft:
Notice that in the right image the shaft is leaning towards the target. That's called forward shaft lean, and it's a result of a lateral hip slide and rotation, with a straight left wrist and a cupped right wrist.
When the shaft is presented that way at impact, it's "loaded" or "stressed" and it provides power when the club is released (clubface squared up) in proper sequence at impact.
At the lesson, I had the student perform a few impact bag swings similar to these drills:
Impact Bag Drill (1)
Impact Bag Drill (2)
After several impact bag strikes, I had him hit his irons again, and voila - his power had returned.
Here's an excerpt from the lesson follow up comments that I sent him.
Drill
Do twice (or more) per week until you are striking the ball at impact purely, 80% of the time, into your net. Fat hits are not allowed, use a towel behind the ball to monitor the strike. Start with short medium strength swings until you are consistent with your correct wrist positions. Then move on to short, but more powerful swings.
- Strike the impact bag 30 times, 10 one handed swings with each hand, then 10 swings with both hands on the club. Ordinarily I might have you make easier swings at the bag, but you tend to guide the club a bit through impact, so I want you to make the bag pop - hit it hard after you have mastered the technique.
- Rest three minutes.
- Then proceed to your net and strike 40 balls into the net with your 8 iron (4 sets of 10 strikes, rest three minutes between sets), powering the club through impact like you did with the impact bag.
Please keep me posted on your progress.
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