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It’s no secret that your hands play a major role in generating club head speed in the golf swing, but the relationship isn’t as straight-forward as you might think.
To get the most distance, we want our club head speed to max out at impact… and to do that, we need our hand speed to max out BEFORE impact.
In fact your hands should actually be decelerating as you approach impact. Your hands decelerate and release, which causes the club head to accelerate into impact for maximum distance.
In today’s video I share a drill I learned from watching Rory McIlroy. This drill teaches you how to accelerate your hands at the beginning of the downswing, and also how to apply the brakes and transfer that speed out to the club head for impact. It will help you synch up your body with your arms.
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19 Comments
Does the model in the training aid app actually replicate your swing so if you had a chicken wing flip. It would look like that on the app?
What’s the name of that training app and can you please provide a link? Another great and helpful video lesson Zach – thank you!!
Thanks for the drill. Perfect for my upcoming range session with deWiz tomorrow ⛳️ Your the best! 🐐
Zach, how do you purposely decelerate the hands? Do you imagine a stopping point later in the hand path? I have been experimenting with a spot to begin deceleration followed by a stopping point later along the hand path. This works well but I’m not sure where the point should be. Some days it feels like I should accelerate to the left hip, other days center of belt or even right pocket. Thoughts? Maybe I need this device to measure it.
(frustratingly enough, I literally mentioned the concept of deceleration at a recent club fitting, and the guy talked to me like I was an idiot. He said “why would I ever think about deceleration?”)
It's incredible how much speed you generate and it doesn't look very fast on youtube. Very impressive
Great video Zach thanks!🙏🙏🙏
A very good explanation of the mechanics but your 2nd swing was much quicker than the 1st.
Zach, what about old guys with a shorter backswing than you… and can only get the lead arm parallel with the ground at the top of the backswing? Any adjustments?
Awesome video. I have not found much about working on hand speed drills and it being explained this clearly. Thanks so much—this is super helpful!!! Not many others are talking about these details. Thanks.
Wow! I'd take 176 yards with my 7 iron any day. I used to get about 150, but anymore. I hit a 6 iron from 150 yesterday, and still ended up in the front sand trap…. Golf stinks….
as a newer golfer this is great.
Very interesting but I find the opposite is true, slowing my hand speed but increasing my angular speed, seems to work better for me. But I will try this concept and hopefully it will help.
What is the device you use to measure hand speed?
I’ve seen Rory’s drill and the guys on AMG do a good treatment of the importance of hand speed. I’ve tried to work out on my own the optimal acceleration/deceleration pattern. I can tell if I focus too much on the ball my speed peaks early and I scoop the ball. Better if I try to get the handle all the way to my lead thigh. I’m open to suggestions.
Hi Zach I thought from the top in the transition I was supposed to let gravity drop my hands and arms to right hip level without creating speed it seems you're saying that I should consciously create hand speed to the right hip or thigh area let me know thanks for your help Jack
This really seems to have a lot of logic behind it. I really like it, thank you!
Fantastic video Zach, thank you
no dont brake with your hands you brake with your pivot dont ever brake with your hands you will hit fat shots with irons and pulls with a driver if you break with your hands
Wonderful. I just snapped my driver’s shaft doing this drill.