To increase speed and power in your golf swing you need to create more vertical force. The best way to do this is to use the ground to push off of.
In this golf lesson, PGA pro Kerrod Gray and Matthew Brookes demonstrate a medicine ball drill to generate more force into the ground to improve the speed of your golf swing.
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⛳ Chapters
0:00 – Introduction
0:45 – How to use the ground in the golf swing
1:25 – Drill to build ground force in the golf swing 👈
3:00 – How to implement the drill into the golf swing
3:50 – They key component of the drill
4:45 – Medicine ball weight for golf exercise 👈
5:35 – Video takeaway
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if you want more power and distance well
you need more vertical force in your
golf swing so in this video you’re going
to learn exactly what that is and how to
do it let’s get stuck
in nice dude super powerful you can hear
the whip of that club through the impact
right and a lot of that has to do with
how much force you’re applying into the
ground and then your extension through
impact right so your body finishing in
this big tall position and we see
players who struggle with their contact
so low Point control and also speed
could benefit from really one main move
in transition and then coming out into
the follow through it’s all about how
much they’re pushing into the ground
isn’t it 100% yeah yeah I mean it’s not
you know we’re going to focus on
vertical Force here but in theory the
greater all of the forces are into the
ground the potential for more speed
you’ve got but certainly the one in
particular where vertical force it
really has a big influence on Club head
speed and that attack angle help and
control low Point as well yeah and most
players at home if they’re going to try
and speed up their swing they would tend
to make the same body motion and just
really try and crank up their arms but
we see that actually usually has a
negative effect on the way that they’re
moving their body relative to the ground
right so we’ve got a big old Bowl here
mate and we saw how fast you were
swinging that then what was the club
head speed on that so
93 yeah so very very fast there guys
that’s going to send a long way uh
assuming the strike is in a good
position but this little drill is going
to help with both of those pieces so
let’s run through this drill with the 4
kg uh medal that you’ve got there yep 4
kg so I’m going to have my left hand
underneath almost like a te just holding
it up into the air my right hand is
going to go not directly on top just
slightly behind the ball from here
you’re going to get that kind of load
and again we’ve talked about that heel
toe in the last video trying to get that
same feeling from here all we’re trying
to do is just slam this ball into the
ground as hard as we can for us to throw
this into the ground we’ve got to push
into the ground with our feet so this is
really going to help you feel that
vertical Force increase so
back up let’s uh let’s do one from face
on for the guys as well and as you do
that man I just want to bring some
awareness for the guys at home really to
pay close attention to this lead side
here this front leg and I’ll catch this
one on the bounce but as he does that
and push down a lot for
me perfect you can see how the pressure
in his feet specifically goes down
towards his left heel here you can see
how that leads side extends his hips are
very far forward and his chest is tall
now this would be the same athletic
motion that you would make in any other
sport if you’re going for like a super
powerful throw your body would extend a
baseball hit a tennis forehand anything
similar to that it’s all very relative
to an athletic Dynamic motion which
encourages us or we need uh good use of
our Ground Forces doing this and this is
what Matty’s doing here with the ball
throwing that in the reaction is body
then lifts and extends you can see how
powerful that is now let’s say the
players do get themselves one of these
balls mate they do that a couple of
times and then transitioning that into
uh a few swings are they trying to
recreate that same feel really through
how their legs are moving or is it more
of a think about the Finish component
what would you suggest you know the way
you finish is going to tell you a lot
about what’s happened coming down into
impact but for me it’s just yeah trying
to repeat that same feeling just trying
to feel like you really pushing into the
ground get that extension
you know you might even feel like an
extreme in your practice ring would
almost be like jumping out the ground
you know don’t be afraid to really
exaggerate that jump up out the ground
and you’ll feel that you know you’ll
find it very hard to actually hit the
ground from jumping out the ground
because that attack angle is going up so
much from that extreme feeling and I
would make a quick note here guys is
this is not really all about creating
like a huge amount of power it’s
actually just improving your overall
sequence with the golf swing isn’t it
and I think that’s a common Mis
Inception of when we see uh drills like
this prescribed players go I just want
to hit it straight I don’t really care
about distance and what would you say to
that in terms of the technicalities of
how we use the ground you know for me
the majority of our movement comes from
the way we interact with the ground so
you know having the correct interaction
with the ground in theory is then going
to have a domino effect on how the rest
of the body moves and how you deliver
that club so yeah you know people say I
don’t want to get more distance I want
to be straighter but you know sometimes
people get too delicate and too armsy
and and you know they’re just not
letting everything flow through as much
and really for me the way we interact
with the ground like I said has that
effect on how the body moves which then
affects how that club moves okay
wonderful so this is a 4 kilo ball here
mate uh is this the weight that you
would recommend or yeah for I mean I’ll
probably go as low as 2 kg you know if
I’ve got a big big strong guy or girl in
in the gym with me I’ll I’ll get them on
the four maybe even 8 kg but yeah 4 kg
is a good one 2 kg if you’re obviously a
little bit weaker side for sure and is
that just to build the awareness of like
using a lot of your core muscles and
stability to try and push that ball into
the ground so it has that effect back
I’d say it’s more you know you don’t
want something too heavy where risk of
injury goes up but then also you just
lose your speed you know at the end of
the day we’re trying to increase speed
with this drill you know if I was trying
to pull a 10 kgam weight versus a 2 kgr
weight you know it’s about that balance
of not too much weight but not too
little minimum effective dose
right yeah right okay let’s see what
club speed we can get with a nice little
strike all right man certainly looked
like it fizzed off 95 M hour so jumped
up a couple just from doing a few of
those reps only about a fourth or fifth
swing in the day guys so you can see how
effective this sort of thing is uh
definitely try this one out in the gym
fitness professional make sure you get
the right weight so you’re not going to
do yourself any damage but really work
on your interaction with the ground and
it can really upgrade your swings
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