- Rob

In physics, moving the clubhead faster can be equated to swinging the clubhead farther. Most driving ranges have flag sticks set progressively at 50, 100, 150, and 200 yards in a row. As described in a prior post, the ball will go approximately three times the distance of the imaginary clubhead distance (when the clubhead is imagined to detach from the bottom of the driver shaft just before the clubface hits the back of the ball, and the imagined detached clubhead is visualized to fly at the low level of the ground (skimming the ground, and then roll along the ground down the fairway.) Thus if the driver clubhead is visualized and imagined to be swung to the 50-yard flag, the ball will go approximately 150 yards (ie. 3 times 50 equal 150.) If the clubhead is visualized to be swung to the next 100-yard flag, the ball will go approximately 300 yards (ie. 3 x 100 = 300.) Thus, both the 150-yard and 200-yard flags can be ignored. The practical aiming targets of the swinging of the clubhead is to swing the clubhead to between the 50-yard and the 100-yard flags. When the target of the clubhead swing is aimed to be exactly between the 50 and 100-yard flag, the clubhead is to be swung to 75 yards, which provides approximately 225 yard drives. When the clubhead-swinging-aiming-distance is increased by 5 yards to 80 yards, approximate 240 yard drives are produced. When the clubhead-aiming-distance is increased by another 10 yards to a target of 90 yards for the clubhead swing, approximately 270 drives are produced (ie. 3 times 90 equal 270 yards.)

Similar to setting up to putts, when the target hole is visualized in the minds-eye during setup, the targeting point for swinging the clubhead to down the fairway of 80 yards is visualized in the mind during setup, and throughout the swing. Both the direction, and the distance of the targeting point down range are kept in the mind, which are similar to the visualization used during putting.

Additional ways to increase distance besides the traditional way like using weighted driver like using a weighted-donut have been discussed by the top players. Nicklaus in his video said that once he replanted his heel of the leading foot at the start of the downswing (he lifts his heel of the leading foot a fair amount during the backswing,) he swings all out right from the top (by contrast, Woods book describes “pouring” on the power, later in the downswing.) Having good and swift enough action of the feet will in general speed up the whole swing to result in increased clubhead speed. Standing closer to the ball during setup will allow the arms to swing close, and straight down across the body with increased speed to produce more clubhead speed automatically without using more energy according the the physics law of the conservation of angular momentum, providing more “free” clubhead speed for just standing closer to the ball during setup (assuming standing too far from the ball to begin with, which Venturi said most golfers stand too far from the ball based on his observations.) A good grip by both hands, both in form and in “light” grip pressure (as if throwing a ball) is important to generating clubhead speed.