Increasing Your Golf Club Head Speed 🏌️‍♂️💨 | Pros vs. Ams

u/Hot_Success8295 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “I don’t feel like I’m compressing the ball very much. Any advice?”

I have a sim at home and I have been tracking my numbers closely. 7 iron swings max out at about 84-85 mph... until I watched this video. Then, in one session, maybe 30 swings, I hit 90mph. It's not about swinging harder, it's about correctly sequencing your body, arms, and wrists. You are casting and bleeding speed in the first part of your downswing. ▶ this video

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u/TacticalYeeter 2025 · r/golftips · in “Getting my driver to snap into the ball”

▶ this video If you watch this and pose it you'll see that really you fire the hands to the trail thigh and then let the club release. That's how you feel it. Here's a video that shows how early pro hand speed peaks compared to slower swingers I'd just take half or slow backswings and try to learn what it feels like to really release the clubhead. You'll probably be surprised it's kind of tough to create the speed …

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u/CrazyAlmo75 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “Need help. Downswing is awful and steep I think.. what else?”

Your angle of your arms and hands aren't in the correct positions during impact. Don't get discouraged but rather consider re-working your mind and concentrate on slowing your swing down. With that said, I believe you need to understand a few things before you try and adjust things to the better. Recommended you taking 36 minutes of your time, grab a drink, clearing your mind and watch the video provided below. …

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u/brucekeller 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Swing speed”

This awesome video from Athletic Motion Golf might help: ▶ this video Basically talks about decreasing the club angle immediately on the initial part of the downswing.

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u/Just_somebody_onhere 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “(PW) practice swing to real swing is different. Too out to in on real swing or is it ok?”

It’s way OTT. The difference is… sequencing? In the practice swings, your hand can drop down prior to the shoulder turn. In the real swing, they are after the turn, so they have to fire out and away to be able to hit the ball. AMG does a great video on this. Everyone hears lag and thinks…. Turn first…. Not really the case. Get right about the five minute mark here… and look at the am vs. the pro. Pro is dropping …

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u/Ok-Structure2444 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Speeeeeed! Where am I missing it? Am so slow :(”

This isn’t an advanced tip. It’s a fundamental element that all pros have in their swing. And it’s not complicated. OP wants club head speed. To get that he needs to reach his optimal hand speed early. The concept of generating power from hip turn will not do this for him. But don’t take my word for it… Watch this one from Mike and Shaun ▶ this video

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u/Miserable_Ground_264 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Long slice every time. Help me OB +1, you’re my only hope.”

▶ this video AMG, pay attention to how much sooner the pro’s are dropping arms - and that is a single didigit amateur! ▶ this video I love Monte. Pay attention to what he is saying, you correlate arms to rotation….. No, it is not about a flat plane. It is about you move your hands/arms late or slow or both, you rotate shoulders FIRST. It feels like the arms go first. “Feels like”. the truth is you’ll still start …

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u/Fi0r3 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “Suddenly started abandoning spine tilt and standing up”

Now your hands are likely behind you further, so yeah, it's probably more important. That said, plenty of pros do lift that right foot too.... You need to figure out what works for you. It's good that you're feeling that disconnection. You can't leave your arms up and behind you and spin the hips. The goal of the body is to help the hands move faster and better. Here's one video about how quickly the hands actually …

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u/CptBadAss2016 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Shallowing tips from Bryson.”

No one can tell you what you'll feel but most likely the answer is no, do not go limp. High level/pro swings reach maximum hand speed very early in the down swing, much earlier than amateurs... Like around p5. Sergio Garcia talked about yanking on a chain. Bryson talks about something similar. HOWEVER, do not fold the trail elbow when you do this. Your trail elbow is unfolding and your wrists are working the club …

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u/GolfExplained 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Started finally swinging with my body and it's kicking my ass”

That's part of it, longer arms mean the hand path is bigger so it moves faster..that's the point. But it's also just upper body strength. Rory has shorter arms than taller guys but generates more hand speed and is efficient at getting it to the ball so his clubhead speed is much higher. Here, they have different pros and show the hand speeds and the peaks. It's hand speed AND the release (aka learning to straighten …

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u/lawroter 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Anything obvious?”

If I was you, I’d worry way less about your body and more about your arms (letting your body react to them). I’m on mobile so it’s hard to find exact links but this video, as well as the most recent video on porzak golfs YouTube, I think would be hugely helpful. but essentially, as long as you’re in a decent spot at the top of the backswing, the feel of lowering your arms (for me, aggressively) is literally the only …

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u/NetReasonable2746 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “How do I stop leaving my arms too far behind?”

On your downswing, you need to hold on to your wrist hinge until your golf shaft is no sooner than parallel to the ground. Ideally there is a space between your right hip and your right leg. You should start unhinging as close to this area as possible and accelerating not your arms but really only your wrist unhinging release. The further delayed towards your right leg the better. Elite players start decreasing that …

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