Jeff Flagg on Hitting It Long

Since I've spent considerable time this week focusing on the World Long Drive Championship and how to hit the ball farther, I thought I'd add one more post on the subject. This time, I'm linking you to an article at Golf Digest by 2014 Long Drive Champion Jeff Flagg and I'm focusing on a few thoughts in the article that may go against things you've been told.

Here are five costs from the article that could marvel you.

• THE LENGTH OF YOUR BACKSWING DOESN'T MATTER. What topics is that it ends whilst you sense coiled however no longer confused. At the pinnacle of my swing, I could have a everyday communication with you. I'm not straining. If you start straining, you will lose the power you have been looking to keep for the hit.

So Long Drive Tip #1 -- Stay relaxed, even in case you don't get a ninety? Shoulder turn and your palms are not way up over your head.

• WHAT AM I THINKING ABOUT WHEN I SWING? My best actual idea is, Right hand and arm pressure the swing. That's it. I'm literally looking to make a sidearm throwing motion?Like a three-6-3 double play in baseball. If greater golfers swung with the equal motion, as if they have been skipping stones, they'd pound the ball.

Long Drive Tip #2 -- Think extra about swinging your fingers quicker, and especially your trailing arm, than about riding your decrease frame.

• I RELATE THE GOLF SWING TO SPRINTING. For me, the texture is that my fingers are out-racing my frame. You realize what track coaches say: "Fast fingers equal speedy ft." It's comparable in golf. The faster my palms can cross, the quicker the membership is shifting.

Long Drive Tip #3 -- Think greater about swinging your hands quicker than approximately using your lower frame.

• IN TRUTH, MY HIPS LEAD THE DOWNSWING. But I do not reflect onconsideration on that. They simply do. Do you believe you studied pitchers, quarterbacks or javelin throwers reflect onconsideration on clearing their hips earlier than they throw? Their arms dictate all of that motion subconsciously.

Long Drive Tip #4 -- THINK MORE ABOUT SWINGING YOUR ARMS FASTER THAN ABOUT DRIVING YOUR LOWER BODY.

• IF YOU NEED ONE THING TO FOCUS ON, make it swinging your hands as speedy as you can.

Long Drive Tip #5 -- THINK MORE ABOUT SWINGING YOUR ARMS FASTER THAN... Hey, are you seeing a sample here yet???

These are just a few quotes from the article that I think are seriously overlooked in modern teaching. There's a lot more good stuff there, though, so be sure to stop by the Golf Digest site and read the whole thing.