Hitting Long Golf Drives Is Not A Mystery

Written By Mike Pedersen
Golf Performance Expert
www.PerformBetterGolf.com

Hitting long golf drives is the desire of every golfer when they are on the course.

Sadly many fail to achieve this objective most of the time and the best game in the world which you are supposed to enjoy enormously, instead ends up being a very frustrating experience.

Yet hitting long golf drives need not be so difficult to achieve. Actually the greatest hindrance to your hitting long golf drives is you.

You are the greatest hindrance to your hitting long golf drives, because if you're like most golfers, you are always trying to hit the ball as hard as you possibly can. In a pure physics situation this would be the correct approach except that in golf there are some variables that work together to dramatically change the situation.

To start with, every golf club is cleverly designed and crafted to hit the ball over a certain distance. So the best advice to start with is to trust the club you are using for hitting long golf drives to do its’ job, because it is designed to do just that.

All you have to do is make sure that the club connects the ball at the correct angle to achieve the distance you desire. That is the physics of a golfer. Of course this means that your golf swing technique has to be correct and effective.

The second variable that changes things is your body. If your muscles are not conditioned and prepared for hitting long golf drives then it is unlikely that you will get the results you want no matter how hard you try to hit the ball.

Your body's current level of golf specific strength and flexibility determines your outcome. Plain and simple. If you cannot make a 90 degree shoulder turn with 45 degrees of hip turn, you will not produce maximum clubhead speed and distance.

Can you make a full back swing with minimal tension? Most golfers can't. In fact the senior golfer has lost so much functional movement in their swing, that they have lost upwards of 60 yards on their drives. This is more common than uncommon.

It doesn't have to be this way! There is hope! Just get your body moving a little better and you're well on your way to a more enjoyable golf game, and hitting long golf drives!

About The Author: Mike Pedersen is an Internationally recognized golf performance expert and author. He is Golf Magazines golf performance expert, and founder of several cutting-edge online golf performance membership sites. Take a look at his best selling Golf Fitness System at his golf exercise training site - PerformBetterGolf.com.