What exercises can be done to increase clubhead speed?
Phillips: The true answer depends on what is causing you to lose your clubhead speed. There are many reasons why people lose clubhead speed, but let’s review two of the most common causes: 1) Limited Spinal Rotation – This is probably the most common reason people lose yardage. If you lose the ability to rotate your upper body independent of your lower body, you will limit your power output. Muscles are like rubber bands – you can create elastic energy in your muscles if you pre-stretch them before you fire them. Your oblique abdominals are the muscles responsible for turning your trunk on the backswing and downswing and if you can’t pre-stretch them, you are in trouble. To pre-stretch your oblique abdominals it requires spinal rotation. To increase your spinal rotation, try an exercise called Step Change of Directions. This is practicing hitting balls with a step toward the target during your backswing. This will force your upper and lower body to separate more than normal. This is ho