[YodasLuke]

Ted - How fast are you swinging/hitting that clubhead?

I suffered a little swingspeedwise after I've started hitting with the driver. I'm under 100 mph now. So I'm real interested in getting the speed up to the old 105 mph or so.

Please elaborate on your view on how to most effectively increase swingspeed, or should I call it hitspeed

When I'm warmed up, my speed is between 112 and 115, with a driver. My max with a driver is still 124. I had no feet on the ground at Impact, when I caught that one on video. My max speed with a 1" dowel hitting an Impact bag is 128.

I'm 4 barrel Hitting most of the time. I would doubt that I ever get above 115 when playing stroke play. The scramble format gives greater license.

With the speed chain, I'll do 3 sets of 8 reps moving it back and forth as quickly as I can possibly move it. I rest a couple of minutes between sets. It has to be very explosive to train the fast twitch. I'll do some Impacts and drawbacks with the dowel, when hitting the bag.

Overtraining the fast twitch muscle fibers will fatigue them and the slow twitch will be recruited. So, speed training is like sprinting. To run fast, there must be rest in between sets. You shouldn't hit 500 balls with a driver to get faster. It's better to hit less than ten balls at a time with rest between each shot. Rest is as important as the action.