Golf Driver Swing - Refined Awareness & Effortless Power

The power and grace of a pure golf driver swing canin the swing. These drills allow the feeling of the
be a kind of gratifying pleasure that most of us doactual swing moves to develop and the golfer starts
not otherwise experience in our every day lives.to sense the connections that generate swing speed
When we perform it properly we feel balanced, ourand consistent ball striking. As the golfer learns to
movements are smooth and often seem slow, andswing in balance a sense of freedom begins to grow.
the club head whips through the ball with effortlessThe next drills to work on for the golf driver swing
speed. But how many of us can say that we reallyare the lag and leverage drills. Lag refers to delaying
understand and can repeat the sequence of movesthe release of the hands. Leverage simply refers to
that produces such simple satisfaction? Is there ausing the mechanics of the body's natural hinges to
method for learning the golf driver swing that willtheir full advantage. If a foundation of balance
work for everyone?awareness has already been established then these
Practice drills are the most useful tools for developingdrills progress naturally and feed off of each other.
the feel for the swing and balance drills are the bestBut without balance these drills become quite difficult
to start with. Learning how to swing in balance keepsand the golfer will tend to become frustrated and
the golfer's center of gravity stable so he/she canlose interest.
not only make an effective weight shift but can alsoAs the drills become more advanced they do not
keep the club in the proper plane without makingbecome more complex. In a sense they become
compensations and losing power. The best balancesimpler because the pieces of the puzzle are falling
drills are the ones that exaggerate the moves madeinto place.