Ping Rapture V2, Armed For Power

  I’ve been asked many times how I can at 1.75m and 70kg hit the ball as far, if not further than guys bigger than me. I have been clocked at a swing speed of 132 mph and have a personal best of 342 yards.

The long ball is sexy. It is something that many strive for but few attain. First, I want to thank resident Golf Guru, Paul Smith for extending this opportunity to share on long driving.

  This article assumes that readers have faithfully followed the articles in this series. I will assume that you have a flat left wrist, have lagged and your PING Rapture V2 Driver shaft is on plane. If you lack any of these and are not even sure what they are, please drop the Guru an email and he will sort you out.

  The main thesis of this theory is that the big muscles should control and power the swing.

  Consider this – Do you reach for a cup of coffee while pondering how high to raise your deltoids – even though they are raised as your hands reach for the coffee?

  However, when you reach for the cup of coffee with your hands your body does move in response to what your hands are doing. Your hands are the most sensitive extremities in your body. Why shouldn’t you use them in your golf as you do in daily living?

  Research has shown that the body only contributes 10% of power to the golf swing, whereas the speed of the hands and their actions contribute 90% of power. Further “transferring” your weight from the back foot to the front foot creates only 2mph of body speed – which only increases PING Rapture V2 Driver head speed if your timing is inch perfect.

                                 

  The physics formulas involved show that the work necessary to propel the PING Rapture V2 Driver head from 80 mph to 110 mph will be doubled. Which is why the 10% speed that the body supplies cannot add much clubhead speeds.

                                

  I’ve absolutely no doubt that many will read this and misconstrue what I say to the effect of: “He says to just use the hands and not the body.” An emphatic no – I said use the hands and the body will follow with all its might.

  I’ve had the privilege of speaking with high level hockey, tennis and softball coaches. Never do they teach their players to “use the body”; instead the emphasis is always on the hands and to move them faster.