Can you get longer? (and should you even try?)
Hack It Out Golf
Golf Swing Productions by Mark Crossfield Greg Chalmers and Lou Stagner
4.6 • 489 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we discuss getting longer with driver, with the key question being: "is this for everyone?".
Are there some golfers that would be better off NOT speed training? Parts of this chat might surprise you.
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| 0:00.0 | Can everyday golfers get longer, guys? That's the question I pose to you, Greg and Lou. |
| 0:06.9 | Can every normal day golfers get longer, meaning hit the ball further? What do you reckon, Lou? |
| 0:13.6 | Yes, absolutely. Speed is a skill that can be developed, and I've gone through this personally, |
| 0:20.0 | and I've done analysis on this in the Arcos database. |
| 0:23.8 | And I can see players and how many players have gotten longer year over year, |
| 0:28.2 | you know, more than 10 yards longer off the tee. |
| 0:30.1 | And you can tell that there are a lot of players that have started to take on speed training |
| 0:36.7 | and add distance. |
| 0:37.8 | So yes, you can definitely get longer and improve that part of your game. |
| 0:42.2 | And Greg, for you, I know you've dabbled and are trying to stay fit |
| 0:48.7 | and keep your distances up to where you want them and even push them further. |
| 0:52.4 | Do you reckon everyday goal course can do similar things that you try? |
| 0:55.8 | It's your job. |
| 0:56.3 | I do. |
| 0:57.5 | I do. |
| 0:57.7 | I really, really do. |
| 0:59.2 | I understand it's my job and I should be trying to do that most likely. |
| 1:03.3 | That doesn't mean, to be honest, some of my peers aren't. |
| 1:05.9 | I've just chatted to some guys the other day and they're not doing it and they're in my age bracket. |
| 1:09.9 | So it's definitely a choice. |
| 1:12.0 | But there is some avenues you can go down now these days as the knowledge is improved. |
| 1:17.4 | And as that's gone along, you can be in your 40s and 50s and 60s and start working on some |
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