Gain 20 Yards Without Swinging Faster
Hack It Out Golf
Golf Swing Productions by Mark Crossfield Greg Chalmers and Lou Stagner
4.7 • 267 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
We all know that hitting drives further is an important way to lower our scores. And while speed training and better strength make a difference, there are gains to be had at your current swing speed. In this episode, Mark and Lou talk through some of the basic adjustments you can make to your equipment, setup, and swing that gain two clubs off the tee without swinging faster.
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| 0:00.0 | So let's talk about how to gain 20 yards. |
| 0:02.8 | Let's talk with driver, Lou, is in the house with me. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello, Lou. |
| 0:06.3 | And 20 yards of your driver, but you're not allowed to swing harder, stroke faster. |
| 0:10.8 | So I want to add 20 yards to golfers, but I don't want to swing faster, them to swing faster or harder. |
| 0:17.0 | If they do by accident, that's good, but it's not a focus I want them to do. |
| 0:20.9 | Just to put this into context, I have done this with students for years. |
| 0:25.1 | Like you see them using these three points we're going to highlight. |
| 0:28.8 | I have seen students gain 12 yards, 16 yards, 22 yards. |
| 0:33.7 | You know, you see the gains come through and it just blows their heads off, which that's kind of points that people are maybe not that efficient. |
| 0:42.1 | So point one, I don't think it'll be any surprises for anybody is sent a strike. |
| 0:47.4 | It's going to make a huge difference for most golfers. |
| 0:51.0 | They are hemorrhaging ball speed, carry, adding spin, with mist striking the ball. |
| 0:56.9 | Is that fair, Lou? |
| 0:57.7 | Super important. |
| 0:59.7 | And we've talked about this before. |
| 1:02.2 | I've posted about it a few times. |
| 1:04.7 | I know a bunch of people that have changed to shorter shafted drivers, And they've done some before and after testing on GC quad. |
| 1:14.9 | And we could see where their face strike changed. |
| 1:19.9 | We know exactly how far the ball went. |
| 1:23.8 | And they stayed overall about the same distance or maybe gained a little bit of distance because they were hitting the center of the face more often with a shortened club. |
| 1:38.0 | And their longest, most perfect swings didn't, they were a little bit shorter. |
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