Gravity

Gravity is always acting on a golf ball when it is in the air or on the ground. To combat this force and make the ball end up in the hole, golfers exert a force on the ball when they swing and hit it. Watch this video to find out the main factor that affects the distance the ball will travel.

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Power comes from being a good athlete. They're strong they're flexible, they've got good technique, they work on synchronizing their swing to a point where, hey, they're maximizing their club head speed at the right time.

The key to hitting the ball further lies in club head velocity. The faster the club head is moving at the bottom of the swing, the greater the amount of kinetic energy will be transferred from club head to ball. Club head speed generates power; some people can do it with raw strength other people do it with speed. If you have good speed, then you've got a lot of potential because that allows you to get the ball elevated and allows you to hit the golf ball longer.

Camilo Villegas, he's not a very big kid, but he hits the ball amount. To maximize club head speed at the point of contact, and it's all about the efficiency of motion. More flexible you are, the more torque you can create the more speed you'll generate.

You watch Tiger, the precision, and the release is all starting here. Now, how he gets there is what's going to set up how he releases it- that's the secret.

Sequencing of motion is what makes the best players in the world the best players. As they start from the top of their downswing to impact, there's a specific way they bring the club down, which starts with the lower body. They transfer energy to the midsection or the core and the trunk. Then as that brings the club down the arms bring the club into play and so on. We see the specific one-two-three-four sequencing with the best players in the world.