Matt Schepel

Golf Performance | NSCA-CSCS | NASM-Golf Fitness Specialist | Helping Golfers Move Better, Swing Faster, Play Longer

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Trap Bar Deadlift

Great exercise to develop lower body strength and power.

Stronger legs = longer drives

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Easy way to add speed training into your routine.

Every range session you have, take 5-10 swings with your driver as hard as you can.

Measure each swing with a radar device to drive intent. Do not worry about contact quality or where the ball goes. CHS is the only focus.

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Key takeaways if you want more club head speed.

1) Train Explosiveness: Jumps, med ball throws and slams

2) Build a strength base: Prioritize compound upper and lower body movements

3) Track your progress: What gets measured gets improved

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Golfers: Want more club head speed?

Stop guessing what to train

The science literally tells us what physical traits drive CHS the most

Here is what the research says, and how to test/train for it 🧵

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For lower and upper body strength, here are some exercises you can train and track progress overtime.

Lower Body Strength
- Squat, Trap Bar Deadlift, Split Squat, RDL

Upper Body Strength
- Bench Press or DB Bench, Pull Ups, DB Rows

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I’ve always felt like using cones, promotes the spinning in place. To break-plant-separate you actually have to go past the cone farther. It feels unnatural to run farther past the cone to be faster, so players spin around the cone instead. I always had my WRs go to the cone instead of around it.

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@SamEhrlich @Tstokey @drivelinekyle Thanks!

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@theaceofspaeder A bowling pin is 4.75 inches wide. A bowling ball is 8.5 inches wide.

So using the same math Ryan did to say the strike zone is not 17 inches wide. That means a bowling pin is actually 21.75 inches wide.

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@theaceofspaeder The strike zone is 17 inches wide. The pitcher has a 19.9 inch horizontal window that they can throw the ball in, to touch the 17 inch strike zone.

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@theaceofspaeder If you take a pitch that clips the left edge of the zone, and move it 19.2 inches to the right, it would clip the right edge of the zone. Hence 19.2 inches

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@theaceofspaeder Actually it would be effectively 19.9 inches