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Haha...I tried to get Clay to crack up on that one. Hope you're playing great! Quentin | TSG Instructor

He could have given him the swing speed and angle of attack while the ball was still in the air, unless that setup was not capable of doing that.

Haha...hope the video helps.

Hey, thanks for sharing. Glad you like the video. Keep up the great work! Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Thanks Brett!

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks! It's all my pleasure.

Me too, hope to get out soon!

My pleasure!

That's great! Thanks for sharing. Keep hitting bombs :-) Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Thanks! 😂

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Top Speed Golf - Clay Ballard If I didn’t know better, I would have thought you were hiding behind a tree and watching me! LOL. Everything you described was me. Thanks again.

Thanks for sharing!

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My pleasure!

Glad it helped!

Nice!

Glad it helped! Thanks for sharing!

Awesome!

Thanks!

Welcome aboard!

Hi David, thanks for the comment. Hope you're playing great! Quentin | TSG Instructor

My pleasure!

Thanks!

No problem! Glad the video helped. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

My pleasure Will!

My pleasure!

Unfortunately, there is no way around that if you're watching a lot of instructors. I would recommend sticking to one for a while and see if you can make some progress and keep your head straight for a while. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Haha....thanks!

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Haha. Maybe change our names. Lol

Thanks!

Hope the video helps!

Hi, thanks for sharing. You're exactly right. The Tour average is about a degree or so down on the ball. Most of the longest hitters are not hitting down on it. If you have enough speed then you can get away with it a little bit. Also, when you have higher club head speed and you hit up on it, you may hit the ball higher than you're comfortable with so many pros prefer to hit it a little lower even if they lose a little distance. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Thanks for sharing!

Hope it helps!!

Thanks!

Best of luck!

My pleasure!

I would use an alignment stick on the range and video.

You're welcome!

Thanks!

Following this one ...I'm in the same boat

Thanks Harold! Yes, Clay uses an X-stiff. Unfortunately, there isn't any way for us to know what shaft works best for you. Not all shafts are created equal and there is no standard. One company's x-stiff could be another company's stiff shaft. The only way to know what works best for you is to get professionally fitted. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Hi David, it depends but that is what many long driver competitors do. You just have to test it out and see what works best for you. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

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@H Edward Rodriguez - In how long, 10 years?

Thanks Tony! You can find it on Amazon. Just search "Nike Sun Hat"

@@TopSpeedGolf thx

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks!

Hi, it sounds like you're coming over the top. This will lead to some toe strikes sometimes and pulls. Swing from the inside and try to hit it off the heel. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

what these people sometimes can't remember is that high handicappers cannot visualize, feel, and put into play all the high level advice...

Hi Jeff, these same things apply. You don't need a launch monitor. Tee it high, play it forward and stay behind the ball. Watch the ball go far :-) Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Clay does not have the LST nor has he tried the Blueprints. They were not out yet when he got fitted. One thing to keep in mind is that you may have a similar club head speed but that doesn't mean that you would use the exact same clubs. There are many other factors that go in to it and the ONLY way to know what actually works best for you is to get fitted by a professional fitter. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

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Hi, thanks for the comment. The machine is pretty accurate but they do misread sometimes. That being said, 323 yards is pretty normal for 118 mph clubhead speed with a good bounce. There also may have been a little tailwind. It's reading the flight of the ball. You get a tailwind and a hard bounce and you could get it out there 350 yards at 118 mph clubhead speed. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

I always prefer when people talk carry distance because the rollout is typically overstated by tech, but that ball was well over 300.

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Haha...your whole golfing life anyway 😂

Hey David, you need to get back up to 110 mph to have a good chance of hitting it 300 yards. You'll need to get to 115 mph to be there consistently. if you're' looking for more distance then I recommend working through our 20 Minute Distance Fix program. People of all ages and abilities are gaining tons of distance on this program. See what our members are saying about it here: topspeedgolf.com/20-minute-distance-fix-success-stories/. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

@Top Speed Golf - Clay Ballard - You didn't talk about having the driver matched to your swing and how many yards an "off the shelf" driver that is not matched can hurt your distance. Also, amateurs that are wild out of the box might benefit from LESS distance. I used to play golf with my dad and I could outdrive him by 50 to 80 yards, but many times that didn't help me because I would get into trouble. If someone that could hit 250 regularly can learn to take a little off the driver (or just use some other club) and hit it 200 consistently onto the fairway, that might be better than trying to bomb it 280 and hoping for the best.

@Top Speed Golf - Clay Ballard - I think it is unrealistic for old people to even think they can get anywhere close to 300 yards. I've seen some that cannot even hit 200 yards. Telling them that they can swing 16 MPH faster seems far fetched to me. Also, a senior golfer going from 80 MPH to 96 MPH (+20%) is a larger % than a young golfer going from say 100 to 116 MPH (+16%) and even more to my point is a junior going from 64 MPH to 80 MPH (+25%), so your general statement that it doesn't matter what your previous swing speed was, you can add 16 MPH is questionable by me., so questionable that I am willing to try your course and have you make a video with me and we post the results for all to see. The proof is in the pudding. Do you accept the challenge? I represent the Joe Shmoe golfers out there that play a few times a year so I seem like a good test candidate. I live close to Orlando, FL so I am hoping you are in that area too. What I strongly suspect will happen is on the simulator (to take wind out of the equation), I might get 250 yards max (225 average is likely) using my normal driver and swing... then if you coach me to identify the power leaks, I am betting that even after many sessions, I wont be anywhere near +16 MPH (such as 100 MPH up to 116 MPH). Remember, I can only swing the club so fast, even if I am not required to hit the ball, so how would improving the ball position relative to your stance increase your club head speed when I might max out at 105 MPH just swinging the club as fast as I can not hitting anything? Take the ball away but leave the machine on and ask someone to swing as fast as they can and they will max out at some number. Putting the ball there in the perfect spot will not "magically" make them swing faster than that, how would it? As I stated already, I used to swing my driver at 110 MPH but now I only seem to get about 100 MPH because I am 10 years older and my body is slowing down to protect itself. Making someone my age swing 110+ MPH is risky unless that person has the flexibility to handle it. I would sign a waiver so you cannot use that as an excuse to decline my challenge. Another thing you didn't mention is driver swing weight. If I drop my driver swingweight from D8 to C8, I can probably swing it faster, but that may not translate into more distance. It might even translate into less distance. Another thing you didn't mention is driver length. How are all of these parameters optimized for distance? Even if there is a way, it will likely take away from accuracy. If you accept my challenge, then give me a way to contact you and I will make the call as early as today (Tuesday March 17th, 2020). We can start the training after we discuss details such as price, duration, rules, compensation, what can and cannot be edited out.... I will wait for your response here. Thank you. One last thing... I know I sound pessimistic, but I will give it an honest try (assuming we agree to terms), because I would love to hit even just 1 shot 300 yards, but I say it is "impossible" for someone like me who has already declined 10 MPH due to age, without going thru a rigorous 1+ year training process where I lose weight, stretch everyday, maybe lift weights or do pushups.... who wants to go thru all that hassle for more yardage? I want to see what technique alone can do to my drives such as proper compression line. I suspect 10 to 15 yards max improvement on technique alone, but same or similar swing speed.

Trying to manipulate loft as a high handicapper is probably a no go lol. The ball position and body control should dictate 90% of your loft anyway.

Hitting up on the ball will naturally add some loft but I wouldn't try to add more by flipping the club through. Ideally, you'd hit up on it about as much as you can while delofting it about as much as you can. This will allow you to get high launch and low spin which is ideal for distance. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Top Speed Golf - Clay Ballard thanks that helps and makes sense to me I will work on that. The closer the club face is square to the launch trajectory the more efficient the energy transfer. Great video thanks.

Thanks for sharing!

Don't slide. As soon as you feel the pressure in your lead foot, push off your leg to rotate open and stay behind the ball. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Thanks. Will work on this.

Thanks for sharing!

Kebuin Kebuin - I had the same problem and I started teeing my ball lower. One ball height above the ground and doing that gave me positive results.

Hi, it's really impossible to say without getting on a launch monitor and trying it. I would recommend getting professionally fitted if you want to know for sure. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

@@Motrin-Hydrate thank you

@@TopSpeedGolf thank you i will schedule a fitting

for sure!

8 degrees

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@@TopSpeedGolf I'm just playing around. Love the videos!

was thinking exactly the same thing

Haha...thanks!

This is good for any time

Thanks!

David James agreed

17mph is a HUGE difference

Thank you... What a joke

@rafael carvalho - Try 18.9 MPH swing speed difference between his downward hitting shot and the one at 3:10 elapsed.

You can't swing down at that speed. It at least won't be as fast as his normal swing. That's the point of the video, how to maximise speed, distance and also make sure we're driving it better.

He has been some. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Hi Mike, there are definitely more than three but these are some of the major ones. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Thanks! The motions are pretty much the same. You just want to be releasing out in front and not at the ball. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Thanks geometry police 😎

@Top Speed Golf - Clay Ballard - It has more to do with accuracy. We have definitions for a reason, so when we use terms, we are all talking about the same thing.

Hi Dan, sorry you had trouble with this. The video should play as soon as you give your email address. No worries, you'll be getting many free videos in your inbox soon. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Hey, those are fair points but it's hard for Clay to change his swing pattern and match the club head speed. Sometimes it's impossible because that swing pattern can cause big loss in speed. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

You're darn right 😎

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Hi, it's hard for Clay to swing at full speed when he is making the bad swings. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

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Hi Vinnie, it means that the mass (clubhead) is trailing the force (hands). Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Clay just uses regular old wooden tees. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Rick Cudmore ,open the face of the club a little.

Hi Rick, you could but you could also slice it, push it, pull it or hit it straight. It really just depends on your face/path relationship and also strike location. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Thanks for sharing!

@@TopSpeedGolf my dad was journalist who said heighth his whole life.

Hey Marc, thanks for the comment. The same things that help someone go from 280 to 300 are going to help someone go from 200 to 225. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

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@@TopSpeedGolf don't listen to Mark... he must be a boy that can't grow one. Keep the beard!!

Sean Regoli haha come on dude just admit you’re love for clay xx

It’s the hat that has him lookin like he’s got a cameo in the new Indiana Jones movie

joseph matthew Good question, if I tee it my normal height the ball travels at what I would call a decent flight path. I swing not because I want to pretty slow 74 mph down from my younger days of 96 mph. Some of that I associate with flexibility and nagging back issues. My reluctance to tee it higher is because clubs are expensive and I don’t want to blemish my Ping driver. Thanks for your concern.

joseph matthew I am going to move ball up quite a bit in my stance which is the tip which gave me hope.

Hey John, you may not be able to do exactly what Clay does but the same things that help someone go from 280 to 300+ yards will help someone go from 200 to 225 yards. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

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Top Speed Golf - Clay Ballard - you’ve been saying it wrong your whole life 😂😂😂

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Mike McIlroy he clearly didn’t try on the first one, a bit disingenuous but whatever

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@Simon O - Ask Rick Shiels.

Thanks for the comment. Yeah, you wouldn't want to hit down on the ball and tee it up that high. That's why we have the bit about the Compression Line in the video. This gets you hitting up on it.

Hey, those are fair points but it's hard for Clay to change his swing pattern and match the club head speed. Sometimes it's impossible because that swing pattern can cause a loss of speed. You really can't do apples to apples testing though. It's even hard to do on swing robots. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Haha, having a large range of motion is one of the most important things. He may be only 140 lbs but you have to be pretty strong still to get your club head speed up to around 120 mph. That's impressive for sure! Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

Hey Joe, you're exactly right but the reasoning why the speed was less is what the distance killer is. It was not our intention to be dishonest. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor

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