I am not sure I was clear enough on Luczak's remarks in the previous post. His line was that you want to swing fast and to do that, you need a fast backswing.
I went off to the range today with my club head speedometer to see what I could see.
I found that trying to take a faster backswing increased my club head speed by about 5 mph. I was consistently in the upper 90s instead of 92 +-.
"But, how was the hit?" Yes, without solid contact we don't want to go faster. I found that it was as good as my slower swings.
"How about lower versus upper body, Mr. Hume, you were working on that?" Excellent question dear reader. I found that in trying to hit the ball faster, I was using the lower body pretty well. All the misses were off to the right, but they were all up in the air.
Bobby Lopez predicted that if you just threw the club (or a ball) you'd do it all naturally and start with the lower body. Since I was reacting to a fast backswing and trying to get back to the ball, there wasn't a lot of time to think about anything. I just swung.
I'll give this a go on the course tomorrow. What I'll lose in accuracy will be made up in the additional distance.
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