Being able to create power in your transition is an essential component in order to create more clubhead speed and distance.
Watching many powerful players, the likes of; Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and Brooks Koepka we see them producing a powerful ‘squatting motion’. A motion I liken to breaking through a sheet of ice.
Their ability to use the ground and their lower half allows them to produce and maintain load and power throughout the downswing.
‘Break The Ice’
This is a simple yet effective swing thought. The motion of ‘breaking the ice’ is a dynamic feeling which allows you to maintain flow and fluidity in the downswing.
I like to see separation in many aspects in the swing as I feel this is an extremely efficient way to create power in the swing.
The club and arms work in an upward motion as we complete the backswing. In order to create efficient separation and load we want to initiate a motion in the opposite direction, as we transition.
It’s this downward and opposite motion that creates significant, yet efficient, load and force in the club and body.
Benefits Of Using The Ground
Using the ground in transition can efficiently create power in a few different ways.
Firstly, as I’ve mentioned above, it creates a significant change in motion direction from where the club is traveling in the backswing. This change in direction produces acceleration which in turn produces a greater force.
Secondly as we squat into the lower half, and ‘breaking the ice’ we are generating more pressure and force in the ground. This creation of energy will produce an opposite reactive motion at as the downswing progresses through impact. This will help the body to explode and ‘post up’ through as we make contact with the ball.
So be sure to break the ice next time your hitting golf balls, and create more power in your transition.
