You may think that driving the ball is an easy task. Some people try to swing it clean and precise, while other people sort of lunge into it. Well, no matter how clean your swing is, there are other elements that could hurt your power and distance in driving the ball.

            One of the first things you need to do is have a proper set up. Set up is key to anything before you even hot the ball. Without the proper set up, you are setting yourself up for failure before you even make the shot. Try to keep the ball ahead of you. However, do not keep the ball to far ahead, but just enough ahead to where your contact with the ball will have enough momentum behind your swing. So you should the ball far enough ahead to make contact with your club just past half swing.

I know form experience that when you first make your swing, it is more then natural for you to want to twist your wrist. This is a mistake that you do not want to make, because the twisting of the wrists is going to change your swing and how the club head contacts the ball. Remember; keep your arm rigid but strong and fluid.

            When you are preparing for that swing, you want to keep your arc wide and remember to let your shoulders do the movement and not the lower part of your body. Many people make the mistake of moving their entire body with the swing, but the true power does not come from the whole body moving, but rather the upper part of your body from your shoulder area, to move.

            When making an opening driver shot it is ok to bring your club up in a savage motion. Don’t worry that you brought to high as long as you are confident that you can keep the proper posture and make correct contact with your club. The most important thing to do in this situation is to shift your weight properly to your leg and not to your entire body, while when swinging the club, applying proper support for the weight of your swing. The way to apply proper support is to lightly bend your knees to give your body even support for the massive swing that you will be making. Remember, if you do not have proper support, then you will nit make good contact and you will lose a great deal of power related to your swing.

            On the final part of your driver swing, remember to keep your other leg bending with your swing. If you let any of your legs buckle and not move fluid, then your swing is going to be off. For most golfers you will put the majority of your weight on your right leg and then follow up with the remaining support of your swing on your left leg. If you are left handed, then your leg position will be switched to your left leg taking the majority of the weight followed up by your right leg.

            On the last part of your swing also remember to keep your swing fluid and uninterrupted. Make it a clean and fluid movement with no twists or hesitation. Keep it fluid to maintain maximum power and connect it correctly with the ball to get the best contact out of your shot.

            We hope that these tips have helped you improve your opening drive. Remember to practice your driving shot and to continually practice these shots to perfect this opening drive routine.