5 Basics of Justin Thomas to hit longer drives from tee

Golf guidance is always developing, but the best advice lies in the test of time. In the new Golf.com series, eternal tips, we are emphasizing some of the biggest tips that teachers and players have shared on the Golf Magazine pages. Today, we look back in our July 2017 issue in which Justin Thomas revealed his five keys to the swing for powerful driving.

Justin Thomas Not one of the biggest players in Golf – he is only 5’10 ”and 160 pounds – but that doesn’t stop him from bombarding his driver with the best of them. Despite his smaller stature, Thomas routinely hits the ball longer than 300 yards away. Quite impressive things for a boy of his size.

If you’ve ever seen Thomas hit a golf ball, you will notice that he goes to him with everything he has. And when he makes contact, the ball explodes from the club.

Back in 2017, Thomas sat with Golf to share some of his secrets of power with our readers. Apply them to your games, and you may be able to squeeze some extra yards from your driver too. Check below.

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Pound for pounds, my swinging is more powerful in the tournament. I’m running it 307 yard for poke this season (2017), and weigh all 145 pounds. If it looks like I’m swinging from my points, well, I’m! I like to whale. But there are bases – many of which my father, Mike, passed me to me – who make me a big hitter. I focus on flexibility, width, rotation, balance and swing plane. Nail these moving bases, and you can swing from your points with full confidence – and see the yards accumulate.

1. Flex your body

My goal on my back is to create maximum torque between my upper and lower body. How? I turn my shoulders as much as I can as I resist (ie, not spinning) with my hips. Torque is possible energy – the more you create, the sooner you will swing.

Of course, creating torque requires flexibility. So even at the age of 24, I lie down for at least 15 minutes daily. I suggest you focus on hip exercises. Hip flexibility allows you to keep your body stable while “torque” on top. I keep my stretches simple: scissors strokes (about 20 for each leg) make fraud, especially if I’m late for tee. A small flexibility goes far away.

2. Don’t thank your queue

I think of my back as a breeze, with both shoulders returning at the same time until the back faces the target. This complete shoulder twist creates rocking width. A wide spine gives the club more time to win speed by turning down. It is a two -striped rod: you get more MPH without any extra work.

If you are like many recreation players, you do what I call a “fake” turn. I see it all the time: you don’t really rotate your shoulders – you bend them. This makes it impossible to run your back on target, robbing you width and yards. Adjustment? Make a mocking return without a club. When you can’t go back farther, grab the outside of your left shoulder with your right hand and pull some more inches again. Take your back in front of the target and hold that position. You need to feel a stretch across your shoulders and back. If you can create this feeling again in real oscillations, you will buy an extra 10 meters from tee.

3. Shake up and wide

When I was growing up, I model my swinging after Tiger. I loved his high hands on top. Having high hands protects the width – and the preserved power – you have created to that point. (Retting your arms on top and you can kiss your power farewell.) Can’t get your hands as high as mine? No Biggie. As long as you keep them as far away as your head, you are on your way to maximum speed.

To get wide hands on top, I suggest you keep your left arm straight and the wrists of your flat hands during your intake. Now, my dad recommends focusing on the right arm – and he has a point. Taking it is that as long as you keep at least an angle of 90 degrees between your right forearm and biceps on top (think a “L” shape), you are very wide. As for him, many tournament players bend their left arm and again crush it. Experiment with both approaches and know that my father and I agree – gathering your right arm will cause an power outage.

4. Turn left, get up

Being “loaded and wide” on top is a great feeling – you can swing without fear and at full speed. Howt how I hit twice running over 400 yards this year. Landing drop is the light part. Simply transfer the energy stored to the back of the ball to the ball by rapidly releasing your lower body. Do not sweat the mechanics here. Limit yourself to a shaky thought: pull the left hip up and behind you. This will start your move down from the top and turn on the club’s head across the ball.

Returning your left hip after helps you to rotate completely through the goal, while at the same time pulling your left hip creates greater dynamic attic on the impact. I’m not just one of the longest boys there – I’m among the highest. My average of the 13-degree release angle is the 13th higher in the tournament. When you are hitting the driver, the height is your friend. If you can’t match my swing speed 117 km per h, you can increase your starting angle and catch more yards.

5. Use your feet

The speed is great, but my dad and I have always had a deal: I could swing for fences as long as I grabbed the ball in the center of the face and finished my shaking in balance. This is important because for every quarter inch away from the sweet place you make contact, you lose 10 km per hour with a ball speed. I can’t risk it. You can’t either.

Try this. As you swing from above, you feel as if your feet are standing directly below you, whether you keep them flat on the ground or push your toes like me. A strong support base gives you balance, at any speed. It also keeps you not to swing toward the target or ball, or “hanging” on your right side. Nix these mistakes, and the hammer runs longer and narrower.