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Every golfer would like to hit their golf ball further. However, hitting the golf ball a long way isn’t everything in golf. It won’t guarantee lower scores, but…if you can hit the golf ball further you can make the game a whole lot easier!

Just being able to add an extra 20 yards off the tee can mean the difference between an 8 iron and a wedge into the green. When you can use shorter irons for your approach shots, you can get nearer the pin, and your putts get easier. Result: your score should drop!

Take a look at the tour pros. Granted they may not all have the all-round game of Tiger Woods, but they can all hit it a long way, and many of them can out drive Tiger by quite some distance.

Pros are also able to hit the ball these long distances with what appears to be comparative ease. Ernie Els looks incredibly relaxed when he swings, but still averages around 300yards with a driver.

So, how do the pros hit it so far and how do they seem to do it with so little effort?

It really is quite simple: They generate much higher club head speed and they do that primarily with the use of their hands.

Here is how you can do it too…

1) Relax your grip

You cannot swing the club fast if you are gripping it too tightly as your muscles in the hands and arms will be too tense. So grip it “lightly”.

2) Load the club

Make sure you cock the wrists fully at the top of the swing. This will “load” the club into a position where it can be released later in the swing. If you do not cock the wrist fully the club is only going to swing basically as fast as you can swing your arms.

3) Release the club at impact

Make sure you maintain that wrist cock until as late as possible in the down swing then just before your hands reach the bottom of the swing you “release” the club i.e. you un-cock the wrists. Delaying the release as long as possible gives you time to accelerate the arms and then the extra acceleration during the release generates a huge speed increase in the club head. More club head speed equals more distance.

Test yourself with this drill:

Take short swings (with a 7 iron) concentrating on maximum wrist cock and maximum release with minimum arm movement. You will be surprised how far the ball goes just with the use of the hands and not much else. Now add this movement to the full swing and see how far the ball flies!

So, relax, load and release…and watch the ball fly!

Coaching a sports team or athletes can be a demanding task, sometimes when the team performs poorly the coach can get some poor feedback from the fans, parents and other family members. Whilst these aspects of the job tend to only really face the higher level coaches at professional level there are still times where coaching can seem like a thankless task.

But this is a part of the challenge of the job, something that serves to motivate and inspire the coach to drive their athletes to succeed. Of course being a coach can be incredibly rewarding as they are in effect a teacher, and much like a school teacher the role of the coach is to teach the sportsmen and women the sport and to help them become better and to win. When this happens it can be incredibly rewarding and not only for the athletes themselves but you as a coach and in some cases it can promote your worth as a great coach which could see you progress on to new challenges at a higher level.

A bit part of coaching is dealing with defeats and how you can rejuvenate a likely downhearted team or individual. Obviously a major part of losing is to analyse where you have gone wrong or how the other competitors beat you, by learning this and dedicating time and effort to improving for the next time. As many people will feel let down or disheartened after a loss you need to inspire them and this can be done by any number of ways from telling them of the positive aspects or reminding them of their goals and targets that they can still achieve.

One part of coaching that many people are unaware of is what pressures there are on the coach themselves. As a coach you’ll often have to lead by example and show your athletes how it’s done. This can lead to injuries which can happen to their athletes as well, so you may be put out of action for prolonged periods of time. This is why many teams have assistant coaches and other members of staff to act in your absence, having at least one assistant is important if you want to be able to provide regular and consistent training and coaching to your athletes.

There are many demands placed on the sports coach who at all times displays a dedication to the game and the team.