Rory McIlroy's advice for drivers to “really go after one”? 4 steps

Rory McIlroy recorded a clubhead speed of 126.2 mph and a ball speed of 187 mph with his driver after a brief warm-up.

Then there's club head speed of 126 mph and ball speed of 187.8 mph.

Then came 126.7 mph and 189.8 mph.

Then 127.2 mph and 185.9 mph.

Then came 126.6 mph and 188.3 mph.

Then came 127.4 mph and 191.1 mph.

Later, a voice asked, perhaps a little jealously: Has it ever gotten boring?

“No,” McIlroy said.

“This is really great.”

indeed. But he believes people shouldn't be resentful. Knowledge may be transferable. The four-time major winner was speaking in a video recently posted on YouTube star Grant Horvat's channel, in which Horvat raised the question of whether McIlroy could open the hood. part, so to speak, and explores what made him his driver go.

He has four tips. First, though, watch the video below, and then we'll discuss it below.

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settings

“When I'm really hitting the ball hard, I think a lot of it starts with preparation,” McIlroy said in the film. “It’s like building a really good foundation and then working on your swing from there.”

Mainly right-handed McIlroy will adjust the ball position.

“So if I really want to pursue one,” McIlroy said. “I'm going to try to raise my stance a little bit higher. So it feels like it's almost off my front foot. So no matter what, act like I'm already behind the ball. So I'm going to try to raise my stance a little bit. I'm not going to use My left foot does everything but my right foot, and if my normal driving is typically like here, I'd probably give it a little – a wider base, just my right foot.

He also said he aligned his left arm with the shaft of the club. They “sort of created this straight line”.

swing

As for the swing itself, McIlroy said he “tried” moving the club back faster, but he was more focused on what was coming next.

“It's like when I load up to the top, I go into my left side,” McIlroy said in the video, “but then I really try to feel like I'm hitting the ball with my right hip.”

“So you're trying to figure it out? You're trying to feel your lower body,” Horvath asked.

McIlroy said: “…There are different ways. People say you take your left knee out of the way. Or like Tiger [Woods] Chang said, break his left knee. But it's basically just trying to be as clear and open as possible at impact. Then your upper body will shoot up like a slingshot.

Target

McIlroy says in the video that when you're trying to increase your swing speed, ignore the target.

And work on increasing your swing speed.

“For me, when I unlock a little bit more speed,” he said, “I'll take a swing on the range and if I miss, I don't care. I miss range. And then you can take it from there. It brings. But if we only focus on speed…”

Horvat said he thought he was trying to make a “golf swing” in his own way.

“Try to move things as fast as you can,” McIlroy says in the video. “That's all you want to do here. … Don't even think about the goal. … Try to move that club as fast as you can. Don't even think about the ball. Move that thing as fast as you can.

gym job

McIlroy said medicine ball training is also effective. This action looks like it is being thrown like a shot put.

“So I'm going to control the ball here – they're like Kyle Berkshire did,” McIlroy said of the world long-drive champion. “So he's going to press to the left and I'm going to slide to the right and then I plant my feet and I go that direction. So I try to get that same feeling with my golf swing, like I'm going left, going that way. Shift to the right and feel all my weight shift forward.

Editor's note: To view the full video of McIlroy and Horvath, Please click here.

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