What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about increasing your golf club speed? Swing harder? Swing faster? Both of those are wrong and will cost you dearly in both distance and accuracy.

To start, distance is only about 30% of a successful shot off the tee. The other, more important aspect of a good drive is accuracy. If you hit the ball 300 yards in the woods, it does you no good. The only reason I am saying this is that an increase in distance and golf club swing speed should be secondary to an increase in accuracy and consistency.

If there was one single way to increase your clubhead speed, it would have nothing to do with swing techniques or golf club technology. Most golfers start thinking about these two aspects of their game way before they start thinking about something that is guaranteed to drop a few strokes off their score: their fitness.

Physical fitness, whether you believe it or not, is a very important aspect to every golfer’s game. Almost every pro on the tour has stated that fitness is, hands down, the most important aspect of their pre-game ritual.

To improve on your physical fitness, particularly for golf, you should focus on certain exercises and stretches that increase flexibility, improve core strength, and increase efficiency and endurance.

This can be accomplished by a regimented weight training program mixed with a flexibility training program. You can also throw in a few endurance workouts to help maintain and improve your endurance.

Golf club swing speed has more to do with physical fitness than swing mechanics. Treat it as such.