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Club Head Speed: Load, Shift and Swing Through

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Long gameDrill category
Explore load and shift for speedBenefit
15 minutesPractice time
4 / 10Difficulty
Driver + ballsEquipment
Clubhead speed practice: warm up and turn into your trail heel, shift onto your lead side and swing through, then check feedback. Complete 18 controlled shots.

This drill is from the Golf Practice Made Fun App.

Explore speed with one clear cue and useful feedback. This practice card adapts Bryson DeChambeau’s lesson with Paige Spiranac into a short round you can record and revisit.

Step 1. Watch Bryson’s speed lesson

In Swing Speed Lesson with SPEED KING Bryson DeChambeau, Bryson coaches Paige Spiranac through pressure, movement and speed feedback.

Watch the full lesson on YouTube.

Step 2. Load, shift and swing through

Illustrated golfer turns into the backswing, then transfers to the lead side and finishes in balance.

Warm up and load the trail heel

Begin with easy swings. Use a stable stance and stay centred as you turn back, feeling pressure in your trail heel rather than rolling onto the outside of the foot.

Shift onto the lead side

Push from the trail side into the lead side and turn through. Focus on speed through impact, rather than snatching the club away from the top.

Check the feedback

Use one swing cue. If you have a monitor, check the reading instead of judging speed by feel alone. Reset and rest between small groups of shots.

Your cue: “Load. Shift. Swing through.” Reverse the sides for a left-handed swing.

Our round below uses 18 controlled shots; it is a shorter practice adaptation of the lesson. Warm up first, build effort gradually and stop if you feel pain or lose control. Allow recovery between demanding speed sessions.

Step 3. Complete your round

Complete your round of 18. One shot. One tick.

What to do

After warming up, play eighteen controlled driver shots with your chosen cue. Reset before each ball and rest after nine.
ScoreWhen to award it
1 pointYou complete the shot, regardless of its result.
0 pointsYou do not complete the attempt.
Add your points for a total out of eighteen.

George’s Conclusion

George, scratch golfer and mad inventor of the Golf Practice Made Fun App, holding a phone at the range.

Make your next speed session easy to review: choose one cue, record what you actually measured, and keep a note of strike and balance. A clear record is more useful than guessing how fast a swing felt.

For another distance feel, try Lightning Hands, or browse the long game drills.

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