Swinging fast vs. Swinging hard

Is there anyway to swing fast instead of swinging hard? This is kind of a hard question to answer or even ask. Are there drills to help smooth out the tempo and swing faster instead of trying to swing harder. I have heard that quieting the lower body and synching up the body can help with this but I don't know if this is legitament or not.

Not to hijack, but if what I am thinking is correct, perhaps this path of discussion will help you. For those that know, is the OP describing the difference between swinging and hitting in The Golf Machine terms?

Is there anyway to swing fast instead of swinging hard? This is kind of a hard question to answer or even ask. Are there drills to help smooth out the tempo and swing faster instead of trying to swing harder.

I have always been told that it looks like I am swinging as hard as I can. When in reality I'm not swinging as hard as I can. I don't know if this comes from playing baseball since I could walk or what. I don't lack flexibility or strength either as I work out 6 days a week. I believe I could have a more efficient swing if I could learn to swing fast instead of hard or swing the club instead of hitting ball.

I think of swinging fast as swinging efficiently, utilizing lag and hip/shoulder rotation to create "effortless" power, while swinging hard is what Camilo Villegas does. They did a slow-motion swing sequence of him yesterday. He hardly rotates his hips back at all, but he creates a lot of power from a large shoulder turn, plus he swings very very hard. For evidence of that, just look how he whips the club back after his follow-through, plus the fact that his back foot tends to slip.

That is what I am trying to achieve but I don't exactly know how to create "effortless" power. Like I said earlier, people say it looks like I'm swinging balls to the wall but I'm not. Does it matter if it looks like I'm swinging that hard when I'm not or should I try and get my swing to look more effortless. One drill I read about that I thought might help with this was Zach Johnson saying to take full swings with a driver but only hit the ball 200 yds total. He said that the only difference between that and when he is playing is that he just speeds up his swing on the downswing. Would that possible help?

To be honest, I have a similar problem. I hit it shorter than a lot of people i am stronger than. I know one problem wit my swing is that my left arm tends to be bent at impact, which takes away any lag I have. Also I tend to not hold my lag very long in the downswing. Those are two parts of my swing that are leaking power, maybe yo have similar problems? It would be hard to tell you definitively without video.

I guess I do kind of have the same problem. I know I tend to release the lag early. I think you have seen my swing before...it was titled My swing... i have fixed one part that was messed up when I took that video.

I just checked out your swing, and (besides the weird elbow thing during the takeaway) it looks really good. I would agree, though, that you don't keep lag very long, but it looks very powerful, good hip and shoulder turn, and your left arm is straight at impact, but I can't see where your wrists are at impact. That could be a potential problem, I just can't tell because the camera didn't pick it up.

I have struggled with keeping my lag since breaking my wrist.