Swing Speed: Do You Have One or Several???

[Lead Tape]

How can a discussion of swing speeds be taking place ACCURATELY if you don't have any idea what your swing speeds are at full bore or with alterations such as a 3/4 swing, punch shot, safety or guide it down the fairway swing, the a$$ puckering swing, a knockdown, etc.

There's only one way to know for sure and nobody has mentioned it so far...
buy either one of these and carry it in your bag for range use to find out.

http://www.opticsplanet.net/sport-se...ball-bats.html

http://www.practicerange.com/detail.aspx?ID=687

This device is invaluable and will also help you to determine what swing changes are working positively or negatively as soon as you strike the ball. It will also help to figure out whether you have the correct shaft in your clubs.

[lamebums]

I finally got around to using a speed stick I saw at a golf shop, that was on sale, used--I took it over to the hitting range and gave it a whack. I normally swung at about 95-100mph, if I laid into it, I'd top out at 105-110.

[sandtrap]

I have to say that until about 5 years ago there was only hit it as hard as possible. Now that my kids are playing and trying to swing as hard as possible I have been able to see the errors of my ways. Take more club, slow down, keep the ball in play and it's all fairways and greens. Remamber it's not how, it's how many.

[JonnyGolf]

This is a subject I was just thinking about.

Right now, I have two driver swings, a longer and a shorter. But, sometimes on both of those swings I change the speed based on conditions. I really want to keep the same tempo on both swings due to inconsistent results.

So, answer is that I have multiple swing speeds and I'm going to make an effort to just have a single swing speed.

[Lost Ball]

Lost Ball has all sorts of swings depending on distance and type of surface

[mikelz]

I have a preferred speed.
I also have an uncanny ability to swing it a lot faster than that when I least want it to happen.