Sudden loss in swing speed....DEPRESSING!

[Lihu]

8 minutes ago, overratedplayer said:

of course it's club speed.

what depresses me is that i actually feel stronger now than i did a few months ago. 

it HAS to be technical and maybe something happened that i don't do the same sequence as i used to.

It's such a strange feeling to be able to hit it comfortably 260 one week and the next not know if you're going to break 200...

Any advice still more than welcome. Next step shrink and hypnosis.

Before you go to a shrink, post some videos of your swings, Someone here, can help you. I'm pretty confident of that.

I know how you feel, I was hitting worm burning duck hooks 200 yards this last weekend. Help from a playing partner who took video of me showed me the issue and I am in the process of fixing it.

[kpaulhus]

It might be colder weather. Stretch out some more on the range and see if it helps. I know when Im in a sweater playing in 30* weather my swing speed isnt what it normally is.

[chspeed]

Could it be the trackman?

[overratedplayer]

unfortunately it's not Trackman... my brother plays there every day on the same machine and swing speed stays the same...

huge mystery.

[Mike Boatright]

Fatigue usually iv'e swung my driver 116 before and I happened to be going to the gym a lot was fresh and just had 2 cups of strong coffee!

Technical factors include swing plane and power leaks. You could simply be losing power before it reaches the ball but it's usually about 5 mph.

I normally swing 108 mph with the big stick but sometimes it's 98 or 103 and I can't figure it out other than being stiff or lack of sleep.

[GuitarMan]

Hi,

Did you ever figure this out?  I've been practicing swinging everyday.  Usually I'm around 97-102 everyday.  Then all of a sudden I have a hard time getting 94.  I try to be loose and fix sequencing and etc.  Nothing seems to work.  When I get it back I go on a roll for about a week or 2 and then back down.  It's like a glitch in my swing.  This is new found speed for me as I used to swing at 86-91.  Might be bad habits kicking in that I'm trying to get rid of.

When I'm loose is when I swing the best but even being loose doesn't seem to help.  I think I'm out of tempo or sequence.

Any help?

Thank you!

 

[paininthenuts]

On 3/3/2016 at 3:05 PM, overratedplayer said:

I was on a roll, totally nailing it. 

Big drives, pure irons, managed to even draw or fade them when i wanted to....

Ready as ever for the season beginning in a couple weeks.

And suddenly, without warning: i lost (literally !!!!) 10% of swing speed! I know because i have a Trackman simulator near my home and i go there twice a week.

What on earth can change to make you lose 10% of swing speed???? My driver went from 96-97mph to 88-89!!!!

And of course the more i try to regain it, the slower i swing.... 

Help please, any help is welcome. quite depressing after having put so many hours into it.

Thanks

 

I am no expert, but I would guess you have a pretty bad underlying illness. I would get yourself checked out

[overratedplayer]

Listen, in the end it just gradually came back. i still don't know what happened.

Suddenly during the summer, i took a couple lessons, and little by little my confidence came back and i started turning into the stroke again.

I think it's probably tiredness at first, then loss of confidence, then a negative spiral that starts where you basically just put everything back into question, and change everything to try to find it again.

Quite scary honestly! and in the end, like love, when you definitely thought you'd never find it again, it happens!

Best of luck, and no i wasn't sick, luckily!

Tell me how it works out for you.

[paininthenuts]

7 minutes ago, overratedplayer said:

Listen, in the end it just gradually came back. i still don't know what happened.

Suddenly during the summer, i took a couple lessons, and little by little my confidence came back and i started turning into the stroke again.

I think it's probably tiredness at first, then loss of confidence, then a negative spiral that starts where you basically just put everything back into question, and change everything to try to find it again.

Quite scary honestly! and in the end, like love, when you definitely thought you'd never find it again, it happens!

Best of luck, and no i wasn't sick, luckily!

Tell me how it works out for you.

That's good, I suspected you were going to die or something

[GuitarMan]

 

46 minutes ago, overratedplayer said:

I think it's probably tiredness at first, then loss of confidence, then a negative spiral that starts where you basically just put everything back into question, and change everything to try to find it again.

Sounds good.  I think you are right on with the quote above.  Thanks again.

[paininthenuts]

On 3/24/2016 at 8:53 AM, Mike Boatright said:

Fatigue usually iv'e swung my driver 116 before and I happened to be going to the gym a lot was fresh and just had 2 cups of strong coffee!

 

My mother in law suffered from fatigue. Turned out to be fatal, and she's dead now

[boogielicious]

1 hour ago, paininthenuts said:

My mother in law suffered from fatigue. Turned out to be fatal, and she's dead now

That poster is no longer in the forum.

[Garrick spruell]

Overratedplayer,i all in the exact same boat i am a 9-11 handicap i my drives are from 240-260.this march i was getting ready for a tournament and i started shanking the ball a couple of times while practicing and sense then i wad focusing on not shanking and then i would say about mid April about a month after i started shanking  i began to lose distance struggling to hit it 220 now irons also 7 iron was 160-165 now 150-155 side note i have been also dealing with a little pinched nerve on left should neck area i think this had been a factor also.....as mentioned the loss of distance came out no where as of today 8-28 still have not figured out out tried a few different things leaning towards i may have subconsciously started casting the club. ..any advice will be greatly appreciated, thanks