Lost my power with my driver only?

[Mugs050]

Yesterday early in my season I shot a 79. I barely got off the tee, I recapped my tee shots and probably only hit 3 good ones and 2 ok. The rest seriously handicapped me and I was able to make things happen with great ball striking, scrambling and putting. Over the last 3 years I have struggled with A consistency with my driver and B power. I would say I am a long ball hitter or at least was. For instance yesterday's round instead of driving it on the par 5 last hole I played it like a three shot hole and hit 5 iron off the tee (about 220), 6 Iron (about 200) and wedged it on the green. I still have plenty of distance with my irons. 

Now here's the problem, I use to hit my driver 290 to 310 now I am more of a 250-270 which I can more or less hit with my 3 wood. My driver ball flight use to be high and long with a draw, now it's low to mid with a hook like flight. Even the odd one I push or hit straight seriously lacks the fire power I use to have. Physically I am in the same shape (29 years old) if not better then 3 years ago and still have maintained my distance with my irons.

My question is what gives? Anyone else have a similar problem? 

[JetFan1983]

Ideally, find a good instructor and hit off their Trackman. Seriously, work on what they want and see if swing speed increases.

I was in a huge slump a year ago and got my swing speed from like a 95 mph back to about 108 in just an hour, experimenting with some feels with a local guy. I didn't realize how far in-to-out I was swinging. I was shocked actually when I saw the data. 

I basically just figured it out myself, I wasn't actually listening to the guy. He wasn't that good.

I pretended to listen, but basically experimented and saw if the data changed. I remember being surprised what feels I was using to increase speed. It was counter intuitive for me. But Trackman's data encouraged me to go in a certain direction and it helped. 

Stop wasting your time. Your body can only handle so much mileage. I basically solved in one hour what would have either taken me an entire season or never to figure out. 

But yea, find a good instructor. 5SK for example. Hit off a Trackman too. 

[David in FL]

Good advice from @JetFan1983.  I'd also suggest that you post a video in the Member Swings sub-forum, here...

https://thesandtrap.com/forums/forum/13-member-swings/

Some of the knowledgeable instructors can likely help you.  

 

[JetFan1983]

49 minutes ago, David in FL said:

Good advice from @JetFan1983.  I'd also suggest that you post a video in the Member Swings sub-forum, here...

https://thesandtrap.com/forums/forum/13-member-swings/

Some of the knowledgeable instructors can likely help you.  

 

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Yes definitely start a swing thread. I forgot about that. Plus those are just fun to have anyway.