The fact that professional golfers are able to rotate faster in their swing, while amateur golfers lack proper technique such as their loading patterns (sequential acceleration).  This allows professionals to generate greater club speed in their full swing.  This single action is vital in obtaining maximum driving distance. 

When breaking down the golf swing, you must link various components of your body with your hands, which produces a dynamic motion.  The torso controls the direction and speed of the club head.  As we name the segmental sequence of the golf swing, it begins with movement of the hips, followed by the trunk, shoulders, arms and hands (in the back swing).  Next, the down swing begins with the hips, trunk, shoulders, arms, hands and finally the club head goes through its sequential acceleration.  This allows the club head to travel at high velocities which propel the ball to its maximum distance with control.  The lower limbs such as legs act as stabilizers to allow torque to be applied to the club head, helped by the change in large body parts accelerating slowly to small body parts accelerating more and more quickly.  Think of it as coiling the body during the back swing followed by the unwind of the down swing.

There are four main factors that can affect the club head speed.  The first is muscular force applied through the limb segments.  The second is the distance over which the force acts.  The third is an increase in the number of body segments brought into action.  Lastly, the segmental sequence which contributes to the final velocity. 

Many golfers are afraid to participate in weight training for fear they will reduce their range of motion and cause muscle stiffness which will reduce their performance.  Many studies have shown that resistance work will result in the ability of an athlete to generate greater muscular force (increasing muscle cross sectional area and enhancing motor unit recruitment).  The golf swing performance is related to the parts of the body applied to the club head in order to hit the ball.  If the golfer leads with the hips, trunk and then shoulder, the movement adheres to the formula of the speed principle and therefore greater torque being applied to the club through the eccentric/concentric sequence of spinal rotations.  This action qualifies as the “stretch-shortening” cycle that is classified as “Plyometric” training. 

In simple terms, there is limited transition time between the eccentric-back swing and the concentric-down swing action.  Therefore, plyometric training is the best form of resistance work which will produce superior performances while not building larger muscles-hypertrophy that golfers are concerned about.

One of the best types of warm ups for golfers is dynamic stretching, where by activities are performed directly mimicking the movement patterns to be performed in golf.  Medicine balls were used for resistance as they were released at the end of each movement.  This was in attempt to maximize the sequential acceleration of each movement. 

Additional work in the area can be done by mimicking the prestretch in the back swing, activating the arm extensors and shoulder abductors, stimulating proprioceptors to facilitate an increase in motor unit recruitment in the shortest time possible. 

Another type of training golfers can consider to maximize their performance is complex training.  Complex training causes changes in the musculotendinous system and the neuromuscular system.  What this means is slow twitch fibers take on characteristics of fast twitch fibers, allowing for greater force output and acceleration, increasing the golf drive performance.