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The Only 5 Golf Swing Pieces That Really Matter

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Welcome to Clay Ballard's Top Speed Golf Instruction

I founded Top Speed Golf in 2015.

Here's what it's all about...

When you analyze the swings of any top player in the world -- whether it's Jim Furyk, Adam Scott, or anyone else -- there are 5 aspects they all have roughly in common:

1. Stable & Fluid Spine

2. Power Turn

3. Top Speed Lag

4. Compression Line

5. Straight-Line Release

I've found that these 5 pieces will give you 95% of your results.

My Top Speed Golf system teaches you those 5 aspects in a step-by-step, course-based fashion.

"Does it work?" you may be wondering...

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Handicap: -4
Top Swing Speed: 126.8
Lowest Round: 61
Given Over 6000 Golf Lessons
Instructed Many Professional Golfers
Played Division 1 College Golf and Mini Tours
Most Consecutive Birdies: 6
Certified FlightScope Professional
Swing Catalyst Certified
T.P.I. Certified
Named by Golf Digest as a top instructor in Florida
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C053. How to Hit Your Irons

Today you’ll learn “How to Hit Your Irons”

I’m sure you’ve heard the term “flipping” the club…

…but do you know what that means?  Or if you’re doing it?

If you naturally want to try and push the club forward with your dominant hand on the downswing…

…then you’re most likely flipping the club and losing tons of both consistency and distance.

Discover exactly why the flipping motion causes you to be less consistent…

…and how it’s slowing down your swing.

And find out what it is you need to “feel” to put an end to your flip and start making consistent, powerful contact with the ball.

 

D086. Massive Golf Driver Distance Keys

Today you’ll get “Massive Golf Driver Distance Keys”

Do you ever feel cramped as you’re coming into impact with the golf ball?

You know, it just feels awkward…

…like you may be too close to the ball.

Bottom line, there’s just not enough room to get through the impact zone without compensating in some way.

So what do you end up doing?

Maybe you bend your lead elbow to make some extra room and end up with a “chicken wing” as you come through impact?

You might stand up and flip the club forward to create some extra space?

There’s all kinds of little ways your body will sense the need to make extra room…

…but they’re almost never what you’re supposed to be doing.

Well, you may be surprised to know there’s a simple answer to your problems…

…and it all starts with your shoulders (and where you think they need to be at impact).

If you discover where your shoulders are supposed to be at impact…

…you’re going to end up with a lot more space…

…so you won’t feel cramped at impact (and your swing will become more powerful as a result).

So check out today’s video, and start swinging through the impact zone with a LOT more power…

 

D085. One Club Distance Challenge – How to Hit an 8 Iron as Far as Possible

Today you’ll see the “One Club Distance Challenge – How to Hit an 8 Iron as Far as Possible”

A lot of modern instruction has been trying to tell you that a short compact swing is better for your game…

…but what if I told you that this shorter, more “controlled” swing wasn’t benefiting your golf game at all?

In fact, I would argue that it’s hurting your game.

If you’ve been buying into the “shorter swing equals better accuracy” argument…

…I’d like to show you just how much distance you could be leaving on the table.

You’re also going to discover *this* terrible symptom that can come from a shorter, tighter swing…

…that makes it no more accurate than a looser, more free-flowing swing.

Check out these tips to start squeezing out a lot more yardage from your irons…

…and you may be surprised to find out you’re just as accurate as you were before…

…except you’re hitting the ball a LOT farther!

 

ID001. Don’t Do Any Indoor Drills Before You Watch This

Today you’ll learn why you “Don’t Do Any Indoor Drills Before You Watch This”

Because of the unfortunate circumstances most of us are in these days…

…there’s more and more of a need for ways to work on your golf game at home.

But there’s a very important key principle that you need to make sure you’re aware of…

…or your practice at home can potentially do serious damage to your contact when you get back out on the course.

The good news is that if you follow what I say, I can have you improving your contact…

…even if you can’t hit a ball while you’re practicing at home!

So I’ve prepared a special video for you today so you’ll be ready to train indoors!

 

NSA14. Golf Swing Inside out Drills | It’s Easy and It Works

Today, I’ll show you some “Golf Swing Inside out Drills | It’s Easy And It Works”

I’m guessing at some point you’ve heard that to fix your slice you need an inside out swing path.

While that may be true, the results can be disastrous if you don’t also fix another piece.

You see, if you’re a slicer of the golf ball…

…not only does your swing path tend to be “over the top”…

…but in order to not start the ball too far left, you’ve learned to come through with an open club face.

So it makes sense that if you start working on improving your swing path…

…and you start coming more “inside out”…

…and you don’t also learn how to correct your open club face…

…well, let’s just say that if there are houses, cars, or even people to your right…

…it may not end well.

So today, I’m going to give you a two part drill that will help you correct *both* of the swing flaws that lead to slices…

…you’re going to start making ball contact like you’ve never felt before.

And I’m guessing you’re going to have to re-learn how far you hit your clubs too!

 

C052. Simple Golf Swing Drills to Stop Early Release

Today, you’ll learn some “Simple Golf Swing Drills to Stop Early Release”

Tell me if this sounds familiar to you…

…you watch the pros on tv, and it seems like their ball flight is always nice and high and the ball seems to go on forever!

So, when you get out to the course, you want to try and get that nice high ball flight…

…but when you hit the ball, you end up leaning back and try to “help” the ball get that extra height by “flipping” the club.

And it typically ends with a shot that either wasn’t hit square on the club face…

…or just floats lazily up into the air and doesn’t really go anywhere…

…or both!

Well, what if I told you that the pros were actually de-lofting the club face on those nice high, penetrating shots…

…and all the height they’re getting comes from their swing speed?

And what if I told you that if you have less swing speed…

…it’s even more important to de-loft the club face at impact?

What?!?  That doesn’t make sense!

You see, de-lofting the club is actually allowing the club to put more energy into the ball…

…which creates higher ball speed and allows the ball to not only fly farther…

…but also gives the ball more roll!

I can hear you now…”Well that’s great, Clay, but how do I do it?”

I’m glad you asked…

…you see, when you attempt to add forward shaft lean into your shot…

…it tends to promote an open club face at impact.

Naturally, you understand that you don’t want to hit the ball this way or you’re going to block the ball…

…so the key to all of this lies within how you square that club face at impact.

You can do what most do and “flip” the club forward…

…resulting in the mis-hits or lazy floaters I talked about earlier…

…or you can do it the way the pros do it.

In today’s video, you’ll discover the move that makes all of this work…

…and start smashing the ball with more power than you ever have before…

…even if you don’t have the crazy swing speed the pros have!

 

G108. 5 Things All Good Golfers Do | Step by Step Drills so You Can Too

Here are “5 Things All Good Golfers Do | Step by Step Drills so You Can Too”

When it come to the golf swing…

…most tend to overcomplicate things.

At many points in the swing the best golfers in the world are doing things differently.

So clearly, there’s plenty of unique ways to swing and be good.

But what if I told you that after studying all the major winners of the past couple decades…

…I’ve found that there are 5 things that they all do the same?

Wouldn’t you think that maybe those are the things you need to be focusing on?

In today’s video, I’m going to go over exactly what those 5 things are…

…and how you can learn to ingrain them into your swing…

 

D084. Perfect Golf Swing Takeaway Drill for Driver

Today you get the “Perfect Golf Swing Takeaway Drill for Driver”

I’m guessing that you’d love to maximize the distance you get from your golf swing.

One of the crucial pieces of gaining distance is to increase the amount of Lag in your swing.

Well, there’s a popular piece of advice that’s supposed to help you create more Lag in your swing…

…but it’s actually doing the exact opposite.

Not only does this move set you up to cast the club (I’ll explain why), but it also tends to turn your hips off.

In today’s video, you’ll discover what this popular piece of advice is (make sure you aren’t doing this)…

…and you’ll learn the proper way to start your swing to get fully loaded and add effortless distance!

 

C051. The Truth on How to Clear Your Hips in the Golf Swing

Today you’ll discover “The Truth on How to Clear Your Hips in the Golf Swing”

There’s a common issue that arises when you try to open your hips…

…and it causes a lot of bad things to happen and leads to inconsistencies in your swing.

If you try to force the hips open too quickly, they tend to stall out and the arms take over…

…and this ultimately ends up with your hips being square at impact rather than being open.

Today’s video will help you discover why this happens and what you can do to avoid it…

…and make sure you’re well positioned with open hips at impact.

Watch now and start coming into impact just like the pro’s…

 

TC011. Stop Topping Your Woods | Learn to Hit off the Ground

Today, discover how to “Stop Topping Your Woods | Learn to Hit off the Ground”

If you’d like to become more consistent with fairway woods…

…it may not be as hard as you think!

I’m guessing that you probably understand that when you hit a wedge, it’s ideal to be hitting down on the ball…

…so, do you think that’s still the case if you’re hitting a 3 wood?

In today’s video, you’ll discover the answer to this question…

…and will learn the one major mistake most recreational golfers tend to make with fairway woods.

Plus, you’ll get a simple, but very effective tip to help you start hitting your fairway woods much more consistently.