Top Speed Golf

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...

Click here to get started with the 5 components of the Top Speed Golf System!

Or check out all my latest content below...

clay 11111 smallerSome of My Highlights...
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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G001. How to Start the Downswing in Golf

In this video, “How to Start the Downswing in Golf,” you’ll find out the technical ins and outs of the downswing…

What are the most crucial points in the golf swing?

The downswing?

Building lag?

Hip rotation?

Maybe release?

All of these points when in tune will allow for not only an effective swing, but also a good looking, solid to the core swing.

In this video, I’ll show you the most important points of the swing while guiding you to a place where chunking, topping, and slicing are a thing of the past…

Watch this video today to graduate yourself to a new level of golf swing!

SSS010. How to Increase Your Golf Swing Speed With a Baseball Step

In this video, “How to Increase Your Golf Swing Speed With a Baseball Step,” I’ll analyze one of the infamous swinging techniques known around the golf universe…

The Baseball Wind Up/Baseball Step…

Let me break down “Ground Force reaction” to you…

There is a lot of science involved in this swing…

While I would never suggest doing this swing all the time because it’s very inconsistent, I would suggest trying it because you’ll learn about the power turn and how to plant your front leg, which will help you while performing your regular swing…

Watch this video today so you can maximize your release and pick up distance…and feel like Happy Gilmore :-)!

SA001. How to Hit Solid Golf Shots – Student Review

In this video, “How To Hit Solid Golf Shots – Student Review” I’ll explain a lot of golf’s popular terms as they pertain to the golf swing…

I want to also help you understand what to take with a “grain of salt”…

Have you heard that you need to get “Stacked” to hit a great golf shot?

What about getting your weight to your left side?

What if I told you those could be a lie!

Find out how much is too much in this video.

Watch this video today to discover one very important key for how to hit solid golf shots.

SSS009. Solid Contact in Golf | The 49-Yard Difference!

Are you sick and tired of struggling with solid contact in golf?

You hit a shot off the toe…

Then one off the heel that dribbles into the water…

And all of a sudden you are so mad you could wrap your $400 driver around a tree!!

In this video, I’ll be testing just how much driver face contact and the gear effect impacts the outcome of your ball flight.

If you ever wanted to know how much distance you lose off a low heel shot versus a shot off the sweet spot, this will be very eye opening.

I’ll even go over a secret spot on the club that will get you a boost in yardage.

Once we talk about how different contact affects ball flight, you’ll get a great drill to control your contact and give you extra distance.

(Not to mention the ability to hit the ball a lot more solidly.)

Let’s watch the video now to pick up some easy distance without a huge change!

SSS008. Driver Ball Position For Distance | Add 38+ Yards

In this video, “Driver Ball Position For Distance | Add 38+ Yards,” I’ll explain how your ball position can make a huge difference.

You can even add 38 or more yards to your drives just by changing your ball position.

There are many advantages and disadvantages of ball position…

One placement could have you hooking or slicing the ball off the planet…

While another has you cranking a very low laser like shot with no carry to it…

This video is for everyone.

Even above average golfers tend to struggle with finding the perfect ball placement.

Watch this video now and I’ll show you some crazy examples of what to do and what not to do all with my FlightScope…

S001. How to Grip the Golf Club | Crazy Detail

This video, “How To Grip The Golf Club | Crazy Detail”, explains one of the most important parts of your golf game…

The grip.

Grip is the very beginning…

It all starts there and works its way through movement, swing, and release…

From novice to expert, the range of how to grip the golf club is very dynamic…

Each little point can help you control your swing all the way down to where the ball can land…

I’ll help you understand where to place your hands and how that affects where the ball will go…

Watch the video now for my 3 tips, and I’ll even introduce an awesome training aid as well!

SSS007. Hips for Speed & Distance? | Why This Strategy Isn’t True

In today’s video, “Hips for Speed & Distance? | Why This Strategy Isn’t True”…

You’ll find out why the age old saying, “It’s all in the hips” isn’t exactly correct when it comes to the golf swing…

Maximum club head speed doesn’t come from just ripping open your hips…

It actually is a blend of using your hips AND creating momentum with your body…

You’ll need the correct amount of shoulder turn, base line momentum, lag, and straight line release…

It’s not just your hips…

Watch this video now so I can help you fully understand how to swing with the correct use of your hips…

SSS006. Increase Driver Distance | Stop Flipping

In today’s video I want to help you increase driver distance…

I find that this one issue tends to be such a common one throughout the golf world…

Many people will stand up in the downswing, and flip the club when they’re coming through their shot instead of staying in their posture…

This goes hand in hand with “Lag”, “Forward Shaft Lean”, and releasing the club…

I’ll do everything I can to help you get away from “flipping” in your swing…

Watch this video now to discover my cure for this common issue…

SSS005. How to Fade and Draw For Power | Learn the Power Fade!

How would you like to know how to fade and draw for power?

Just like the top pros.

A lot of this comes down to simple physics, which I will explain in this video.

Most players who hit a weak fade come over the swing plane and chop down on the golf ball. This results in a weak shot that floats up and to the right and costs you tons of yards!

It may surprise you to find out that the proper way to hit a fade is actually to come in under the swing plane.

As you come through the ball you will still want to release the shaft forward, but you will hold the face slightly open. The result is a hard hit “Power Fade” that will get you tons of distance.

What about the draw? Does it get more roll and distance like you’ve heard?

It all depends on how you hit the draw.

In general, I do think a draw is a better shot for most amateur players, since it’s easier to de-loft the club and compress the golf ball.

So whether you prefer a fade or a draw, you can find out how to get the most from your drives with this video!

SSS004. Swing Release | Are You Holding Back 40 Yards?

We know about the importance of the “Swing Release”, but don’t underestimate lag and how it has a dramatic impact on the effectiveness of your swing power…

All that potential energy is built up and ready to be applied to the ball.

Without it things can get nasty real quick…

The release of built up lag when used properly will cause the ball to soar, and you can pick up at least 20 yards…

In this “Swing Release” video, I’ll go through the whole process from lag, to contact, to release…

I’ll show what can happen if you hold onto the lag and how that affects the ball as well as what happens when you release properly…

Watch this video today!

Don’t hold your yardage back, get a proper swing release now…