Increase Your Golf Distance Before You Swing

Have you found yourself searching the web for the absolute best tips and tricks on improving your driving distance? Have you tried everything and still can't seem to improve as much as you would like? If you answered yes to either or both of the preceding questions, keep reading.

I used to be there, right where you are, practicing my swing, rotation and stance and simply coming up with more of the same. I picked up tips from all over the place and put every one of them to use but still felt as though I was missing something.

As you search around for that magic technique, there are a few things you rarely come up with, but in my experience, they are among the best and they don't even have anything to do with the usual talking points. In fact most of these tips come into play before you even get set to take your swing.

Have you ever thought about the placement of your tee? Yeah, I never gave it much thought either. It wasn't until I was out and about searching for a new driver because I had tried everything else that i came across this little gem.

Start placing your tee higher. When I first heard this tip I immediately thought, "If I do that, I'll swing below the ball." I didn't give it much thought after that until someone happened to mention it to me at the driving range.What I hadn't taken into account was the larger club head size of my newer clubs. Raising your tee a bit put you right in line to really grab the sweet spot at the top of your club face. Taking it in and giving it a try, I found that alone gave me another 20 to 30 yards.

Another thing that I picked up that day was something I never would have imagined could help me so tremendously, again another tip that starts before the swing. Keep in mind your breathing. Golf is a very timed, rhythmic game and the rhythm and timing of your breathing can really give your drive a boost for the better.

Practice taking a deep breath in sync with your back swing and then releasing in fluid timing with your down swing. Just as weight lifters often do, time your breathing with your lifting, so to speak. This will do many things for you, one of those things being relaxing the muscles and releasing tension throughout your body. With a lot of tension in your body at the time you swing, your swing speed will diminish. Think about how difficult it is to move your arms quickly if all your muscles are tense. In the game of golf, you want to stay loose and fluid, not tense and stiff.