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i am on the highschool golf team and we played the other day against this team that could out drive all of us by at least a hundred yards. and they ended up woopin our buts. please help i need an idea to get more lag and power like th pros do so i can get more distance

For distance, you have to learn how to feel like you are hitting against a firm left side. What that means….If you had a hold of a friend by one arm and one leg and you were going to see how far you could toss them, you would swing them back and then forward but at a point, you would have to stop your bodies momentum so that you could sling your friend past you and release them to toss them forward.
In your swing, the front leg is your post. Your weight transfers to the front leg and the momentum of your swing builds up to that point and then your arms and hands release the club head into the back of the ball with maximum force and then everything fires on through with a good hip turn into a good follow through and finish. Get all that? It takes practice.

hello marc

Maybe the biggest culprit that robs power is not getting a good shoulder turn.

Second to that I believe it is trying to steer the ball into the fairway rather then just swinging away.

Not finishing the follow through will cut length also.

This combination of things contributes to loss of distance in even the strongest of players games.

Leon

Speed=distance/time
force= acceleration *mass
power=(force*distance)/time

energy = power * time

In a golf swing:
mass=body+club head
speed= acceleration at point of contact:created by hip turn +wrist lag

Energy transfer to the ball has to do with all those combined, The better the contact w/ the ball the longer the contact time and the better the energy transfer.
Tempo is important for creating proper momentum at contact.