POWER DRILL

HOW TO GET IT: It's all about timing. You want the fastest part of your downswing to occur near the bottom of your swing arc. Grip the shaft of your driver near the clubhead end and make a few practice swings. Notice the "whoosh" sound. The whoosh is loudest when the shaft is moving its fastest.

Set up in your address position, take the club back with a full hinge of your wrists and unhinge them very early in your downswing. Notice how the whoosh occurs way before the ball. Do the same thing but this time hold off unhinging your wrists for as long as you can. The whoosh should have occurred way after the ball. This shows how releasing the club too early — or not at all — robs you of speed. Continue the drill, but now focus on making the loudest whoosh where the ball would be. It helps if you grip the club in your fingers instead of imbedding it in your palm (copy the grip above). A finger grip gives your wrists more freedom to hinge and unhinge.

When you time the unhinging of your wrists perfectly, the whoosh sound your club makes will occur near the low point of your swing arc.