Somers Golf

  I haven't posted here for ten days as I've had somewhat of a busy schedule to cope with, however, I've maintained my stack schedule as best as I can through that period... Session 17 saw my top line drop a little compared with recent sessions, as recorded a 94mph stack speed which equates to 103mph eSpeed and a 287 yard distance potential. But, that's not the story of that session as I was 4mph quicker with the 95g in a step set, taking the record up to 106mph and managed a set average of 103mph, which is also 2mph quicker than before. Meanwhile, on the 60g step set I achieved a 108mph and a set record of 106mph, with these step sets really starting to pay dividends in terms of sequencing the swing. Moving onto session 18 and you'll see my usual day off between sessions had slipped due to other commitments but I was back to 96/105mph on the stack/eSpeed, which equates to 293 yards distance potential. And, it was a similar story on the other weights, with a record/...

  One of the nice features of the stack app is that it understands you need rest between sessions, with a day off between each session scheduled if you want to stay at a 100% grit score (I always aim to stay at 100% as I want to get as many sessions in as possible). Anyway, I digress, the nice feature is that if you do a speed priming session prior to a round it will then move the session down the line by a further two days, giving your body the reprieve it needs. In my case I did just that ahead of a competition round, in order that I could get loose and limber for the round, especially as I was already a little sore from pushing my body over the previous few days. That said, when it came due for my next session I was playing another competition on that day too. However, with the rest I'd had in between I decided to push on with training before heading out onto the course. I wasn't at my absolute quickest with the 195g, albeit only 1mph short on the average, but I made up for ...

  Not quite up there with the big ole 97mph that I recorded a few sessions ago but I'm still hanging on in there with the 195g with a 95mph average which equates to 290 yard distance potential. However, once again, perhaps it's not all about that driver equivalent number, rather it's about improving on the other weights too, which is precisely what I did in session 15. There was also a couple of other things to consider for this session too, as I started the day with a migraine, which is never good and when I got to the course, the bay I use was sopping wet, as we've had a lot of rain over the last few days. Anyway, I had my grippier wet weather shoes on so I tried to act like it wasn't going to bother me. Over to the records for the session and the first came with the 65g with the step movement and it was a huge gain on the previous best, which I set in session 12, with a 7mph improvement from 101mph to 107mph. The average has also jumped significantly, with a set ...

  Switching things up again this week, with a solo post for session 14 in the full speed spectrum program, as I think it's worth showing the direct comparison with session 13. Once again it was a 5 set session with two sets at 220g's acting as the bread in a two step set sandwich, one at 80g and one at 20g. Interestingly, the 20g is the lowest weight you can have on the stack and it's the first time I've swung with so little on there. It's also the first time I've been over the 110 mark, I believe, with a 112mph being the highest achieved in that set. As always, there was a low effort thrown in there, where I just didn't time up things in the kinetic chain correctly, which obviously has a bearing on the average. The good thing about having the same weight in set 1 and 4 is that you have a target in mind too, as I'm pretty much always going to be slower out of the gate in that first set but it's nice to see another 3mph gain between the two set averag...

  OK, I decided, given I knew I had a week where the golf I was playing was going to have an impact on my speed training, that I was going to post three session results in one go. Sessions 11 and 12 also had to be completed after rounds, which I've now come to the conclusion doesn't work for me, or my body and so from now on I will try to avoid this method. However, that said, whilst the all important 195g wasn't where I'd like it to be (91mph overall / 277 yard distance potential) there were still some gains on the other weights, with a 99mph on the 95g step set in session 11, a 101mph on the 65g in the step set on the 12th and a new record of 87mph and set record of 85mph on the 235g in session 12. You'll also note that I really pushed the boat out on the 7th, as I also did a speed priming session ahead of the round to try and get my body moving. I also felt that whilst the headline number on the 195g wasn't moving the needle, my body was responding well to th...

Decided it's probably best to start pairing some of my blog posts together, as you might have noticed, as progress is starting to become a little more difficult, at least on the 195g. Furthermore, it's worth noting that both of these sessions were done after a round, as they were scheduled competitions and fell on the day of my training. Also, I've been wanting to try out different solutions to see how my body reacts in those situations but I think it's fair to say that doing speed training after 18 and 16 holes respectively didn't work out on this occasion. Again, that's probably because I'm looking at the fact I haven't pushed the needle forward on the 195g but as you can see there's still plenty of infill happening with the other weights, as in session 9 I had new records on the 80g and 205g, whilst improving on my previous best set record on the 205g by 3mph. Today was a similar story, with a new record of 91mph on the 225g and a new set record a...