The reason that my interest was peaked regarding the ratio of ballspeed/swingspeed was from watching an analysis of Keny Perry's swing. Swingspeed 106 mph, ballspeed 177 mph. Drive 325 yds. I have been told by a national class clubfitter, that a ration of 1.5 is all he could wish for in a fit. Perry's 1.66 means he has all of the cosmic tumblers clicking into place at impact. Amazing.
Charlie
Trust me...they've been having problems having the swing speed read correctly. I remember a few weeks ago when they showed John Daly swinging at 109 with a ball speed of 184mph!
Kenny swings in the 115+ range as do most on tour. I'd say the average swing speed on tour is around the 110-112 range taking into account some super long hitters (tiger, vj, phil, hend, kuehne, sergio etc etc) and the shorter hitters (pavin, roberts, etc etc).
If you can get really close to the 1.50 range you're doing pretty damn good
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I remember them showing a 6 or 7 iron that VJ hit at the tournament Ted Purdy won a couple weeks ago, his swing speed was 88mph and his ball speed i think was 124-125. Smash of 1.42
Why am I not suprised. Dana Upshaw, the most tech savvy clubfitter I know of, has often mentioned 1.50 is verging on Nirvana. When I saw Perry's, I flipped. I think it's a great number for evaluation, if you have valid numbers.
I guess another reason for me to not watch the tourneys. If they are bad numbers to start.....
I just had to watch this week. I like Perry's swing and enjoy watching him when he's steamrollin'.
... Swings like he is trying to hit everything over the left field wall, and sometimes does! Yes, he is a pull hitter with the bat. Told him to set up like it was hit and run time and he needed to smash a line drive to right field----the dreaded straight ball---335 yards. I didn't charge him for the lesson! Stay healthy folks---Dr Dave
thanks dr. dave!...when i read the above two days ago, i went "VOILA! That's me!", well except for 6'4" part and that besides pulling left i can reverse pivot to compensate and hit them WAY right as well...i was tinkering with what you said about setting up in the garage and a light bulb went off putting together set-up, clubhead-shaft angles, and swing plane...garage results do not always pan out in the field, but the contact feels great and the ball flights are promising...thanks again!
Why am I not suprised. Dana Upshaw, the most tech savvy clubfitter I know of, has often mentioned 1.50 is verging on Nirvana. When I saw Perry's, I flipped. I think it's a great number for evaluation, if you have valid numbers.
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