Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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Want more clubhead speed — but tired of being told it's all rotation, ground force, and lower body? In this video, Todd Graves shares the speed secret he discovered, and it's the opposite of what most instruction teaches.
Most of your speed comes from the hands and arms releasing — not from rotation or the ground. (Todd's point: you can produce 75-80% of your max speed sitting in a chair.) The real mechanism is a braking sequence. As you turn into the ball, your lead hand decelerates — it "puts on the brakes" — and that's what lets the trail arm straighten and the club accelerate through impact, exactly like skipping a rock. So you don't try to rotate faster; you get into a position to release faster, keeping the lead arm internally rotated so you release the face back to the plane instead of rolling it. This is the feel Moe Norman described as his "hands backing up through impact" — they don't really, but it feels that way, and Moe was triggering on it.
What you'll learn:
- Why rotation and "ground force" are oversold as speed sources
- Where speed actually comes from — the hands, the arms, and the release
- The leverage angle: how a bent trail arm becomes your biggest speed producer
- The braking system: how the lead hand slowing down accelerates the club
- Why you should release faster, not rotate faster
- The Moe Norman feel that makes it click
If you've been swinging harder and getting nowhere, this is the change that actually adds speed.
CHAPTERS
00:00 The clubhead speed secret nobody teaches
00:15 Why it's NOT about rotation
00:40 Why ground force is oversold
00:55 Where speed really comes from: the hands & arms
01:02 Proof: 75-80% of your speed from a chair
01:44 The leverage angle — your built-in speed producer
02:26 The release: trail arm fires, lead arm folds
03:05 The braking system that accelerates the club
04:14 Moe Norman's feel: "the hands back up through impact"
04:45 Release faster, don't rotate faster
05:05 Isolation & keeping the lead arm internal
06:37 The full sequence, slowed down
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#ClubheadSpeed #SinglePlaneSwing #MoeNorman #ToddGraves #GolfTips
Get a copy of my book here: theintelligentgolfswing.com
Want more clubhead speed — but tired of being told it's all rotation, ground force, and lower body? In this video, Todd Graves shares the speed secret he discovered, and it's the opposite of what most instruction teaches.
Most of your speed comes from the hands and arms releasing — not from rotation or the ground. (Todd's point: you can produce 75-80% of your max speed sitting in a chair.) The real mechanism is a braking sequence. As you turn into the ball, your lead hand decelerates — it "puts on the brakes" — and that's what lets the trail arm straighten and the club accelerate through impact, exactly like skipping a rock. So you don't try to rotate faster; you get into a position to release faster, keeping the lead arm internally rotated so you release the face back to the plane instead of rolling it. This is the feel Moe Norman described as his "hands backing up through impact" — they don't really, but it feels that way, and Moe was triggering on it.
What you'll learn:
- Why rotation and "ground force" are oversold as speed sources
- Where speed actually comes from — the hands, the arms, and the release
- The leverage angle: how a bent trail arm becomes your biggest speed producer
- The braking system: how the lead hand slowing down accelerates the club
- Why you should release faster, not rotate faster
- The Moe Norman feel that makes it click
If you've been swinging harder and getting nowhere, this is the change that actually adds speed.
CHAPTERS
00:00 The clubhead speed secret nobody teaches
00:15 Why it's NOT about rotation
00:40 Why ground force is oversold
00:55 Where speed really comes from: the hands & arms
01:02 Proof: 75-80% of your speed from a chair
01:44 The leverage angle — your built-in speed producer
02:26 The release: trail arm fires, lead arm folds
03:05 The braking system that accelerates the club
04:14 Moe Norman's feel: "the hands back up through impact"
04:45 Release faster, don't rotate faster
05:05 Isolation & keeping the lead arm internal
06:37 The full sequence, slowed down
Get Todd's book, The Intelligent Golf Swing: theintelligentgolfswing.com
Start learning the Single Plane Swing: singleplaneacademy.com
Graves Golf: gravesgolf.com
Subscribe: youtube.com/@ToddGravesGolf
#ClubheadSpeed #SinglePlaneSwing #MoeNorman #ToddGraves #GolfTips
