Did i really put 70 yards onto my drive?

["Richard"]

Last year I was hitting it about 220-230 on the sim on a straight hit and that is about what I was getting outside as well so I just assumed it was accurate. Since then I haven't really been hitting drivers on the sim... and when I did it was never at full speed, more just to see if I can get my swing steeper and hit it in the sweet spot but was still slicing. So, before I started working out but after I had taken lessons, my friend and I went to GT we decided to have a driving contest. I was very happy after hitting them around 250-260. I was coming more at the ball from inside, and a steeper swing path, I used to cast the club a lot. So based on that I gained about 30 yards from a steeper path, less of an outside in path.... but the swing only went up a a few mph. Likely? not likely?

Since then I have been working out for 3 months. Ive gained a lot of muscle and lost a lot of fat. I've lost a total of about 20 lbs to get down to 180lbs. I've also been reading about how to get more distance. These are the things I found out. Get more of a shoulder turn, steeper swing path, teeing the ball up higher and hitting up and through the ball, wider stance, ball farther up in my stance not unhinging the wrists until the last possible second and and more hip turn. I went back again to find out about custom fitting so I decided to hit some balls on the SIM. I was swinging at about 105mph to 110 mph with a 9.5 stiff shaft r7 425. I was hitting it about 270 to 280. The guy helping me told me I was making one huge mistake that was causing me to lose a ton of distance. When I teed the ball up I would put the club onto the ground and see if the centre of the ball lined up with the center of my club. He told me that if I do that I will hit it off the heal every time. He told me to lift the club into the air a little so the centre of the club is lined with the center of the ball, then put the club on the ground and notice how the toe, and not the centre of the club, lines up with the centre of the ball. After doing this, my next 3 drivers were over 300 yards. Over 15 drivers I was averaging between 290-300 if you take my 3 shanks out. My highest was 336 on a 105mph-110mph swing with a 9.5* driver. At the end he said, you aren’t getting enough hip turn... If you get more hip turn (point your belt buckle opposite the target) you can get more speed and more distance. This guy was no where near my size and looked as if he was swinging much slower with the arms than I was but his speed was much faster, distance was greater as well. He told me that I should be able to hit it farther than him. I’m kind of excited about the results from yesterday but wanted to know, how accurate are they? How accurate are these machines. I found it a bit odd that I was barely slicing but because I'm not casting anymore and the swing scope is almost dead straight.. that would explain it if its accuarte but I did feel like I was doing less outside in and maybe even a very slight inside out. Causing my dropping my shoulder first, uncoiling and keeping my right arm tucked into my side....



PS my swing scope was almost perfect and so was the contact with the sweet spot. The spin rate was in the high 2000's



PPS I'm a bit sceptical and i was there... ahaha