5 Ways to Get More Distance with Your Driver – Without Swinging Harder

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Jun 18, 2025 . 5 mins read

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Part of being a golfer is wanting to hit the golf ball far. Even if you already get above-average distance from your drives, wouldn’t it be great to add an extra few yards?

The good news is, gaining distance doesn’t always mean swinging out of your shoes.

Aside from swinging faster at the golf ball, there are ways to add distance that are more effective and more reliable.

Let’s look at how to add distance to your driver using these five effective tips.

Get More Distance with Your Driver (Key Takeaways)

Save this article for the next time you go to the driving range. Bring it with you and work on the drills, tips, and ideas we gave you. Until then, here are a few of the most important points to remember.

• Wearing your HackMotion as you practice adding distance to your driver is like bringing your golf coach with you.
• Proper wrist action at the top of your swing and then again at impact can help to straighten out your drive and increase the total distance of your shots.
• Get the path right using drills with head cover and alignment sticks. If you can eliminate the fear of the hook or slice as you come through impact, you’ll add more speed and a centered strike.
• Proper hip rotation combined with a square clubface is the quickest way to longer drives.

5 Proven Ways to Get More Distance with Your Driver

Get the Swing Path Right

Have you ever tried to hit your driver farther, only to end up hooking it left or slicing it right?

It’s one of the most common mistakes players make when chasing extra yardage. The issue usually comes from losing control of the swing path and clubface.

To fix this, you need three things:

• A flat lead wrist at the top of the swing.
• A neutral-to-leftward swing path through impact.
• Visual feedback to groove the motion.

HackMotion, alignment sticks, and even a headcover can guide your path and wrist angles so you’re building speed and consistency. Try this swing path drill to get this right.

Swing Path Drill (Headcover & Alignment Stick)

This simple drill gives you visual feedback to correct your path and avoid excessive in-to-out swings that lead to hooks.

Arms and Body Need to Work Together (Skip Stones)

If your arms dominate the downswing, you lose both distance and control. Real power comes when the arms and body move together, especially through impact.

The key move? Let the trail shoulder drop, keep the trail arm close, and allow the arms to extend late, not before the body rotates.

If this sounds like a little too much for you, the skipping stone drill is a good way to do it.

Extend in the Follow Through

Another issue that causes a loss of power for some golfers is allowing the lead arm to collapse immediately after impact.

You’ll want to feel that lead arm extend longer as it moves left after the ball. If your elbow is collapsing after impact, it’s costing you yards.

Taking some half swings with the driver and trying to feel that extended position is a great way to work on this feeling.

You’ll also have to ensure the clubface is square, which can teach you better rotation through the ball.

As you’ll see in the video, the goal is not to push the club further out towards the target; the extension can happen even as the club moves to the left and wraps around your body.

Improve Forearm Rotation

Forearm rotation is incredibly helpful in increasing power and consistency in your driver.

Even though you are working on increasing distance with your driver, when you start playing around with forearm rotation, work on it with something like a 7-iron.

One of the best drills is to hit shots with your feet together and swing waist high to waist high.

As you do this, pay close attention to the way the club head is rotating. You’ll feel like your forearms are having to turn over with the trail forearm coming over the lead forearm through impact.

Forearm rotation helps with squaring the clubface, but if you can do it consistently and correctly, you’ll also notice more distance.

Getting Proper Hip Rotation

If your hips stall in the downswing, your arms are forced to do all the work – and that often leads to inconsistent ball striking.

But here’s the catch: you can’t just decide to rotate better. Your ability to rotate through the ball depends on one key thing: clubface control.

When the face is too open, your body has to stop and let the hands catch up. But when the face is already in a strong, slightly closed position – often achieved by flexing the lead wrist – you’re free to rotate aggressively into impact, just like the pros.

Final Thoughts

At this point, you have a few great drills that will help you add distance to your driver.

You’ll notice we stayed away from covering topics like increasing swing speed and getting a new driver, these are obvious fixes for adding distance.

If you’re truly committed to increasing your driver distance, focusing on wrist action, forearm rotation, swing path, and improving the coordination between your arms and body is the best approach.