I’ve already shown with a side by side comparison that my Driver swing back in 2017 was nearly identical to the swing action I used on the Momentus Heavy Driver, shown from a diagonal view.

Here, I have made a gif. of my swing with the Momentus shown down the line, and when you watch it in slow motion, you can really see how the hips and legs are powering the swing using leverage rather than sheer muscle force.

Again, while this is a pretty decent swing, I would deduct points for the extended arm setup:

Aside from that and the fact that I was swinging left-dominant, it’s a very solid setup, and here is the swing itself.

When you’ve watched the entire swing a few times, keep an eye on that right leg extending on the back pivot and how the legs and hips trigger the down swing:

I won’t put them side by side, but you can judge for yourself how close that swing action is to my regular driver swing on the exact same spot on the same day:

That is no coincidence, of course – I am never in fear of hurting myself swinging a golf club because I’ve put a lot of research into mechanically-sound motion ever since I determined in 2008 that the so-called Modern Golf Swing was unsound.

In that regard, the way I would swing the Momentus in a mechanically-sound manner so as to maximize performance and simultaneously reduce injury risk would naturally be the same motion I use for the regular Driver.

Now, ask yourself if any Modern Golf Swing practitioner would dare to pick up a weighted driver and swing it as hard as they possibly could using the same swing the employ with their regular driver!

Not just one swing either, mind you – the challenge would be to go through a small bucket, say, swinging to produce as much club and ball speed as they could.

For example, my top ball speed in the summer of 2017 was in the 180s mph and my Momentus ball speed was in the 160s mph – so let’s say the challenge would be to match or exceed 85% of their top driver ball speed with the Heavy Driver.

Their answer would be, of course not, unless said player wished to blow out half a dozen joints as well as their lower back.

What you would likely see is more or less the same swing but at a much slower speed than 85% of their top ball speed swinging full out.

Because, let’s face it, these pros are spending more and more time in the rehab trailer having various lower back and lower body parts worked on swinging regular weighed clubs – I remember a comment a WAX Nation member made to me about how his son’s entire college golf squad would spend their bus trips to and from events with ice packs or heat packs on various body parts.

The entire squad, not just a couple.  We’re talking about young men who shouldn’t have any ailments whatsoever derived from swinging such a light implement as a golf club.

So, technique is paramount not just for maximum speed and power, but also to reduce injury risk and therefor lengthen the span of a swinger’s career, whether it be weekend duffing, amateur play or pro.