In the most recent Golf Improvement Podcast my friend Mike McFadden (PGA Teaching Pro from Germany) talked about some of the things golfers can do to Swing Faster and get more Distance on their drives.  Perhaps you are interested in increasing your driver swing speed (swinging in balance, of course!).  One way to know if you are achieving this goal is to measure your swing speed.

You can certainly have your swing speed measured on a launch monitor, but there are other devices available you can use to measure your swing speed - with your driver and all of the clubs in your bag if you wish.  Below are some links to a number of different options that are available  - and there are certainly more than I have noted here...

• Swing Speed Radar  This device has been around for a number of years, it works (I have one), and is pretty inexpensive.  No frills - measures your clubhead swing speed.

• Zepp  This one is interesting.  There is a small device that you attach to your golf glove, and data is collected and displayed on your iPhone.  It measures swing speed, tempo, and some elements of your golf swing.
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• Swing Caddie  This is advertised as a portable launch monitor, and give you data for swing and ball speed, smash factor, and shot carry distance.  It also has a mode so you can enter a "target" distance and compare your shot distance to the target distance.

• SkyPro  This device is part of a family of devices from SkyCaddie.  It attaches to your golf shaft, and tracks your golf club during your swing and feeds data to your iPhone.  There are a number of other devices like this that are available, and all if them can be used to measure your swing speed.

• Game Golf  This device was the rage of the 2015 PGA Equipment Show.  There is a small "tag" that you put on the end of each of your golf clubs, and you are able to collect data from all of your golf shots during a round of golf and analyze it. 

One thing to note is that perfect accuracy in measuring your swing speed - if you are looking to increase it - is not important.  What you need is to be able to find out IF you have increased your swing speed, and by how much.  So Swing Faster!