tommyb1683

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning all, it’s been awhile since I have participated. I have been away on military orders.
 On a lighter note I’m getting out for my second round of the year today and couldn’t be more excited. I don’t care how I play just being able to play is the highlight for me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day. 

Good morning Spies! Sorry to have missed the community call yesterday; I was asleep. Seriously. I've been teetering on the edge of absolute exhaustion for weeks, and I think Detroit and Wednesday's return trip pushed me over the edge. I'd wake up to eat something or go to the bathroom or whatever and go right back to sleep. And then I still went to bed at my normal time after watching a little playoff hockey.
Next week isn't going to be any better: Drive to Charlotte (4 hours) on Sunday, work there Monday, drive to Raleigh (2.5 hours), work there Tuesday, drive home (2.5 hours), fly to St. Louis Wednesday, work in the Illinois 'burbs on Thursday, fly home Friday morning because I'll work too late to get back to ILM on Thursday. Wears me out just looking at it.
Golf-related stuff: I think I'm up to a Rypstick workout and a Fit For Golf workout today. Maybe. My new golf shoes arrived while I was gone and I'll try them on today.

Final Review!!!
I just submitted my final review of the superspeed training program. Please click the link above to go check it out. I had an amazing time testing this product and hope that at least one person finds my review helpful for them. There was so much more learned than just how to get more speed. I really look forward to everyone reading it and hearing your comments. 

As a first time tester I want to give a big thank you to MGS for selecting me to take part in this review and SuperSpeed Golf for providing the opportunity to test their products!!
 
Little Ole Me
Being new to the forum I haven’t gotten a chance to know many of you but here is a chance for you to get to know a little about me. I am turning 40 in July and I am fully embracing it. I have been married for 5 years to my beautiful wife Alison and we have two boys Blake and Bradley. A fun fact about our family we are all born in July. My birthday is the 19th, my wife the 27th, Blake who is turning (4) is on the 26th, and Bradley who will be (1) is the 21st. We live in Clinton Corners, NY. We bought our house there almost 2 years ago and absolutely love the area. It’s in the Hudson Valley which is a popular area especially when you watch the seasons change. I have been an Athletic Trainer for a high school for the past five years, and a member of the NY Army National Guard for fourteen years. My job leaves me a lot of free time, my wife takes the kids to school in the morning and I don’t start work until the afternoon. I usually like to spend my mornings at the course if possible, running errands, or yard work. Now it will also be my time to incorporate some SuperSpeed training.

My golf game has been a roller coaster over the years. I had first found golf in my early 20’s, my oldest brother played with his friends. I always wanted to do everything that my older brothers did. They won’t admit it but that is probably why I am better than them at all the sports we did as kids. I played for a few years and then took some time off as I didn’t have a lot of money to play. Golf has been a recreational sport in my life for about 12-15 years, I only recently started taking it more seriously. I am guessing it’s due to the fact that my body can’t handle playing hockey anymore, thankfully golf is there to fill my desire to be competitive. I am currently a 14 handicap and I just joined a club this year (Beekman Golf Course) which I’m hoping will help me reach my goal of being a 10 or lower handicap. My favorite thing about golf is that for the time I am on the course I am only thinking about golf. It’s something fun I love to do as well as a stress reliever. My approach shots have always been the beast part of my game, especially from 100 yds and in. Having a good feel for yardages in my swing has come relatively easy. The not so easy stuff is my driver, I think as my game has progressed and I have learned more about my swing I am doing too much with my driver. I started doing a routine and simplifying things hopefully that helps. Maybe this new fitness routine with the SuperSpeed sticks can jump start that as well. My overall fitness level has been fairly low since I have gotten married (not saying that’s the reason). I have packed on about 40 lbs since that time and I am currently around 265lbs. When I met my wife I was what many would consider a “gym rat”, I would be in the gym 5 days a week at least, strict meal prepping diet and supplement regimen. A little hard work is something I’m used to. I still feel very flexible even with the weight gain and still have a relatively good swing speed in the range of 101-110, I will have a more accurate one once measured with the PRGR radar. I am really looking forward to seeing if I can add the 5% to my swing speed and overall distance like the company claims. My current driver distance averages about 280 yds. The tour average this year is 298 yds right now, I would love to be in that area especially at 40 years old. With my goal of having a handicap at a 10 or below, could this possibly be something that helps me achieve that goal? Longer more accurate drives off the tee equal less distance for approach shots which should translate to lower scores right? A few other clubs and distances that I would love to see a change in are my 5 iron which I hit about 200 yds max, 8 iron which is roughly 150 yds and my 56 degree wedge which I max at about 100 yds. Right now I average 5-6 fairways hit and 4 greens hit per round. Having both those numbers increase would absolutely help lower my handicap. I use a bushnell wingman for yardages and The Grint app to track my stats for each round. I am really excited to get this started and let the numbers speak for themselves. I hope everyone follows along with us on this journey and look forward to sharing everything with this community.
 

 
I think we all feel that need!!
Below added on 5/18/23
Unboxing/ First Impression/ Thoughts on Testing 
Picture this, you’re tired after a long day, 40 minute drive home from work which you don’t get home until roughly 8:00pm. You can hear your wife and kids getting ready for bed inside (kid running around being crazy), you open the door and see this…I spy with my little eye (SUPERSPEED BOX!!!!!)

Instantly you perk up and are super excited. It was late though and I decided not to open the box up until the next day. Which I can tell you was not an easy thing to do. In the morning I get my kids ready for the day and out of the house with their mother. Time to sit down and relax right? NOT A CHANCE!! It’s time to open that SuperSpeed box. My first thought when opening it was that the packaging looks really solid. Well protected with extra packing paper, not a lot of space for things to move around. The PRGR radar was sitting right there when I opened it, we will get to that a little later on. I take out the box with the SuperSpeed sticks in it, which also has really nice packaging to it. The logo and the colors grab your attention. This might be the slowest I have ever opened a package in order to take pictures along the way. I want everyone to come along for the journey of opening everything up.

It’s now time to see what’s inside. All the clubs come in plastic with the heads wrapped in bubble wrap that is held on with a rubber band and the grips have another extra piece of plastic over them to keep everything pristine. Inside the box where the cardboard helps separate the clubs was a little bent down and broken but the clubs were still where they were supposed to be and none of them damaged at all. I prefer my clubs to have a sleek look to them which is why I play all black irons and shafts, so the look of these were very aesthetically pleasing. There is a design on the shaft which shows you easily which club is which. The green is the lightest at approximately 20% lighter than my driver, the blue is the medium or 10% lighter, and the red is the heavy or 5% heavier than the driver. I am going to try and weigh them in order to find out exactly how much lighter or heavier they are. There is a very slight difference in length to each one it seems, i'm assuming that is just the different size heads for weight. They are a little shorter than my driver but mainly due to the size of the head the shafts appeared to be similar in length. 


Getting those clubs in the mail and opening the box made everything very real very fast. We are going to be going through a 10 week review where we will be completing Level 1 & 2 of SuperSpeed’s overspeed training. The first 5 weeks claims to add 5% speed to your swing and the second 5 weeks is supposed to help keep it there. The training doesn’t look too hard but I also haven’t started it yet, update on that once we begin.


I have to apologize because I thought my swing speed was around 110 but after hitting the range today with the PRGR radar I have gotten an average of 119 MPH to which I was very shocked about. The video of my swing is the first radar picture of 119 swing speed and 287yd carry, but most were only a number or two different from each other. I had a few that hit 120 but the majority of them were 119 mph so that will be my baseline for this testing. If I can add 5% to that I should end up around 125 mph swing speed. Then again speed means nothing without control. So can I gain speed with still being able to keep the ball in play? I think that if I do make any gains they will most likely be very small mainly due to my high swing speed already. I also think that this may help my over driving accuracy by having the sequence of my swing better line up through the training. In order for me not to throw the sticks away, aka donate them to a good cause (I don’t like to be wasteful) they are going to have to at least show some improvement in my swing speed even if it’s small and see it actually help my game. (ie: lower scores, more fairways, more greens, you know the important stuff) I am planning on doing a Mon, Wed, Fri training schedule. I normally have the mornings to myself and don’t go into work until the afternoon. This gives me plenty of time to complete the training in the morning. Plus, the body will be fresh in the AM as well. I can save Tues and Thurs as the days I get out on the course.

 
Below added on 8/29/23
 
SuperSpeed Golf Training System  
Official MGS Forum Review by Thomas Bergmann 
5/16/23(selected as tester)-8/29/23(submitting final review)
Intro
Just turning 40 and feeling like there were so many issues with my golf game I was nervous when I signed up for this testing not knowing what it would fully entail. I was also excited since I really dove hard into golf this past year and was looking for ways to improve my game. I feel honored to be selected as one of the testers for superspeed and hope that I lived up to the expectations. When the package arrived it was like christmas morning as a child and getting a new toy, all you want to do is play with it. That is when the true work began though. Getting my baseline swing speed was first, to my own surprise I had a 119 mph club head speed to start and I thought I was in the 105-110 range. I immediately had a thought of, how could I possibly get any faster than that? with the PGA tour average being about 115 mph. My average distance off the tee was about 280 yds before starting the testing as well. Week 1 session 1 was way longer than I expected, I had to watch the video of the warm up a few times as well as pause it to do my repetitions. I also needed to do the same for the training as well. I had to move the PRGR(Radar) from the left side to the right side everytime I switched from dominant to non-dominant and back again. A caveat to that is I did most of my training at the driving range and most of them have specific stalls so it's hard to move your body around the radar so moving the radar was the only option. The first week of sessions most definitely had a learning curve. I needed to get used to the warm up and the different swings I would be making throughout the weeks of training. I noticed a big jump in numbers right off the bat in the second week when compared to week 1,  I think due to knowing the movements better and the training itself. I did end up finding a range that didn’t have specific stalls and would move two range mats together in order to just move my body around the radar. I couldn’t always use the range though as it was quite far from my house. 
Physical Product (18 out of 20 points) 
When first receiving the product I was impressed with the build. The shaft and heads seemed very durable. I also put that to the test when accidentally hitting the ground a few times during training and there wasn’t any significant damage to the heads. Since the speed sticks are built just like clubs I didn’t feel the need for any special case, they fit in my bag well along with all my other clubs. The different colors used make it easier to identify which club you are grabbing which makes training easier and a faster switch. I like that the company asks about your current driver setup and matches the set to your driver, it makes it feel more personalized. I took off two points because I would’ve liked if there were grip options, as I play a midsize dri-tac 2.0. I have a high swing speed and sweat a lot so I did notice grip issues while training during the summer months. I will probably change the grips on them moving forward to match what I play on my clubs to see if that makes a difference. 
Program (18 out of 20 points)
The program itself has a bit of a learning curve in the first week. I watched the video demonstrations of the warm up and speed training a few times during sessions which slowed it down a bit. That can be easily fixed by watching the videos a few times prior to your actual training so you’re familiar with the movements or exercises. The swings are something that I needed to get used to as well, again (learning curve) I felt as if the numbers didn’t change much during the first week since you are learning how to swing those specific clubs. I took off two points because setting up the PRGR was to me the hardest part, there can be a lot of inconsistencies with that. I would measure the distance from where I wanted to swing with the red speed stick every time but making sure it was aimed directly behind was sometimes a struggle. Being that we completed level 1 and 2 of the training I think makes a difference here as well. That is 3x a week for 10 weeks. That can be a lengthy commitment for some people. It seems like an appropriate amount of training time though. Long enough to make you sweat and work hard but not long enough to overwork you. I found it very easy to keep my motivation high for training, seeing your numbers creep higher and higher is a great reason for that. The program has so much more to it than what we completed as well. I plan on entering the maintenance phase which is laid out on their website very clearly and seeing if I can keep the numbers I have gained for a while. 
Performance (38 out of 40 points)
This was the first ever true training I have done with my golf swing. I have always been the guy who just goes to the range and hits a bucket of balls almost aimlessly and proceeds to do the same for chipping and putting. I feel as if this excelled my game this year and now take all my training on the range very seriously. I still have fun with it but when I'm there it's for a reason. I believe anyone can find benefits in this training program. I thought all I was going to gain was some mph in my club head speed, boy was I wrong. I also figured out a lot about the timing of my swing and rotational forces that generate power in my downswing. The training is all what you make of it. When it comes down to raw data you really can’t argue that it works. I was skeptical that I could gain 5% in my swing speed. My pre-training swing speed was 119 mph measured on the PRGR. After 10 weeks I was able to hit a whopping 127 mph swing speed. If you’re using those numbers it would be about a 6.5% increase. I also looked at my new “floor” numbers, meaning that if I tee it up on the course or the range what is my new swing right out of the gate. I took off 2 points because I am at 123 mph which gave me a 3.3% increase in speed when compared to my speed before all training. I consider this a more realistic gain due to that it's what I would be at on the course day to day. Not quite the 5% but I gained about 15-20 yds on my drives and went down a club on all iron shots. To me that is a more significant gain that just percentages. My game has definitely improved over the training period, I went from a 15 handicap to a 9.3. I am hitting more fairways and greens now, the ones I miss aren’t by much anymore. I think if you do the program and stick with at least the maintenance phase you can sustain speed gains but if you stop all together,  you would most likely have to redo the training sessions. 
Keep it or Re-Gift? (20 out of 20 points)
This is too easy of an answer for me, I will absolutely be keeping this product, I might let my friends try it out but not for long. This training was something I didn’t know anything about and I would 100% do it again if given the chance. I am going to continue my training with it and see where it takes my numbers in the future. Like mentioned before I do think there is more to gain from this training than just speed. You might unlock something in your golf swing by learning how to swing faster, you might notice a firing of the hips that you weren’t doing before. These things can be translated into a better golf swing and ultimately better shot and lower scores. This product isn’t just set up for the pros or power players. I think anyone looking to improve on their game could benefit from using these speed sticks. 
Conclusion
Being skeptical coming in I was pleasantly surprised that this training was able to work for me, a 40 year old mostly sedentary what I would consider average golfer. The training claims to gain roughly 5% of club head speed to which I was able to do going from 119 mph to my max of 127 mph. That isn’t all I gained from this training though. I was able to learn so much about my swing and how to generate power. I learned how to fire my hips through the golf ball better which is now resulting in more accurate and consistent shots. If you couldn’t guess that is also resulting in lower scores. I have shot the lowest rounds I ever have this year. I did also take a few lessons to work on my driver swing but I think it’s a combination of both. At the end of the day numbers don’t lie, I gained roughly 15-20 yds on my drives consistently, and went down one club in all my iron shots. For example for a 200 yd shot I would use a 5 iron to which I now use a 6 iron. I had a few issues during training that came up. The first being grip issues, with a higher swing speed and sweating a lot in the summer months the grip felt tough to hold onto at times. I would change the grips to better suit my hands and match my clubs. I also had a neck strain during training, I couldn't pinpoint from what part but I'm guessing when swinging so hard and not being very flexible something is bound to happen. Overall this training was really fun and helpful to my game, I think it can also be helpful to many different types of golfers out there and would highly recommend people give it a try. 
Final Score: 94

I absolutely love rocking this on the bag now.

I have been dormant for awhile, unfortunately haven’t been able to train much or get out on the course. I got out for 18 two weeks ago and all the gains I had were still there on the course. I played a solid round with matching distances to when I was training. I have to get to the range and test my speed to see what has remained. Once I get home next week I should be able to test it out. 

I've been doing custom paint jobs on putters and clubs for years. I find that the Tamaya Enamel paints seem to work best. I like using needle applicators for fine fill. You can get them on amazon. 
Here are some examples. 

Alright, so like I mentioned in an earlier post I was pretty nervous about my session this morning since I had a very physically demanding weekend. I was pleasantly surprised, after doing my warm up I started out the training day with clubhead speeds of 121mph and ended the session with a couple of them hitting 125mph and all of my numbers just keep climbing as seen below. I almost feel as this training is helping me hit more solid contact on the ball as well already, my smash factor continues to climb and I am hitting the ball closer to the center of the face. I am not sure what type of voodoo these clubs have in them but I am a fan of these numbers and will continue to try and make them better. 
 


 
I feel like we are having similar experiences right now, I just posted my first session after a bad session and it felt great.

I really don't like playing golf when the course is that packed. If I am in a groove I want to just keep moving and the more I think about a shot it seems the worse it will be, lol. I would say try to find different times or courses that aren't as busy. This is like in a traffic jam and everyone is honking, there is nowhere to go but people get frustrated. Best to avoid it all together. First tee time of the day never has anyone in front of them, just saying. 😁

Great points and there are a laundry list of things groups and individuals can do to speed up play. Ready golf is one. If riding drop the other rider off and go to your ball. Be ready to actually hit when your turn. Place clubs on the cart side of the green so, you can pick them up on the way to your cart. On greens be ready to putt when it’s your turn. When possible putt out. If you like to look from both sides of putts then do it as you walk up to the green. Never hit a practice putt if people are waiting in the fairway to play. Let shorter hitters play first from the tee as soon as the fairway opens. Enter scores on your card after you pull away. Do not sit by the green while people are waiting. Walkers walk with a purpose. People with a cart, walk to it after your shot or putts with a purpose. Help someone look for their ball after you have hit your shot. Oh and don’t forget to have fun!

The expected pace of play is whatever the course says it is. If there is no stated pace of play policy or it’s not enforced then there’s no expected pace of play.
As for the situation of people getting frustrated behind you all you can do is show them you are waiting on the group in front of you and they are waiting on the group ing front of them and there’s nowhere to go.
if they don’t like the answer that’s their issue 
As to when you should hit, the group should be ready to hit as soon at the landing area is cleared. If it’s the green once the group is out of the way of possibly being hit your group should already have made distance and club decision and ready to go. That’s what ready golf is and it has nothing to do with the group in front of you and waiting again on the next hole.