The coaching drill Scottie Scheffler’s coach has for helping amateurs get more power

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If you’re the golf coach of world number one Scottie Scheffler, the chances are you know a thing or two about how to improve at the game.

Randy Smith is very much that man and he has been by Scheffler’s side for much of his career and, of course, the recent successes.

Oftentimes with Scheffler, we spend so much time focussing on his footwork that we sometimes forget to look at the fundamentals and appreciate they are as sound as they come.

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Much of that will be down to Scheffler’s hard work and the time he puts in with Smith. However, one element of Scheffler’s game we can undervalue at times and that is his power off the tee.

Luckily for us, his coach has previously demonstrated a drill we can all do to improve that power element.

Scottie Scheffler’s coach has a tip for getting more power with driver

In the modern golf world, power and speed is a big concern for players of all levels.

On the PGA Tour, the top hitters are driving the ball north of 320 yards on average and that takes some serious training and power.

However, Randy Smith – Scheffler’s coach – has previously demonstrated a simple drill that everyone at home can do to feel that power in their lower body.

“I call this the hammer and the nail theory,” Smith explains.

“Bring your club back and look at the heel. Right here, I need to envisage that as the head of a hammer, so yeah, a hammer, right here. Then we sneak back here and I’m going to put a nail in (the grip of the club). Now I want you to deliver that hammer head – remember where it is, it’s on the heel – I want him to deliver that hammer head right square on top of that and I mean BOOM.

“Now watch the left leg, watch what it does. What’s that left leg do to deliver power? There’s so much pop right there.”

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Where Scottie Scheffler ranks against the longest hitters on the PGA Tour

Scottie Scheffler might not be renowned as the very biggest hitter on the PGA Tour but that doesn’t mean he isn’t long.

In fact, Scheffler comes in at a very respectable driving average of 308.3 yards for the 2025 season, putting him in 47th place on the PGA Tour.

Of course, he is some way off the bigger hitters and the leader of the pack, Aldrich Potgieter, has an average of 325 yards.

Still, Scheffler’s game isn’t all about distance and given how good he is with his irons and around the greens, him getting to a 308 average more than suffices, as the results show.