The game of golf has undergone a speed revolution, and we’re still in the thick of it. Bryson DeChambeau’s pursuit of speed might be the most prolific example of a golfer pursuing speed, but he’s certainly not alone. Professionals on every circuit, the collegiate ranks, and even weekend amateurs are all toiling away in the pursuit of a few more miles per hour of clubhead speed.
But how does one pursue these speed training gains? The market has exploded with speed training systems, but they are not all created equal. Keep reading for a breakdown of the top speed training system available, along with their advantages and disadvantages.
The Stack System
To call the Stack System simply a speed training tool is an understatement, but we’ll get to that in a moment. The bottom line: the Stack System is the industry leader in speed training. The brainchild of golf bio-mechanist Dr. Sasho MacKenzie and Marty Jertson of PING, the Stack has been widely adopted on professional tours as the premier means to train for speed. Case in point: Matt Fitzpatrick very publicly attributed his successful pursuit of a US Open title to his work with the Stack System.
The Stack relies on a hybrid-length training club with 5 weights that can be affixed to the end of the club. It also uses an AI-powered training app that constantly measures your performance and adjusts your training, providing optimized training specific to you and your swing. What’s more, since its debut the Stack has been updated to include Stack Putting, a comprehensive video library of instruction from Sasho, and most recently wedge combines. The Stack System has become a tool for improving your whole game, not just speed.
The Stack retails for $300 and will require you to use a radar. In total, some find it to be a little pricey. When considering all the Stack’s features however, it’s clearly become a darn good deal for improving your entire game.
HiiTS Speed Training Driver
Unquestionably the newest kid on the block, the HiiTS (High Intensity Impact Training System) Speed Training Driver has been developed and brought to market by “Fast Eddie” Fernandes. Fast Eddie is a 3-time World Long Drive Champion, so he just might know a thing or two about speed. The first batch of training clubs started arriving in golfers’ hands in the late fall of 2025, and early reviews and feedback has been incredibly positive. HiiTS main selling point? It’s the only speed training system that you can actually hit balls with.
A common complaint among speed training golfers is the difficulty in transferring their training to the course. By allowing you to hit real golf balls in your speed training, HiiTS promises to take your training right to the course. And it’s not uncommon to hear of injury complaints with other systems. HiiTS training attributes that injury risk with other systems to the lack of an “anticipatory muscle contraction” when swinging at air with other systems, a risk they’ve mitigated with their driver.
HiiTS relies on a heavily reinforced clubhead and interchangeable weights to accomplish speed training. It will run you $350 to get the HiiTS driver and access to their level 1 training protocol. HiiTS is not currently supported by an app, and the training does not customize to a particular golfer. Those are tricks HiiTS will likely learn in the future, however. It may only be months old, but it’s hard not to be excited about a speed training club you can actually pound golf balls with.
SuperSpeed Golf
The first speed training system on the scene, SuperSpeed Golf relies on 3 separate training clubs and a training app for recording your speed training against one of their prescribed protocols. The light, medium and heavy sticks have been upgraded since SuperSpeed came on the market. Now, SuperSpeed’s Speed Sticks Pro includes an Inertia Matching System, allowing golfers to customize the sticks to match their driver for optimal gains.
A set of Speed Sticks Pro’s will run you $200. While that’s cheaper than the Stack, SuperSpeed’s training app doesn’t provide the same level of optimization. Still, SuperSpeed is the true OG of speed training, and they’ve got plenty of experience helping golfers gain speed.
Rypstick
If the 3 separate training sticks of SuperSpeed sounded annoying to you, Rypstick agreed and was the first alternative to SuperSpeed to consolidate their training system into one club. Rypstick’s single training stick features a 60-gram counterweight and 8 different weight combinations that you can quickly change. Like SuperSpeed, Rypstick is supported by a free app that gives you step-by-step guidance and detailed video breakdowns to start you on your speed training journey. The Rypstick training aid will set you back $200 but does include a free swing review with your purchase to help kickstart your training.
Speed Toad
If there’s a road less traveled in speed training, Speed Toad certainly took it. You already own one of the critical pieces of hardware for Speed Toad: your own driver shaft. Speed Toad connects a 140-gram weight to your driver shaft and promises to solve the problem of transferability from speed training to the course that some golfers report. To summarize their point, doesn’t it make sense to speed training with the same shaft weight, stiffness, and kick point as what you’ll use on the course?
At just $125 and supported by a free training app, Speed Toad is far and away the most cost-effective speed training solution. It doesn’t have near the following or use as the Stack System, and you can’t hit balls with it like HiiTS. But if speed training with your driver shaft appeals to you (and you have the ceiling height), Speed Toad is for you.
There are plenty of speed training systems out there. We’ve briefly discussed some of the top offerings, but there are more, with new ideas sure to emerge in the future. The need for speed in golf certainly isn’t going away. Choose the speed training system that’s right for you, train hard, and watch your speeds climb and your scores fall this coming season.