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Flexibility Exercise For Golf |
by:
Mike Pedersen |
Flexibility exercise for golf iscritical component to performingrepeatable, powerful, and mechanically sound golf swing. Senior golfers areprime target to benefitmost from flexibility exercise for golf. Withdeclining level of both flexibility and strength,muscles ofsenior golfers are not as pliable and responsive tophysical demands ofgolf swing.
The golf swing requireshigher level of flexibility to produce maximum power. Turning your upper body (shoulders) ninezero degrees, while maintaining less than half that with your hip turn takestremendous amount of dynamic strength and flexibility.
It always surprises me when I speak togolfer and really spell it out to them. I’ll even go throughswing visually and explain and certain points where physical restrictions can ruin your golf swing. I thinkcombination of my showinggolfer and explaining it really hits home for them.
It’s tough viaarticle like this, or any of my websites to getgolfer to understand these physical demands on flexibility (and strength). I can, and will do my best to always explain it inway that gives yougood visual.
The sooner you realize flexibility exercise for golf isnecessity,sooner you will see improvement. I’ve been fortunate enough to experience total “golf transformations” withgolfers I’ve worked with.
Testing them before they started, on backswing range; follow through range; initial posture set up and restrictions: I’ve seen miraculous results with golfers. The senior golfers areones who seebiggest improvement. That’s mostly based on their initial level of fitness when they started.
That’s why I always tell golfers I come intact with…”it’s NEVER too late!” Never! Everyday that goes by is another day you’ll have wished you would have started. Don’t let one more day go by. Get started right away!
Now…to define flexibility exercise for golf you just need to takelook atgolf swing. Get in your golf posture right now, and bringswing down into phases. Imagine takingclub back justcouple of feet.
Where do you feeltension so far?
If you’re really paying attention to your body, you will feelback of your legs (hamstrings), your left hip,back of your left arm, and even your lower back. This is if you areright-handed golfer.
Now take it back further. Where do you feel it now?
You’ll start feeling tension in your right shoulder, your core (from rotating), more in your upper left back muscle and shoulder.
Isn’t it amazing to slowswing down and realize how restricted you are? It’swake-up call to embark in flexibility exercise for golf right now.
I don’t want to spend five more pages going throughentire swing, but hopefully you getidea ofmuscles that need to be stretched regularly to releasetension in your golf swing and improvepower you can produce.
The key now, is to start stretching those ‘golf muscles’ we just talked about. Get back in your posture, makepartial swing and stop. Take that position justlittle farther and hold for onefive seconds. You can literally do this throughoutentire swing. This is called static (holding) stretching. You will definitely want to incorporate some dynamic (moving) stretching as well.
I hope you new realizeimportance of flexibility exercise for golf.
About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one oftop golf performance trainers incountry. Golf Magazine's expert at GolfOnline.com, author and founder of several cutting-edge online golf performance sites. Takelook at his just released golf performance dvds and manual at his golf swing tips site - Perform Better Golf.
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| The golf swing isphysically demanding movement. Until golfers realize this, their pursuit ofperfect swing will never be achieved. Mike Pedersen is President/CEO Perform Better Golf which offers golf training dvds, manual and equipment. Get Mike's free Fit To A Tee ebook by subscribing at http://www.performbettergolf.com |
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