So often I see a golfer swinging outside their physical capabilities and losing their balance, resulting in a severe mishit that will end up being a double or triple bogey.
There is a physical requirement to maintaining your golf balance throughout your swing. The golf swing position commonly referred to as golf posture is a very unnatural position for the body to be in at address, let alone throughout the swing.
Having a forward tilt over the balls of your feet require a high level of both strength and flexibility in your hamstrings. Just get in your golf posture and reach back behind your upper leg to see how tight your hamstrings are.
If your hamstrings are tight and/or weak, you will have no chance at maintaining your golf posture and ultimately balance throughout your golf swing.
How about your quadriceps?
The play a critical role in keeping your golf swing stable. Rotating your upper body around a somewhat fixed lower body takes a tremendous amount of leg (quad) strength. Also your quads help maintain your knee flex that you had at address. If your quads are weak, your legs will straighten, causing you to come out of our swing.
As you can see, your golf balance requires muscular strength and flexibility. Without it, youll be falling all over your swing forever!
Core Golf Workout For A Power Golf Swing
A core golf workout that produces a power golf swing is one that focuses on rotation. The primary movement in the golf swing is rotating your upper body back, then rotating it through to the finish. That is why it is critical you implement exercises that involve rotational strength and flexibility
There is a lot of confusion with golfers on what to focus on when trying to improve power in the golf swing. Your power comes from your core. Just like in any other sport, your core is the engine to the swing.
Participating in a core golf workout for more power in your golf swing does not ..
One great golf balance exercise (drill) is swinging and actually hitting balls on one leg. Give it a try! Youll soon find out how difficult it is. But stick with it, and youll become a pro at it. If you can hit straight balls on one leg, using both legs will be a cinch.
In all of my advanced golf performance training programs, I have the golfer do a majority of their strength exercises on one leg. It is brutal! It takes so much focus and concentration, youll be sweating before you even grab the weight.
I have literally dozens of golf balance exercises in my dvds, books and websites that will dramatically improve your balance, stability and overall control. Its amazing how many emails I get from golfers who thought these golf balance exercises were easy until they did a full set of just one exercise.
They thought differently after that!
This could be your missing link to a great game! Focus on those golf balance exercises!
Golf Course History - You Can Play The Oldest Golf Course In The World!
The oldest golf course in the world
If I asked you where the oldest golf course in the world was what would you say? Scotland yes, good guess so far. But where in Scotland?
When pressed most golfers eventually say St Andrews, but theyre wrong. Golf was played at Musselburgh near Edinburgh at least ten years before any recorded games at St Andrews. Local records suggest that golf was played on the links land near the shore at Musselburgh from around the year 1567.
The old course in Musselburgh is still there today and retains much of its original layout. It has nine holes and can ..
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