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Golf Balance Exercises To Create A Rock-Solid Golf Swing
Golf balance exercises should be a must for every amateur
golfer. One of the biggest issues with most amateurs is balance,
stability and body control in their golf swing.
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, you'll be falling all over your swing
forever!
One great golf balance exercise (drill) is swinging and actually
hitting balls on one leg. Give it a try! You'll soon find out
how difficult it is. But stick with it, and you'll 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, you'll
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. It's 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!
About the author:
Mike Pedersen is one of the top golf performance trainers in the
country, author and founder of several cutting-edge online golf
improvement sites. Take a look at his just released golf dvds
and manual at his golf swing fitness
training site - Perform Better Golf.
Written by: Mike Pedersen, CPT
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