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How Can We Achieve a Better Golf Game?

The first step for improving your golf game and avoiding physical setbacks is a solid general exercise program that increases your overall fitness. The second step is more targeted training that includes specific stretching, strengthening, and sequencing exercises to improve your overall game.

Fitness – Why Is It Important?

• 18 Holes without feeling fatigued.
• Produce a powerful and co-ordinated swing.
• Reduce recovery time between rounds.
• Endurance gives you mental clarity at the end of rounds.
• Allows you to hit solid golf shots.
• Cope with hot and cold playing conditions
• Improve confidence
• Improves your ability to use imagery.

Flexibility
Flexibility is defined as one’s available range of motion about a specific joint.Flexibility might be one of the most important components of the successful golf swing because it increases the movement distance for force application.

When a muscle is pre-stretched, it creates elastic recoil that applies additional force for a more powerful contraction. This procedure is known as preloading the muscle.

Strength / Power
We define movement as:

A series of repeated muscular contractions regulated by the nervous system and directed by motor learning pathways.

Comprehensive muscular development is the first step toward improving your golf game and avoiding physical setbacks.

Where Is Your Core Area?

The Core muscle group, as illustrated above, is the most important for golf.
Why Is It Important?
Work and develop strength from the core region of the body outward.Allows periphery to work correctly.

Able to maintain the correct posture and alignment, particularly in the lumber spine and pelvic area - key areas in any golf swing.

More to come

The next instalment will include a sample of the exercises that you need to improve your game. Remember you can call or leave a message on the web and I can contact you for an individual consultation. In the meantime commit to making a change to your golf game.

Now is the time to be hitting the gym to work on your flexibility and strength giving you an advantage at the start of the season. I will be posting exercises to get you started so check out the site regularly.

thanks

neville

I hope that everyone received their poster and letter regarding the Core for More presentation series. Please do not hesitate to call with any questions. The aim of the talk is to explain both the importance and benefits of fitness, strength and core stability in playing better golf.

Over the next few weeks I will be writing articles on injuries and exercises and will post some video of the exercises covered in the presentation.

In the mean time try and hit the range and gym and check out www.irishgreenfees.ie for some great winter golf deals

Thanks

Neville

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