| The golf swing is arguably one of the most difficult | | | | impede you from creating a full shoulder turn and |
| athletic actions to perform. The golf swing requires | | | | balanced finish position. This causes compensations in |
| you to draw the golf club through a long range of | | | | the mechanics of the golf swing. |
| motion with proper technique and exact timing. | | | | The entire body needs to be flexible for the golf |
| Any error in swing plane, timing, or sequence will | | | | swing. Certain muscles more than others are involved |
| cause your golf swing to suffer, and suffer it will. | | | | in the golf swing, and if these muscles are "tight" |
| Unfortunately, the result of your golf swing suffering | | | | they will directly affect your golf swing. One such set |
| will be errant shots, poor golf scores, and frustration | | | | of muscles is your hamstrings. |
| on the golf course. | | | | The hamstrings (back side of your upper leg) are |
| Often the amateur is at a lost for why their golf | | | | often "tight" and cause problems to many people, |
| swing results in errant shots. Countless hours are | | | | not just golfers. However, they have a profound |
| spent at the range in an effort to improve their golf | | | | effect on the golf swing and it is not a good effect. |
| swing. Hundreds or even thousands of dollars are | | | | Hamstrings that are "tight" are in a shortened |
| spent on lessons each year, and not to mention the | | | | position. The shortened position of the hamstrings |
| purchasing of new equipment. | | | | has a direct effect on the position of your hips. Your |
| It all adds up to a lot of time and money spent on | | | | hips will be "tucked", directly affecting your posture. |
| improving the golf swing. Unfortunately, for many | | | | This in itself can hamper the ability to place oneself in |
| amateur golfers their handicaps and score never | | | | the correct position at address within the golf swing, |
| improve. Leading to the question "why is my golf | | | | not to mention maintaining a proper spine angle during |
| game not improving?" | | | | the swing. |
| If this is you and this question lingers in your mind. | | | | Additionally, "tight" hamstrings place an undo amount |
| The answer to your question could easily be staring | | | | of stress on the lower back. Large amounts of |
| right back at you in the mirror. The failure of | | | | stress on the lower back cause fatigue, soreness, |
| improvement may have absolutely nothing to do with | | | | and increase the possibility of injury. If you are a |
| the driver you are swinging, the teaching pro helping | | | | golfer that has ever experienced lower back pain you |
| you with your swing, or even your practice routine. It | | | | know the effect it has on your ability to swing the |
| could all do with you! Yes you, the physical body | | | | golf club correctly. |
| swinging the golf club. | | | | A combination of a postural change and undo |
| Keep in mind the golf club does not perform the | | | | amounts of stress on the lower back, just begin to |
| mechanics of the golf swing. Nor do the mechanics | | | | scratch the surface of the effect inflexible muscles |
| of the golf swing execute themselves without you. It | | | | can have on the golf swing. "Tight" muscles change |
| is you and your body executing the mechanics of the | | | | the kinematics of the body. As a result, the |
| golf swing. The point to make is your body directly | | | | biomechanics of the golf swing must be altered. |
| affects the mechanics of the golf swing. | | | | These alterations usually lead to compensations in the |
| Additionally, the golf swing requires your body to | | | | mechanics of the golf swing resulting in errant shot |
| encompass certain physical qualities to execute the | | | | patterns on the golf course. |
| mechanics of the golf swing correctly. These physical | | | | And no matter what you do in terms of practice or |
| qualities are certain levels of flexibility, muscular | | | | instruction these alterations will not go away until you |
| strength, balance, and power. If you are lacking the | | | | address them. Just as you address swing faults, you |
| minimal amounts of flexibility, balance, strength, and | | | | must address flexibility faults. Flexibility faults can be |
| power to execute the golf swing correctly. | | | | addressed through golf stretches. |
| Compensations will occur even before you swing the | | | | Golf stretches enhance the flexibility of your body in |
| golf club. | | | | relation to the golf swing. Golf stretches often times |
| For example, let's look at your flexibility. The golf | | | | return muscles that are "tight" such as the hamstrings |
| swing requires you to draw the golf club through a | | | | to their proper length. This results in the ability of |
| large range of motion. The backswing requires a full | | | | your body to perform the biomechanics of the golf |
| shoulder turn to set the club in the correct slot for | | | | swing correctly. If you are one of many golfers who |
| the downswing, and the finish position is almost a | | | | are not finding their golf swing improving through |
| mirror image of the backswing. | | | | practice and instruction. Take a moment and look at |
| In order to perform these parts of the golf swing | | | | the body swinging the golf club. This very well may |
| correctly, the muscles of your body must be flexible. | | | | be the root of your golf swing problems. Fix your |
| An inflexible body in which muscles are "tight" creates | | | | flexibility faults through golf stretches and find |
| restrictions in movement. Restrictions in movement in | | | | yourself on the road to lower golf scores and more |
| relation to the golf swing will undoubtedly result in | | | | enjoyment in the game of golf. |
| limitations pertaining to golf swing. The limitation will | | | | |