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Core
Flexibility Training Improves Golf
Swing Power And Distance
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by: Mike
Pedersen
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Core
flexibility training is critical if
you want to improve your golf swing
power and driving distance. Your core
is the engine to your swing. If your
core is inflexible you will not be
able to make a full backswing with
minimal tension.
Picture your core being the middle of
your body. That’s as simple as you
can get it. It is mainly your
abdominals, but can also include
glutes and lower back. This area of
your body is the most susceptible to
injury.
That’s why the majority of amateur
golfers have a low back injury at some
point in their golfing career. They
have never focused on core flexibility
training, as well as core strength
training for more power.
To produce more power and distance in
your swing does not mean swinging
harder with your arms. Haven’t you
tried that before? If so, did you hit
it farther? I’ll bet not.
Just like hitting a baseball, tennis
ball are even throwing the discus in
track and field, you use your core for
most of your power. You rotate with
your core to create torque, then you
unleash that stored up energy into the
hit, whether it be a baseball, tennis
ball or golf ball.
The more efficient you become with
using your core, arms, shoulders and
hands in a sequenced motion, the added
distance will come quite easy.
You’ll be shocked at how quickly
your driving distance goes up.
Core flexibility training incorporates
“rotation”. Golf
stretching in this manner warrants
the best results in the shortest
amount of time!
Every core flexibility stretch you do
should involve some form of rotating.
This is very important since the golf
swing is a rotate (turn) back and a
rotate (turn) forward. The more range
of motion you can achieve in your core
area the more power you will produce.
Here’s a little test you can do
while your sitting there reading this
article!
Put your arms across your chest, keep
your eyes focused straight ahead. Now
rotate as far as you can to the right
and make a not of how far it is. Did
you get to a 90 degree shoulder turn
(that’s where you need to be). Then
rotate as far as you can to the left.
How far did you get.
This will be a “wake-up” call for
many of you. If you find you can’t
rotate at least 70 degrees of center,
you’ll have no chance at maximizing
your power and driving distance.
We do this simple core flexibility
test seated to remove cheating of the
lower body. If you were standing, it
would be very easy to rotate your hips
and get a bigger shoulder rotation.
Being seated removes this
compensation!
A seated rotation is “true” core
flexibility and range of motion.
I hope I’ve educated you on the
importance of core flexibility
training to improve golf swing power
and distance.
About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one
of the top golf performance swing
trainers in the country. Golf
Magazine's expert at GolfOnline.com,
author and founder of several
cutting-edge online golf performance
sites. Take a look at his just
released golf performance dvds and
manual at his improve
golf swing site - Perform Better
Golf.
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