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Lower
Your Golf Score off The Course
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by: Mike
Pedersen
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To
lower your golf score, you’ve got to
put some time in. This is the main
reason golfers quit the game. Golf is
a very challenging game that requires
intense concentration, skill, and many
physical attributes.
One approach to lower your golf score
is one that is off the course and does
not involve swinging a club, taking
lessons or buying more gimmicky
training aids.
The approach I’m talking about is
working on your “machine” to
produce a repeatable golf swing for 18
holes. Are you currently capable to
maintain a mechanically sound swing
for the entire round? If you are
honest in answering that question,
I’ll bet your answer is no.
The biggest frustration I hear from
golfers all over the world is they hit
balls, take lessons and have the
latest/greatest equipment and still
can’t lower their golf score. In
regards to golf improvement, the above
scenario has eliminated everything but
the MOST important component.
Your BODY!
Golf is an athletic movement that
requires strength, flexibility,
balance, coordination, stability,
timing and many other elements. If
your body is physically
limited…you’ll have a minimal
chance at playing to your potential.
Just think if you put 20 minutes into
a golf training routine in your home
with minimal equipment. No grunting.
No groaning. No pain. Just simple golf
exercises that will make a dramatic,
and almost immediate impact on your
golf game and score.
I have seen so many “so-called”
fitness books and videos that show
golfers using machines in a gym. This
is not what I’m talking about. And
this is not golf fitness training.
Anytime you sit on a machine that
isolates one muscle group, you will
not improve your game.
What I’m talking about is using hand
weights, a stability ball and some
exercise tubing with handles. All very
inexpensive and perfect for improving
your golf game. The only catch is you
need the right exercises to go along
with this affordable equipment.
I’ve heard horror stories of golfers
who have lifted weights and said their
game got worse. This is a problem!
You’ve got to do exercises that will
train your body to make a stable,
mechanically sound golf swing for 18
holes.
Once you realize golf is an athletic
sport that requires both golf-specific
strength and flexibility, you’ll
become a believer in training your
body off the course to lower your golf
score.
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 golf
swing tips site - Perform Better
Golf.
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