Posture and Stretching
With the weather turning around here I’ve been going to the range more regularly working on my game. One thing you realize when you hit a lot of balls and swing many many times is that you start to feel the aching in your body. That is why it is so important to stretch both before and after you’ve had a really good session at the range. I find that when I’m out on the course, I don’t feel as much strain as I’m not hitting balls over and over but hitting and walking, but nevertheless, I still think it is a good idea to do a good stretch both before and after a round.
There are a lot of good videos and books you can buy that can help you with stretching and proper posture. I like Katherine Roberts as she does a lot of stuff specific to golf. In the video clip below, she talks a lot about proper posture as well as some stretches you can do to minimize the strain on your body. The golf swing is a very violent action and when you repeat it over and over, it will stress the muscles in your back, legs, arms and wrists. I’d say of all those areas, it is your back that gets the most strain as it is the coil of the backswing and uncoil of your swing through that will generate much strain.
So you want to follow some of the stretches that Katherine Roberts shows you in this video. Now, you are probably not as flexible as she is and you won’t look as good as she does doing it, but I guarantee you that you will feel a whole lot better after a full stretch after a session of hitting balls at the range. In terms of posture, this is in relation to the balance post I wrote earlier in the week. Your posture as you setup to the ball should be one that you can maintain for five straight minutes without feeling any pain or discomfort. Katherine Roberts shows you how to get there with a good posture.
Katherine Roberts, stretching, golf tips
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