Tips for Improving Golf Flexibility

Tips for Improving Golf Flexibility

Golf requires a high level of functional flexibility. In order to swing a golf club, the hips, trunk and shoulders must move through extreme ranges of motion. Not only that, but the muscles of each body segment are required to work in conjunction, from the address to the follow-through, to produce a golf swing that is true, accurate, and powerful. Golf Will Be The Game Of Young Guys Because flexibility is a foundational physical ability in golf, it only seems prudent to address flexibility with dynamic exercises that are specific to the movements required by golf.Here are four dynamic exercises to improve flexibility:Practice the "Drawing-In Maneuver." This is a function of the inner musculature of the torso, the Inner Unit muscles. One of the Inner Unit's main functions is to stiffen the torso in preparation for work, e.g., lifting weights. The easiest way to learn to perform the "Drawing-in Maneuver" is to lie flat on your back, relax, and perform diaphragmatic breathing. When done properly, your stomach should rise when you inhale and fall when you exhale. When your stomach falls, you want to hold that contraction. This is the most basic form of the "Drawing-in Maneuver."Always to try to maintain a neutral spinal curvature, meaning that you are neither over-arching or rounding your back.Always to try to keep your knees in line with the center of your feet. Don't let your knees cave in or bow out.