From Mike Pedersen
Every golfer wants to have a full golf swing. Numerous quick and effective exercise drills can help you get one, by improving both your golf specific strength and flexibility. I'm a huge proponent of golf exercise drills to achieve a full golf swing. You can do them quickly and easily in the convenience of your home and see maximum benefit.
To achieve a full golf swing, you've got to focus on the rotary aspect of the swing. Since the golf swing is simply a turn (rotate) back, and a turn (rotate) through, you need to perform golf swing exercise drills that incorporate core rotational movements.
I have put together dozens of these full golf swing exercise drills in my DVDs and manual, and you can even come up with your own by using your imagination.
When you are inventing these golf exercises, try to eliminate or stabilize the lower body by either sitting on a stability ball or chair, or really focusing on no hip rotation when doing these golf swing drills. You'll get maximum benefit out of improving your upper body turn while having minimal lower body turn. This creates the big differential we call the "x-factor."
In the photos, you'll see me using exercise tubing attached to the upper part of a door. As you can see, all I'm doing is getting far enough away from the door to create tension in the tubing.
This tension allows me to stretch to a 90-degree shoulder turn, with minimal hip rotation. A second benefit is that I'm pulling this tubing in the exact sequence of motion for a golf downswing. So I am getting the benefit of stretching and strengthening the muscles involved in the backswing (enabling me to achieve a full golf swing) and improving my power in the downswing.
This is such a simple exercise that anyone can do in their home or even office, and it will make a tremendous impact on your ability to make a full golf swing.
Go slow with any new exercise you have not performed in the past. Check with your physician before undertaking any new physical training program.
Photos courtesy of Perform Better Golf, Inc.; used with permission
About the Author
Mike Pedersen is a well-known golf performance training expert who has produced DVDs, books and websites focused on improving golfers’ physical abilities to play their best golf. For more information about Mike and his programs, visit www.performbettergolf.com.
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