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STRENGTH AND WILL POWER 2008-03-18
‘Fitness for golf’ and ‘clear thinking’ are two areas that with applied effort will work for you on the golf course and off it.
The links to health, when you are winding up with the biggest club in the bag are obvious, but your short game?
Well, the muscular strength in the hands, forearms, and wrists are an integral part of the short game. With a chip shot or pitch the hands, wrists, and forearms must work efficiently TOGETHER.
In order to execute these shots consistently and correctly a level of strength is needed within these muscles. If the muscles within these parts of the body are weak and lack endurance, the ability to set the hands where they need to be, and hold the clubface in the correct position can be compromised.
In addition the chip and pitch challenges the motor skills of the nerves and muscles coordinating the movements involved in these ‘little’ shots.
Challenge your instructor to find exercises that incorporate your brain, nerves, and muscles. This, as the last two weeks highlight, will have many benefits when it comes to the golf swing, because beyond creating higher levels of muscular strength and endurance, you want exercises that assist in motor control.
Remember, you can always come through and chat to me about improving your golf without upgrading your equipment. Fitness, Technique and Practice should not be neglected in exchange for the purchase of the magic, high MOI, new Driver that will boom away all day, leaving you middle of the fairway every time.
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