Yoga for golf

The golf swing is a complex movement pattern, a blend of stability and mobility. In the golf swing, some joints are challenged to provide stability: feet, knees, pelvis, and shoulder blades. Other joints are required to be mobile: ankles, hips, spine, and shoulder joint. Proper kinematic sequencing is necessary to perform with both distance and accuracy. I like the model the Titleist Performance Institute uses of how the joints are stacked from bottom to top in terms of stability/mobility in the golf swing:


As you can see, the pattern is stable, then mobile. Obviously, if something is askew at one of these
joint sites, then golf dysfunction of some kind is bound to occur. Yoga is a blend of strength/endurance (stability) and flexibility (mobility), and immediately provides the golfer with higher levels of both of these. Yoga will finely tune your body, and when the body is finely tuned, better golf is easily achieved.

Speed in golf is determined by the ability to accelerate in a controlled fashion. Flexible muscles move faster and help enhance mobility in the joints. Increases in clubhead speed and better accuracy are easily achieved when a golfer has higher levels of functional flexibility/mobility.

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Shaping Shots

Easiest way of shaping shots is to move your left hand on your grip. When practicing through the winter give this a try. Use these pictures for reference.
The pic on the left makes the ball go more to the left, (draw) and the pic on the right makes the ball go to the right, (fade).



I would recommend the more accomplished player to experiment with this as Most mid to high handicappers dont have the correct grip anyway. It would only cause confusion!!

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Breathe for Touch

At address when looking along the line at the hole turn the head targetward while breathing in through the nose casually and time the completion of a not-especially-deep inspiration to coincide with the arrival of the face and gaze looking dead at the target. This is the lifting open of the bellows that expand the chest a little over a specific time. THEN JUST RELAX TO ALLOW THE BREATH TO ESCAPE SMOOTHLY as the head turns back along the line from target to ball. Nothing forced. Pause looking at the ball a moment for the gaze for the gaze and sense of balance to clarify after the head stops moving. Then start your backstroke in coordination with the same nasal in-breathing going back to the top of the backstroke, so that the chest expansion and timing of the breath establishes the backstroke length instinctively. From the top of the backstroke relax (release the bellows) to transpire as the breath escapes smoothly thru the nose.
Practiced a few times you will be amazed how much it helps the pace of your putts.

Armlock putter grip

This is a great alternative if you are used to anchoring the putter. Toatally legal as it is not anchored to the body only to the arm.
The bore in the grip, or shaft channel is angled so that the shaft aligns with the forearm giving you a loft on your putter at 2 to 3 degrees.

Hybrid Benefits

Hybrids when compared to long irons............


1. Send the ball flying higher - studies have shown a hybrid can get you 8 more yards than a typical iron.

2. The club design is superior - with a hybrid club head design, the centre of gravity is moved lower and further back from the clubface, The result? You get more trajectory and club loft.

3.More forgiving - who DOESN'T need a golf club that performs well even if the sweet spot isnt hit too often.

4. Improved shot possibilities - with a hybrid you have more options out of bad lies, tight spots and trouble situations.