Posture

Chapter 2 Routine

Assuming the correct posture is relatively simple. However, static and dynamic balance must be part of the pre swing routine. If balance is not part of the chain, if one of the links is weak, assuming your grip and alignment are correct, the best you can hope for is an ind swing safe or a decent miss.

• Static balance is the stationary balance of the setup position.
• Dynamic balance is the balance maintained during the swim.

One of the things all peak performers have is good balance. Look at the finished position of tour players.

If you set up to the ball off balance, you will likely finish off balance. If you start with your weight on your heels or your toes, you will finish on your heels or your toes off balance balance affects the club ed path and the trajectory of the ball.

When you go through your checklist, as you practice set up, be sure you incorporate balance, feel in an athletic position.

Assume a setup position. As though you were getting ready to hit a shot, tense your thighs in this position.

Notice how it feels as though your weight moves up your legs toward your thighs.

One of the better players I work with describes a sensation of skating on ice when he is struggling with his swing.

You get this sensation. When you tend to your thighs.

During periods of stress and frustration, you will tend to accumulate more tension in your shoulders and thighs now relax your thighs and notice how your weight and balance change.

You should feel more grounded. The sensation should be one of your weight, leaving your thighs and melting into the ground or floor. Be sure you don’t let your thighs get too relaxed from thighs. Not tense. Thighs are important in establishing a good base from which to swing.

Senior PGA tour Player and former Ryder Cup. Captain Dave Stockton suggest that you pretend you are catching a medicine ball being dropped from above. When you set up to the ball, he notes that you will most certainly flex your knees. Your rear end will stick out and your thighs will be from a good foundation for beginning and swinging in balance.

You should feel well-grounded at the ball. You should feel the same balance that set up. You would feel as you prepare to field a ground ball or the balance of a defensive basketball player. When guarding an opponent, you should feel an athletic position when you are balanced.

Square, your club phase to an intermediate target, and then square your stance to the target line. As you deliberately assume your grip and then your posture, as you deliberately shuffle your feet into your stance, feel that static balance.

Now you’re ready to start your swing. Then begin to work on feeling that balance through your entire swing or the dynamic balance to your finished position.

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