| The posture you assume when you setup to a | | | | then... |
| golf ball has a huge affect on your golf | | | | |
| swing. For example, your posture determines | | | | 3. Place a club along your spine, and then |
| whether or not you can shift your weight and | | | | |
| turn fully and without restriction away from | | | | 4. Now bend forward while making sure that |
| the golf ball. | | | | your spine remains straight. And a very, |
| | | | very important point when doing this exercise |
| This obviously has a HUGE effect on your | | | | is you want your backside to move back when |
| potential distance output. | | | | doing this as it creates a balanced golf |
| | | | posture position. You want your weight to be |
| Also, your posture position at setup will | | | | on the balls of your feet when you're setup |
| largely determine how well you maintain your | | | | and it won't be unless you follow the steps |
| balance as you're swinging and how forcefully | | | | I've suggested. |
| you can swing down and through the ball, thus | | | | |
| determining how far you can hit the ball. | | | | And finally�.. |
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| Yes, the posture you set at address really is | | | | 5. Once you've bent over (by moving your |
| that important! | | | | backside back and keeping your back straight) |
| | | | the next step is to move your left hip (right |
| But don't believe me, instead listen to what | | | | hip for lefties) slightly towards your |
| this pretty famous golfer has to say about | | | | target. Doing this automatically places your |
| it� | | | | head behind the ball, which is just what you |
| | | | want. |
| "You need to be in an athletically ready | | | | |
| position so you can respond to movement | | | | 6. Once in this golf posture position you can |
| quickly, smoothly and without losing your | | | | place a club on the ground in a position to |
| balance." | | | | hit a ball, and you probably will have to |
| | | | either bend over more or stand up straighter |
| Tiger Woods | | | | depending on what club you are using. For |
| | | | example, you will have to bend over more for |
| But luckily, having a good athletic posture | | | | a wedge than you would for a driver simply |
| position is really, really easy to achieve. | | | | because a wedge is quite a bit shorter than a |
| Unfortunately most golfers either don't place | | | | driver is. |
| enough importance on posture or they think | | | | |
| their posture is OK. | | | | If you really seriously want to improve then |
| | | | you should practice this setup exercise at |
| Unfortunately most amateur golfers have very | | | | least once a day. Hey, it only takes 30 |
| bad setup posture and sadly they don't | | | | seconds MAX and the consistency it gives you |
| understand that this has a huge negative | | | | will be unbelievable. |
| detriment on their golf swing itself. But | | | | |
| like I said a second ago, it's really easy to | | | | The professional golfer Nick Bayley has |
| have good posture and here's a simple | | | | discovered from extensive analysis just one |
| exercise to help improve yours. Here's what | | | | golf swing fault that could be stopping you |
| you need to do� | | | | from ball striking consistency and success. |
| | | | And now you can take a simple 2 minute golf |
| 1. Stand up straight with your feet about | | | | swing test to see if you have this swing |
| shoulder width apart, then | | | | fault or not. To take the The Golf Swing Test |
| | | | go here now. |
| 2. Take the straightness out of your knees, | | | | |