| Why isn't your golf swing improving? Have you | | | | golf professional is telling you to have good |
| ever had your golf swing analysed? That's not | | | | balance, keep good posture and maintain your |
| just having a golf professional look at your | | | | spine angle throughout the shot. But how can |
| swing but check out your golf swing plane, | | | | you maintain your golf swing if your body |
| posture, your spine angle, balance and | | | | won't allow it? You need your golf swing |
| general biomechanics. If you haven't you are | | | | analysed from a biomechanical point of view |
| not having a true swing analysis done. | | | | to determine how your posture and muscle |
| | | | imbalances are affecting your swing. |
| You understand the basics... how to hold the | | | | |
| club, where to stand, but things go wrong | | | | So I broke the golf swing down from a purely |
| from there. The reason your golf swing goes | | | | biomechanical view. How does your posture |
| astray when you take your club back is | | | | affect your swing? Can it cause you to hook, |
| because your biomechanics are faulty. For | | | | slice, hit the ball fat or thin etc? The |
| example, if you have a functional short leg | | | | answer was yes. Because as your posture |
| on your left side, when you take your stance | | | | changes so does your swing plane. Then I |
| your hips will rotate resulting in an open | | | | looked at the variations in posture. Can they |
| stance. You might think that you are square | | | | relate to swing faults? ...Yes, they are |
| to the target line, but you are not. | | | | definitely related to every swing fault. So I |
| | | | came up with a basic equation. Muscle |
| With your poor biomechanics the club is being | | | | imbalance = poor posture = poor swing. I |
| forced into an out-to-in swing so you will | | | | looked at every posture and muscle imbalance |
| hit the ball with a clockwise spine. | | | | and came up with a simple formula to analyse |
| Correcting your hip and spine angle will | | | | these faults related to a swing fault. So |
| square the club face at impact so you can hit | | | | this is how Get Fit to Golf and the ChiroFit |
| the ball with an anti-clockwise spin. The | | | | Program was born. If you can maintain a |
| hips and shoulders must return to a square | | | | constant posture and spine angle through a |
| position this will not only cure your slice | | | | shot you will be able to repeat the same |
| but you allow distance from more power being | | | | swing and return the club face square to the |
| generated from the correct body turn and the | | | | target line. I also looked at well know golf |
| square club face. If your hips are rotated | | | | champions past and present, from Ben Hogan, |
| you will not be able to align your feet, hips | | | | Jack Nickalus, Greg Norman, Tiger Woods etc. |
| and shoulders square to the target. If your | | | | Even though they have variations in their |
| posture is corrected your muscles will groove | | | | swings at first glance, if you break their |
| your new swing so you will naturally return | | | | golf swing down they all have something in |
| to a stance with a square club face. Also if | | | | common. At the impact zone they have |
| your hips are rotated your centre of gravity | | | | maintained good posture, spine angle and |
| will not be right this will force your | | | | balance, and they are able to repeat this. |
| shoulders to turn too quickly with an open | | | | Tiger woods is a good example. When he first |
| stance due to a poor hip rotation the body | | | | came on the golf scene he had the best |
| will be in front of the ball. If your spine | | | | posture of any golfer I had seen. |
| angle is wrong you will not setup with your | | | | |
| head behind the ball you will begin your | | | | If you want to improve your golf game, your |
| downswing before you have complete your back | | | | golf swing training and analysis should have |
| swing with your arms. | | | | a physical component. Have your golf swing |
| | | | analysed from a biomechanical standard and |
| Every golf swing fault can be analysed this | | | | then fit it to your game. This is the basis |
| way. That's why your golf swing is not | | | | to Get Fit to Golf. An easy to access online |
| improving. You are not addressing your main | | | | assessment process which will highlight and |
| piece of golf equipment...YOUR BODY...and how | | | | analyse your golf swing faults and then you |
| it affects your golf swing. This is why you | | | | can download a tailor-made easy to use |
| have difficulty repeating a good shot. Your | | | | program all done online. All it takes is 30 |
| biomechanics aren't grooved to a good swing. | | | | minutes of posture balancing three times a |
| Muscle memory is going to return you to a | | | | week to dramatically change your golf swing |
| poor posture unless it is retrained. Your | | | | and improve your game for life. |