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