The game of golf really begins before you reach the first tee, hit the first drive, or sink the first putt, making golf fitness development a vital component of your regimen. Browse our list of golf & fitness instructional tips and videos, below.
There are four aspects of golf fitness: flexibility, stability, balance, and rotation; specific golf-related exercises...
Physical fitness if for everyone, golfers who spend large portions of their day at a desk suffer from stiff hips,...
Physical fitness and athletic training always have been vital components of golf. Sure, Tiger popularized golf...
Loosen you calf muscles with the exercise so that your trunk muscles may work correctly in the swing
When you slice a drive, duff a chip or miss a three-foot putt, do you ever think that your breakfast might be...
Lack of flexibility in the hips causes you to straighten your spine and bring your pelvis underneath your body...
Position a spiky ball under your armpit and oscillate your arm, allowing the muscles surrounding your shoulder...
In order for your legs and buttocks to fire correctly during the swing you must increase the circulation in your...
What's your most important piece of golf equipment? Your putter? Driver? Sand wedge? According to Wally Goodwin,...
Loosen your hips by setting up to a chair, straightening your torso and wiggling your belt buckle
Sequence your spine correctly during the backswing, rather than your hips and shoulders, by using this rotation exercise
You may have noticed that size really has little to do with power as some of the longest ball strikers are very...
If you have a job that keeps you staring at a computer or sitting down all day then you are a candidate for a...
The most common cause of a bad back is keeping your back foot flat on the ground in the golf swing; get up on...
There is nothing worse that seeing a junior get in a golf cart to play, make your kids walk the golf course, it...
I must confess that my top drawer is littered with magnet belts, copper bracelets and biomagnetic wrist bands....
Mike started his daughter out playing softball before she moved on to golf. The baseball swing is identical to...
You can't win the Indy 500 with a Volkswagen just like you can't hit long drives without muscles, the Power Swing...
To allow your body to function correctly in the golf swing you must have a physically sound set up. Use this exercise...
David Duval is without a doubt one of the finest players on the planet. With his win in the'01 British Open, his...
Practicing at the range with a mid iron, not your driver, and if you have too steep a swing plane, practice off a tee
The muscles around your left shoulder tend to get tight from your regular routine, such as desk work on a computer,...
Flexibility is extremely important to producing distance because you can't hit the ball far if you don't make...
Golfers who don't need more distance may as well skip this article. I have little advice to offer golfers who...
Loose hamstrings and buttocks allow you to transfer your weight correctly on the backswing and downswing for maximum power
Stretch out your hips and torso by getting on your knees and extending your arms up and to the sides, improving...
I'm not actually a professional player, but I won the European long drive championship with a very simple philosophy...
Under pressure keep it simple and do what you know how to do
Place a Spiky Ball behind your neck while lying on the ground and slowly turn your head from side to side without...
Develop greater power in your swing by using a simple one arm drill, training your left side to function correctly...
Our main concept in golf fitness is to understand how your body works with your golf swing, looking at the dysfunctional...
Poor posture leads to your body parts not being in the correct position to rotate around your spine. This leads...
Reverse pivot means that your pivot is going in the reverse direction that you want it to, when you turn back...
Most golfers suffer from a weak set up, which from a physiological standpoint does not let the spine function normally
Setting up too high or tight with your left arm and shoulder leads to injuries, as well as a flat shoulder plane...
Tightness in your calves, hamstrings and buttocks can hurt your golf game by leading to a straight and upright posture
The Sun. Damned if it does, damned if it doesn't. This day star of ours dominates the entire planetary system....
Take just a few minutes to stretch your arms, shoulders and leg muscles prior to warming up with any rotational...
Avoid turning during the golf swing to prevent back injuries and a reverse pivot
Working on a computer or gripping a steering wheel can cause your wrist extensors and flexors to stiffen up and...
Start your golf day with this warm up drill: it relaxes your muscles, helps you hit farther and avoid injuries
If you find going to the practice tee boring then make it creative and fun, try manipulating your club lofts while...
By far the most oft-noted goal on my students' pre-instruction questionnaire is "more distance with more control."...
Many players release incorrectly because they can not physically produce the internal rotation of the hip needed...
Ernie Els is a perfect example of how to create power in a swing by using the hand action necessary through the impact zone
Far too many golfers spend too much time and energy perfecting the backswing. Now, I'm not saying that the backswing...
Coming up out of posture during the downswing is a common fault created by a lack of strength in the glutes (buttocks),...
While they certainly share common traits, great golfers have at least one unique characteristic or "magic move"...
Many golfers can not get into a proper set up position and posture because their hamstrings are too tight to allow...
The arms work very differently in the swing, with the left arm staying straight up to the release and the right...
Do not fool yourself into thinking you are better than you are because you hit a few good shots under ideal conditions
Use this lat stretch to eliminate the need to bend your arms in the backswing and try this over the head hip and...
Modern golf training techniques were introduced to the sport by Greg Norman who was the first to treat golf like...
Although there are many different swings, there are only two kinds of golfers: those who live in climes that allow...
The Tour's deepest ball does not belong to a household name like Woods or Daly. That honor goes to Australian...
Find out Hank Haney`s philosophy of teaching golf by analyzing your ball flight
The duration of the putt is how long it takes to go a certain distance, this is a skill that very few golfers...
This one, two, three Rhythm Drill is great for perfecting your tempo, just even out the timing, and allow your...
Your brain is a self regulatory muscle that expends tremendous metabollic energy so use your brain sparingly when...
In the game of golf, power means very little without consistency. To produce a reliable combination of both, the...
Incorporating golf-related stretches into a normal exercise routine will increase flexibility and even help solve...
Part of becoming a great golfer is learning to control what you can and release any frustration over what you...
Learn to take a divot in front of the ball by finding the three bottoms of your swing, fat shots are caused by...
The width of your legs in your set up is important because it allows for the legs to function properly so that...
If you can master golf game preparation, you start every round on the course with a huge advantage.
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