Welcome to Golf Training Guide
Northeastern Michigan Golf Course Article
This is a selection made from among articles on Northeastern Michigan Golf Course. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for future reading, click here.
Strengthening Your Golf Swing Muscles Will Greatly Improve Your Golf Game
from: Mike Pedersen
Golf swing muscles? Is there such a thing? You didn’t think they were important or existed did you? But I’m sure when you’ve gone home after a round of golf with a sore back you were reminded very quickly, you do in fact have golf swing muscles.
Having been a certified conditioning professional for over 20 years and the last 10 with golfers exclusively…I can tell you with one hundred percent confidence there is definitely a muscular component to the golf swing. And if the muscles have not been trained to work in a specific sequence, with minimal tension and maximum power, the expected results will not be achieved.
What are the important muscles involved in the golf swing? There isn’t one or two of them. The body moves sequentially throughout the golf swing. But through research and years of training, I can say without a doubt that the muscles of your core are the most important. Followed by the hamstrings and glutes.
The rest of the muscle groups are supportive to the golf swing, which doesn’t mean they are any less important, just not as critical to improving power and consistency.
Let’s briefly break down your main golf swing muscles and their role in the golf swing.
Shoulders: Support the golf at the top of the swing and also add clubhead speed as an extension of the core.
Upper Back: Maintenance of spine angle for ease of turning on backswing and follow through.
Lower Back: Critical in maintaining of golf posture during the swing and even putting.
Glutes: Helps maintain flex in hips and also athletic, “golf squat” position for a powerful swing base.
Quadriceps: Allows for ease of maintaining consistent knee flex and golf posture for a repeatable swing.
Hamstrings: The KEY muscle group in producing an effective, optimal and repeatable golf posture for eighteen holes.
Core: The engine to the golf swing. Produces maximum power from the pivot. Stored energy from the torque created on the backswing, to unleash into impact.
This is a very brief overview of your golf swing muscles. As you can see, if these muscles don’t have a higher level of both strength and flexibility, they will not allow you to achieve your true golf potential.
Hopefully you will be motivated to look into a golf conditioning program to strengthen these golf swing muscles.
About the author:
About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one of the top golf performance experts in the country; Golf Magazine's expert at GolfOnline.com, author and founder of several cutting-edge online golf performance sites. Take a look at his just released golf training dvds and manual at http://www.performbettergolf.com
 |
 |
Northeastern Michigan Golf Course Specific links
Northeastern Michigan Golf Course
- Looking for Northeastern Michigan Golf Course?
-- http://www.shopica.org/
Face to Bush -
- Exclusive exit interviews with President George W. Bush - Despite eight years in the Oval Office, we still have so much to learn about the 43rd President of the United States. www.Atom.com
-- http://www.atom.com/
Get Hired
- Earn more money with a better job now
-- http://www.hotjobs.com/
Blinkx Video Search
- World's largest video search engine. Over 26 million hours of video.
-- http://www.blinkx.com/
Luxury Reviews and Trends
- Discover incredible luxury travel, shopping, articles, videos and more...
-- http://www.justluxe.com/
Northeastern Michigan Golf Course News
Jean-Marie Eveillard Buys Genentech Inc., AMR Corp., ImClone Systems Inc., Sells Yahoo! Inc., Seattle Genetics Inc., ... (Guru Focus)
At the beginning of the year, Jean-Marie Eveillard did not see many opportunities. Now he thinks that the market is reasonablely priced. Of course stock prices declined even more after he bought some. Jean-Marie Eveillard owns 304 stocks with a total value of $9.7 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells of the third quarter. Jean-Marie Eveillard buys Banco Latinoamericano de ...
Read more...Prep volleyball, college hockey, college volleyball (The Toledo Blade)
PREP VOLLEYBALL State Final All games at Wright State’s Nutter Center DIVISION I Championship: Olmsted Falls (29-0) def. Cin. Ursuline (28-1), 3-1 DIVISION II Championship: Parma Padua Franciscan (26-3) def. Kettering Alter (20-9), 3-1 DIVISION III Championship: Albany Alexander (28-1) def. Gates Mills Gilmour (27-2), 3-0 DIVISION IV Championship: Maria Stein Marion Local (26-3) def. Jackson ...
Read more...PGA of America welcomes four new members to Board of Directors (PGA)
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Four new members of The PGA of America's Board of Directors were sworn in Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Association's 92nd Annual Meeting at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Ariz.
Read more...Religion Calendar: 11/01/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Religion Calendar is published weekly by the Traverse City Record-Eagle. Information may be mailed to Record-Eagle, P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685; fax to 946-8632; e-mail gmurray@record-eagle.com. Items should be sent at least two weeks in advance.
Read more...County navigates uncertain times Economic difficulties result of 'perfect storm' (Forsyth County News Front Page)
As this year's election cycle builds to a climax, one of the simmering campaign issues remains the nation's economy. From financial volatility to the crippled housing market, voters are worried. Rising jobless rates and unpredictable gas prices have not helped.
Read more...