Flexibility training.

[grantc79]

As some of you probably know I have been going back and forth between hitting and swinging.

I hit the ball pretty well but with swinging I could never keep my posture and balance. I would finish every swing with feet flailing and with me stepping up way out of my stance.

I was constantly told that I was over swinging but even when I really slowed it down I achieved the same results and now I know why.

I am not very flexible at all and my hip flexibility is about 1/3rd of what it should be. Right now I'm pigeonholed into hitting and while I appreciate the simplicity and effectiveness of it I would much rather swing as it just feels better to me.

In order to do that I need to become far more flexible than I currently am.


Do any of you have any experience with this problem? I'm currently searching for a good "GOLF" flexibility DVD that I could do every morning and evening without a ton of props, gadgets, and gizmos cluttering up my house.

Any help is appreciated.

[O.B.Left]

Im interested in a stretching dvd as well. Look forward to hearing any ideas.

As a side note Yoda has said in the past that he is about as stiff and inflexible as it gets. His swing still looks very, very good though wont you agree. Stretching is a good idea for sure, but give some more thought to the possibility that you are "over turning" even when swinging. Pivot to Hands vs Hands to Pivot.

I personally came to TGM with golf thoughts like:
-swing it back to parallel or beyond, then stop (as opposed to the right arm taking it to top....right shoulder high and the rest being resultant)
-turn, turn, turn in transition (as opposed to slide the hips with a delayed hip turn which "takes up the slack" in the left arm and stops the backward travel of the hands at wherever....the physics taking precedent over the position of the clubshaft , parallel to the ground or not)
-fire the hips (I dont anymore......hands to pivot....they go but automatically all though I have some questions in this regard for Yoda)
-keep the pivot ahead of the hands for as long as possible (the arms need to overtake the body and the clubhead needs to overtake the hands....research "overtaking")

Just a thought. Good luck with it. Sorry to bring you back to "over swinging" or turning, but almost all of us do or did.

ob

[grantc79]

Im interested in a stretching dvd as well. Look forward to hearing any ideas.

As a side note Yoda has said in the past that he is about as stiff and inflexible as it gets. His swing still looks very, very good though wont you agree. Stretching is a good idea for sure, but give some more thought to the possibility that you are "over turning" even when swinging. Pivot to Hands vs Hands to Pivot.

I personally came to TGM with golf thoughts like:
-swing it back to parallel or beyond, then stop (as opposed to the right arm taking it to top....right shoulder high and the rest being resultant)
-turn, turn, turn in transition (as opposed to slide the hips with a delayed hip turn which "takes up the slack" in the left arm and stops the backward travel of the hands at wherever....the physics taking precedent over the position of the clubshaft , parallel to the ground or not)
-fire the hips (I dont anymore......hands to pivot....they go but automatically all though I have some questions in this regard for Yoda)
-keep the pivot ahead of the hands for as long as possible (the arms need to overtake the body and the clubhead needs to overtake the hands....research "overtaking")

Just a thought. Good luck with it. Sorry to bring you back to "over swinging" or turning, but almost all of us do or did.

ob

Its a flexibility issue I'm sure of it.

Rob who is my coach and was taught by Lynn is who assured me of it.

[12 piece bucket]

As some of you probably know I have been going back and forth between hitting and swinging.

I hit the ball pretty well but with swinging I could never keep my posture and balance. I would finish every swing with feet flailing and with me stepping up way out of my stance.

I was constantly told that I was over swinging but even when I really slowed it down I achieved the same results and now I know why.

I am not very flexible at all and my hip flexibility is about 1/3rd of what it should be. Right now I'm pigeonholed into hitting and while I appreciate the simplicity and effectiveness of it I would much rather swing as it just feels better to me.

In order to do that I need to become far more flexible than I currently am.


Do any of you have any experience with this problem? I'm currently searching for a good "GOLF" flexibility DVD that I could do every morning and evening without a ton of props, gadgets, and gizmos cluttering up my house.

Any help is appreciated.

At risk of gettin' strung up in a tree . .. . try looking into some yoga stuff. It will help you with strength balance and flexiblility . . . . so who's gonna be the first to tee off?

[KAPLOWD]

Add Sauna and massage before the yoga; i.e. heat your body before attempting to stretch. You can also do sun salutations (or a modified version) which also heats the body up before doing yoga. The example is, that you wouldn't bend a thick iron rod before heating it up. Reference "Power Yoda".