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Friday, August 1, 2008

Can Proper Exercise Improve Your Swing

There is no doubt a player like John Daly or Colin Montgomery are extremely talented golfers but there is the opinion that if they carried less weight they would be even better at the sport. This is particularly true for Montgomery who has continually failed to win at the Major events and a lot of this can be attributed to poor conditioning and fitness. Montgomery could drive and putt all day with the world's greatest players but when he also has to walk miles in each game, his physical and mental tiredness will start to become affected and this has caused him to miss some vital putts when a fitter man may have triumphed. This means that exercising to maintain a level of fitness will help any golfer go around the course in a lower score.

Of course, many golfers play the sport as their main source of physical exercise and will not want to undertake additional forms of exercise. This is fine for amateurs and golfers who play for fun but there is still the opportunity for them to make slight changes to their lifestyle that will impact positively on their style of play.

Golf is a sport where the smallest advantage can make a huge difference to a player's game and may be enough to allow them to defeat their opponent. If you could tell golfers that taking five to ten minutes of their daily life to add some routine exercises and stretches could shave their score, there would be a clamor for the secrets of how to do it. The beauty is, there is no secret and simple exercises are all a golfer needs.

Simple stretches like touching your toes or rotating your upper body from side to side can loosen up the shape and style of the body immensely and give a golfer a greater amount of freedom in their play.

Another area that can greatly affect a golfers play is their flexibility and there are simple exercises and stretches that can improve their movement. There is no need to attain a gymnast or a cheerleaders degree of suppleness or flexibility but the constant swinging and extending that comes from striking the golf ball can have a huge effect on a person. If a person is overweight or has a rigid frame, they will encounter difficulties in striking the ball over a 19 hole course as each swing moves their weight or shape in a manner it is unaccustomed to.

One aspect that is continually overlooked in golfing is how many miles a player has to walk in a round. An athlete wouldn't partake in a race without having undergone proper stretching and ensuring their limbs are prepared for the race and neither should a golfer. The internet has an almost infinite supply of proper stretches that a person can find but they should pay proper attention to the calf and hamstrings. People do underestimate the distance they walk during a round of golf and this is not helped by the continual stop start motion of the walking. A round of leg stretches to ensure the muscles are warmed up will help a golfer avoid any discomfort or any potential more serious form of injury during their round of golf.

Basic repetition of lifting weights, no matter the size of them, can be done by anyone and can make a difference to anyone's body shape.

One great change that a golfer can make to their game is by increasing the muscles in their arm that can become the foundation of their golf swing. When people think of adding muscles, there is an inevitable thought of body builders and people like Arnold Schwarzenegger but there is no need for anything like that level of muscle building to be had to make a difference. Spending five to ten minutes each day doing light weights can add mass to a person over time and will improve the grip and the swing of a golfer. Having a set of dumb-bells or light weights at your desk or at home can mean that a golfer can add them to their daily routine and almost subconsciously improve their golfing.