There is still plenty of summer and time left to play your best golf ever. If your game hasn’t improved as much as you wanted to this summer, try adding some golf-specific exercises into your daily routine to help you move better and more freely. Stay tuned for golf-fitness exercises and drills that you can do at home or in your office every day to help not only improve your swing technique but also help you build mobility, strength and endurance on and off the golf course.
30 Drills and Golf-Fitness Exercises to Do Before the End of Summer
16. Reverse Pivot Drill
The reverse pivot (when the golfer’s back leg straightens and the upper body tilts towards the target) is one of the hardest faults to change in a golf swing. If you reverse pivot, you may lack power, but don’t despair, there are things you can do to get rid of it.
Reverse Pivot
Sometimes the fault is just lack of understanding of correct swing mechanics, but most of the time it is because the golfer lacks mobility between the upper and lower body.
Here are two things you can do off course to help you shed the reverse pivot.
Ideally, you want to separate your upper body from lower body to rotate your shoulders around your spine so not to tilt toward target
Off-Course Exercises
Learn how to turn your upper body away from target. To get the feeling of your upper body turning away from target, not towards it, put your front foot on an elevated surface (as to simulate an uphill lie on the golf course) so that your upper body tilts away from the target. Take practice swings and feel how your back knee stays flexed and your torso rotates away from target.
Step on an elevated surface to simulate an uphill lie
A reverse pivot can be caused by limited trunk to pelvis separation, reduced spinal mobility and limited flexibility in the lats. Here is an exercise to learn how to separate your upper body from lower body and stretch out those lats (the muscles that run down your back from under your arms).
1. Sit with good posture on an exercise ball.
2. Place a golf club behind your shoulders.
3. Gently turn your upper body over the resistance of your lower body. Try not to tilt your hips. You can move your head as you turn to help increase range of motion.
4. Hold the stretch for a moment and release and repeat several times.
Disclaimer-These exercises are not intended for the treatment or prevention of disease, nor as a substitute for medical treatment. Any participant should not attempt any exercises mentioned herein, without reviewing and consenting with their doctor or health professional. Karen Palacios-Jansen, Cardiogolf and KPJgolf.com are neither responsible, nor liable for any harm or injury resulting from these exercises or the use of the Cardiogolf program described herein.
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