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A Note from Karen–

Every week in my Vitalize Your Game with Cardiogolf Blog, I post tips about -injury prevention, mental strategy, golf nutrition and increasing flexibility.  Golf takes a lot of time, so why not get some exercise and practice your golf game at the same time? Try my tips to help improve your fitness and golf game.

What does your left arm look like at the top of your swing?  Is it straight or extended or is it bent and collapsed?

The golf swing in its most simple form is really only a circle.  The radius of that circle, back and through the swing is the left arm (in a right-handed swing.)  Good players create a wide arc on the backswing and maintain the radius that they created at address throughout the swing.  High-handicappers in their attempt to create a wide arc usually over do it or overswing and collapse their left arm at the top of the swing, which is the opposite of what they should do.

Good ball strikers create a wide arc on the backswing because they accomplish a couple of things:  1) as they swing back, they naturally hinge their wrists, which puts the club on the proper plane and 2) they are flexible enough to make a full turn while maintaining the left arm extended.  High-handicappers tend to do the opposite: first, because of a faulty grip they are unable to hinge their wrists properly and then usually end up hinging their elbows instead and second, because they may not be as flexible, they are unable to make a full turn and keep the left arm extended which makes the left arm bend at the top of the swing.

Cardiogolf Drill-Help to Keep Extension in Lead Arm

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LPGA Teaching Professional Karen Palacios-Jansen was voted 2008 LPGA National and Southeast Section Teacher of the Year. Voted by Golf Digest Magazine as one of America’s “Top 50 Female Instructors” for 11 straight years, Karen has her own golf events company-Swing Blade Enterprises, as well as being a certified personal trainer. Her golf-specific fitness system called Cardiogolf is available on DVD and online. Karen lives in North Carolina with her husband Dan Jansen. Over the years she has helped thousands of golfers improve their golf games. For more information-visit http://www.kpjgolf.com.