Monday 21 January 2013

YOGA FOR GOLF

You will benefit from Yoga, through your mind and body. It increases flexibility and stamina, builds strength and improves balance and concentration. All ages can do it and it will certainly help your golf and help you become more aware of that mind and body connection. The physical goal of Yoga is to keep the spine strong and flexible, as the spine is the body's supporting structure. Most poor posture, with hunched shoulders is due to sitting at desks, working at computers and lots of driving. Practicing Yoga, strengthens all your back muscles and helps your alignment. I can relate Golf to Yoga as it takes patience and good regular practice.
Yoga is being used now regularly for all athletes and coaches and part of all training sessions. You can train for your specific sport. It also helps you maintain a good level of fitness.

Here are a few poses you can try.



















Cures for back pain

Fixing faults in your golf swing can diminish back pain, as bad habits develop injuries will occur. So coaching is very important for you, as  you are constantly being  checked that you are getting into the correct fundamentals. Same goes for your equipment, if it doesn't fit you will be making compensations.

CORE STABILITY

Any core stability exercise will benefit your lumbar spine and your pelvic area.  A golf movement is very much stressed on this area. Many elite players are welcoming core exercise like yoga and pilates as part of their training. Please contact me if you need any help or advice on any of these issues. 





Wednesday 9 January 2013

Hopeless Hacker to Good Golfer

Many people lack the discipline and the will to be good at something. This is true for golf, with the proper teaching any golfer can improve very quickly. It does take patience though Golfers say to me when will I break 100? 90? 80? 70? "When you are ready", I say. You have to be honest. You can  do it because you deserve it. Golfers have to prioritise their aims and ambitions and visualise how they are going to get there. The training and the practice never ends. You can never say "I can stop now, I've got it!"
 Top players achieve phenomenal success over years and they continue to do every thing they can to be better, striving for perfection.