Better Golf With Fitness

BGwF Classic "Baseball for Golf?"

Occasionally, I will be posting "classic" posts from the past.  The posts will be things that I still feel are relevant to today. This was caled "Baseball for Golf?"

This video is something that I have continued to do and expand on.   I have added some hip stretches, carioca and skaters before hitting the Hurricane, then finish with the golfer hitting a few balls to try to help the idea of hip rotation to transfer.

Because I have a lot of clients that have problems rotating their hips and getting over to the left side (righty golfers), I have started to incorporate baseball swings to get them to really understand how the hips need to move.  Check out this video.

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Putting- How Are Your Visualization Skills?

I have been putting a lot on the Five Iron putting green and I feel like my stroke has improved a lot.  We play a form of "Golf Billiards" (the pic is from a 9-ball game we were playing) to make it fun and to make sure that there is a little pressure trying to make each putt.

My alignment has improved a lot and one thing I usually do is use a line on the ball to make sure my stroke is on the money.  This might be the wrong approach for me.   I came acrosss this interesting video form Dave Phillips and Greg Rose discussing visualization skills and an easy test to see how yours are.

 

Dave Phillips on Rory McIlroy- US Open Slow Motion Swing

I know this is a few months old but I keep showing it to so many Five Iron Fitness clients that I wanted to make sure I had it on the blog.

I love the lateral "bump" before he starts to rotate. We work on this a lot at Five Iron first in the True Stretch cage, then with some baseball swings and finally with the club.

Posture Stick Drill

Here is a great drill from Scarsdale Golf Club PGA Teaching Professional Paul Kenney to help you get in the right address position.