Tuesday, Feb. 07, 2012

Weekly golf tip with Brad Redding (Feb. 8)

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  Stretching out your hips, lats, shoulders, arms, wrist and fingers can be helpful for every move you make in the golf swing. Stand at attention with your feet and knees together and arms at your sides and against your body. Lift your right arm up as you push your right hip to the right while your left arm declines along your left leg. Keep your arm, wrist and fingers – which should be held together – in a straight line. Hold the position for 15 seconds, then repeat with the left arm.

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  This is a strengthening exercise. It will help stabilize the pelvis, lower spine and core, especially the buttocks. The glutes are the king when it comes to stability and creating power from the ground up. Lie on your back with your knees bent, feet flat on the floor and feet and knees together. Lift your pelvis up as far as you can and hold for 10 seconds. If you can do this with ease, extend you leg out with it parallel to your other leg. Hold for 10 seconds with each leg.

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  This exercise is meant to improve hip movement and allow your body to coil and uncoil. It will open up your hips and improve you rotation. Take your knees and place them far apart with your knees bent and feet angled out. Bend forward and bring your chest as close to floor as you can. As you get better at it, you’ll be able to bring your chest and head to the floor and your arms to the side of your body with your elbows bent. The key here is to get your knees to form a 90-degree angle between your upper leg and lower leg. To obtain this, scoot your buttocks back. If you feel discomfort, stop the exercise.

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  This stretch effects the outer calves, thighs and back. This squat will improve posture stability in the golf swing. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your toes pointed forward. Place your hands behind your head and thumbs on top of your shoulders and your fingers touching behind the neck. Squat down as far as possible. If you feel any pain, lose your balance or feel your heels come off the ground stop the exercise. You want to do this exercise slowly. If you cannot squad down all the way at first, that’s OK. As you repeat the exercise, you will be able to go down farther.