Golf Flexibility Exercises

Welcome to the golf flexibility exercises page!

What are some of the main differences between you and a professional golfer once you get to the course? Well, other than buying a six-pack and getting a cart, what else? The warm-up!

The pros spend hours preparing for their round. Not only around the putting green, but at the driving range as well. They also have a small stretching warmup that they perform to target a few key muscles.

What do the rest of us average joes do? We step up to the tee box, take a few practice swings and let it rip! This is one of a handful of reasons why amateurs get injured more frequently than professionals.

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A proper flexibility program is essential for improving range of motion and preventing injury. There are two main components to a golf stretching program: home flexibility, and on the course warmup. The home flexibility program will be general in nature, acting as a compliment to a proper strength training routine. It will work on improving length of your soft tissues and range of motion at all major joints so that everything works more efficiently during the golf swing. The on course warmup will be more specific, targeting key areas for the upcoming round.

Remember, there is a difference between stretching and warmup up! Stretching is typically done statically, where you hold a position for an extended period of time. Golf warmup exercises, however, are more dynamic in nature where you are performing quick, or wide arcs of motion, simply trying to more blood flowing to the tissues.

Specific areas that need to be targeted with flexibility exercises are the shoulders, elbows and forearms, neck, back, and hips. If you check out the golf injury page, you will notice that these stretches are all focused on the most frequently injured areas. A solid golf flexibility program will help prevent injuries such as rotator cuff tendonitis, tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, and low back pain.

Another great way to improve your flexibility is by trying yoga stretches. Not only is yoga more advanced stretching, but it also incorporates strengthening and balance as well for a full body workout. Its much more difficult than it may seem! There are way too many yoga stretches to list on these pages, but I will provide you with some basics to get you started.

Take some advice from the pros! Get to the course a little early, hit a small bucket of balls if available, head to the putting green, and do a quick warmup before you head to the first tee. You'll be glad that you did!

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