Perfect Posture For Your Golf Swing (Part 3)

This Part is almost the same as Part 1. But, now you have a golf club in your hands. Some of you might be thinking (as do some of my golf students), “Gosh, I was doing real good with posture. Now, you want me to ruin it all by grabbing that ‘stick thing’!”

Take hold of your golf club. (I will have a future article on holding the golf club.)

Stand at attention with your feet about shoulder width apart.

Reach out your arms so that your hands are almost straight out from your shoulders. Your golf club will angle upwards but keep it straight out from your breastbone or nose.

Firm your whole body to maintain body control for the coming movements.

Lower your arms until you feel the top of your arms touch your ribs just under your armpits.

Snug your arms lightly downwards and inwards to your ribs.

I remind golf students of this step with one word — TOUCH.

Tilt your golf club downwards until you feel the stretch in your left forearm.

(Right forearm for left-handed golfers.)

Bend forward at your hip joints --- until your golf club lands lightly on the ground.

Keep your back as straight as it was before you bent forward.

Keep your head from drooping downwards

Do not reach your arms outwards away from the above touch position.

Your bend at your hips will differ according to the length of the golf club in your hands. You will be bent over more with a pitching wedge than you will be with a 3-wood.

Keep in mind that your spine angle at your hips will be different for each club.

Remember that the turn of your body must move comfortably around whatever spine angle you set in doing this step of learning a good posture.

Bend your knees forward until the muscles just above your kneecaps start to firm up to prevent you from falling to your knees.

You must move your hip joints backwards for balance to keep a good forward lean.

If you feel too much weight on your heels - lean slightly forward at your ankles

Practice the 4 main steps above facing the mirror and standing sideways to the mirror. In fact, do so in both sideways positions.

When you practice this posture process there is a final check which you should do, preferably while standing sideways to a mirror. Your hands should be below your mouth and chin. If you look down along the cheeks of your face your hands should appear to be slightly back towards your body from your eyesight.

This hand position will be harder to achieve for those of you with large rib cages or very slender rib cages. But, this hand position is the best starting point relative to your body from which you can then make experimental adjustments.

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Below are 2 video clips which show this posture training technique in action.

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Side view of posture

using a 4 wood

Side view of posture

using a short iron

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