Stretching fore golf - Enhanced Performance - exercises to prepare for golf
GROIN
Balancing on your club with your feet two or three feet wide, bend your left knee while keeping your right leg straight. You can deepen the stretch by rotating your upper body to the left. Hold for 20 to 30 seconds and repeat with the other leg.
TRUNK
With your feet shoulder-width apart, grasp a club behind your back, bend slightly at the hips and flex your knees. Turn your trunk to the right so you feel a gentle stretch in your back, then repeat on the other side. Go slowly, and don’t let momentum swing you back and forth. Repeat four or five times.
QUADRICEPS
Balancing on a club with your right hand, hold your right foot behind you with your left hand. Gently pull your heel toward your buttocks, holding the stretch for 20 to 30 seconds. Switch legs and repeat.
SHOULDERS
Holding the grip of the club above your head in your right hand, with the shaft behind you, reach your left hand behind your back and grasp the club. Pull up with your right hand to feel an easy stretch in your left shoulder. After 20 to 30 seconds, pull down with your left hand to feel a stretch in your right shoulder. Hold for another 20 to 30 seconds, then switch hand positions and repeat.
With your right arm straight, your palm faceup, use your left hand to pull back the fingers of your right hand. Then turn your palm down and again use your left hand to gently pull back the fingers of your right hand. Hold each position for 20 to 30 seconds, then switch sides.