Instruction - Mental, Physical, Nutritional, and Biomechanical
Preparation for Your Golf Game
Golf is a game requiring mastery in a
variety of areas for success. Breaking down the game of golf into
categories. Success and development within is required in the areas of
mechanics, physical, nutritional, and mental. Mechanics is the
development of the proper biomechanics of the golf swing. Physical
entails developing the body around the golf swing. Nutrition
incorporates fueling the body for proper success on the golf course.
Mental is the development of the correct mind set to excel at the game
of golf.
Each and every one of these categories
has a direct affect on the development of your golf game. Often the
golfer tends to focus only upon the development of the golf swing
through mastery of biomechanics of the golf swing. Developing the
biomechanics of the golf swing requires you to correctly master each
phase of the golf swing. Often the golf swing is broken down into
phases. These phases are address, backswing, transition, downswing, and
follow through. Not only is it required of the amateur to master each
movement entailed in the phases of the golf swing. It is also necessary
to perform each specific movement with the correct timing. Finally, the
discussion of the biomechanics requires you to create efficiency and
repeatability within the golf swing. After recognizing all the
intricacies involved in the development of efficient golf swing
mechanics. It is understandable why golfers spend an in ornate amount of
this part of developing their golf game.
What golfers at times fail to recognize
that additional categories exist requiring development to create the
optimal golf swing. If ignored these aspects can negatively affect the
development of the golf swing and golf game. The next category requiring
development within the golfer is categorized as physical. Physical
refers to the development of the body around the golf swing. Often times
the body is a hindrance in the development of the biomechanics of the
golf swing. The golf swing requires certain levels of flexibility,
balance, strength, endurance, and power within the body to execute the
golf swing correctly. If the body is lacking in any one of these
physical categories, the ability to perform the biomechanics of the golf
swing correctly will be hindered. The end result is the possible
inability to master the biomechanics of the golf swing. The common
result is the development of compensations in the golf swing. For
example, the golf swing requires a high level of flexibility to complete
a full shoulder turn. If the golfer is lacking flexibility, the ability
to complete a full shoulder turn will be compromised, thus causing
compensations in the golf swing.
Each and every physical component has a
direct effect on the execution of the golf swing. Compensations can
easily occur if these physical aspects are not developed around the golf
swing. In addition to developing these physical aspects of the body, it
is of equal importance to develop these parameters around the
biomechanics of the golf swing. This type of training is termed
cross-specific training. Cross-specific training can be defined as the
developing the physical parameters of the body to the positions,
movement, and requirements of the golf swing. This simply states the
components of flexibility, balance, strength, endurance, and power must
be developed around the requirements of the golf swing.
After understanding the physical
component of golf swing development. The golfer must understand two
additional categories directly affecting the game of golf. The next
category the golfer must understand and develop is nutrition. Nutrition
is a fairly basic component to understand in relation to golf or any
other athletic endeavor. Essentially, nutrition is the process by which
one fuels their body for their sport. Basically if poor nutrients are
given to the body during athletic endeavors, outputs on the field of
competition (i.e. golf course for golfers) will be less than optimal.
Nutrition in relation to athletes is not solely concerned about weight
loss, but more so on providing the body with the nutrients required for
success on and off the course. Weight loss and good health go
hand-in-hand with proper nutrition, but with athletes the number one
concern is properly fueling the body for success in their chosen sport.
Nutrition in golf and athletics in general are required for success
during competition and development of the athlete in their chosen sport.
For example, nutrition fuels the body in
the development of it physically. In order to develop higher levels of
strength and power within the golfer, proper nutrition will undoubtedly
increase the success within this category. If the body is provided
proper nutrients, the ability of it to develop the physical requirements
needed of the golf swing will occur at a much more optimal process.
The final category lending itself to
develop of one’s golf game is mental. Often referred to as a key element
of success within the game of golf. Numerous materials exist on the
development of the mind within golf. It is often a category that is
address once a proficiency in the area of golf swing mechanics has
materialized, but at times is overlooked by many amateurs within the
game. A grasping of the basic concepts of positive mental outlook,
visualization, and preparation can improve a golfer’s success rate on
course a great deal. As with all other categories requiring development
for the game of golf, the mental side of game is in need of attention.
Development of a golfer’s swing and game
consists of much more than the golf swing itself. It requires efficiency
within the biomechanics of the golf swing. Inside these biomechanics of
the golf are ingraining the correct sequence of the golf swing and the
timing required. Developing the biomechanics of the golf swing can hinge
upon physical components of the body. Certain levels of flexibility,
balance, strength, endurance, and power are required to execute the golf
swing correctly. On top of developing the body for the golf swing proper
nutrition is required. Nutrition fuels the body during a round of golf
and assists in the process of developing a well rounded golf game.
Finally, the correct mental approach is required for success within this
game of golf. The mental side of the game requires just as much
attention as the other components in the development of your game of
golf. All in all a comprehensive approach in the development of your
golf game is required for optimal success in the game of golf. This
entails time and effort in the areas of: golf swing biomechanics,
developing the flexibility, balance, strength, endurance, and power
required physically of the golf swing, properly fueling the body with
optimal nutrition, and development of a sound mental approach to the
game of golf.
Sean Cochran is one of the most
recognized golf fitness instructors in the world today. He travels the
PGA Tour regularly with 2004 Masters, 2005 PGA, and 2006 Masters
Champion Phil Mickelson. He has made many of his golf tips, golf
instruction and golf swing improvement techniques available to amateur
golfers on the website
http://www.bioforcegolf.com To contact Sean, you can email him at
support@bioforcegolf.com.
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