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CONDITIONING
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By Matt Sorensen
PART 1
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A
s far as I’m aware
every golfer wants
to play better golf.
The desire to be better
is common from the
professional touring on the
PGA circuit to the amateur
to the beginner.
The most common methods used
to achieve this is a combination of
professional lessons and more practice.
Although this seems logical, its also the
very reason many golfers end up injured
and rarely get to their potential. Why?
Because few golfers associate the need
for improved physical conditioning with
their desire to be better golfers.
Golf is generally seen as a game of
technical skill rather than an athletic
event, needing less physical exertion
than most other sports like rugby.
Unfortunately, this misconception
regularly results in injury and/or
performance plateaus. Simply put, golf
is a highly athletic event! To put this in
perspective, consider that the head of
the club can travel at over 160km per
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hour, which is an effort comparable to
pitching a baseball or bowling a cricket
ball like Brett Lee!
Amateur golfers achieve approximately
90 per cent of their peak muscle activity
when driving a golf ball. This is the same
lifting intensity as picking up a weight
that can only be lifted four times before
total fatigue. Yet, golfers fail to consider
that they strike the ball 30 to 40 times per
game with that same intensity.
Of course, there are many books aimed
at those who seek to improve their
physical conditioning. Unfortunately,
most are based on body building
principles, where the main goal is larger
muscle growth. Unlike golf, success in
body building is not dependent upon
precise timing, control, accuracy or
skill. When, for example, a golfer uses
machine-based training programs,
sedation of the nervous system’s ability
to organise and synchronise complex
multi-joint movements is inevitable. The
result is the complete opposite of what
the golfer needs to improve function.
Golfers must consider themselves
athletes and train using programs
designed to improve integration of the
whole body.
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