Golfers Who Follow A Sports Workout Program Gain A Huge Advantage Over The Competition

Golf Strength Training

With the golf swing being a rotational movement, strength and power training to develop this skill should revolve around rotational stability first and foremost. This will reduce unwanted motion in your swing, which will help your mechanics to become more consistent.

This stability starts through your core, shoulders and hips. Building on this foundation, strength can be built up in the arms and legs. The strength work you perform should take place in all 3 dimensions, with a continued slant towards rotational work. The leg strength gained will further add to the solid base you'll need for powerful, consistent swing mechanics.

Power drills like plyometrics and medicine ball work can add distance to your shots, and are also of great value to golfers.

A special emphasis on strengthening the back of the shoulders may be of additional use to increase driving distances, and is worth adding into your training.

Another huge focus should be to assess the athlete's functional movement capabilities, and remove any restrictions or postural issues that may be altering their mechanics. Often times tightness in the hips, or any other region for that matter, can make proper swing patterns impossible. Corrective exercise techniques will help eliminate many of these problems.

Female golfers may want to spend some additional training time focusing on building upper body strength, which is often an area of need and would likely add distance to their shots.

Golf Speed Training

There are no benefits to speed training for golf. It should be noted, though, that younger golfers should be active in other sports to maintain a sound level of overall fitness (Power Source does offer a general fitness program that may be of value to kids focusing on golf).

Injury Prevention for Golf

Most golf injuries come from either strength and flexibility limitations, or from overdoing the same motion (golf swing).

Two common sites of pain are the lower back and arms (wrists and elbows, to be specific). By removing flexibility limitations and strengthening weaker muscles that aren't doing their fair share of the work you can seriously reduce pain, or any future injury concerns.

The shoulders/rotator cuff are lower-risk areas, but cannot be overlooked. Shoulder stability training should be a part of any quality golf workout that seeks to keep you healthy and playing at your best.

Youth Golf Training Considerations

Kids who spend a majority of their time playing golf at younger ages cannot forget that for their long-term health and fitness they need other activites that include more intense exercise.

As for specific areas of development, age-appropriate training should incorporate plenty of vision drills and hand-eye coordination. They can both be trained well in earlier years.

As can balance and coordination, a second priority for them. The key is to not only challenge these skills, but to find creative ways to make it fun and interesting.

Some strength and power work can be added in, as well. Kids run and jump around all the time, so low level plyometrics would be a wise addition. And a base of bodyweight strength, light medicine ball drills, and a little core training would help strengthen tendons, ligaments, and muscles to enhance long-term success.

Training will also enhance their self-confidence if done in the right fashion, a key trait in a pressure-filled sport like golf.

Mental Toughness Development for Golf

Does your focus tend to drift at times on the course?

Would you benefit from developing more self-confidence?

Do you wish you could demonstrate more mental toughness in challenging competitions?

Being in the best mindset possible may be more important for golf than in any other sport. Developing better focus, positive self-talk, and strong mental imagery skills can produce dramatic gains in much the same way that physical training can (and imagine what would happen if you maximized both!)

Massachusetts athletes will soon have access to Power Source Training's new athletic intelligence development program, a sure-fire way to lead you to the best season of your career!

Golf Training at Power Source

Young golfers in Massachusetts who truly want to excel should condsider participating in our individualized, elite strength and power development programs. You will follow a sport-specific training plan that is customized to your primary needs, age, and health concerns to help you play better and injury free.

Anyone age 10 and under can develop a great foundation of athleticism for all their sports by taking part in our Athlete Springboard Program.