The club over shoulder tilted rotation stretch is a variation of the previous stretch that adds an element of side bending to target the oblique muscles and promote greater flexibility in the torso. Here's how you can perform the stretch:
- Stand in a comfortable, balanced position with your feet shoulder-width apart.
- Hold a golf club horizontally behind your back, resting it on your shoulders.
- Grasp the club with one hand over your shoulder and the other hand under your opposite shoulder, creating a crossed position.
- Tilt your upper body to one side, away from the hand that is on top of the club. Keep your lower body stable and maintain good posture.
- Slowly rotate your upper body in the same direction as the side bend, allowing the club to move with your shoulders.
- Feel the stretch along the side of your torso and oblique muscles as you rotate and tilt.
- Hold the stretch for a few seconds, focusing on maintaining a comfortable stretch without any pain or discomfort.
- Return to the starting position and repeat the stretch on the other side, crossing your hands in the opposite direction.
- Perform several repetitions on each side, gradually increasing the range of motion as you feel more comfortable.
- Breathe deeply and relax throughout the stretch, allowing your muscles to release tension.
The club over shoulder tilted rotation stretch combines rotational and side bending movements to enhance flexibility and mobility in the upper body. It helps to improve the ability to rotate and maintain posture during the golf swing. As with any stretching exercise, it's important to perform the stretch within your comfort zone and avoid any sharp or painful movements. If you have any underlying medical conditions or injuries, consult with a healthcare professional before attempting new stretches or exercises.
Similar to the last exercise is another good rotational exercise that done correctly, works the flexibility but also can improve the consistency of your golf swing. We’re going to place the club over the shoulders again, handle pointing to the target and then tilt forwards to your normal golf posture so rather than staying upright, lean forward so you're looking down towards where you're golf ball would be down on the floor here. Then, as you make your rotational turn, feel how the handle of the golf club comes round and points down towards the ball. Strictly speaking, it points about a foot or two feet in front of the golf ball but feel like you're trying to point it down at the golf ball as much as you can and that will improve your tilt and your spine angle so from a good set turning here, trying to point the golf club down towards where the golf ball is. Now be careful that you're not just tilting sideways. That's clearly not the right now movement here so it's a proper shoulder turn, shoulder rotation around here but I’m also careful I’m not pointing my shoulders across the room. The benefits of this is I can maintain proper spine angle during my swing so turning side on, you can see my spine angle how I set up the golf ball. As I rotate my shoulders this way, I’m going to put my left shoulder down towards the golf ball so the handle points downwards and then the right shoulder will come around underneath and the head will point downwards. They both point to the same area. The handle points down and the head points down and done correctly, that will maintain a proper spine angle throughout your swing which would stop any inconsistencies of lifting and lowering during the golf swing causing fat and thin shots. Try that exercise. Hopefully that one works for you as well.
