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Ronna Semonian, physical therapist and certified golf fitness instructor with Golf Fit SOS, walks you through an exercise that can help you properly setup your pelvis so you can maximize your golf shoulder rotation. To discuss this golf tip with other golfers and share your own, leave a comment below. We look forward to your feedback.
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Hi. I’m Ronna Semonian, a physical therapist and certified golf fitness instructor with Golf Fit SOS.
Today I have a golf tip on how to set you pelvis in the address position. Some of you have good motion going in to the backswing, you have good stability controlling it, but you might notice that you still can’t get that good shoulder turn. It may be that when you get into your posture the muscles that you’re contracting last to set your pelvis may be the wrong muscles. Let me show you a tip, and test, for you to check this.
You want to get into your address position. A lot of you get in to your address position with a rounded back so your pelvis is tilted backwards. At this point you realize you need to get a straight spine and so then you’re using your back muscles to tilt your pelvis forward. And so now you try to swing with your back muscles contracted and you’re not having any abdominal muscles. So when you swing, your turn is going to be short.
Instead go ahead and get in to your address position and I want you to first make a big arch. So get your butt out and, make a big arch, contracting these back muscles. Now bring your pelvis back a little bit, using your abdominals, getting your nice posture and now you’ll be able to make that full shoulder turn.
Depending on what muscles you’re contracting, if you’re contracting your back muscles, setting your pelvis, that’s going to limit your backswing. Make sure, that when you get in to your posture, you tilt forward, using your back muscles. Now you’re going to come off, using your abdominal muscles, getting your back straight. That’s going to allow you to use your inner core and now you’re going to be able to make that full turn. With this simple technique on how you set your pelvis before you even hit the ball, you’re going to notice that freedom to get that full shoulder rotation by simply using your abdominals, your deep core muscles, instead of your back muscles.
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