Using Balance to Improve Your Golf Swing

Isn't Life crazy? I thought I would be able to write this days ago, but this is the first chance I've had to write this next post. So thanks for your patience...

Ok, so did you try the exercise? If not, how do you ever expect to improve... Osmosis?

Let me explain the very simple principle we are going to use to make the swing damned near automatic. It's the principle of Dynamic Balance in the body. Basically, when you start moving, the body's first priority is to keep you in balance. It's a self-preservation instinct hard wired into your brain. It will happen whether you like it or not and it can work for you or against you...

You see, if you start your motion from an imbalanced position, the body will do its job and place you back in balance, which is fine unless you are also trying to swing a golf club and get it back to the golf ball. Why? Because the body will redirect whatever muscles it has to in order to get you in balance. Unfortunately, this process breaks down the golf swing because the body's muscles that you wanted to use to swing the club were pulled off of the job and reassigned to balance duty.
The result is usually ugliness...

Now if you start in balance, your body will fight to keep you in balance as you move, which means it is actually going to work a little harder to keep the golf club on the right plane. The result is what you see on TV, a smooth, powerful, accurate golf swing.

So the next question is, "How do you know when you are in balance?"

I knew you'd ask. Simply feel your feet and the muscles in your body. When in balance., the weight is even between the feet and centered between the balls and heels of your feet... In the arches.
Every muscle has an opposing muscle, and if they are both working equally, they are working in balance. That's it. Sounds easy, but it requires a higher level of awareness of your body. close your eyes and take time to feel different muscles and their opposing muscles and see if one is working harder than the other.

To find which muscles oppose, move around. If you lean forward, feel the muscles that support that position. Some will pull, others will push. Go the opposite direction and feel to see which muscles switch roles. The ones that do are opposing.

So, all of this basically tells you that if you can start your golf swing from a balanced stance, your muscles will work to help you improve your golf swing. Pretty cool, huh?

I've made the whole process even easier with a routine that took me over ten years to develop. The routine will place any golfer in a powerful, balanced golf stance so they can eliminate many of the needless mistakes that occur because of an imbalanced setup.

To see that routine,
click this link

Once you get this balance feel down, I'll show you how to use it to add power, accuracy, and even shape shots, based completely on feel.