Why Mobility Is The Missing Link In Your Golf Game

Let’s cut to the chase. Practice is one element of refining your golf skills. But swinging and hitting alone will take an excruciatingly long time to improve your scores. While you may experience some better games than others practising this way, building long-term consistency in your game will fall short. 

Truly, the idea that you can head to the range and improve exponentially is a myth in itself. Yes, your power can improve, and your understanding of the game can improve. However, the elements that lead to significant advancements in your game don’t always stem from what you can achieve with a golf club in hand. One of these is mobility. 

Keep reading to discover how it is the true missing link to your golf game and why mobility is critical to playing better, longer and stronger. 

Better mobility means less strain, smoother swings, and more energy throughout your round.

Mobility Reduces The Effort Required To Swing

Think back to your days as a beginner. A trip to the driving range or a game may have left you with muscle aches aplenty afterwards due to the repetitive motions required in golf. It likely also activated some muscles that you aren’t regularly required to use. The less mobile you are in said areas, the more likely you are to experience these pains, as well as fatigue in your game.

Practising exercises that improve mobility, therefore, can help you play longer without tiring out (which can impact your scores in the latter half of your game). These stretches and exercises can also ensure that you aren’t spending days (or even weeks) recovering from golf-related pain, giving you more time to dedicate to the game.

Some exercises to try include 90/90s. Thoracic spine rotations and shoulder wall slides

Mobility Improves Control

Loosely defined, mobility is about how well your joints move throughout a range of motion. It also encompasses how smoothly you move and how much control you can maintain.

As a sport heavily reliant on core strength, hip movement and shoulder stability, improving your mobility can help you maintain your posture throughout your entire swing. Beyond this, it can help you retain a smooth motion from the start of your swing until the end. This prevents a loss of momentum or a jagged swing, which can sacrifice distance, cause slicing or impede your results.

Some mobility exercises suited to control include pelvic tilts, cat cows and wrist circles.

Mobility Reduces Your Chance Of Injury

As mobility strengthens your muscles, it can also assist in protecting your joints, bones and body from injuries. With golf requiring repeated motions powered by force, this can improve your chances of staying on the course longer and missing fewer days due to aches and pains.

While injuries aren’t always avoidable, a few exercises before your game can improve your likelihood of finishing pain-free. Some we recommend include open books, lunges with rotation, glute bridges, squats, hip flexor stretches and standing windmills.

The BioGolf Team Is Here To Help

A critical element of enhancing your mobility is performing the right exercises for your body. Want to learn how small routines can improve your golf game exponentially? Book your first or next visit here.

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