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Warming Up For Golf |
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It's a good idea to warm up before any physical activity. The older we get, the more important a warm up routine becomes. Before you start to play a round of golf, it's very important that you remember to warm up your muscles and joints for the match. Professional athletes as well as occasional players warm up for their chosen sports all the time. Warming up the body reduces the risk of injury, and the risk of minor aches and pains that could adversely affect performance. It's no different with golf, really. Don't think that because golf is less strenuous that football that warming up is a waste of time. Quite the contrary. By the time professional golfers walk up to the first tee, they are fully warmed up, and prepared to give their best right from the very first swing of their driver. If you play golf solely for the exercise, then warm up routines are just as important, if not more so, than if you play for best score. To get an effective exercise round in, you'll need to warm up thoroughly, and that will usually mean arriving at the course early. Of course you get there early anyway, to attend to all the details of playing your round. You'll need to attend to things in the golf shop, clean your clubs, or your balls, buy tees — or anything else that you have planned in your pre-round protocol. But don't get to the links late, and then rush to get everything done – shortening your warm up to accommodate your other pre-game activities. Get there early, get done with the necessities, and then take a nice, leisurely stretching/exercise warm up session. Putting is an important part of golf. The putt is the smoothest and slowest of all the strokes in the game. The stroke should be relaxed, and fluid. You'll want to be sure that you're loosened up, and warmed up before putting. In this instance, the warm up is more for the game, than for protecting your body. A good warm up for putting is to simply put a dozen golf balls down on a practice green, and start putting. When you sink the dozen putts, move the balls to a spot farther away from the cup, and do it again. Focus on staying relaxed and fluid. The fact is, stretching can improve your game scores dramatically. This is especially true if you stretch properly. Stretching will also help you to avoid unnecessary, and often painful, injuries. Many sports' injuries are the results of tight muscles and poorly warmed up joints. You can find dozens of places on the Internet that will help you learn all sorts of ways to stretch. If you're reluctant to try stretching because you think it won't really do anything, try it for a week and be amazed at the rapid increase in your range of motion. Schedule your course arrival time, and warm up period so that you're done only minutes before teeing off. After you loosen up and warm up, you do not want to hang around the tee waiting to start the game for very long – especially if it's cold. If your tee off is delayed, put on an appropriate weight jacket to help retain body heat on the muscles, and don't stand still. Move a little, walking, practice swinging, and stretching out occasionally so that you stay loose. I always tell golfers that if they decide not to warm up before their match, then they're starting the round with a handicap. Since most of us already have enough of a handicap, this usually convinces them to take a few minutes for a warm up. For a complete listing of Tucson Arizona golf courses, including course information, championship rating and slope click here For a complete listing of golf courses in the area surrounding Tucson Arizona, including course information, championship rating and slope click here Golf Sites and Forums that offer more information: http://forums.golfreview.com/ |
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