GolFIT Carolina is dedicated to helping golfers improve their game. It’s owner, Bob Forman, is a Certified Golf Fitness Instructor and Director of The Golf Fitness Academy at High Point Regional. He holds a Masters degree in Exercise Physiology and certifications through the Titleist Performance Institute and the Flexor motor learning program.
The articles, videos, and other related material presented are intended to help golfers enhance swing mechanics and efficiency, thereby increasing distance, improving playing performance and satisfaction, and preventing/alleviating injury. The information is based on Bob’s 28 years in the fitness industry and his work with golfers of all levels and ages. New information is constantly being added so please take a look around and come back often.
HOW GROUND AND GRAVITATIONAL FORCES IMPACT YOUR GOLF SWING
July 25, 2010
Whether you realize it or not, ground and gravitational forces are working on you every time you set up to hit the golf ball. In order to hit good, productive shots you must be physically prepared to accommodate for the terrain and type of lie you're faced with. In this video, a great exercise to strengthen and stabilize the lower body, and to improve balance for all golf shot situations.
THE X-FACTOR
July 2, 2010
To expand on a Rickie Fowler article in Golf Magazine this past May, a golfer needs to have the ability to physically disassociate his upper body from his lower, the X-factor, in order to perform two of the power moves he points out. In this video, a simple assessment to determine your X-factor and a good stretch to help achieve and/or enhance it.
TRANSFORMATION IN THE GOLF SWING
June 13, 2010
A lot of golfers have difficulty in the transition from backswing into the downswing usually resulting in the upper body controlling the descent toward impact and an over-the-top swing fault. That means poor ball contact, loss of distance, and an inefficient golf swing.
This transformation is not an easy swing skill to master. It requires that one body part decelerates while another accelerates in opposite directions. Try this functional golf drill to improve the mind-body connection and enhance this pivotal move in the golf swing.
FITNESS VS GOLF FITNESS
May 2, 2010
There might be some confusion and/or wrong impression with the term “golf fitness.” Fitness implies a state of health like having a normal blood pressure or not being overweight or even having the endurance to run 3 miles.
Golf fitness, in the context it’s used, doesn’t really pertain to any of these, although some are often by-products from a well planned golf fitness training program. The term golf fitness refers more to the golfer’s physical ability to swing an efficient golf club so as to produce good swing mechanics, effective outcomes, and a decreased potential for injury.
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