Consistently ranked as one of America’s top leisure sports, Golf often requires far more preparation than the average player realizes. Whether you’re a scratch golfer, a high handicapper, or a trainer interested in specializing in sport-specific training, Golf Anatomy digs deeper into the kinesthetic requirements of the sport. This course provides a series of exercises that will teach you how to improve mobility, stability, balance and body awareness, and muscle strength and power to add distance to drives, consistency to your short game, and accuracy to your putts.
Course Textbook: Davies, C., & DiSaia, V. (2019). Golf Anatomy (2nd ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the major muscles used in a backswing, downswing, and follow through of a golf swing.
- Summarize the biomechanical principles of a golf swing.
- Evaluate the progression of proper warm-up exercises for a golfer.
- Examine exercises that will enhance the mobility and functional strength necessary for an effective golf game.
- Compare pre-existing programming options to determine which exercises and programs align with client goals.