Current Category is: Golf | Select Another Category
Go Back To Category Homepage | View Category Sitemap
Free Information
Home   |   Search   |   Categories   |   Links   |   About Us   |   Contact Us


Fitness Ball Training for Golf


There are many training tools available to help achieve better balance in your golf swing. The most effective way to improve balance is by training the core musculature. Any time you put yourself in an unstable environment through the use of balance pads, fitness balls, or various other balance training aids, you increase your body's awareness and balance. As golfers make their way through the exercise continuum they will progress from simple to more complex exercises.

Fitness balls are an effective training tool for increasing strength, improving joint and body stability and increasing joint flexibility. The ball's round surface allows activation of the core stabilizer muscles. The unstable surface forces the body to adapt from moment to moment producing better balance, coordination between muscles and, ultimately, greater stability.

It can be suitable for people of all ages and activity levels because there are many progressions for each exercise. It can effectively and safely work essentially every muscle of the human body through a full range of motion with or without external resistance. The body's core is the foundation for all movement, so strong arms and legs without proportional core strength is counterproductive.

The fitness ball is a great way to make even the simplest exercises more complex, improve coordination and engage smaller muscles, which are chiefly responsible for balance and stability. Your chest, abs, back and glutes can achieve more functional, sport-specific strength with exercises of varying complexity.

Many golfers enjoy home based workout programs which allow them freedom away from the gym. Fitness balls are relatively inexpensive, versatile, and produce great results for your game. You can simply deflate the ball and take on trips so you don't miss workouts. Inflating a ball for use is simple and generally takes less than 5 minutes. Fitness balls are a natural training tool for most athletic endeavors and, in particular, golf.

Susan Hill is a CHEK golf biomechanic, sports nutritionist and fitness trainer. For more information on her golf specific programs, visit http://www.fitnessforgolf.com


MORE RESOURCES:

USA TODAY

This week in golf, at a glance
USA TODAY
AP By Jack Gruber, USA TODAY Fred Couples will be among the top contenders this week at the Senior PGA Championship at The Golf Club at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Mich. By Jack Gruber, USA TODAY Fred Couples will be among the top contenders this ...
How golf is helping to revitalize one Michigan townCrain's Chicago Business
Senior chases golf Major breakthroughThe Age
Former Medinah pro ready for Senior PGA ChampionshipChicago Daily Herald
PGA.com -Greenwich Time
all 175 news articles »


al.com

Women's Golf Opens NCAA Championship in ?? Place
GoDuke.com
The fifth-ranked Duke women's golf team carded an opening-round of one-over-par, 289, at the 2012 NCAA Championship and sits in third place with 54-holes remaining at the 6377-yard, par 72 Vanderbilt Legends Golf Club in Franklin, Tenn.
Alabama women's golf team leads NCAA Championships by two shots after one roundal.com
CU Buff women's golf team tied for 11th at NCAA championshipsDaily Camera
Alabama Women's Golf Team Leads NCAA ChampionshipWTVY, Dothan
Soonersports.com -BaylorBears.com -University of Southern California Official Athletic Site
all 169 news articles »


Jakarta Globe

Europe's version of The Players Championship
The Associated Press
By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer – 1 minute ago JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Two weeks after the best Europeans came over to Florida for the PGA Tour's premier tournament, the favor is not being returned at the European Tour's flagship event.
Golf: McIlroy and Donald Battle for Top SpotJakarta Globe
A strong field - minus the best from PGA Tour - at Wentworth | The RepublicThe Republic
Why lack of terrestrial coverage means golf's media appeal is below-parMirror.co.uk

all 180 news articles »


Naples Daily News

David Moulton: Golf shouldn't be so quick in handing down slowplay penalties
Naples Daily News
By DAVID MOULTON Slow play is a big problem in golf, on every Tour. Nevermind at your neighborhood course where way too many 18-handicappers who play as if they are on Tour. Should professional golf make speeding up play a priority? Yes.
Commentary: Slow play's a problem in golf, but timing of Morgan Pressel's ...Palm Beach Post
Match Play: When The Business Of Golf Can Get Rather PersonalGolfDigest.com
Will PGA Follow LPGA's Lead On Slow-Play Penalties?SB Nation
The Desert Sun
all 93 news articles »


Wall Street Journal

Golf Glance
Washington Post
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 3-6 pm, 9:30 pm-12:30 am) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 pm). Last year: David Toms won his 13th tour title a week after losing a playoff to KJ Choi in The Players Championship. Toms shot consecutive 62s to tie ...
Colonial experts' picksESPN (blog)
Local golf: Bama, Auburn golfers more in limelightMontgomery Advertiser
Pros And Cons Of Speeding Up Play On PGA TourSB Nation
Fox News -MyrtleBeachOnline.com -Montreal Gazette (blog)
all 63 news articles »


The Express Tribune

Tiger on media scrutiny: Criticism, hyperbole sell
CBSSports.com (blog)
By Shane Bacon | Golf Blogger There are plenty of times during a Tiger Woods press conference where words are spoken but nothing is really said. He's turned into the king of that. He sits in front of a microphone talking about his game or his swing or ...
With His Niece On Tour, Maybe Tiger Woods Will Watch The LPGASB Nation
Golf: Tiger Woods' niece Cheyenne tees offPakistan Daily Times
Truth & Rumors: Cheyenne Woods, Tiger's niece, signs with agent SteinbergGolf.com (blog)
The Express Tribune -Irish Times -International Business Times
all 267 news articles »


Nike Golf Debuts New App to Help Golfers Better Themselves to Better Their Game
MarketWatch (press release)
BEAVERTON, Ore., May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Nike Golf (NYSE:NKE) today announced the introduction of a new app and website that will provide golfers with an innovative digital tool to improve, track and share their golf game.

and more »


Press-Enterprise

GOLF: Blasberg remains in her father's thoughts
Press-Enterprise
BY MIRJAM SWANSON CORONA DEL MAR — Every Tuesday, Mel Blasberg takes a break from giving golf lessons at Corona's Eagle Glen Golf Club to make the 40-mile drive down the 91 Freeway to Pacific View Memorial Park, where his daughter is buried.

and more »


The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)

Girls golf state championship preview
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
By John Fineran/For The Star-Ledger The growth of high school girls golf in New Jersey may not have kept up with other states, but the quality of the competition is getting better and better. And this year, the 12th NJSIAA individual and team ...



State golf: Schaake leads Prep to front of Class A field
Lincoln Journal Star
Lincoln Southeast's Clayton Peterson chips on to the second green the during Class A state boys golf tournament at the Highlands Golf Course on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (ERIC GREGORY / Lincoln Journal Star) A wildly windy day on a big, soft-rolling, ...

and more »

Google News

Home   |   Sitemap   |   Disclaimer   |   Privacy   |   Contact Us

© COPYRIGHT 2011 BRAINBELLY.COM