As an instructor, Roger Fredericks can help cure your slice or eke out 10 more
yards on your drives. But he also has studied the human body and knows that the
true cause of your over-the-top swing path or power leak is not your swing but
the limitations of your body.For most amateurs, lack of flexibility prevents
them from making good, consistent swings. If you’re frustrated by your rounds at
La Costa, go see director of instruction Fredericks, who will analyze your
body’s limitations.
From there, Fredericks prescribes a customized regimen
that soon will have you playing better golf and walking tall, on and off the
course. The best part is, it doesn’t require running 10 miles and bench-pressing
225 pounds—or a huge time commitment.
When you leave La Costa, you will take
with you a stretching routine that is usually quick and relatively simple to
perform: 20 minutes, five or six days a week. Depending on your current state of
health, you may notice results in your golf game and your overall fitness level
in just days.
If you’re like most average golfers, Fredericks will focus his
attention on fixing the most chronic problem area: the right hip. “Our sedentary
lifestyle finds us sitting all day at the desk, in the car, or on the airplane,
which pitches our hips forward into a chronically flexed position,” Fredericks
say. “This tightens the hamstrings as well as the hips and not only makes
walking difficult but hurts people’s golf games, because the hips power the
shoulders both back and through the swing.”
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