From The Ground Up

Looking for more power? It’s all about kinetic sequence forces

GROUND INTERACTION. It’s the talk of the tour and there’s no reason why amateurs, just like the pros, can’t generate more power through the ground to help increase club head speed.

Here at Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club, we’re lucky enough to have a new 3D motion plate from Swingcatalyst, a ground breaking bit of kit which helps us see every little detail of ground interaction.

The technology allows trained users to cross reference key horizontal, torque and vertical ground forces against averages collected by Swingcatalyst from PGA Tour players.

From there, any amateur looking for more distance – (let’s be honest, who isn’t?) is invited to the Peter Cowen Academy at DCGYC where we can build a fi tness programme to help you increase the output of the key ground forces. Here’s three of my favourite exercises you can try out with the help of the “whats that strap”. –WITH KENT GRAY

180 vertical jumps

2With the machine to your right, place your le shoulder through the strap with the strap coming across the chest, then rotate anti-clockwise 180 degrees. Now with a big load and rotating to your right, make an explosive 180 degree rotational jump to your le so you fi nish facing the other way to your starting position, making sure you fi nish controlled and balanced.

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lateral leaps

1With the cable machine to your right, place your le arm through the strap with the strap going behind you and over your back. Now get into a single, right leg balance, in golf posture and load into your leg with a shoulder rotation towards the machine. From this position, push off to your le away from the machine and land controlled onto your le leg. This exercises generates both accelerating and de accelerating forces, vital for the golf swing.

box jumps

3Select a box height that is safe enough for you to jump onto. Then, with your feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart and your hands placed on your hips, start completing the descending movement of a squat, which is the loading phase of this exercises. Now explode into a vertical jump and land on the box as so ly you can. Loud landings should be avoided as much as possible.

Complete each exercise with 10 reps per side, over three sets and with up to 60 seconds rest between each set. Better still, join us at DCGYC and we can set you on the right path to better golf. From the ground up.

Matthew Brookes is a PGA teaching professional and golf specifi c fi tness trainer at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club’s Peter Cowen Academy Dubai.

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