One of the most common words used in teaching golf is relax! While the
golfer in setting up to the ball should not be tense, neither should he be
relaxed in the sense of being limp. Golf is a game of differential relaxation,
of muscular reciprocal enervation (one group of opposing muscles is
relaxing while its opposite is contracting). This is certainly true in the setup.
The body should look "proud," head up, not slumped on the chest trying to
keep it down, arms extended, but not locked, back straight but not rigid, grip
firm but not tight, legs and feet solid but not wooden. It's an athletic, "at
ready" position common to any sport before movement begins.
Think of a baseball shortstop getting ready to field a grounder, a basketball player in a defensive guarding position, a football quarterback about to receive the ball from center, a skier on a downhill run, a swimmer preparing to dive into the water at the start of a race -- all ready for action; they are bent at the knees, balanced, with the weight slightly favoring the balls of the feet in anticipation of movement. There are some differences, but there are enough similarities to show that golf, like other sports, requires that the performer prepare the body for action. The only difference is that golf is motion without locomotion. It's movement without the body traveling "anywhere." Golf requires both precision and power. Both are influenced by how the swinging apparatus is "set up" to perform. |
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