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A Better Golf Swing Is Inevitable
By Mike Pedersen
To achieve a better swing, a golfer needs to realize just how physically demanding it is on the human body. You are swing an object (golf club) at up to 100 mph. This puts a tremendous amount of pressure on the joints, tendons, ligaments and muscles.
If these tissues of the body are weak, tight or brittle they will rupture and eliminate you from playing indefinitely. If it doesn’t, your performance will pay the price. The outcome either way is not what you want…but will happen without an emphasis on strengthening these areas.
Along with strengthening comes stretching. Stretching muscles to attain a better swing is common among most golfers. Although it is common, most golfers don’t stretch. Why? Because it is
Mountain Hawks battle No. 1 before falling, 90-74
History will have to wait for at least another year.
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14th-seed Ohio shocks Georgetown; Villanova, Tennessee, Saint Mary's all advance
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Twenty-one years ago, Georgetown pulled into Providence as the top seed and nearly exited as a victim of the biggest upset in NCAA tournament history.
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From hoops to hot dogs: year's best
Normally, the ''Kegger Awards'' appear after the high school boys basketball season is done.
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Lidge pleased with first outing
Philadelphia Phillies closer Brad Lidge gave up three hits and a run in an inning of work Thursday, and the right-hander was very encouraged with the results of his first action against live batters this spring.
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Winter gives up last flurry of news as spring nears
The days are getting are longer and warmer, and results from spring sports are sprinkling into my inbox with regularity now, even as the winter season still has some business to finish.
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Parkland girls third
Emmaus and Parkland did what they did all season in the Lehigh Valley: split the boys and girls championships. Well, they were the top Lehigh Valley team in each at the PIAA Swimming and Diving championships at Bucknell University's Kinney Natatorium.
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N.J. cruises to win over Pa. in Easton
ALL-STAR WRESTLING
Adam Phillippi spent an extra day in Hershey disappointed that his tournament had ended so early. This week didn't completely cleanse the memory of states, but it helped.
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Mountain Hawks enjoy strong start
Lehigh moves 6 of 7 into 2nd round; Ciasulli, Rey make this morning's quarterfinals.
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-- The Lehigh wrestling team didn't perform their best at EIWA's two weeks ago. And they had a less-than-stellar start at last year's national championships. But on Thursday, at the Qwest Center in Omaha, boy did they come right out of the shoot.
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Winter gives up last flurry of news as spring nears
The days are getting are longer and warmer, and results from spring sports are sprinkling into my inbox with regularity now, even as the winter season still has some business to finish.
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So, you want to be an Eagles cheerleader?
The Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday will hold open call auditions from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field for prospective members of its 2010 cheerleading squad.
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viewed as ‘work’. But if it were viewed as a form of improvement it would be a different story.
Swing mechanics cannot be improved if your specific strength and flexibility are ignored. It is an impossibility, unless you compensate for this lack of capabilities in your swing. Teaching pros are now starting to realize there is a definite connection between swing mechanics and fitness.
But that’s where the BIG gap is. Between instruction and physical fitness. This is the ultimate combination for total performance and I have been preaching it for several years now. When your physical capabilities are improved, your swing mechanics become much easier to achieve.
The next time you visit your teaching pro, to achieve a better swing, you’ll be able to do what he/she wants and the desired outcome will be achieved. This outcome is inevitable when you get your body moving better. Your swing mechanics fall into place.
It will only be a matter of time when all golfers will approach their improvement this way. It’s the only way that will warrant lasting results and ultimately a better swing.
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