What if you could do one simple exercise that will do the following:

1) Give you immediate feedback, determining if you are performing the golf swing on plane
2) Activate and strengthen the appropriate muscles necessary to perform a proper golf swing
3) Improve balance
4) Improve tempo
5)  Most importantly, create a more consistent golf swing, enabling you to hit the ball further
    

It is difficult enough to find the time to work out for an hour 3-4 times per week.
What about 3-4 times a week for 10 minutes in your home or office?

In the March 2007 issue of Golf Digest a study was perform on weight shift throughout a golf swing with amateur and elite golfers.  The study indicated that the pro golfers put 90% of their weight on their back foot during the backswing while the amateurs only placed 50%. The pros, at the initiation of the downswing, transferred a force to the front foot that equaled 110% of their body weight. The amateurs only transferred a force of 65% of their body weight to the front foot.  Is that because of technique or the fact that their leg and hip muscles can’t hold this weight steady while performing a golf swing?

Using the GreenStick will enable you to accomplish the proper weight transfer.

In my studies of the muscular skeletal system it has been observed that certain muscles in our body tend to be weak and others tend to be tight.  These same muscles that tend to be weak are the muscles that are essential to function optimally to perform a proper golf swing.  If these muscles do not have the strength and coordination the golfer will develop the following swing faults:

The GreenStick will correct these various swing faults:

• Reverse Pivot- weak back hip and leg muscles
• Back & forward sway of the pelvis- weak hip muscles (gluts)
• Losing spine angle- weak lumbo-sacral paraspinal muscles (back muscles)
• Not transferring weight back & forward appropriately- weak hip and leg muscles & poor balance
• Not rotating the torso/shoulders- weak abdominal and oblique muscles
• Too much arm swing- weak abdominal and oblique muscles

 How does it work?    Simply!

There are six phases to the GreenStick Golf exercise program.  In Phase 1, the GreenStick is placed on your upper back.  You then rotate your upper body/shoulders to the top of your backswing and then down and through to your finish.  During this golf motion you practice rotating your torso and shifting your weight to your back leg during your backswing and shifting the body weight forward on your downswing.  The lasers, located on both ends of the GreenStick, will let you know if you are losing spine angle, swaying or out of plane during the swing.  If the laser moves off of the reflective strip placed on the floor then you know immediately that you are doing something wrong.
Once you accomplish Phase 1 of this exercise consistently you move into Phase 2, adding an exercise resistant tubing to the GreenStick which will increase the loading of the muscles specifically used in the golf swing.  In the remaining four phases, elements are added to challenge the golfer by increasing the resistance and complexity of the exercise.  Once you accomplish the six phases of the exercise program consistently, your muscles are now ready to learn a proper full golf swing.
 For the serious conditioned athlete and golfer, the golfer can add rocker boards and wobble boards for a more challenging exercise and even better results.

The GreenStick is made of a powder-coated steel tubing with a u-hook welded to the end so that the elastic exercise tubing can be easily attached. There is a nylon strap with a steel D-ring to be inserted into any door by the hinge.  This provides an anchor in order to attach the other end of the exercise tubing. Also supplied is a 12 foot white vinyl reflective strip.  This is to be placed on the floor in order to ensure that the laser is maintained on a straight line.  If the laser is maintained on a straight line then your motion is correctly in plane and reinforces the proper swing.