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John Steinbreder, GolfersMD News
Feb 08, 2010
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According to GolfersMD expert Bob Donatelli, another of the biggest differences between professional and amateur golfers is their ability to square the clubface to the ball at impact. One way to ensure that happens more often is for players to improve control of the club through the wrist. And the stronger their wrists, the better they are able to do that.
The wrist has four different degrees of movement, Donatelli explains, beginning with flexion, which is moving the hand downward, and continuing with extension (moving it upward) as well as rotations called supination and pronation.
To build up strength for each of those, Donatelli has worked up two simple exercises. (See video.) One requires a golfer to sit down on the edge of a table or chair with a club in his hand. “I would start by going side-to-side with the club for, say, 30 seconds,” he explains. “Then, I would go up-and-down with the wrists while grasping the club the same way, for similar effect. You want the wrists to be strong so they control the club head positioning, and these will help in that regard. You can even add weights to the club as you go along to make the exercises that much more effective.”
More weights will equal more strength. And more strength means more distance and power, which is what this challenge has been all about.
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