Free the Shoulders for a Better Backswing

Struggling to keep your left/lead arm “straight”? This may be a result of tight shoulders and tricep muscles in the left/lead arm.

Try this simple golf-specific stretch to improve your backswing’s range of motion (pictured above).

Begin in golf posture.  Rotate the upper body to the backswing with your left/lead arm.  Gently apply pressure with the right arm to increase the backswing rotation.  

You may feel a light and gradual stretch through the shoulder, triceps/back of the arm, and back muscles as you increase coil along the spine.

*Avoid or modify if there is an injury.

Dodie Mazzuca is the author of “Seamless Golf,” “Golf Sūtras,” “Daily Golf Tap-Ins,” and is the founder of Golf PROformance LLC. She teaches golf lessons, golf schools, and performance coaching in Santa Cruz, CA and Reno, NV.