Senior Golf

Senior golf requires golf technique adjustments in both body and mind, and good golf nutrition to overcome the effects of aging in order to optimize golf fitness for golfing success. 

Golf is a game of a lifetime. The game of golf remains one of the few major sports that can be played not only when you are very young but also when you are very old -- as long as you can stand up and walk, you can play golf. 

However, your physical conditions may determine not onlyhow you will have to play the game when you become advanced in your years, but also the level of your performance you wish to maintain. 

You don’t like getting old; nobody does. 

Whether you like it or not, you are not immune from aging, which is no more than changes in your body and mind. The good news is that you can continue to play golf for the rest of you life if you maintain a healthy mind and body. 

Obviously, your mind and your body are not what they were decades ago. Your muscle’s strength and flexibility decline as you age. Unfortunately, flexibility is a major factor in creating an effortless swing, which is the key to golfing success. 

For example, you may have noticed that your swing is not what it used to be. To address the issue, you need to do the following:

Reduce your swing speed.

Find out the rate of your swing speed so as to maintain your body’s balance, keeping you on your feet and in balance through to your finish position.

Create a low and slow takeaway when swinging your club back.

Adjust your body’s rhythm, tempo, timing while turning your shoulders to the target line at a less than 90-degree angle at the top of your backswing.

Aim at producing the same distance and the same accuracy when completing your swing.

The process and the speed of aging vary with individuals. Your genetic factors and your lifestyle in the past decades play a pivotal role in how you age. 

The factors that are not in favor of senior golfer are:

coordination, especially the eye and the hand

stamina and physical endurance

muscle and joints flexibility

mental perception and visualization

However, you do not have to become enslaved to the physical consequences of aging. Senior golf can still be the game for you at any age. If you wish to continue to lower your scores, then take some positive steps so that golf can continue to be as exhilarating and thrilling as it was when you were young. There is no age limit to senior golf.

In order to cope with aging, you need to make certain golf technique adjustments to enhance your going success. 

The aspects of senior golf you should focus on improving are:

flexibility

strength

endurance

nutrition

First of all, you should evaluate the current level of your senior golf fitness with respect to the above. Once you have determined your limitations, then get on a program to circumvent them and improve your success in senior golf.

The Number One enemy to your golfing success isprocrastination. Finding a gym, looking for a fitness coach, buying expensive equipment are no more than excuses for your procrastination. You need only a stability ball, hand weights, and some exercise tubing and you are well on your way to improving your body, which ultimately speeds up or slows down your senior golf performance as you get older. 



Stephen Lau

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